Financial news on October 9th, 2006
Business and Financial news
The Dolans’ bid comes amid a sweeping trend of the nation’s biggest family-controlled companies taking themselves private. Read more..
In keeping with the social networking trend, some genealogy sites are trying to connect people with living relatives as well as long-dead ancestors. Read more..
The networks have already dropped several new shows, and many new series are losing the huge audiences delivered by hit shows that precede them. Read more..
TOP HONORS Many people would be hard pressed to name a famous economist, but the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will do so — or at least name an economist (or two) who will instantly become famous — when it awards the Nobel Memorial Prize in Ec... Read more..
Gossip columnist Lloyd Grove, hired in 2003 by The Daily News to countervail the dominance of the New York Post’s Page Six, has been let go. Read more..
A report says that the proportion of visitors to MySpace.com who are 12 to 17 years old has shrunk by nearly half since last year. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
Liquor companies will not advertise in magazines if the face on the cover, like Brooke Hogan,18, on FHM’s November issue, cannot legally drink. Read more..
Defined as “the desire to stay onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight,” the imaginary malady is the centerpiece of a new Virgin Atlantic online ad campaign. Read more..
For years, U.S. judges have used the separation of church and state to shield religious employers of all faiths from labor laws and most employee lawsuits. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20,52 | 20,79 | 20,46 | 20,62 | 46.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24,25 | 24,40 | 24,12 | 24,31 | 37.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,80 | 27,93 | 27,62 | 27,72 | 33.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18,16 | 18,59 | 18,07 | 18,55 | 33.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27,78 | 27,83 | 27,46 | 27,65 | 20.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 67,76 | 67,89 | 66,50 | 66,55 | 19.3M |
General Electric | GE | 36,14 | 36,24 | 35,86 | 36,16 | 18.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32,05 | 32,41 | 31,82 | 32,18 | 16.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 73,80 | 75,08 | 73,53 | 74,63 | 15.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 424,80 | 431,95 | 423,42 | 429,00 | 15.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 40,15 | 40,70 | 40,00 | 40,57 | 14.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,00 | 36,73 | 36,00 | 36,69 | 11.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 58,65 | 58,80 | 57,34 | 57,47 | 11.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 37,63 | 38,00 | 37,44 | 38,00 | 11.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,19 | 48,53 | 47,97 | 48,22 | 9.65M |
Home Depot | HD | 36,81 | 37,74 | 36,79 | 37,70 | 9.49M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46,39 | 47,06 | 46,37 | 46,70 | 9.45M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60,25 | 60,70 | 58,28 | 58,37 | 9.12M |
Chevron | CVX | 64,02 | 64,19 | 63,14 | 63,24 | 7.81M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44,55 | 44,66 | 44,17 | 44,42 | 7.67M |
Altria | MO | 78,81 | 78,87 | 78,18 | 78,75 | 7.65M |
Merck | MRK | 41,86 | 42,07 | 41,61 | 41,86 | 7.35M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46,87 | 47,21 | 46,69 | 47,11 | 7.25M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 37,05 | 37,69 | 36,98 | 37,66 | 6.93M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,41 | 24,42 | 24,16 | 24,38 | 5.97M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,77 | 65,00 | 64,66 | 64,87 | 5.55M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,30 | 31,59 | 31,23 | 31,39 | 5.3M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32,49 | 33,48 | 32,45 | 33,38 | 5.29M |
Amgen | AMGN | 73,69 | 74,19 | 73,45 | 73,92 | 4.87M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 83,14 | 84,08 | 83,00 | 84,00 | 4.49M |
Boeing | BA | 83,69 | 83,87 | 82,47 | 82,65 | 4.45M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64,30 | 64,50 | 63,47 | 63,72 | 4.41M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,78 | 63,04 | 62,74 | 62,85 | 3.88M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,49 | 51,50 | 50,62 | 50,72 | 3.77M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 65,35 | 65,52 | 64,60 | 65,18 | 2.47M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36,26 | 36,42 | 36,18 | 36,41 | 2.39M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65,47 | 65,77 | 64,95 | 65,20 | 2.11M |
3M | MMM | 75,56 | 75,91 | 75,43 | 75,80 | 1.82M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 88,66 | 90,07 | 88,13 | 89,33 | 1.19M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3286,00 | 3286,00 | 3261,00 | 3271,00 | 5.5K |
Exchange Rates of October 9th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 119,080 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,123 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,891 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,262 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,792 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,901 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149,980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,675 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,483 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,692 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,591 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,414 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,707 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,589 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,629 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,450 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,225 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,127 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,887 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,942 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,061 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,060 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,944 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,508 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,399 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,096 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,477 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,355 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,425 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,835 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,197 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,939 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,065 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,124 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,890 CAD |
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