Financial news on February 6th, 2007
Business and Financial news
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 5 (Bloomberg News) — Two investment banks, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, asked a federal appeals court yesterday to end a class-action lawsuit by Enron investors seeking $40 billion that they lost when the energy trader c... Read more..
PepsiCo said that its board had elected its chief executive, Indra K. Nooyi, to succeed Steven S. Reinemund as chairman when he retires in May. Read more..
The home improvement retailer reached an agreement with a large shareholder that will prevent a proxy fight over the company’s strategy. Read more..
Humana, the health insurer, said yesterday that profit more than doubled as enrollment increased in the company’s Medicare plans for older Americans. Read more..
Chung Mong-koo, 68, committed a “clearly criminal act,” the judge said, and will serve three years. Read more..
In a $4.5 billion stock transaction, the two will join forces to challenge the recently announced combination of Bank of New York and Mellon Financial. Read more..
Leaders of Discovery’s cable channels will now report to the chief executive, giving him a more hands-on role. Read more..
The travails of passengers on a stranded flight showed how strained the system is at times when unpredictable factors like bad weather bring extra stress. Read more..
Wal-Mart will introduce a partnership with all of the six major Hollywood studios to sell digital movies and television shows on its Web site. Read more..
If there’s a head in your luggage, you might want to allow yourself a few extra minutes at the security checkpoint. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.75 | 27.78 | 27.12 | 27.28 | 105M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.59 | 29.75 | 29.22 | 29.51 | 79.3M |
Intel | INTC | 21.37 | 21.49 | 21.08 | 21.31 | 56.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.13 | 17.19 | 16.86 | 17.02 | 31.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 84.45 | 84.47 | 82.86 | 84.15 | 30.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.77 | 26.94 | 26.72 | 26.83 | 24M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37.70 | 37.96 | 37.44 | 37.51 | 22.8M |
General Electric | GE | 36.38 | 36.44 | 36.23 | 36.31 | 22.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.77 | 42.77 | 41.77 | 42.01 | 17.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.86 | 75.97 | 75.04 | 75.14 | 16.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.80 | 51.89 | 50.51 | 50.99 | 11M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 67.68 | 67.86 | 66.24 | 66.64 | 10.9M |
Altria | MO | 86.87 | 86.92 | 85.80 | 86.02 | 10.9M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 468.10 | 473.30 | 467.26 | 471.48 | 10.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 42.79 | 42.83 | 42.06 | 42.45 | 10.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 50.85 | 51.32 | 50.76 | 51.00 | 9.85M |
Amgen | AMGN | 70.33 | 70.49 | 69.23 | 69.66 | 9.68M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.79 | 36.02 | 35.75 | 35.90 | 9.66M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65.75 | 65.78 | 64.31 | 64.87 | 9.34M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.05 | 38.20 | 37.81 | 38.08 | 8.63M |
Amazon | AMZN | 37.20 | 38.41 | 37.08 | 38.27 | 8.61M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.15 | 74.18 | 72.94 | 73.37 | 8.37M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.15 | 65.26 | 64.48 | 64.59 | 8.34M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.39 | 66.43 | 65.79 | 66.00 | 8.18M |
Home Depot | HD | 41.09 | 41.38 | 40.91 | 41.27 | 8.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.41 | 35.46 | 35.08 | 35.19 | 7.91M |
Merck | MRK | 44.74 | 44.78 | 44.21 | 44.64 | 7.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.70 | 52.75 | 52.21 | 52.46 | 7.12M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 100.00 | 100.40 | 99.54 | 99.55 | 6.53M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.65 | 28.79 | 28.51 | 28.75 | 5.85M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.00 | 48.16 | 47.86 | 48.05 | 5.58M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.53 | 48.77 | 48.32 | 48.58 | 5M |
3M | MMM | 73.91 | 74.50 | 73.82 | 74.27 | 4.87M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69.99 | 70.45 | 69.67 | 70.33 | 4.75M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.83 | 64.94 | 64.36 | 64.39 | 4.13M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.70 | 44.86 | 44.43 | 44.77 | 4.02M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68.03 | 68.60 | 67.80 | 68.41 | 3.61M |
Boeing | BA | 90.80 | 91.00 | 89.90 | 90.63 | 3.52M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 100.61 | 101.46 | 99.86 | 99.94 | 2.49M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3624.50 | 3636.00 | 3601.00 | 3632.00 | 14.6K |
Exchange Rates of February 6th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 120.110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.182 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.846 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.240 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.807 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.757 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155.940 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.659 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.518 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.669 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.599 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.534 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.652 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.610 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.422 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.369 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.070 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.935 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.984 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.017 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.032 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.969 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.535 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.394 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.329 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.429 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.443 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.409 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.918 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.089 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.963 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.038 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.954 CAD |
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