Financial news on March 15th, 2007
Business and Financial news
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is among the finalists announced for the National Magazine Awards, the industry’s most prestigious prize. Read more..
Community banks keep financing flowing to local entrepreneurs at a time when mergers have reduced the number of banks. Read more..
David Pogue touts the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference, and urges readers to go online to get a lesson in cutting-edge technologies. Read more..
G.M. showed its largest quarterly profit in more than two years as its restructuring plan drastically cut expenses. Read more..
Goldman Sachs was fined $2 million by market regulators for allowing clients to make illegal short sales before stock offerings. Read more..
While H&R Block’s tax business is showing signs of improvement, it cannot get rid of its subprime mortgage group, Option One, fast enough. Read more..
The chief executive at Berkshire Hathaway took home the same $100,000 in 2006 that he has been earning for 25 years. Read more..
A new service called GrandCentral can unify your cellphone with phones at work and home and perform many other tricks. Read more..
Nearly all of the jurors in the Conrad M. Black trial confirmed that they knew little of him and the others accused in the trial. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 19.21 | 19.30 | 19.01 | 19.14 | 52M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.32 | 27.47 | 27.20 | 27.28 | 51.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.70 | 25.93 | 25.62 | 25.81 | 38.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.86 | 25.03 | 24.73 | 24.99 | 38.2M |
| General Electric | GE | 34.20 | 34.68 | 34.11 | 34.52 | 35.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.85 | 16.94 | 16.65 | 16.72 | 24M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 71.00 | 71.24 | 70.40 | 70.69 | 23.5M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.62 | 34.55 | 33.52 | 34.10 | 20.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 89.96 | 90.36 | 89.31 | 89.57 | 20M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.04 | 37.20 | 36.68 | 36.94 | 17.4M |
| Altria | MO | 83.39 | 85.10 | 83.38 | 84.75 | 17.4M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 67.44 | 67.69 | 66.46 | 66.52 | 17.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.14 | 48.19 | 47.14 | 47.70 | 15.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 25.92 | 25.93 | 25.57 | 25.72 | 13.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.75 | 46.16 | 45.49 | 46.00 | 13.3M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.68 | 39.86 | 39.46 | 39.70 | 12.8M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.56 | 62.05 | 61.25 | 61.91 | 12.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.07 | 36.41 | 35.89 | 36.36 | 11.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.94 | 27.14 | 26.81 | 27.12 | 11.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 60.55 | 60.94 | 59.79 | 60.01 | 11.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.67 | 54.00 | 53.33 | 53.63 | 10.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 37.46 | 37.80 | 37.22 | 37.49 | 10.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.70 | 60.81 | 60.35 | 60.53 | 10.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.81 | 34.09 | 33.74 | 33.79 | 10.1M |
| Chevron | CVX | 68.20 | 69.29 | 67.81 | 68.87 | 10M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 46.95 | 47.13 | 46.68 | 47.08 | 9.53M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.16 | 43.28 | 42.87 | 43.19 | 9.18M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 447.86 | 449.82 | 443.94 | 446.19 | 7.88M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 64.93 | 65.15 | 64.02 | 64.40 | 7.78M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 38.10 | 38.29 | 37.55 | 37.78 | 7.27M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.37 | 54.23 | 53.18 | 54.05 | 6.51M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 62.73 | 63.44 | 62.61 | 62.99 | 6.2M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 93.40 | 93.97 | 93.10 | 93.45 | 5.91M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 43.50 | 43.75 | 43.40 | 43.47 | 5.67M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 64.66 | 64.85 | 64.11 | 64.40 | 3.97M |
| 3M | MMM | 75.80 | 76.26 | 75.67 | 75.99 | 3.93M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69.66 | 70.23 | 69.36 | 70.12 | 3.72M |
| Boeing | BA | 89.98 | 91.06 | 89.57 | 91.04 | 3.51M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 97.57 | 99.60 | 97.43 | 98.68 | 1.73M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3579.00 | 3579.00 | 3548.00 | 3550.00 | 8.5K |
Exchange Rates of March 15th, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.570 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.177 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.850 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.217 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.821 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.744 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.683 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.464 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.558 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.642 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.611 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.439 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.279 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.076 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.929 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.001 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.999 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.035 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.966 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.454 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.408 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.280 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.439 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.358 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.424 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.929 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.077 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.961 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.041 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.034 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.967 CAD |
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