Financial news on November 12th, 2007
Business and Financial news
Google gives a first look at what Google Phones based on the Android software will look like. Think iPhone. Read more..
A rebellion is brewing in the communications industry that is expected to pit wireless carriers against Silicon Valley powerhouses like Google. Read more..
Finra, the new private regulator for securities firms, hopes to cast off its obscure, bureaucratic image when it begins its first-ever advertising campaign. Read more..
Six months after Madeleine McCann, then 3 years old, disappeared in Portugal, no development in the case seems too small to merit a banner headline. Read more..
Like that other search company, Yahoo is trying to build ties to researchers who can develop better ways to use huge clusters of computers. Read more..
The first issue, debuting this week, includes Hanukkah recipes and articles about dreidels and the origins of bagels. Read more..
While many newspapers have retreated from efforts to advertise themselves the chief executive of Philadelphia Media Holdings thinks that attitude is dead wrong. Read more..
This week, the Treasury has an auction of four-week bills scheduled on Wednesday. Read more..
Online merchants are introducing search features meant to take even more pain out of the shopping experience. Read more..
The man who introduced America to Pokémon is now hoping to find new success with a line of collectible cards aimed at girls. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.83 | 29.79 | 28.79 | 29.11 | 89.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 33.32 | 33.71 | 33.02 | 33.38 | 84.9M |
Intel | INTC | 25.41 | 25.57 | 25.10 | 25.29 | 72.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 165.28 | 167.70 | 150.63 | 153.76 | 63.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.25 | 19.92 | 19.06 | 19.44 | 55.3M |
General Electric | GE | 38.24 | 39.04 | 38.17 | 38.25 | 37M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22.83 | 23.25 | 22.80 | 23.02 | 33.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 19.37 | 19.50 | 18.94 | 18.94 | 30.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 86.24 | 86.40 | 83.74 | 84.54 | 28.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.54 | 33.28 | 31.54 | 32.35 | 28.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.11 | 43.68 | 41.86 | 42.39 | 27.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 42.98 | 44.57 | 42.66 | 43.32 | 25.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 657.74 | 669.93 | 626.21 | 632.07 | 20.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.05 | 39.40 | 38.61 | 38.65 | 20.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.05 | 29.08 | 28.00 | 28.46 | 19M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 81.61 | 81.97 | 78.80 | 78.97 | 18.4M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.00 | 66.95 | 64.98 | 66.31 | 17.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 59.25 | 59.25 | 58.51 | 58.54 | 16.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.93 | 48.94 | 47.45 | 47.54 | 15.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.80 | 43.20 | 42.40 | 42.80 | 13.6M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 101.89 | 104.19 | 100.70 | 101.45 | 13.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.48 | 53.00 | 51.48 | 52.64 | 13.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.00 | 32.72 | 32.00 | 32.02 | 13.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.09 | 28.49 | 27.97 | 28.04 | 13.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 87.00 | 87.00 | 84.41 | 85.27 | 12.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.12 | 55.47 | 54.12 | 54.67 | 12M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 94.50 | 94.50 | 90.56 | 91.04 | 10.9M |
Merck | MRK | 55.91 | 56.67 | 55.33 | 55.99 | 10.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.44 | 71.48 | 70.35 | 70.77 | 10.8M |
Altria | MO | 72.73 | 73.28 | 72.34 | 72.47 | 10.3M |
Amazon | AMZN | 78.26 | 80.09 | 76.50 | 77.00 | 9.4M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.76 | 43.93 | 42.53 | 42.56 | 8.88M |
Amgen | AMGN | 53.98 | 55.32 | 53.78 | 54.50 | 8.58M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 60.64 | 60.86 | 59.80 | 59.86 | 8.34M |
Boeing | BA | 94.25 | 94.41 | 92.70 | 92.86 | 6.38M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.23 | 74.82 | 73.23 | 73.93 | 5.27M |
Pepsico | PEP | 73.48 | 73.69 | 72.50 | 72.57 | 4.95M |
3M | MMM | 79.53 | 80.29 | 78.98 | 79.22 | 4.73M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 124.73 | 126.72 | 123.38 | 123.60 | 2.14M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4407.00 | 4478.00 | 4374.00 | 4469.00 | 31K |
Exchange Rates of November 12th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 109.400 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.969 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.033 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.129 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.886 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.412 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.135 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158.980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.708 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.413 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.655 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.604 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.407 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.711 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.640 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.610 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.445 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.248 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.041 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.961 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.885 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.130 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.032 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.969 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.339 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.428 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.988 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.503 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.317 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.432 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.849 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.177 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.990 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.010 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.165 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.858 CAD |
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