Financial news on July 17, 2006
Business and Financial news
Airbus plans to disclose details of a radically redesigned midsize plane on Monday — a $10 billion project that will compete with Boeing’s 787. Read more..
The license fee that every British television owner must pay to finance the BBC's operations is under review by the government. Read more..
Coors Chairman Charged. Read more..
It is clear that the battle that Katie Couric will be confronting this fall is less uphill than up against a wall. Read more..
CBS plans to announce Monday that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia, as well as logos for some of its shows, on some 35 million eggs. Read more..
For a fee, executives at some of America’s leading nonprofit hospitals talk privately with hospital suppliers. Read more..
A new study by the nation’s largest car rental company shows that people will go miles out of their way to avoid a $4-a-day tax on rental cars. Read more..
Though more accepting of a larger body size, Americans still feel a compulsion to diet. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 17.84 | 18.12 | 17.67 | 17.84 | 63.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.97 | 18.27 | 17.86 | 17.97 | 42.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.29 | 22.61 | 22.26 | 22.48 | 37.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 51.73 | 53.11 | 51.65 | 52.37 | 36.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.24 | 14.47 | 14.22 | 14.42 | 32.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22.42 | 22.66 | 22.28 | 22.41 | 23.6M |
General Electric | GE | 32.08 | 32.43 | 32.08 | 32.36 | 23.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.50 | 64.90 | 63.57 | 64.00 | 19.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 43.23 | 43.93 | 42.72 | 43.02 | 17.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.60 | 67.21 | 64.55 | 65.15 | 14.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 33.93 | 34.47 | 33.40 | 33.60 | 14.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34.00 | 34.96 | 33.79 | 34.72 | 12.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.70 | 26.80 | 26.58 | 26.75 | 12.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 67.08 | 67.44 | 63.47 | 63.78 | 12M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 404.63 | 411.00 | 403.72 | 407.89 | 11.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 30.78 | 31.47 | 30.62 | 31.20 | 10.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.81 | 40.94 | 40.40 | 40.73 | 10.8M |
Chevron | CVX | 65.71 | 66.34 | 64.53 | 64.87 | 10.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 28.16 | 28.60 | 28.15 | 28.60 | 10.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43.90 | 44.57 | 43.90 | 44.48 | 9.87M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 31.00 | 31.99 | 31.00 | 31.84 | 9.11M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.71 | 31.77 | 31.37 | 31.58 | 7.65M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.55 | 61.30 | 60.55 | 60.91 | 7.28M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32.79 | 33.93 | 32.79 | 33.67 | 7.2M |
United Technologies | UTX | 58.81 | 59.65 | 57.45 | 57.96 | 7.13M |
Merck | MRK | 36.42 | 36.50 | 35.89 | 36.37 | 6.9M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 73.34 | 73.94 | 73.20 | 73.70 | 6.82M |
Altria | MO | 77.20 | 77.78 | 76.49 | 76.95 | 6.54M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.63 | 56.17 | 55.55 | 55.82 | 6.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 61.40 | 62.35 | 61.34 | 62.28 | 5.65M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 42.56 | 42.83 | 42.54 | 42.70 | 5.59M |
Amgen | AMGN | 64.06 | 65.17 | 64.04 | 64.56 | 5.57M |
3M | MMM | 71.20 | 71.49 | 70.17 | 70.66 | 5.18M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.32 | 48.40 | 47.27 | 47.65 | 4.74M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67.78 | 68.95 | 67.75 | 68.55 | 4.74M |
Boeing | BA | 78.12 | 79.77 | 77.80 | 78.95 | 4.52M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 59.71 | 60.50 | 59.25 | 59.40 | 3.64M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.70 | 24.85 | 24.50 | 24.66 | 2.9M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 85.65 | 86.48 | 84.59 | 84.66 | 1.58M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2986.00 | 3013.00 | 2982.00 | 3007.00 | 8.3K |
Exchange Rates of July 17, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.881 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.248 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.801 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.998 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 146.620 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.688 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.453 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.674 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.422 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.703 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.562 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.640 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.434 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.411 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.066 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.484 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.270 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.441 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.849 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.178 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.932 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.073 AUD |
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