Financial news on December 11, 2006
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A crowd of American sports leagues are racing to widen international appeal and revenue by playing more games abroad and expanding foreign marketing. Read more..
Sabre Holdings, the travel reservation company, is in advanced talks to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for more than $4 billion. Read more..
The holiday season typically brings a surge in the number of fraudulent online orders, and smaller online retailers are being hit especially hard this year. Read more..
The numbers suggest that iPods are not driving iTunes sales as much as early supporters may have expected. Read more..
The long-awaited interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the culmination of a fierce lobbying battle between accounting firms and small public companies. Read more..
Major labels have begun demanding a cut of concert earnings or T-shirt, ring tone and merchandise revenue from new artists seeking record contracts. Read more..
Outbreaks have caused the produce industry, long wary of regulation, to ask for more government oversight. Read more..
Online, an army of consumers is spreading messages from advertisers well beyond Manhattan. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.19 | 29.75 | 29.11 | 29.54 | 108M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.60 | 25.60 | 24.96 | 25.15 | 56.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.77 | 18.25 | 17.71 | 18.07 | 43.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.90 | 27.48 | 26.85 | 27.11 | 43M |
Intel | INTC | 20.62 | 20.92 | 20.60 | 20.70 | 37.8M |
General Electric | GE | 35.24 | 35.52 | 35.05 | 35.22 | 30.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.56 | 40.18 | 39.43 | 40.01 | 19M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.25 | 75.84 | 74.82 | 75.36 | 18.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 88.90 | 89.30 | 88.05 | 88.75 | 17.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.28 | 46.45 | 45.92 | 46.00 | 16.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.88 | 35.33 | 34.80 | 35.18 | 16.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.80 | 38.95 | 38.46 | 38.79 | 15.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 70.65 | 71.00 | 70.14 | 70.75 | 11.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.50 | 35.86 | 35.46 | 35.69 | 11.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.70 | 47.84 | 46.70 | 47.55 | 11.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 41.97 | 43.05 | 41.97 | 42.69 | 9.52M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.85 | 49.16 | 48.58 | 48.81 | 9.09M |
Chevron | CVX | 72.83 | 74.04 | 72.66 | 73.70 | 7.99M |
Merck | MRK | 44.92 | 44.92 | 43.86 | 44.01 | 7.82M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.96 | 66.00 | 65.46 | 65.70 | 7.73M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.43 | 35.61 | 35.33 | 35.39 | 7.22M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.29 | 34.64 | 34.25 | 34.52 | 7.16M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.90 | 48.11 | 47.57 | 47.82 | 7.07M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 484.92 | 488.90 | 483.80 | 483.93 | 6.52M |
Amgen | AMGN | 69.93 | 70.45 | 69.48 | 69.89 | 5.95M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 66.39 | 67.06 | 65.75 | 65.90 | 5.63M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.36 | 25.55 | 25.30 | 25.42 | 4.86M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.22 | 39.15 | 38.08 | 38.69 | 4.85M |
McDonald's | MCD | 43.50 | 43.79 | 43.37 | 43.58 | 4.61M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.90 | 50.31 | 49.35 | 50.09 | 4.48M |
Altria | MO | 84.77 | 85.22 | 84.61 | 85.02 | 4.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.70 | 64.03 | 63.60 | 63.87 | 3.86M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.21 | 63.38 | 62.52 | 62.76 | 3.83M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 93.72 | 94.35 | 93.56 | 93.64 | 3.46M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.64 | 65.07 | 64.39 | 65.01 | 3.39M |
3M | MMM | 78.76 | 79.21 | 78.09 | 78.85 | 2.81M |
Boeing | BA | 89.77 | 90.20 | 89.52 | 89.78 | 2.36M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 65.59 | 66.15 | 65.22 | 65.75 | 2.13M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92.76 | 94.50 | 92.35 | 93.89 | 1.3M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3562.00 | 3618.00 | 3562.00 | 3592.00 | 16K |
Exchange Rates of December 11, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.970 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.148 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.871 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 154.810 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.676 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.480 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.686 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.593 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.519 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.659 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.592 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.436 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.292 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.089 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.919 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.981 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.020 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.973 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.495 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.401 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.247 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.445 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.355 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.425 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.900 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.111 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.943 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.060 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.048 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.954 CAD |
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