Financial news on April 10th, 2007
Business and Financial news
A second corporate advisory firm is urging shareholders of The New York Times Company to withhold their votes for directors at the company’s annual meeting this month. Read more..
The chipmaker, whose forecast was well below Wall Street’s expectations, announced a restructuring to lower costs. Read more..
New Century Financial should not be allowed to sell $50 million worth of mortgages to a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, a U.S. trustee said. Read more..
American Home Mortgage said it would pay out a smaller dividend because it was being asked to buy back and write down certain loans. Read more..
A showdown between President Hugo Chávez and U.S. and European companies over key oil projects could wind up with all sides losing. Read more..
MAKING MONEY AGAIN After six consecutive years of losses, the global commercial aviation system is expected to post an overall profit of $3.8 billion this year and an estimated $7.6 billion profit next year, the International Air Transport Associa... Read more..
The $45 billion takeover bid from a consortium led by a Canadian pension fund would be the largest buyout in history. Read more..
Travel companies and trade associations are protesting the growing cost of taxes, many of them financing initiatives that have nothing to do with travel. Read more..
Business travel has forced me to get into shape. I can go the distance, with barely a hitch in my breath, as I try to make my flights. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20.10 | 20.74 | 20.07 | 20.68 | 94.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.50 | 28.64 | 28.22 | 28.40 | 38.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.10 | 26.18 | 25.78 | 25.99 | 38.6M |
General Electric | GE | 34.76 | 34.99 | 34.75 | 34.88 | 29.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.89 | 26.16 | 25.89 | 26.00 | 27.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.78 | 18.88 | 18.68 | 18.85 | 24.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.80 | 77.85 | 76.75 | 77.57 | 18.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 68.87 | 69.80 | 68.68 | 69.45 | 15.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 41.16 | 41.88 | 40.35 | 40.72 | 15.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.32 | 39.51 | 39.01 | 39.45 | 13.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 49.78 | 50.31 | 49.65 | 50.08 | 13.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 93.67 | 94.26 | 93.41 | 94.25 | 12.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 26.30 | 26.79 | 26.29 | 26.71 | 12.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.36 | 57.67 | 56.66 | 57.12 | 12M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57.21 | 57.33 | 56.90 | 57.06 | 11.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.09 | 38.55 | 38.03 | 38.23 | 11M |
Altria | MO | 70.30 | 70.50 | 70.10 | 70.16 | 10.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.39 | 34.48 | 34.29 | 34.41 | 10.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.31 | 48.45 | 47.94 | 47.94 | 9.75M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.54 | 61.87 | 61.46 | 61.67 | 9.14M |
Chevron | CVX | 75.79 | 77.22 | 75.65 | 77.04 | 8.83M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.95 | 65.10 | 64.23 | 64.45 | 8.32M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.85 | 55.09 | 53.91 | 54.24 | 8.31M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 71.64 | 73.19 | 71.59 | 73.13 | 8.29M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49.01 | 49.34 | 48.98 | 49.24 | 8.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.00 | 38.19 | 37.62 | 37.80 | 7.84M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.79 | 35.03 | 34.76 | 34.99 | 7.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.50 | 27.85 | 27.46 | 27.79 | 7.04M |
Merck | MRK | 45.70 | 45.99 | 45.52 | 45.86 | 6.58M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.24 | 63.54 | 63.11 | 63.21 | 6.55M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.95 | 63.46 | 62.87 | 63.41 | 6.45M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 467.09 | 470.79 | 465.16 | 466.50 | 5.95M |
McDonald's | MCD | 46.27 | 46.42 | 46.06 | 46.31 | 5.56M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 77.45 | 78.50 | 77.02 | 77.28 | 4.22M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 96.40 | 96.80 | 96.16 | 96.46 | 3.6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 41.57 | 41.96 | 41.46 | 41.86 | 3.42M |
Boeing | BA | 89.95 | 90.87 | 89.95 | 90.84 | 2.86M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 106.90 | 108.15 | 106.25 | 107.51 | 2.39M |
3M | MMM | 76.88 | 77.00 | 76.42 | 76.50 | 2.15M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3637.00 | 3667.00 | 3633.00 | 3665.00 | 8.8K |
Exchange Rates of April 10th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 119.050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.147 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.872 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.217 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.822 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.734 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 159.990 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.681 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.468 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.625 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.615 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.541 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.649 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.635 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.612 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.426 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.350 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.015 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.985 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.963 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.038 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.022 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.979 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.386 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.419 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.263 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.442 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.399 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.417 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.948 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.055 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.005 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.995 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.060 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.943 CAD |
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