Financial news on July 11, 2007
Business and Financial news
Dow Jones & Company board members met with Ronald W. Burkle and Brad Greenspan, who are interested in buying a piece of the company. Read more..
Even as foreclosures rise and overall sales plummet, more expensive homes have staged a bit of a comeback. Read more..
The politically sensitive Chinese trade surplus surged to a record $26.9 billion in June, potentially heightening tensions with the United States. Read more..
The execution was meant to show that Beijing is serious about improving the safety of Chinese products. Read more..
The merger will give the Orchard a foothold in the online video distribution business, as well as the ability to raise money in the public markets. Read more..
What you really need to do in order to be a successful entrepreneur is have a child. (Or two.) Read more..
The European Union broadly backed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the next head of the International Monetary Fund. Yet Britain said the race remained open. Read more..
Grand Rapids, Mich., is seeing a boom in medical research, training and patient facility construction that health executives and city officials hope will sustain its culture and economy. Read more..
Do women, especially mothers, have advantages over men in the small-business world? Read more..
When it comes to high-speed Internet access, the Golden State remains divided — between rural and urban dweller and between wealthy and lower-income resident, according to a study tonight by the Public Policy Institute of California, a non-profit organization. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 24,82 | 24,90 | 24,45 | 24,57 | 56.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,24 | 29,65 | 29,21 | 29,49 | 48M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25,51 | 25,72 | 25,38 | 25,45 | 43.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28,14 | 28,80 | 28,13 | 28,76 | 42.4M |
General Electric | GE | 37,80 | 38,24 | 37,73 | 38,20 | 33.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,77 | 20,00 | 19,72 | 19,98 | 29.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 132,07 | 133,70 | 131,31 | 132,39 | 29.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47,52 | 48,44 | 47,12 | 48,13 | 27.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39,55 | 39,85 | 39,12 | 39,81 | 23.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 84,68 | 86,23 | 84,58 | 85,59 | 23.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 40,23 | 40,76 | 40,14 | 40,48 | 20.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 86,40 | 87,38 | 85,90 | 87,29 | 20.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 44,80 | 45,65 | 44,69 | 45,65 | 18.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 27,50 | 27,75 | 27,47 | 27,75 | 18.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,87 | 53,31 | 52,53 | 53,21 | 16.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,40 | 35,00 | 34,34 | 34,92 | 16.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 40,35 | 41,00 | 40,03 | 40,80 | 14.4M |
Merck | MRK | 48,50 | 49,15 | 48,43 | 48,90 | 13.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47,70 | 47,89 | 47,23 | 47,68 | 13.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,43 | 51,90 | 51,15 | 51,41 | 13M |
Chevron | CVX | 89,48 | 90,87 | 88,71 | 90,75 | 12.2M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54,53 | 55,22 | 54,34 | 55,13 | 12.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61,06 | 61,67 | 60,89 | 61,56 | 12.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 30,88 | 31,65 | 30,88 | 31,62 | 11.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62,20 | 62,99 | 62,15 | 62,86 | 11.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,76 | 34,01 | 33,67 | 33,98 | 9.84M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 86,77 | 87,86 | 86,11 | 87,00 | 9.11M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39,75 | 40,00 | 39,41 | 39,72 | 7.89M |
Altria | MO | 70,50 | 71,08 | 70,43 | 70,89 | 7.44M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 543,61 | 546,50 | 540,01 | 544,47 | 6.61M |
Amazon | AMZN | 70,58 | 71,65 | 70,15 | 70,73 | 6.59M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 52,01 | 52,27 | 51,80 | 52,09 | 6.09M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 108,30 | 109,60 | 108,25 | 109,10 | 5.89M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,58 | 66,21 | 65,47 | 66,11 | 4.93M |
Boeing | BA | 100,48 | 100,83 | 99,56 | 100,12 | 4.61M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72,06 | 73,00 | 71,99 | 73,00 | 4.39M |
McDonald's | MCD | 50,23 | 50,88 | 50,23 | 50,72 | 4.31M |
3M | MMM | 87,22 | 88,27 | 87,07 | 87,88 | 2.57M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 114,77 | 117,84 | 114,71 | 117,75 | 2.42M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3709,00 | 3709,00 | 3671,00 | 3690,00 | 6.1K |
Exchange Rates of July 11, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 122,480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,054 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,948 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,206 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,829 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,563 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 168,360 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,676 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,479 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,593 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,628 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,449 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,690 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,658 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,603 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,401 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,491 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,946 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,057 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,860 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,162 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0,985 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,016 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,356 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,424 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,143 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,467 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,451 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,408 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,909 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,100 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,961 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,144 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,874 CAD |
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