Financial news on February 9th, 2007
Business and Financial news
EMI is said to have discussed proposals to sell unprotected files through an array of digital retailers, including Apple, Microsoft, Real Networks and Yahoo. Read more..
The bank president cited risk of inflation if unions win higher wages in upcoming negotiations. Read more..
Fortress Investment Group will make its debut at $18.50 a share — at the high end of its expected price range. Read more..
Rupert Murdoch said the Fox Business Channel would be friendlier to corporations than CNBC, the leading TV business news outlet. Read more..
Hedge funds are notoriously reticent in part because the government requires them to be. But some of them want to speak up. Read more..
Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center is licensing patents and technology to a start-up with the goal of building a search engine that could rival Google. Read more..
The success of locally issued vouchers defies traditional economic logic, but local officials say it helps their economies. Read more..
Michael Geoghegan, chief executive of HSBC, said that the loan-loss difficulties were isolated to its American consumer finance arm. Read more..
The phone company reported a fourth-quarter profit, helped by a gain tied to the sale of real estate and an increase in high-speed Internet subscribers. Read more..
Eastman Kodak, tens of thousands of jobs lighter than it was three years ago, is struggling for a toehold in a competitive digital world. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21,42 | 21,54 | 20,92 | 21,03 | 80.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,35 | 29,40 | 28,93 | 28,98 | 69.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28,06 | 28,15 | 27,48 | 27,71 | 50.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16,79 | 16,94 | 16,54 | 16,70 | 41.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 85,88 | 86,20 | 83,21 | 83,27 | 30.7M |
General Electric | GE | 35,71 | 35,84 | 35,48 | 35,53 | 29.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,41 | 26,55 | 26,34 | 26,38 | 24M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37,49 | 37,72 | 36,83 | 36,90 | 20.6M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35,20 | 35,30 | 33,92 | 34,36 | 19.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75,46 | 75,73 | 74,91 | 75,22 | 17.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 41,63 | 41,72 | 40,44 | 40,82 | 16.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,37 | 48,54 | 47,67 | 47,97 | 12.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66,85 | 67,33 | 66,53 | 66,99 | 12.4M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,42 | 35,85 | 35,23 | 35,36 | 12.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 69,95 | 70,09 | 69,00 | 69,05 | 10.4M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 471,65 | 472,68 | 461,50 | 461,89 | 9.71M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 51,02 | 51,19 | 50,08 | 50,42 | 9.49M |
Home Depot | HD | 41,22 | 41,42 | 40,91 | 41,00 | 9.32M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37,99 | 38,10 | 37,37 | 37,70 | 8.39M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42,65 | 42,74 | 42,10 | 42,23 | 8.01M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,35 | 52,63 | 52,14 | 52,27 | 7.89M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64,90 | 65,33 | 64,22 | 64,46 | 7.72M |
Altria | MO | 85,05 | 85,80 | 85,00 | 85,39 | 7.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62,56 | 64,15 | 62,56 | 63,91 | 7.28M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65,86 | 66,10 | 65,53 | 65,60 | 7.11M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28,74 | 28,82 | 28,52 | 28,52 | 6.87M |
Chevron | CVX | 73,93 | 74,00 | 73,06 | 73,32 | 6.5M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 99,35 | 99,70 | 97,81 | 98,55 | 6.1M |
Amazon | AMZN | 39,19 | 39,31 | 38,66 | 38,72 | 5.96M |
Merck | MRK | 44,06 | 44,28 | 43,66 | 43,82 | 5.49M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,59 | 64,82 | 64,22 | 64,43 | 5.25M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44,47 | 44,90 | 44,42 | 44,56 | 4.95M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47,72 | 47,99 | 47,64 | 47,76 | 4.91M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 71,47 | 72,27 | 70,81 | 71,16 | 4.85M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,28 | 51,52 | 50,75 | 50,88 | 4.44M |
Boeing | BA | 89,35 | 90,30 | 89,03 | 90,00 | 4.28M |
3M | MMM | 74,64 | 75,00 | 74,25 | 74,54 | 2.55M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68,15 | 68,45 | 67,44 | 67,58 | 2.04M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 101,20 | 101,20 | 99,07 | 99,64 | 1.64M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3628,00 | 3641,50 | 3617,50 | 3635,00 | 14.3K |
Exchange Rates of February 9th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 121,700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,172 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,853 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,247 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,802 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,751 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158,280 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,667 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,499 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,675 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,597 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,524 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,656 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,622 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,616 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,421 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,374 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,058 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,946 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,963 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,039 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,025 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,976 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,510 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,398 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,285 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,438 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,431 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,411 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,910 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,099 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,968 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,033 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,064 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,940 CAD |
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