Financial news on January 07, 2008

Business and Financial news
As Electronics Show Grows, Some Scale Back

The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become a challenging place to introduce new products. Read more..

By BRAD STONE and MATT RICHTEL - The New York Times

Google’s Lunchtime Betting Game

Even at an Internet company, information travels fastest on the ground. Read more..

By NOAM COHEN - The New York Times

Saying ‘Will You’ for Prizes, on the Web

1-800-Flowers.com is holding a “Will You Marry Me?” contest to find the season’s most intriguing marriage proposal. Read more..

By DOUGLAS QUENQUA - The New York Times

Stock Markets

Values are reported in US Dollars

Stock Ticker symbol Open High Low Close Volume
Intel INTC 22.80 23.03 22.36 22.88 112M
Microsoft MSFT 34.55 34.80 34.25 34.61 80.2M
Apple AAPL 181.25 183.60 170.23 177.64 74M
Cisco Systems CSCO 26.10 26.38 25.68 26.13 54.4M
Pfizer PFE 22.93 23.34 22.90 23.23 48.1M
General Electric GE 36.20 36.50 35.91 36.18 47.5M
Oracle Corp. ORCL 21.96 22.48 21.79 22.25 40M
HP Inc. HPQ 46.87 47.15 44.21 45.35 31.5M
ExxonMobil XOM 92.47 93.15 90.25 91.22 28.9M
AT&T Inc. T 41.19 41.94 40.98 41.43 26.8M
Wells Fargo & Co. WFC 27.70 28.04 27.11 27.68 25.9M
JPMorgan Chase JPM 40.40 41.58 40.16 41.34 25.6M
Home Depot HD 25.00 25.81 24.93 25.37 20.7M
Abbott Laboratories ABT 56.03 58.02 56.00 57.50 20.7M
Wal-Mart Stores WMT 45.80 46.81 45.59 46.56 20.3M
Comcast CMCSA 17.09 17.31 16.83 17.00 20.3M
ConocoPhillips COP 86.25 86.49 83.79 84.39 17.8M
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY 25.90 26.26 25.78 26.04 17.4M
Verizon Communications VZ 42.91 43.57 42.76 43.35 16.1M
Altria MO 75.22 77.40 75.22 77.23 16M
Chevron CVX 93.74 93.74 91.15 92.13 12.9M
Alphabet GOOGL 653.94 662.28 637.35 649.25 12.8M
International Business Machines IBM 100.36 101.00 99.03 100.05 12.7M
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 66.01 67.21 65.75 66.86 12.4M
Procter & Gamble PG 72.24 72.67 71.90 72.49 11.9M
Coca-Cola KO 62.10 63.44 61.90 63.31 11.9M
Merck MRK 57.09 58.42 56.95 57.92 11.3M
McDonald's MCD 57.75 58.25 56.87 58.03 10.8M
Walt Disney & Co. DIS 31.38 31.49 30.91 31.16 10.7M
Schlumberger SLB 98.79 99.97 95.68 96.81 10.3M
Amazon AMZN 88.62 90.57 85.47 88.82 9.98M
Boeing BA 86.30 86.30 82.17 82.87 9.96M
Gilead Sciences GILD 46.65 47.80 46.30 47.71 9.01M
Amgen AMGN 44.71 45.76 44.55 45.39 8.53M
Pepsico PEP 75.76 77.44 75.70 77.32 7.58M
UnitedHealth Group UNH 55.54 57.11 55.54 56.88 6.09M
United Technologies UTX 75.49 75.70 74.10 74.67 5.85M
3M MMM 81.99 82.15 80.77 81.11 4.22M
Union Pacific UNP 120.54 121.89 117.39 118.99 3.43M
Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B 4527.00 4548.00 4410.00 4438.00 25.7K
Exchange Rates of January 07, 2008
CurrenciesExchange Rates
US Dollar Japanese Yen 1 USD = 109.160 JPY 1 JPY = 0.009 USD
US Dollar Canadian Dollar 1 USD = 1.005 CAD 1 CAD = 0.996 USD
US Dollar Swiss Franc 1 USD = 1.116 CHF 1 CHF = 0.896 USD
US Dollar Chinese Yuan 1 USD = 7.269 CNY 1 CNY = 0.138 USD
Euro Japanese Yen 1 EUR = 160.430 JPY 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR
Euro Pound Sterling 1 EUR = 0.746 GBP 1 GBP = 1.341 EUR
Euro Australian Dollar 1 EUR = 1.683 AUD 1 AUD = 0.594 EUR
Euro Canadian Dollar 1 EUR = 1.476 CAD 1 CAD = 0.678 EUR
Euro Swiss Franc 1 EUR = 1.641 CHF 1 CHF = 0.610 EUR
Japanese Yen Pound Sterling 1 JPY = 0.465 GBP 1 GBP = 2.152 JPY
Japanese Yen Australian Dollar 1 JPY = 1.048 AUD 1 AUD = 0.954 JPY
Japanese Yen Canadian Dollar 1 JPY = 0.920 CAD 1 CAD = 1.088 JPY
Japanese Yen Swiss Franc 1 JPY = 1.022 CHF 1 CHF = 0.978 JPY
Pound Sterling Australian Dollar 1 GBP = 2.256 AUD 1 AUD = 0.443 GBP
Pound Sterling Canadian Dollar 1 GBP = 1.979 CAD 1 CAD = 0.505 GBP
Pound Sterling Swiss Franc 1 GBP = 2.199 CHF 1 CHF = 0.455 GBP
Australian Dollar Canadian Dollar 1 AUD = 0.876 CAD 1 CAD = 1.141 AUD
Australian Dollar Swiss Franc 1 AUD = 0.974 CHF 1 CHF = 1.026 AUD
Canadian Dollar Swiss Franc 1 CAD = 1.111 CHF 1 CHF = 0.900 CAD

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