Financial news on February 04, 2008
Business and Financial news
Adweek Gets Extreme Makeover in New Campaign
A playful campaign for a leading trade publication for the advertising industry has a serious purpose, promoting what may be the most significant changes since its founding 30 years ago. Read more..
BHP Weighs Options in Rio Tinto Bid
BHP Billiton must decide by Wednesday if it will proceed with a bid for Rio Tinto after China intervened with a strategic investment that could sharply increase the price of the merger. Read more..
Mad Magazine Uses Pulitzer Winners to Tweak Bush
Mad magazine enlists the talents of 10 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists for its two-page exposé, “Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.” Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30,49 | 30,72 | 30,11 | 30,19 | 120M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25,04 | 25,05 | 23,62 | 23,82 | 92.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 21,74 | 21,75 | 21,16 | 21,20 | 65.7M |
| General Electric | GE | 36,00 | 36,25 | 35,19 | 35,37 | 43.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32,39 | 32,55 | 31,10 | 31,39 | 39.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 134,21 | 135,90 | 131,42 | 131,65 | 32.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 23,72 | 23,78 | 23,50 | 23,63 | 29.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47,83 | 48,14 | 46,03 | 46,22 | 28.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20,68 | 20,68 | 20,15 | 20,20 | 26.7M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 509,07 | 512,78 | 492,55 | 495,43 | 26.3M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 38,49 | 38,50 | 37,94 | 38,16 | 20.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51,18 | 51,25 | 49,83 | 50,07 | 20.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 86,14 | 86,29 | 84,85 | 85,44 | 18.8M |
| Home Depot | HD | 30,50 | 30,55 | 29,16 | 29,35 | 16.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 45,96 | 47,97 | 45,82 | 47,47 | 16.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57,44 | 58,50 | 57,36 | 58,05 | 14.8M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 80,37 | 80,62 | 79,56 | 79,76 | 13M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 18,65 | 18,65 | 18,14 | 18,16 | 12.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 44,50 | 44,69 | 43,86 | 44,06 | 12.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,70 | 38,98 | 38,23 | 38,61 | 12.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30,83 | 31,05 | 30,62 | 30,90 | 11.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23,96 | 24,13 | 23,90 | 24,03 | 10.8M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66,45 | 67,02 | 66,15 | 66,15 | 10.3M |
| Chevron | CVX | 82,75 | 82,98 | 81,01 | 82,02 | 10.3M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 74,50 | 76,66 | 73,90 | 73,95 | 9.16M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 78,30 | 79,97 | 77,28 | 79,09 | 8.19M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63,36 | 63,71 | 63,00 | 63,47 | 7.98M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 59,38 | 59,45 | 58,47 | 58,63 | 7.66M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 47,40 | 47,74 | 47,14 | 47,18 | 6.93M |
| Altria | MO | 75,40 | 75,92 | 74,89 | 75,07 | 6.24M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54,23 | 54,29 | 53,30 | 53,88 | 6.08M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 108,40 | 109,00 | 106,46 | 107,93 | 5.99M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45,91 | 46,50 | 45,76 | 46,29 | 5.73M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 68,90 | 69,34 | 68,53 | 69,22 | 5.6M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50,10 | 50,18 | 49,79 | 49,90 | 4.48M |
| 3M | MMM | 81,39 | 81,50 | 80,49 | 80,57 | 3.38M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 74,14 | 74,31 | 73,60 | 74,05 | 3.34M |
| Boeing | BA | 82,51 | 83,36 | 81,91 | 82,90 | 3.11M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 127,99 | 128,62 | 125,14 | 125,70 | 3.03M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4550,00 | 4606,50 | 4501,00 | 4501,00 | 14K |
Exchange Rates of February 04, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106,670 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,993 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,007 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,088 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,919 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,192 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,139 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158,160 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,751 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,331 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,633 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,612 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,473 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,679 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,613 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,620 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,475 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,107 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,031 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,970 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,930 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,075 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,020 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,981 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,173 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,460 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,960 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,510 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,147 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,466 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,901 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,110 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,987 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,013 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,095 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,913 CAD |
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