Financial news on July 06, 2007
Business and Financial news
Previously unseen notes of meetings in connection with the related criminal trial of 16 former KPMG tax employees provide a rare and detailed look inside the closed-door process of those dealings. Read more..
David Pogue sings “I want an iPhone,” and New York Magazine says “bravo.” Read more..
With hedge funds lining up to go public, money managers and the media are questioning whether there might be a hedge fund bubble. Read more..
Small companies offering software systems and medical devices are attracting venture capital. Read more..
Managing emissions has become one of the fastest-growing specialties in financial services, and companies are scrambling to find workers. Read more..
Microsoft on Thursday cited “an unacceptable number of repairs” to its Xbox 360 for the charge, and announced an extended warranty for the video game console. Read more..
Facebook is growing more than twice as fast as MySpace. But the News Corporation site is still far bigger. Read more..
The Fast Retailing Company, the Japanese retailer that owns the Uniqlo line of stores, made an unsolicited $900 million bid for Barneys New York. Read more..
Word from the FCC is that the rules in the upcoming auction of what is now the UHF television spectrum favor existing cellular carriers, not proposed startup broadband providers. Read more..
Donald J. Trump, the man who wrote “The Art of the Deal,” failed to make a deal this week, and his casino company’s shareholders are suffering. Again. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.91 | 30.04 | 29.66 | 29.97 | 57.5M |
Intel | INTC | 24.52 | 24.85 | 24.51 | 24.68 | 51.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.34 | 28.50 | 28.24 | 28.47 | 34.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 133.13 | 133.34 | 130.40 | 132.30 | 31.2M |
General Electric | GE | 38.48 | 38.60 | 38.37 | 38.48 | 29.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.45 | 20.49 | 20.25 | 20.40 | 26.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.87 | 25.95 | 25.70 | 25.92 | 26.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 85.63 | 86.95 | 85.37 | 86.46 | 23M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 40.80 | 40.98 | 40.34 | 40.66 | 19.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 39.92 | 40.51 | 39.85 | 40.30 | 16.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.09 | 48.49 | 47.99 | 48.39 | 13.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 86.57 | 87.96 | 86.57 | 87.68 | 11.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 28.50 | 28.69 | 28.47 | 28.58 | 11.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.62 | 49.16 | 48.45 | 48.97 | 10.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 81.20 | 81.72 | 80.90 | 81.04 | 10.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 41.54 | 41.73 | 41.35 | 41.55 | 10.2M |
Merck | MRK | 49.90 | 49.97 | 48.87 | 49.46 | 9.24M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 107.79 | 109.66 | 107.66 | 109.03 | 8.98M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.24 | 35.40 | 35.14 | 35.33 | 8.71M |
Altria | MO | 70.85 | 71.70 | 70.80 | 71.60 | 8.47M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.81 | 46.00 | 45.51 | 45.98 | 8.37M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.50 | 61.63 | 61.35 | 61.48 | 8.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.10 | 62.40 | 62.00 | 62.13 | 7.56M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.33 | 54.43 | 53.88 | 54.00 | 7.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31.80 | 31.82 | 31.47 | 31.55 | 7.16M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 88.48 | 89.17 | 87.79 | 88.33 | 7.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.59 | 34.61 | 34.43 | 34.49 | 6.73M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 52.55 | 52.65 | 52.30 | 52.60 | 6.17M |
McDonald's | MCD | 51.35 | 51.62 | 51.00 | 51.43 | 5.88M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54.71 | 54.90 | 54.49 | 54.82 | 5.84M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 541.25 | 543.87 | 538.73 | 539.40 | 5.49M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.53 | 53.18 | 52.11 | 53.02 | 4.83M |
Amazon | AMZN | 68.75 | 69.30 | 68.01 | 68.97 | 4.62M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.92 | 66.42 | 65.65 | 66.22 | 3.85M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38.99 | 39.21 | 38.61 | 39.12 | 3.84M |
Boeing | BA | 98.13 | 99.22 | 98.02 | 98.88 | 2.59M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72.29 | 72.88 | 72.03 | 72.60 | 2.5M |
3M | MMM | 87.95 | 88.81 | 87.56 | 88.11 | 2.01M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 116.10 | 117.43 | 115.15 | 116.81 | 1.55M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3673.00 | 3705.00 | 3668.00 | 3705.00 | 9.5K |
Exchange Rates of July 06, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 123.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.049 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.953 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.218 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.821 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.602 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 168.060 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.678 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.476 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.587 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.630 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.430 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.699 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.660 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.602 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.403 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.482 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.944 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.059 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.850 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.176 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.987 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.013 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.343 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.427 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.110 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.474 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.449 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.408 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.900 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.111 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.045 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.957 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.161 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.862 CAD |
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