Financial news on April 4th, 2007
Business and Financial news
Publishing & Broadcasting, which is owned by James D. Packer, agreed to buy casinos in Canada for $1.2 billion. Read more..
The Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group agreed to buy the British wireless network division of National Grid for £2.5 billion ($4.93 billion) and combine the unit with its Arqiva broadcast business. National Grid, owner of the power and ... Read more..
Australia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a six-year high, giving policy makers time to study an inflation report later this month that may prompt an increase. The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia left the ove... Read more..
The outsourcing of jobs to countries like India has increasingly included the jobs of Western white-collar elites. Read more..
The former publisher and editor of The Detroit Free Press played important roles as the newspaper won major awards. Read more..
The $11 billion asset swap increases Rupert Murdoch’s control over the company and transfers the DirecTV Group to Liberty Media. Read more..
Webdenda. Read more..
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis have received demands from regulators for documents related to an unsuccessful bid last year to delay generic competition to the blood thinner Plavix. Read more..
The Justice Department said the followers of an antitax advocate have used a tax scheme that he sells to avoid paying $21 million of income taxes. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.01 | 28.78 | 27.90 | 28.50 | 63.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.35 | 19.44 | 19.23 | 19.38 | 49.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.95 | 26.22 | 25.88 | 26.10 | 39.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 35.37 | 35.38 | 35.07 | 35.11 | 34.7M |
| Altria | MO | 69.96 | 70.60 | 69.90 | 70.44 | 27.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.55 | 25.89 | 25.53 | 25.81 | 27.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.35 | 18.57 | 18.33 | 18.56 | 23.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.41 | 77.22 | 76.03 | 77.11 | 20.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 39.74 | 39.76 | 39.22 | 39.23 | 20.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 37.61 | 38.26 | 37.54 | 38.11 | 19.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 94.94 | 95.14 | 94.13 | 94.27 | 17M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 67.48 | 67.94 | 66.63 | 67.74 | 15M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 26.31 | 26.40 | 26.07 | 26.36 | 14.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.71 | 61.35 | 60.55 | 61.29 | 13M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 55.85 | 57.00 | 55.75 | 56.68 | 12.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 41.00 | 41.12 | 40.75 | 41.10 | 12.5M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49.01 | 49.64 | 48.94 | 49.46 | 11.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.00 | 48.32 | 47.90 | 48.05 | 11M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.61 | 56.96 | 56.12 | 56.29 | 10.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.11 | 38.25 | 37.81 | 38.02 | 10.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.82 | 34.87 | 34.44 | 34.64 | 10M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.10 | 63.25 | 62.85 | 63.05 | 9.73M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.56 | 48.71 | 48.27 | 48.56 | 9.16M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.55 | 34.55 | 34.30 | 34.34 | 8.78M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.61 | 55.40 | 54.40 | 55.06 | 8.71M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 472.14 | 473.00 | 469.58 | 471.02 | 7.55M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 65.48 | 65.54 | 64.64 | 64.93 | 7.15M |
| Chevron | CVX | 74.97 | 75.75 | 74.65 | 75.55 | 6.62M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 70.21 | 71.53 | 70.01 | 71.39 | 6.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 45.23 | 45.41 | 45.04 | 45.37 | 5.89M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.60 | 27.88 | 27.55 | 27.78 | 5.13M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63.45 | 63.84 | 63.34 | 63.73 | 5.05M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 95.80 | 96.45 | 95.57 | 96.21 | 4.28M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 41.22 | 41.55 | 40.92 | 41.53 | 4.06M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 45.04 | 45.49 | 45.04 | 45.23 | 3.21M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 77.98 | 78.25 | 77.40 | 77.94 | 3.06M |
| 3M | MMM | 77.50 | 77.73 | 76.94 | 77.16 | 2.6M |
| Boeing | BA | 89.91 | 90.61 | 89.80 | 90.27 | 2.55M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 103.49 | 103.89 | 102.86 | 103.02 | 1.18M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3618.00 | 3629.00 | 3605.00 | 3629.00 | 4.8K |
Exchange Rates of April 4th, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.159 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.863 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.220 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.820 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.735 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158.700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.676 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.479 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.632 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.613 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.550 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.645 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.631 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.613 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.426 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.347 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.028 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.973 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.976 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.024 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.027 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.973 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.412 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.415 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.291 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.437 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.410 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.415 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.949 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.054 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.999 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.001 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.052 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.951 CAD |
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