Financial news on September 10th, 2007
Business and Financial news
Advanced Micro Devices is counting on a new high-performance computer chip to hold on to hard-fought market share it has won from its principal rival, Intel. Read more..
For two weeks, signs with Rupert Murdoch’s face on them have been posted around The Wall Street Journal’s newsroom — and removed and posted and removed and posted yet again. Read more..
Marketers of luxury brands have been laggards in advertising online because they have considered the traditional media better showcases for their glamorous, glitzy pitches. Now, Chanel is joining the ranks of brands with big Internet presences, de... Read more..
iPhone users have felt the sting of high roaming charges with their devices, and many of them are complaining to the company or on blogs. Read more..
With Korean companies like Hyundai and Samsung now industry giants, Hyung Rae Shim, a film producer based in Seoul, wants to pull off a similar feat with his film “Dragon Wars.” Read more..
Steve Jobs insists that songs on iTunes cost 99 cents and television episodes cost $1.99 because consumers crave simple pricing. Except, of course, when it comes to Apple’s own products. Read more..
Most sites are ignoring a new Firefox add-in that can block Web ads. The Daily Kos, however, is asking users of the product to buy subscriptions. Read more..
Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will bake VMware’s software onto the the motherboards of their server computers, striking another blow against Microsoft. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 25.92 | 26.22 | 25.24 | 25.35 | 107M |
Apple | AAPL | 137.00 | 138.04 | 133.95 | 136.71 | 53.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 31.69 | 32.00 | 31.22 | 31.74 | 40.2M |
General Electric | GE | 38.80 | 39.53 | 38.51 | 39.19 | 38M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.67 | 28.75 | 28.41 | 28.48 | 37.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24.35 | 24.45 | 23.90 | 23.96 | 36.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 85.67 | 86.24 | 83.88 | 84.86 | 27.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.34 | 20.46 | 19.98 | 20.17 | 25.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 34.45 | 34.64 | 33.40 | 33.81 | 22.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 42.59 | 42.68 | 42.09 | 42.27 | 18.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.75 | 44.45 | 43.35 | 43.93 | 17.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.12 | 39.36 | 38.52 | 38.78 | 16.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25.04 | 25.30 | 24.71 | 25.11 | 13.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.34 | 35.51 | 34.71 | 35.14 | 13.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 82.91 | 83.10 | 80.93 | 82.19 | 12.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 87.56 | 88.29 | 85.91 | 87.05 | 10.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.85 | 61.98 | 61.57 | 61.84 | 10.2M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.60 | 55.02 | 54.29 | 54.57 | 10.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 97.74 | 99.75 | 95.31 | 99.03 | 9.25M |
McDonald's | MCD | 49.49 | 50.62 | 49.49 | 50.15 | 8.93M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 41.52 | 41.55 | 40.95 | 41.25 | 8.92M |
Merck | MRK | 49.96 | 50.00 | 49.34 | 49.81 | 8.89M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.55 | 66.10 | 65.43 | 65.90 | 8.82M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.00 | 49.40 | 48.34 | 49.00 | 8.72M |
Altria | MO | 67.62 | 68.04 | 66.87 | 67.30 | 8.09M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.80 | 28.12 | 27.42 | 28.00 | 7.61M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51.99 | 52.48 | 51.56 | 51.68 | 7.3M |
Amgen | AMGN | 50.85 | 51.76 | 50.85 | 51.04 | 6.79M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 521.28 | 522.07 | 510.88 | 514.48 | 6.45M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.34 | 49.48 | 48.97 | 49.12 | 6.12M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 116.15 | 117.50 | 115.32 | 115.80 | 6.12M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37.88 | 38.25 | 37.25 | 37.45 | 5.51M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.59 | 33.87 | 33.23 | 33.56 | 5.5M |
Amazon | AMZN | 84.93 | 85.16 | 82.51 | 83.34 | 5.37M |
3M | MMM | 89.13 | 89.87 | 87.21 | 87.82 | 5.23M |
Boeing | BA | 95.01 | 95.94 | 94.05 | 95.33 | 4.74M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68.05 | 68.84 | 68.02 | 68.46 | 4.64M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74.29 | 74.95 | 73.11 | 74.49 | 3.06M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 109.00 | 109.65 | 105.06 | 105.92 | 2.17M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3989.00 | 3989.00 | 3940.00 | 3943.00 | 15.1K |
Exchange Rates of September 10th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 113.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.052 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.951 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.186 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.843 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.521 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.133 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 156.900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.681 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.469 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.672 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.598 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.452 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.689 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.637 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.611 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.434 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.306 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.065 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.939 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.925 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.081 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.043 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.959 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.457 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.407 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.132 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.469 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.404 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.416 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.868 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.153 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.978 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.022 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.127 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.887 CAD |
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