Financial news on August 07, 2007
Business and Financial news
Wal-Mart Stores and the Bharti Group of India have agreed to set up wholesale stores and a supply chain in India, eight months after they signed an initial agreement. Their venture will open its first wholesale store by the end of 2008, according ... Read more..
There appears to be a great desire to believe that Fake Steve Jobs just might be the real one. Reaction and counterreaction to the unveiling of the Apple chief’s alter ego. Read more..
Mr. Cole was a businessman who used early computer technology to sort the world — or at least millions of the people in it — by street address. Read more..
Japan’s broadest indicator of the outlook for growth signaled for the first time in eight months that the economy would expand. The leading index climbed to 80 percent in June, the Cabinet Office said, the first time it has been at or over 50 sinc... Read more..
Robert L. Nardelli is being given the chance to try to bring off two comebacks: Chrysler’s, and his own. Read more..
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UltraSPARC T2, the new chip, is twice as fast as the previous generation and will be available this year. Read more..
The Cleveland Browns of the N.F.L. are taking a unique approach to online ticket reselling: The team doesn’t take a cut. Read more..
Lessons from the Wikimania conference in Taipei: Why people contribute, how to resolve conflicts and how many editors is enough. Read more..
The Bush administration on Monday let stand an earlier ruling that requires Qualcomm to pay licensing fees to its competitor Broadcom. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 29,52 | 29,86 | 28,93 | 29,69 | 80.7M |
Intel | INTC | 24,04 | 24,32 | 23,75 | 24,13 | 59.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24,13 | 24,63 | 23,95 | 24,35 | 51.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,33 | 29,79 | 29,05 | 29,55 | 49.2M |
General Electric | GE | 38,89 | 39,73 | 38,74 | 39,48 | 46.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 83,15 | 86,48 | 82,52 | 85,70 | 35.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,86 | 20,08 | 19,50 | 19,68 | 34.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 134,94 | 137,24 | 132,63 | 135,03 | 33.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44,99 | 46,05 | 44,15 | 45,34 | 30.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,25 | 35,30 | 34,25 | 34,89 | 29.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 36,55 | 37,07 | 35,92 | 36,40 | 28.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54,66 | 55,09 | 52,50 | 54,30 | 25.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 40,14 | 40,75 | 39,80 | 40,46 | 24.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 77,89 | 80,94 | 77,20 | 79,98 | 20.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25,46 | 26,34 | 25,36 | 25,88 | 19.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,80 | 47,48 | 46,55 | 47,06 | 19.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,23 | 65,79 | 64,23 | 65,23 | 19.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61,75 | 62,40 | 61,55 | 62,08 | 18.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28,28 | 29,09 | 28,28 | 28,92 | 16.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48,35 | 48,99 | 47,96 | 48,48 | 15.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 81,33 | 83,89 | 80,52 | 83,18 | 15.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 86,57 | 89,54 | 86,32 | 88,76 | 14.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42,93 | 43,69 | 42,93 | 43,11 | 14.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,95 | 34,85 | 33,85 | 34,55 | 14.3M |
Merck | MRK | 50,88 | 52,35 | 50,80 | 51,63 | 13.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 51,20 | 51,99 | 50,96 | 51,39 | 11.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53,95 | 54,79 | 53,71 | 54,46 | 11.3M |
Altria | MO | 68,93 | 69,85 | 68,10 | 69,22 | 10.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48,36 | 49,07 | 45,82 | 47,99 | 9.5M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68,19 | 69,83 | 67,95 | 69,16 | 9.07M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 509,75 | 519,88 | 509,04 | 516,02 | 8.52M |
Amazon | AMZN | 78,55 | 80,00 | 77,89 | 79,14 | 8.06M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 113,02 | 114,17 | 112,25 | 113,53 | 8.02M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37,70 | 38,25 | 37,23 | 37,86 | 7.54M |
McDonald's | MCD | 49,00 | 50,30 | 49,00 | 49,73 | 7.28M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74,84 | 74,85 | 73,52 | 74,15 | 5.5M |
Boeing | BA | 103,70 | 104,12 | 102,30 | 103,22 | 5.25M |
3M | MMM | 86,96 | 88,71 | 86,95 | 88,03 | 4.51M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 114,30 | 118,14 | 113,01 | 116,87 | 3.32M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3671,00 | 3692,00 | 3650,50 | 3692,00 | 23.3K |
Exchange Rates of August 07, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118,810 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,055 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,948 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,197 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,835 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,570 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 163,210 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,680 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,472 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,607 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,622 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,449 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,690 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,644 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,608 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,416 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,403 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,984 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,016 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,887 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,127 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,007 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,993 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,365 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,423 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,132 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,469 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,419 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,413 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,901 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,110 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,023 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,978 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,134 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,882 CAD |
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