Financial news on January 8th, 2007
Business and Financial news
The confirmation of an Iraqi source, whose existence had been called into question, hasn’t stopped bloggers from criticizing The Associated Press. Read more..
Do you want to be able to send pictures, music and movies around the house, from one PC, TV or stereo to another? Read more..
Faced with declining ad revenues and web competition midsize, regional dailies have scaled back their Washington coverage. Read more..
LCD may be winning the battle of the marketplace, but the industry has long known that its technology has come up short in a number of areas, when compared to plasma’s overall picture quality. Read more..
Seismic changes at Time magazine reflect the brutal cost cutting realities in the mass magazine business. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
A pilot project in Chicago allows residents to save money by shifting their use of power. Read more..
Nikko Home Electronics is showing an R2-D2 DVD Projector that plays DVDs and other digital content. Read more..
Sales of digital video recorders through British Sky Broadcasting have surged in England. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21.25 | 21.34 | 20.95 | 21.01 | 52.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.65 | 30.10 | 29.53 | 29.93 | 50.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.54 | 28.74 | 28.32 | 28.63 | 47.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.29 | 26.42 | 25.89 | 26.16 | 43.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.40 | 34.01 | 33.21 | 33.81 | 40.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.63 | 17.93 | 17.45 | 17.86 | 31M |
Apple | AAPL | 85.96 | 86.53 | 85.28 | 85.47 | 28.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.88 | 74.25 | 71.85 | 72.65 | 26M |
General Electric | GE | 37.55 | 37.67 | 37.25 | 37.55 | 23.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 68.08 | 68.57 | 67.07 | 68.30 | 22M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.95 | 37.04 | 36.59 | 36.81 | 20.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 39.94 | 39.95 | 39.25 | 39.49 | 17.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.90 | 47.31 | 46.90 | 47.00 | 16.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 49.82 | 50.13 | 49.64 | 50.08 | 12.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.79 | 35.89 | 35.39 | 35.50 | 11.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.25 | 42.30 | 41.94 | 41.97 | 11.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.08 | 60.20 | 58.58 | 58.67 | 11.3M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.59 | 63.78 | 63.23 | 63.64 | 11.1M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 98.50 | 99.50 | 98.35 | 98.90 | 10.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 42.38 | 42.80 | 42.05 | 42.47 | 10.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 487.69 | 489.87 | 482.20 | 483.58 | 9.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.19 | 34.63 | 34.07 | 34.50 | 9.48M |
Chevron | CVX | 71.06 | 71.56 | 70.00 | 71.45 | 9.44M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.17 | 48.67 | 48.01 | 48.57 | 8.78M |
Altria | MO | 87.17 | 88.03 | 86.60 | 87.98 | 8.41M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.57 | 48.06 | 47.32 | 47.95 | 8.24M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.10 | 26.17 | 25.73 | 26.10 | 7.91M |
Merck | MRK | 44.00 | 44.52 | 43.16 | 44.29 | 7.05M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.22 | 38.31 | 37.17 | 37.50 | 6.78M |
Amgen | AMGN | 71.63 | 71.89 | 70.79 | 70.93 | 6.75M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.51 | 66.75 | 66.05 | 66.51 | 6.18M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.00 | 63.27 | 62.86 | 63.09 | 6.12M |
McDonald's | MCD | 43.50 | 43.85 | 43.25 | 43.71 | 4.54M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.32 | 53.49 | 52.22 | 53.32 | 4.34M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62.46 | 63.59 | 62.01 | 63.19 | 3.35M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63.98 | 64.34 | 63.51 | 64.23 | 3.25M |
Boeing | BA | 88.31 | 89.41 | 87.56 | 88.94 | 2.99M |
3M | MMM | 77.19 | 78.04 | 76.97 | 77.59 | 2.43M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 90.42 | 91.30 | 90.15 | 90.80 | 1.22M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3591.00 | 3595.00 | 3575.00 | 3586.00 | 15.2K |
Exchange Rates of January 8th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.800 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.175 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.851 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.237 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.809 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.813 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 154.720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.488 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.670 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.599 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.530 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.654 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.610 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.434 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.304 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.079 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.927 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.989 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.012 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.041 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.961 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.485 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.402 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.277 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.439 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.396 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.417 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.916 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.092 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.964 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.037 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.052 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.950 CAD |
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