Financial news on March 12th, 2007
Business and Financial news
Orbis Investment Management, which owns 6.9 percent of Nikko, said in a statement that Citigroup’s offer was “unacceptable.” Read more..
Wikipedia’s co-founder has called for a voluntary system for accrediting contributors who say they have advanced degrees. Read more..
Multiple systems have hampered the growth of new services, mobile phone executives say. Read more..
Best Buy Asks Four Agencies. Read more..
A paper in The Journal of Consumer Research looks at the effects of self-restraint on subsequent impulse purchases. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
Texas officials argue that a new rule to disclose the size of their health care obligation to retirees does not apply to their state. Read more..
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow. Read more..
Radio and TV show archives have become valuable prizes in the desperate search for new content for Web sites and DVDs. Read more..
Having just turned 84, Time magazine is coming out with a new look and editorial approach on Friday. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 19,11 | 19,64 | 19,09 | 19,48 | 68.2M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,18 | 27,48 | 27,13 | 27,44 | 36.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16,61 | 17,09 | 16,60 | 17,07 | 30.6M |
General Electric | GE | 34,16 | 34,63 | 34,01 | 34,44 | 30.2M |
Altria | MO | 86,36 | 87,35 | 86,35 | 86,66 | 29.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25,98 | 26,25 | 25,89 | 26,17 | 29.2M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59,83 | 60,72 | 59,03 | 60,68 | 28.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 88,07 | 89,99 | 87,99 | 89,87 | 26.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25,41 | 25,50 | 25,20 | 25,38 | 24.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 36,38 | 37,44 | 36,35 | 37,06 | 21.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 71,13 | 71,40 | 70,70 | 70,87 | 20.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,45 | 36,84 | 36,11 | 36,58 | 14.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 38,40 | 38,77 | 38,11 | 38,17 | 14.2M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 67,00 | 67,73 | 66,80 | 67,24 | 14M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54,44 | 54,50 | 54,24 | 54,38 | 13.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62,25 | 62,35 | 61,41 | 61,79 | 13.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47,57 | 47,99 | 47,47 | 47,61 | 13M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47,42 | 47,63 | 47,10 | 47,26 | 12.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,18 | 34,37 | 33,92 | 34,20 | 11.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39,92 | 40,48 | 39,90 | 40,37 | 11.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48,64 | 48,98 | 48,60 | 48,84 | 10.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25,86 | 26,27 | 25,81 | 26,17 | 10.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 68,35 | 69,20 | 68,06 | 68,83 | 9.42M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26,92 | 27,39 | 26,81 | 27,36 | 8.31M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,25 | 34,54 | 34,02 | 34,53 | 8.31M |
Merck | MRK | 44,43 | 44,70 | 44,11 | 44,29 | 8.25M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44,10 | 44,89 | 44,09 | 44,67 | 7.33M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 452,57 | 455,25 | 451,11 | 454,75 | 6.92M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53,25 | 53,61 | 52,67 | 53,27 | 6.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,09 | 62,40 | 61,98 | 62,09 | 5.98M |
Boeing | BA | 89,00 | 91,87 | 89,00 | 91,20 | 5.96M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 93,29 | 94,17 | 92,97 | 94,11 | 5.53M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64,81 | 65,30 | 64,20 | 65,00 | 5.51M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38,64 | 39,05 | 38,38 | 38,81 | 4.88M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62,82 | 63,32 | 62,70 | 63,17 | 3.65M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69,85 | 70,99 | 69,61 | 70,82 | 3.1M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 98,69 | 102,04 | 98,60 | 101,36 | 2.89M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64,50 | 65,47 | 64,49 | 65,35 | 2.54M |
3M | MMM | 74,61 | 75,28 | 74,60 | 75,17 | 1.97M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3654,00 | 3654,00 | 3623,50 | 3644,00 | 11.3K |
Exchange Rates of March 12th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117,660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,172 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,853 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,225 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,817 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,747 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155,210 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,682 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,465 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,677 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,596 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,545 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,647 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,615 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,619 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,439 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,276 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,080 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,926 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,995 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,005 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,961 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,458 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,407 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,264 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,442 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,366 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,423 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,921 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,086 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,962 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,039 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,045 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,957 CAD |
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