Financial news on October 04, 2007
Business and Financial news
In an interview, Bill Gates expressed surprise that the music industry had failed to turn digital music into a big moneymaker. Read more..
Cadbury Schweppes, the soft drink and candy maker, plans to move some of its chocolate production to Poland from Britain, eliminating 700 jobs. A plant at Keynsham in southwestern England is scheduled to close by 2010, affecting 500 workers, the c... Read more..
Canada will add national security to the list of issues it considers before approving foreign takeovers of companies, Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper said. The change will not apply to takeovers that have already been announced. Mr. Harper’s anno... Read more..
MagicJack, which looks like a U.S.B. memory stick, plugs right into your Windows PC, which immediately displays a telephone keypad. Read more..
The central bank stuck by its upbeat view of the region’s economy, despite the credit squeeze that has roiled financial markets. The Bank of England also left rates unchanged. Read more..
The insider trading investigation centers on whether executives of EADS and Airbus knew of production problems with the Airbus A380 when they exercised stock options. Read more..
Despite intense lobbying, growers of fruits, vegetables and tree nuts are falling short in their goals to secure government payments in the farm bill now being debated on Capitol Hill. Read more..
Is there a way to save voice mail to a computer or CD? My cellphone’s voice mail storage capacity isn’t big enough, but there are voice mail messages I need to save. Read more..
The Cubic phone still saves you money, but not as much as I wrote in my column last week. Read more..
Sony said yesterday that its entertainment chief, Michael Lynton, had signed a new contract to lead the company’s film and television studios until 2012. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 32.59 | 32.68 | 31.88 | 32.15 | 50.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 25.80 | 25.83 | 25.37 | 25.60 | 44.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.57 | 29.77 | 29.44 | 29.71 | 37.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.13 | 25.52 | 25.12 | 25.30 | 31.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 91.34 | 91.65 | 90.33 | 90.92 | 28.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 158.00 | 158.08 | 153.50 | 156.24 | 23.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 83.39 | 84.49 | 82.41 | 83.94 | 18.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.65 | 21.79 | 21.51 | 21.76 | 18.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 23.90 | 24.04 | 23.70 | 23.94 | 17.3M |
| General Electric | GE | 41.71 | 41.87 | 41.45 | 41.70 | 16M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 41.93 | 42.15 | 41.83 | 41.99 | 14.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 37.00 | 37.50 | 37.00 | 37.27 | 12.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 34.01 | 34.05 | 33.50 | 33.74 | 12.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.20 | 71.07 | 70.20 | 70.83 | 11.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.20 | 47.43 | 46.98 | 47.25 | 11.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 51.61 | 53.11 | 51.61 | 52.86 | 9.65M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.06 | 45.34 | 44.77 | 45.00 | 9.55M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.10 | 66.35 | 66.00 | 66.11 | 8.74M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 45.24 | 45.50 | 45.23 | 45.42 | 8.46M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.42 | 47.64 | 47.15 | 47.38 | 8.02M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 29.65 | 30.35 | 29.65 | 29.74 | 7.97M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 55.44 | 55.70 | 55.06 | 55.39 | 7.71M |
| Altria | MO | 69.83 | 70.14 | 69.56 | 69.69 | 6.83M |
| Chevron | CVX | 91.65 | 92.03 | 90.53 | 91.84 | 6.76M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 105.49 | 106.71 | 104.01 | 106.19 | 6.39M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 50.41 | 50.57 | 50.01 | 50.47 | 6.38M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 116.20 | 116.75 | 115.00 | 115.69 | 6.18M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 585.09 | 585.09 | 577.06 | 579.03 | 5.97M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 57.65 | 58.13 | 57.57 | 57.87 | 5.77M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.74 | 56.66 | 55.38 | 55.54 | 5.62M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.89 | 35.07 | 34.83 | 34.90 | 5.58M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56.22 | 56.39 | 55.85 | 56.04 | 4.87M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41.51 | 42.17 | 40.94 | 41.52 | 4.57M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 73.01 | 73.88 | 73.01 | 73.87 | 4.46M |
| Boeing | BA | 105.15 | 105.70 | 104.45 | 104.50 | 3.45M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 92.55 | 92.57 | 91.45 | 92.26 | 3.32M |
| 3M | MMM | 94.50 | 94.89 | 94.02 | 94.25 | 2.41M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 79.60 | 80.70 | 79.60 | 80.09 | 2.25M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 111.71 | 112.74 | 110.07 | 112.36 | 1.82M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3990.00 | 4004.00 | 3970.00 | 3970.00 | 18.5K |
Exchange Rates of October 04, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.360 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.996 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.004 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.174 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.852 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 164.480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.693 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.443 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.591 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.629 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.408 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.710 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.660 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.602 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.421 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.374 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.967 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.034 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.856 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.168 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.009 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.991 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.295 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.436 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.031 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.492 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.394 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.884 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.131 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.043 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.959 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.178 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.849 CAD |
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