Financial news on November 15, 2006
Business and Financial news
Sears Holdings abandoned its attempt to take Sears Canada private after a rejection by shareholders on Tuesday and an unfavorable court ruling. Read more..
Comair Flight Attendants Approve Pay Cut. Read more..
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 14 — The Ford Motor Company fared better in the first half of this decade than its own original statements had led everyone to believe, but analysts have growing doubts about how quickly the automaker can return to profitabil... Read more..
The failure of the bill was a deep disappointment and embarrassment for President Bush on the eve of his trip to Vietnam this week. Read more..
The judge indefinitely postponed the trial of former employees, citing concerns that the defendants will not be able to pay their lawyers. Read more..
The book, which has a working title of “O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened,” will depict Mr. Simpson describing how he would have carried out the murders. Read more..
A loan risk adviser told top executives that up to $3 billion in bad loans might have been intentionally hidden from outside auditors. Read more..
The Small Business Administration announced new rules yesterday intended to help small businesses obtain more federal contracts and to assure that contracts set aside for small businesses are not going to larger companies. Read more..
Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez called on Beijing to make it easier to prosecute criminals who steal intellectual property. Read more..
More states are using ballot measures to limit eminent domain powers to force the sale of land for economic development. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21.93 | 22.37 | 21.76 | 22.32 | 104M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.13 | 29.36 | 29.11 | 29.12 | 63.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.62 | 26.75 | 26.50 | 26.60 | 47.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.30 | 26.75 | 26.17 | 26.53 | 39.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.00 | 33.02 | 31.75 | 32.46 | 38.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 37.85 | 38.29 | 37.41 | 37.62 | 28.5M |
General Electric | GE | 35.51 | 35.92 | 35.49 | 35.79 | 23.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 85.05 | 85.90 | 84.00 | 84.05 | 23.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 74.07 | 74.93 | 74.00 | 74.80 | 20.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.14 | 19.27 | 19.07 | 19.12 | 19.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.68 | 40.85 | 39.76 | 39.79 | 17.9M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 493.43 | 499.85 | 491.93 | 491.93 | 16.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.77 | 48.08 | 47.58 | 47.68 | 16.5M |
Merck | MRK | 43.69 | 44.50 | 43.65 | 44.15 | 15.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.60 | 47.25 | 46.57 | 46.99 | 14.7M |
Amazon | AMZN | 41.50 | 43.10 | 41.50 | 42.60 | 13.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.57 | 47.67 | 46.99 | 47.45 | 11.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 63.46 | 64.42 | 63.18 | 63.98 | 11.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.25 | 36.25 | 35.70 | 36.09 | 10.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.43 | 32.77 | 32.34 | 32.69 | 10.7M |
McDonald's | MCD | 41.18 | 41.70 | 40.99 | 41.10 | 10.2M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.47 | 46.75 | 46.37 | 46.65 | 9.91M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.63 | 36.72 | 36.12 | 36.23 | 9.74M |
Altria | MO | 82.00 | 82.76 | 81.85 | 82.25 | 8.98M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.28 | 66.00 | 63.96 | 65.45 | 8.81M |
Chevron | CVX | 69.85 | 70.63 | 69.57 | 69.95 | 8.78M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.27 | 24.51 | 24.15 | 24.50 | 8.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.56 | 67.00 | 66.42 | 66.54 | 7.77M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.39 | 48.08 | 47.35 | 47.96 | 7.7M |
Amgen | AMGN | 73.35 | 74.01 | 72.94 | 73.61 | 7.63M |
Pepsico | PEP | 61.85 | 61.97 | 61.15 | 61.24 | 7.58M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40.45 | 40.69 | 40.23 | 40.27 | 6.9M |
Boeing | BA | 86.40 | 87.58 | 86.35 | 87.08 | 5.85M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.12 | 63.47 | 62.98 | 63.12 | 5.56M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 93.08 | 93.28 | 92.54 | 93.11 | 4.17M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 67.54 | 68.75 | 67.41 | 67.87 | 3.83M |
3M | MMM | 79.84 | 81.14 | 79.84 | 80.71 | 3.44M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.31 | 65.80 | 65.31 | 65.60 | 3.29M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.91 | 92.25 | 90.93 | 91.24 | 2.17M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3560.00 | 3572.00 | 3548.00 | 3570.00 | 10.5K |
Exchange Rates of November 15, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.010 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.139 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.878 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.246 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.803 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.869 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 151.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.679 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.473 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.460 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.685 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.598 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.626 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.448 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.231 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.107 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.904 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.964 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.037 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.948 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.469 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.405 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.151 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.465 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.353 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.425 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.871 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.148 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.953 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.050 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.094 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.914 CAD |
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