Financial news on June 5th, 2007
Business and Financial news
At least one significant investor in Biomet, an artificial joint maker, plans to vote against a proposed $10.9 billion deal for the company. Read more..
AIRLINE REPORT CARD: OUCH! The airline industry may be back in the black, but passengers are still seeing red, according to a Consumer Reports survey that will be published in its July issue. Over all, the industry’s average score for satisfaction... Read more..
The private equity investment in Palm Inc. is a gamble that the history of two companies in the personal computer industry won’t repeat itself. Read more..
When a London agency featured images of Kurt Cobain and other dead rock stars in ads for Dr. Martens footwear, it and its client got burned. Read more..
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.86 | 27.30 | 26.86 | 27.20 | 59.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 22.12 | 22.24 | 21.86 | 21.96 | 55.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.62 | 30.63 | 30.33 | 30.58 | 44.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 27.50 | 27.54 | 27.13 | 27.28 | 40.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 37.70 | 37.81 | 37.37 | 37.40 | 40.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 121.41 | 122.69 | 120.50 | 122.67 | 32.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.91 | 51.20 | 50.36 | 50.52 | 32.7M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 71.10 | 74.24 | 70.86 | 73.65 | 30.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.60 | 19.64 | 19.33 | 19.48 | 26.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 83.95 | 84.60 | 83.65 | 84.26 | 21.2M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 509.75 | 519.00 | 506.61 | 518.84 | 20.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 40.69 | 40.86 | 40.15 | 40.49 | 18.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 26.93 | 27.16 | 26.57 | 27.11 | 16.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 39.47 | 39.85 | 38.68 | 38.86 | 15.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 51.67 | 51.69 | 50.73 | 51.44 | 14.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.73 | 46.07 | 45.52 | 45.92 | 14M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.79 | 55.79 | 54.93 | 55.49 | 13.8M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 56.86 | 57.80 | 56.60 | 57.61 | 13.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 51.24 | 51.49 | 51.19 | 51.22 | 13.6M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.09 | 63.73 | 63.06 | 63.46 | 13.5M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.11 | 36.16 | 35.75 | 35.91 | 13.3M |
| Altria | MO | 71.65 | 71.70 | 70.61 | 70.68 | 12.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 30.26 | 30.55 | 30.02 | 30.42 | 12.2M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.91 | 42.93 | 42.57 | 42.76 | 11.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.40 | 63.55 | 63.02 | 63.31 | 11.4M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 79.09 | 79.66 | 78.65 | 79.29 | 10M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.76 | 35.89 | 35.21 | 35.27 | 9.96M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 52.47 | 52.65 | 52.10 | 52.32 | 9.64M |
| Chevron | CVX | 82.71 | 83.04 | 82.17 | 82.73 | 7.4M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 79.56 | 80.22 | 78.63 | 79.20 | 7.34M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 51.10 | 51.20 | 50.43 | 50.85 | 6.01M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 67.77 | 68.36 | 67.59 | 67.62 | 5.89M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.95 | 55.13 | 54.33 | 54.70 | 5.62M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 106.55 | 106.55 | 105.54 | 105.84 | 5.24M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 70.55 | 70.99 | 70.33 | 70.75 | 4.39M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 83.83 | 83.98 | 82.25 | 83.29 | 3.34M |
| Boeing | BA | 99.94 | 99.96 | 98.84 | 99.50 | 3.28M |
| 3M | MMM | 88.07 | 88.35 | 87.23 | 87.46 | 2.53M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 121.11 | 122.00 | 120.11 | 120.98 | 1.44M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3646.00 | 3646.00 | 3614.00 | 3619.00 | 15.1K |
Exchange Rates of June 5th, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 121.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.063 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.941 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.218 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.821 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.643 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.131 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 164.150 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.678 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.474 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.614 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.619 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.438 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.696 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.648 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.607 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.413 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.421 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.983 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.017 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.876 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.142 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.003 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.997 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.380 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.420 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.119 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.472 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.428 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.412 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.890 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.124 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.020 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.981 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.145 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.873 CAD |
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