Financial news on February 14, 2007
Business and Financial news
Experts say it is only a matter of time before the 2.2 billion mobile phone users around the world consider it natural to tune into a 15-second spot. Read more..
A restructuring plan is expected to include the elimination of about 11,000 blue- and white-collar jobs and the closing of one and possibly two assembly plants. Read more..
The new offer of $25.7 billion came just hours before a judge made a surprise ruling that will force Caremark to postpone its shareholder vote on the CVS deal. Read more..
A case involving newspapers in Belgium could affect cases that publishers have brought against the search company in other countries. Read more..
Five companies were picked by the government as finalists in the bidding for its stake in Alitalia, the ailing state-controlled carrier. The bidders include the Texas Pacific Group, the private equity firm; UniCredit, the bank; as well as financie... Read more..
How Intrade, an online betting market for politics, bested the pundits in last year’s midterm elections. Read more..
Democratic lawmakers said yesterday that they had requested copies of correspondence between the White House and Sallie Mae, the student loan company known as the SLM Corporation, after stock sales by the chairman days before the share price fell ... Read more..
The Agriculture Department failed to adequately assess possible environmental impacts before approving genetically engineered alfalfa, a judge ruled. Read more..
Americans last year imported $763.6 billion more worth of goods than they exported, the government reported. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20.96 | 21.30 | 20.94 | 21.14 | 56.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.17 | 29.69 | 29.15 | 29.40 | 55.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.26 | 27.65 | 27.15 | 27.46 | 48.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.74 | 16.94 | 16.68 | 16.77 | 42.3M |
General Electric | GE | 36.20 | 36.50 | 35.79 | 36.47 | 31.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.32 | 26.68 | 26.29 | 26.58 | 29.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37.31 | 37.56 | 37.08 | 37.19 | 21.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 41.72 | 41.96 | 41.50 | 41.73 | 20.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 84.63 | 85.64 | 84.57 | 85.30 | 18.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.90 | 76.00 | 74.99 | 75.60 | 17.6M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.50 | 48.55 | 47.73 | 47.88 | 16.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 67.24 | 68.10 | 67.20 | 67.46 | 12.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.10 | 38.76 | 38.05 | 38.63 | 12.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.08 | 48.13 | 47.75 | 47.87 | 12.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.58 | 34.82 | 34.52 | 34.75 | 12M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 460.00 | 469.13 | 459.22 | 465.93 | 11.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 51.09 | 51.55 | 51.00 | 51.42 | 10.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.88 | 36.20 | 35.82 | 36.01 | 10.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.70 | 53.18 | 52.67 | 52.70 | 10.6M |
Amgen | AMGN | 68.72 | 69.11 | 68.68 | 68.80 | 10.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 41.03 | 41.64 | 41.01 | 41.36 | 10.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.59 | 42.99 | 42.37 | 42.83 | 8.27M |
Chevron | CVX | 72.64 | 73.04 | 71.78 | 72.19 | 7.91M |
Altria | MO | 86.03 | 86.47 | 85.50 | 86.39 | 7.84M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.56 | 65.90 | 65.40 | 65.85 | 7.25M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.68 | 65.33 | 64.15 | 64.66 | 7.18M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.80 | 63.96 | 63.35 | 63.35 | 6.89M |
Amazon | AMZN | 39.23 | 40.28 | 39.14 | 40.14 | 6.81M |
Merck | MRK | 44.14 | 44.23 | 43.90 | 44.06 | 6.56M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.85 | 65.07 | 64.62 | 64.88 | 5.97M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 98.50 | 99.43 | 98.25 | 99.20 | 5.64M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.95 | 45.05 | 44.71 | 45.02 | 5.36M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.71 | 51.93 | 51.31 | 51.64 | 5.13M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.59 | 27.98 | 27.57 | 27.72 | 4.99M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 70.94 | 71.74 | 70.51 | 71.72 | 4.05M |
3M | MMM | 76.43 | 76.92 | 76.28 | 76.84 | 3.89M |
Boeing | BA | 89.27 | 90.17 | 89.27 | 89.94 | 3.87M |
United Technologies | UTX | 67.35 | 68.44 | 67.10 | 68.17 | 3.8M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 103.07 | 104.70 | 102.14 | 104.49 | 2.55M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3620.00 | 3620.00 | 3600.00 | 3610.00 | 15.9K |
Exchange Rates of February 14, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 120.780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.165 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.858 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.240 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.807 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.759 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158.580 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.669 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.495 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.674 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.530 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.654 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.628 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.614 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.422 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.372 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.055 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.948 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.964 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.037 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.026 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.974 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.504 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.399 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.287 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.437 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.433 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.411 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.913 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.095 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.971 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.029 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.063 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.940 CAD |
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