Financial news on January 09, 2007
Business and Financial news
Express Scripts opened a proxy war in the pharmacy benefits industry, moving to derail the pending acquisition of its rival Caremark Rx. Read more..
Matching food with wine is an art. And while not everyone can agree on good art, everyone can agree on what is bad art. Read more..
Rob Glaser, chief executive of Real Networks, on Apple’s new iPhone. Read more..
A ban on TV ads by French retailers expired at the end of 2006, loosening one of the most restrictive marketing regulations in Europe. Read more..
The Samsung Electronics Company forecast record profit from consumer electronics this year, helped by television sales. Profit this year from the digital media division, including earnings from overseas affiliates, will probably exceed 1 trillion ... Read more..
The nation’s biggest home insurer is close to settling hundreds of lawsuits over its payments for homes hit by Hurricane Katrina. Read more..
Two well-publicized accidents brought into question the assumption that all charter flights operate under tough standards. Read more..
OK, so after three years of being wrong, the rumor sites were finally right. Now there IS an Apple cellphone. Or, rather, will be one in June. Read more..
Panasonic, which has most of its eggs in the plasma TV basket, takes exception to the idea that liquid-crystal display TVs are going to dominate the big-screen HDTV market. Read more..
Yahoo’s Go for Mobile 2.0 will let users find information like news, stock quotes and sports scores more quickly on their cellphones. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Apple | AAPL | 86.45 | 92.98 | 85.15 | 92.57 | 120M |
Intel | INTC | 21.18 | 21.21 | 20.86 | 21.03 | 54.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.72 | 28.75 | 28.31 | 28.47 | 50.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30.00 | 30.18 | 29.73 | 29.96 | 44.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.85 | 34.41 | 33.66 | 33.94 | 40.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.93 | 17.98 | 17.65 | 17.82 | 31.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.24 | 26.34 | 26.04 | 26.17 | 31.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 71.80 | 72.84 | 71.44 | 72.09 | 27M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.90 | 67.65 | 66.41 | 66.51 | 26.3M |
General Electric | GE | 37.77 | 37.99 | 37.36 | 37.55 | 24.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 39.50 | 39.85 | 39.22 | 39.32 | 20.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50.15 | 50.66 | 50.00 | 50.22 | 17M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.81 | 37.25 | 36.81 | 36.96 | 16.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 57.61 | 58.65 | 57.03 | 58.19 | 16.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.00 | 47.67 | 47.00 | 47.39 | 14.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.08 | 42.39 | 41.89 | 42.20 | 11.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.50 | 34.69 | 33.95 | 34.45 | 11.6M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 99.24 | 100.33 | 99.07 | 100.07 | 11.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.39 | 63.80 | 63.11 | 63.48 | 10.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 42.64 | 42.84 | 42.06 | 42.74 | 10.8M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 485.45 | 488.25 | 481.20 | 485.50 | 10.8M |
Chevron | CVX | 70.98 | 71.34 | 69.85 | 70.63 | 10.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.58 | 35.85 | 35.48 | 35.59 | 10.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.90 | 48.11 | 47.36 | 47.75 | 9.28M |
Altria | MO | 88.15 | 88.58 | 87.90 | 88.12 | 9.03M |
Merck | MRK | 44.30 | 44.50 | 43.83 | 43.88 | 8.62M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.23 | 26.30 | 26.01 | 26.21 | 7.51M |
Amgen | AMGN | 71.17 | 71.68 | 70.67 | 71.27 | 7.17M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.60 | 66.85 | 66.13 | 66.26 | 7.15M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.54 | 48.83 | 48.46 | 48.61 | 6.86M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.05 | 44.15 | 43.59 | 43.79 | 6.83M |
Amazon | AMZN | 37.60 | 38.06 | 37.34 | 37.78 | 5.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.32 | 53.35 | 52.43 | 52.68 | 5.48M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64.95 | 65.51 | 64.52 | 65.01 | 5.15M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.05 | 63.47 | 63.01 | 63.35 | 4.92M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62.97 | 63.10 | 62.23 | 62.47 | 4.52M |
Boeing | BA | 88.93 | 89.71 | 87.56 | 88.00 | 4.19M |
3M | MMM | 78.00 | 78.23 | 77.44 | 77.68 | 1.9M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.02 | 91.43 | 90.44 | 90.85 | 1.71M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3586.00 | 3652.00 | 3583.00 | 3650.00 | 12.2K |
Exchange Rates of January 09, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 119.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.177 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.850 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.241 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.806 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.807 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155.190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.493 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.664 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.529 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.654 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.614 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.620 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.432 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.317 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.072 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.933 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.985 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.015 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.962 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.484 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.403 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.282 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.438 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.407 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.415 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.918 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.089 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.969 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.032 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.948 CAD |
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