Financial news on September 13th, 2007
Business and Financial news
High fees for early payment can prevent escape for homeowners trying to escape from adjustable rate mortgages. Read more..
I have been getting pop-ups for DriveCleaner offering to remove traces of adult sites from my computer. I don’t visit adult sites, and no one else uses my machine. How do I get rid of this pest? Read more..
For a mere $350, you will soon be able to get your own prehistoric pet lizard to tramp around the house: Pleo, a sophisticated robot dinosaur from Ugobe. Read more..
Banamex and a group of Mexican investors said they planned a 1.67 billion peso ($150.7 million) counteroffer for the airline Aeroméxico, which is currently the target of a takeover bid by two businessmen. Read more..
An entrepreneur has made caring for her autistic son and for others like him her third business. Read more..
The S.E.C. said that four former finance officers at Nortel Networks helped the former C.E.O. manipulate reserves to enhance earnings. Read more..
Robert A. Eckert, Mattel’s C.E.O., told Congress that the toy industry would work to prevent unsafe toys from entering the U.S. Read more..
The latest connected-home innovations are televisions designed to pick up a signal from the Internet or personal computers to display videos and pictures. Read more..
The Target Corporation, under pressure by investors to bolster its share price, said yesterday that it might sell its $7 billion credit card portfolio and increase share buybacks. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 25.57 | 25.64 | 25.25 | 25.35 | 65M |
| General Electric | GE | 40.01 | 40.80 | 39.94 | 40.51 | 44.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.06 | 29.26 | 28.96 | 29.16 | 35.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 31.96 | 32.04 | 31.40 | 31.51 | 33.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.31 | 24.64 | 24.10 | 24.23 | 31.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 39.93 | 40.90 | 39.15 | 40.77 | 26.9M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.70 | 20.70 | 20.34 | 20.45 | 24.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 138.83 | 139.00 | 136.65 | 137.20 | 23.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 87.85 | 89.15 | 87.71 | 88.62 | 22M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.42 | 45.78 | 44.38 | 45.60 | 20.3M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 52.69 | 54.68 | 52.66 | 54.30 | 20.1M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 55.80 | 57.27 | 55.75 | 57.12 | 18.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 42.86 | 43.47 | 42.77 | 43.06 | 17.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 25.47 | 25.55 | 25.15 | 25.24 | 16.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 35.29 | 35.85 | 35.12 | 35.61 | 16.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.74 | 36.01 | 35.64 | 35.81 | 14.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.70 | 49.24 | 48.39 | 48.77 | 14.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.68 | 63.27 | 62.57 | 63.11 | 13.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 50.50 | 50.88 | 49.61 | 49.86 | 12.3M |
| Altria | MO | 67.85 | 68.09 | 66.91 | 67.13 | 12.2M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.10 | 42.88 | 42.08 | 42.61 | 11M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.70 | 52.99 | 51.98 | 52.16 | 10.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 85.56 | 86.11 | 84.86 | 85.11 | 10.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.45 | 28.97 | 28.43 | 28.80 | 9.98M |
| Chevron | CVX | 89.65 | 90.82 | 89.55 | 90.09 | 8.97M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 67.32 | 67.72 | 67.16 | 67.46 | 8.55M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 55.95 | 56.20 | 55.62 | 55.87 | 7.18M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.80 | 33.90 | 33.44 | 33.52 | 6.97M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.87 | 70.48 | 69.60 | 69.88 | 6.85M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 99.99 | 101.00 | 99.09 | 100.55 | 6.55M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38.68 | 38.86 | 38.23 | 38.50 | 6.49M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 87.95 | 88.07 | 86.50 | 87.26 | 5.98M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.65 | 49.86 | 49.39 | 49.55 | 5.05M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 116.30 | 117.00 | 115.74 | 115.95 | 4.8M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 75.32 | 75.40 | 74.57 | 75.02 | 4.02M |
| Boeing | BA | 98.60 | 99.37 | 98.35 | 98.95 | 3.99M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 524.06 | 527.21 | 523.22 | 524.78 | 3.78M |
| 3M | MMM | 89.67 | 89.69 | 88.69 | 89.09 | 3.09M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 109.90 | 113.37 | 108.85 | 112.68 | 2.64M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3949.00 | 3965.00 | 3932.00 | 3957.00 | 8.1K |
Exchange Rates of September 13th, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114.790 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.036 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.965 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.186 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.843 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.511 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.133 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 159.180 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.687 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.457 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.659 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.603 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.436 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.696 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.644 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.608 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.431 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.320 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.042 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.960 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.902 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.109 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.033 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.968 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.417 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.414 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.092 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.478 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.394 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.865 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.156 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.990 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.010 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.144 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.874 CAD |
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