Financial news on October 06, 2006
Business and Financial news
After Wall Street made a settlement with regulators over conflicts involving research analysts, the value of research has come increasingly into question. Read more..
ConocoPhillips said it would combine ownership of its refineries in Texas with Canadian oil sands properties controlled by EnCana. Read more..
Citing a risk of higher inflation, the European Central Bank raised its interest rate to 3.25 percent. Read more..
With the hiring of a new chief executive, Ford is said to believe it can resolve its financial crisis without any outside help. Read more..
Gary C. Comer was the founder of the mail-order apparel company who printed a glossy catalog in the 1960’s that became a prototype of the magazinelike catalogs of today. Read more..
Former Goldman Sachs banker E. Scott Mead is said to be joining the British private equity firm Apax Partners. Read more..
More than 100 remote cities benefit from federally subsidized airline service, a program critics say is expensive and unessential. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 20.61 | 20.70 | 20.41 | 20.63 | 63.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.79 | 24.20 | 23.74 | 24.09 | 48.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.76 | 28.00 | 27.65 | 27.87 | 36.5M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.15 | 18.46 | 18.13 | 18.19 | 33.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 27.87 | 27.95 | 27.59 | 27.90 | 27.2M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 39.96 | 40.28 | 39.48 | 40.11 | 21.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.00 | 67.62 | 66.50 | 67.52 | 19.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 36.29 | 36.30 | 35.88 | 36.14 | 18.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.91 | 32.13 | 31.57 | 31.78 | 18.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 74.42 | 75.04 | 73.81 | 74.22 | 16.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.30 | 46.50 | 46.07 | 46.19 | 15.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.36 | 48.98 | 48.24 | 48.32 | 15.4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 410.22 | 421.91 | 409.75 | 420.50 | 14.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.78 | 36.86 | 36.54 | 36.80 | 14M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 37.55 | 38.05 | 37.48 | 37.72 | 13.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.90 | 58.32 | 57.08 | 58.01 | 13.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 37.06 | 37.25 | 36.80 | 37.14 | 10.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.10 | 47.20 | 46.78 | 46.86 | 10.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 41.40 | 42.05 | 41.24 | 41.86 | 10.2M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50.69 | 52.61 | 50.56 | 51.50 | 9.8M |
| Altria | MO | 78.55 | 78.89 | 78.00 | 78.62 | 9.62M |
| Chevron | CVX | 63.52 | 63.88 | 62.80 | 63.66 | 8.89M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 59.50 | 60.01 | 58.40 | 59.60 | 8.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 36.70 | 37.30 | 36.26 | 37.13 | 7.54M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.14 | 31.39 | 30.86 | 31.34 | 7.45M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.37 | 24.57 | 24.30 | 24.42 | 7.16M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.01 | 65.16 | 64.86 | 65.06 | 7.13M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.29 | 63.31 | 62.72 | 63.09 | 7.07M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 74.64 | 74.67 | 73.51 | 74.01 | 6.74M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 82.93 | 83.78 | 82.50 | 83.14 | 5.34M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.82 | 44.89 | 44.66 | 44.76 | 5.05M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.37 | 36.45 | 36.20 | 36.34 | 4.83M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 33.15 | 33.22 | 32.50 | 32.59 | 4.22M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 64.56 | 64.78 | 64.17 | 64.42 | 4.04M |
| Boeing | BA | 83.62 | 84.39 | 83.14 | 83.68 | 3.65M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 65.41 | 65.66 | 64.80 | 65.35 | 3.04M |
| 3M | MMM | 75.95 | 76.16 | 75.77 | 75.95 | 2.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 65.84 | 65.95 | 65.03 | 65.41 | 2.5M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 89.50 | 89.56 | 88.51 | 88.86 | 1.26M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3281.00 | 3293.00 | 3260.00 | 3280.00 | 12K |
Exchange Rates of October 06, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 119.010 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.125 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.889 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.260 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.794 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.907 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149.950 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.485 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.696 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.590 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.418 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.705 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.588 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.630 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.449 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.228 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.131 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.884 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.945 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.058 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.059 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.945 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.519 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.397 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.105 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.475 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.357 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.424 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.835 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.197 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.935 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.069 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.119 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.893 CAD |
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