Financial news on May 15, 2006
Business and Financial news
The Huffington Post is booming, fueled by rapid-fire news postings and over 700 bloggers, most of whom you have never heard of. Read more..
Online retailers have used mediocre product videos for years with limited success. Now, some stores are starting to get it right. Read more..
A Chinese computer scientist won honors and accolades for chip designs stolen from a foreign company and passed off as his own. Read more..
News of Qwest's refusal to give the N.S.A. phone records has turned the beleaguered regional phone company into a beacon of consumer protection. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
Advertisers use "cookies" to track Web users, but concerns about privacy are causing more and more users to delete these tiny files. Read more..
The 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..
Vietnam and the U.S. have agreed in principle on terms for Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23,10 | 23,23 | 23,03 | 23,15 | 67.3M |
Intel | INTC | 19,06 | 19,35 | 19,00 | 19,32 | 62.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,38 | 20,62 | 19,50 | 20,56 | 53.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 13,83 | 14,03 | 13,80 | 13,97 | 26.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24,52 | 24,93 | 24,52 | 24,89 | 24.8M |
General Electric | GE | 34,10 | 34,80 | 34,08 | 34,56 | 23M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61,51 | 62,48 | 61,35 | 62,00 | 19.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 67,37 | 68,38 | 67,12 | 67,79 | 18.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 64,00 | 64,54 | 62,65 | 63,52 | 17.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 375,93 | 380,15 | 368,25 | 376,20 | 17.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,21 | 47,56 | 46,08 | 47,43 | 17.1M |
Amgen | AMGN | 68,10 | 69,91 | 68,00 | 69,83 | 13.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,61 | 31,74 | 31,28 | 31,52 | 12.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25,69 | 25,84 | 25,50 | 25,79 | 12.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32,12 | 32,80 | 31,63 | 31,63 | 12.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 60,62 | 61,60 | 59,96 | 60,56 | 12M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 45,85 | 46,99 | 45,60 | 46,70 | 11.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 54,69 | 55,70 | 54,05 | 55,57 | 11.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32,11 | 32,32 | 31,79 | 32,21 | 11.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44,33 | 44,80 | 44,25 | 44,54 | 11.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29,75 | 30,00 | 29,72 | 29,99 | 11.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58,97 | 60,01 | 58,84 | 59,97 | 10.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 68,20 | 68,69 | 66,05 | 67,00 | 10.5M |
Merck | MRK | 34,31 | 35,28 | 34,29 | 34,69 | 10.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 41,67 | 42,58 | 41,40 | 42,30 | 10.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 39,80 | 40,79 | 39,54 | 40,50 | 9.65M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43,19 | 44,00 | 43,05 | 43,94 | 9.31M |
Altria | MO | 70,36 | 71,75 | 70,29 | 71,38 | 7.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 58,67 | 59,85 | 58,51 | 59,71 | 7.06M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56,38 | 57,65 | 56,10 | 57,08 | 6.04M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81,80 | 83,15 | 81,80 | 82,89 | 5.78M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64,95 | 65,41 | 63,88 | 64,78 | 4.84M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,24 | 24,75 | 24,23 | 24,46 | 4.81M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67,20 | 68,00 | 67,10 | 67,66 | 4.69M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32,55 | 32,85 | 32,21 | 32,78 | 4.3M |
Boeing | BA | 85,45 | 86,47 | 84,57 | 85,86 | 4.17M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34,88 | 35,00 | 34,61 | 34,97 | 4.07M |
3M | MMM | 86,70 | 87,21 | 86,07 | 87,12 | 2.6M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 94,38 | 95,63 | 93,00 | 94,37 | 1.76M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2983,00 | 2999,00 | 2971,00 | 2994,00 | 13.9K |
Exchange Rates of May 15, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 110,470 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,113 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,899 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,212 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,825 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8,006 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 141,340 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,681 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,469 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,682 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,595 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,424 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,702 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,550 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,645 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,470 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,405 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,091 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,478 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,277 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,439 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,846 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,182 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,921 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,085 AUD |
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