Financial news on July 7th, 2006
Business and Financial news
The senators said allowing Boeing to deduct payments to settle government ethics charges "would be unacceptable." Read more..
For class-action securities-law firms, opportunity is in the air after a leading firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, was indicted in May. Read more..
Petrobras has shifted its focus from domestic production toward becoming a player on the global energy market and a major foreign investor. Read more..
Does it make sense for General Motors to be rescued by Renault, a company that has failed repeatedly in its efforts to sell cars to Americans? Read more..
For the second consecutive month, sales at department stores far outstripped those of specialty apparel chains. Read more..
Directors of General Motors are scheduled to meet Friday to discuss whether to open talks on a three-way alliance involving G.M., Renault and Nissan. Read more..
When it comes to hedge funds, securities regulators in London seem to follow a simple approach: relationships matter. Read more..
Several marketers are trying to take advantage of surging demand for kosher foods among all shoppers. Read more..
The WPS Resources Corporation, an electricity supplier in Wisconsin and Michigan, said that it was in talks to buy the Peoples Energy Corporation. Read more..
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23,39 | 23,55 | 23,30 | 23,30 | 63.2M |
Intel | INTC | 18,71 | 18,95 | 18,50 | 18,56 | 57.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14,50 | 14,98 | 14,42 | 14,78 | 53.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19,50 | 19,62 | 19,22 | 19,39 | 33.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 55,48 | 56,55 | 54,67 | 55,40 | 28.5M |
3M | MMM | 75,50 | 76,28 | 73,84 | 74,10 | 24.4M |
General Electric | GE | 33,35 | 33,51 | 33,21 | 33,30 | 20.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 63,70 | 63,89 | 62,49 | 62,84 | 18.5M |
Altria | MO | 77,58 | 78,00 | 76,79 | 77,80 | 18M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23,80 | 23,90 | 23,60 | 23,68 | 17.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32,95 | 33,31 | 32,74 | 32,85 | 16M |
Home Depot | HD | 35,51 | 35,70 | 35,28 | 35,37 | 14.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27,64 | 27,74 | 27,47 | 27,74 | 14.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 68,00 | 68,97 | 67,02 | 67,19 | 12.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 426,05 | 427,89 | 415,88 | 420,45 | 12.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,48 | 46,63 | 45,88 | 46,00 | 10.5M |
Merck | MRK | 36,70 | 37,00 | 36,34 | 36,97 | 10M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29,90 | 30,08 | 29,67 | 29,83 | 9.48M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33,14 | 33,43 | 32,65 | 32,71 | 9.37M |
Chevron | CVX | 64,40 | 65,00 | 63,33 | 63,68 | 8.96M |
Amgen | AMGN | 66,20 | 67,18 | 65,97 | 66,39 | 8.63M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,78 | 44,20 | 43,71 | 43,80 | 8.29M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32,14 | 32,58 | 32,08 | 32,16 | 7.05M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 56,45 | 56,75 | 56,25 | 56,50 | 6.83M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64,50 | 65,29 | 62,53 | 62,75 | 6.74M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42,45 | 42,75 | 42,29 | 42,41 | 6.74M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 78,09 | 78,09 | 76,12 | 76,42 | 6.64M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,60 | 60,87 | 60,43 | 60,62 | 5.35M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,29 | 25,62 | 25,29 | 25,33 | 5.26M |
Amazon | AMZN | 36,71 | 37,28 | 35,75 | 36,11 | 5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67,54 | 68,51 | 67,30 | 68,11 | 4.92M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 45,25 | 45,59 | 45,01 | 45,39 | 4.57M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 59,86 | 61,27 | 59,52 | 60,76 | 4.51M |
McDonald's | MCD | 33,69 | 33,71 | 33,09 | 33,18 | 4.13M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43,32 | 43,49 | 43,12 | 43,18 | 2.94M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63,75 | 63,85 | 62,50 | 63,10 | 2.88M |
Boeing | BA | 81,00 | 81,29 | 79,53 | 79,99 | 2.59M |
Pepsico | PEP | 60,36 | 60,72 | 60,23 | 60,46 | 2.49M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 90,13 | 90,73 | 89,49 | 90,12 | 1.13M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2998,00 | 3009,00 | 2995,00 | 3005,00 | 14.7K |
Exchange Rates of July 7th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 113,900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,114 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,898 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,222 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,818 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,984 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 145,960 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,692 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,446 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,703 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,587 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,428 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,700 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,566 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,639 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,462 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,406 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,064 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,484 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,264 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,442 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,838 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,193 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,919 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,088 AUD |
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