Financial news on May 04, 2006
Business and Financial news
The Ultra Mobile PC aims to bridge the size gulf between a palmtop and a laptop, but winds up inheriting the worst aspects of each. Read more..
Some doctors consider computerized lists showing which doctors are prescribing what drugs an intrusion. Read more..
Netgear's WNR834B wireless router can accommodate all three wireless standards and offers four Ethernet ports. Read more..
A push-to-hear switch in new earphones mutes the music, while an external microphone picks up ambient sounds. Read more..
Net income declined to 318.8 billion won ($340 million) compared with 509.8 billion won a year earlier. Read more..
A unit of the private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company went public in a $5 billion offering. Read more..
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A recent paper by two Harvard economists challenges the notion that differences in political attitudes across states are something new. Read more..
Camera makers are introducing models slightly bigger than ultraslim cameras but with capabilities formerly found only in far larger devices. Read more..
A new sinus therapy is being hailed by some as a major breakthrough, but there is virtually no scientific evidence that the procedure works. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.35 | 23.67 | 23.14 | 23.44 | 171M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.52 | 21.90 | 21.50 | 21.86 | 49.6M |
Intel | INTC | 19.28 | 19.45 | 19.21 | 19.34 | 42.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 71.22 | 72.89 | 70.46 | 71.13 | 30.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.25 | 25.45 | 25.17 | 25.22 | 26.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 63.67 | 64.41 | 62.89 | 63.31 | 23.2M |
General Electric | GE | 34.50 | 34.94 | 34.48 | 34.80 | 21.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.38 | 14.47 | 14.21 | 14.29 | 21.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 56.23 | 56.69 | 55.60 | 55.86 | 15.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.85 | 67.50 | 65.19 | 66.55 | 13.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 46.60 | 47.15 | 46.08 | 46.53 | 11.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.44 | 42.56 | 42.14 | 42.53 | 10.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.98 | 46.98 | 46.12 | 46.40 | 10.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.51 | 45.81 | 45.50 | 45.69 | 10.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 71.25 | 72.59 | 69.25 | 71.56 | 10.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.20 | 26.20 | 25.85 | 25.92 | 10.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 61.60 | 62.45 | 61.05 | 62.00 | 9.84M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 395.03 | 398.87 | 392.21 | 394.75 | 9.29M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.42 | 40.50 | 40.09 | 40.26 | 9.26M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.83 | 32.92 | 32.64 | 32.80 | 8.67M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 30.08 | 30.54 | 30.01 | 30.40 | 7.99M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 28.16 | 28.43 | 28.16 | 28.40 | 7.91M |
Amgen | AMGN | 66.71 | 67.44 | 66.61 | 66.95 | 7.88M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.44 | 58.47 | 58.19 | 58.26 | 7.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.90 | 33.40 | 32.86 | 33.29 | 7.76M |
Altria | MO | 73.50 | 73.75 | 72.90 | 73.65 | 7.07M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 41.95 | 42.13 | 41.80 | 42.08 | 6.65M |
Merck | MRK | 34.08 | 34.40 | 34.08 | 34.31 | 6.21M |
Amazon | AMZN | 34.62 | 34.72 | 34.38 | 34.47 | 6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.47 | 56.75 | 55.02 | 55.20 | 5.38M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34.85 | 35.08 | 34.80 | 34.85 | 4.65M |
Pepsico | PEP | 58.50 | 58.99 | 58.47 | 58.74 | 4.35M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.94 | 25.10 | 24.91 | 25.03 | 4.3M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 82.71 | 83.09 | 82.40 | 82.43 | 3.97M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67.60 | 68.27 | 67.60 | 68.18 | 3.91M |
3M | MMM | 85.90 | 86.67 | 85.84 | 86.47 | 3.32M |
Boeing | BA | 85.89 | 87.15 | 85.81 | 86.64 | 3.32M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63.73 | 64.00 | 63.36 | 63.77 | 2.77M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 93.90 | 94.08 | 92.91 | 93.50 | 1.88M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2943.00 | 2943.00 | 2910.00 | 2910.00 | 22.1K |
Exchange Rates of May 04, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 113.540 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.109 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.902 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.228 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.814 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 144.080 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.685 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.460 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.642 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.609 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.407 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.711 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.559 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.642 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.397 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.417 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.054 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.487 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.275 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.440 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.857 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.167 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.949 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.054 AUD |
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