Financial news on May 17, 2006
Business and Financial news
The firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman may face an indictment in connection with a six-year investigation into illegal payments to clients. Read more..
Since "24" made its debut in 2001, my wife and I have missed just one episode, yet I don't think we have seen a commercial in three years. Read more..
Executives expect to get a letter from their sole outside shareholder calling on them to take the influential privately owned German media company public. Read more..
The move provides further evidence that Sun's new management sees it as more of a services company than a network computer maker. Read more..
Defense lawyers portrayed their clients as passionate men guilty of no more than their supreme belief that they could turn Enron into an energy colossus. Read more..
The earnings news came as Airbus, which is based in Toulouse, France, prepares for a radical redesign of the A350 to try to placate potential customers. Read more..
Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana confirmed Tuesday that the state was actively trying to win a Honda factory. Read more..
Jim Kelly, the managing editor of Time magazine, is moving upstairs in the Time-Life hierarchy. Read more..
Many new series are seeking to emulate theatrical films, with higher production costs, more complex plot lines and more complicated characters. Read more..
Two economic reports indicated Tuesday that wholesale prices remained tame and the housing market continued to cool. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.89 | 23.08 | 22.73 | 22.73 | 98.6M |
Intel | INTC | 18.96 | 19.02 | 18.65 | 18.66 | 83.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.99 | 20.35 | 19.96 | 20.18 | 60.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.08 | 14.11 | 13.75 | 13.85 | 48M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.10 | 32.72 | 31.86 | 32.16 | 33.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24.70 | 24.95 | 24.15 | 24.27 | 30.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.27 | 38.40 | 37.30 | 38.01 | 29.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 64.71 | 65.70 | 64.07 | 65.26 | 26.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61.45 | 61.74 | 59.94 | 60.18 | 26.2M |
General Electric | GE | 34.62 | 34.85 | 34.40 | 34.42 | 25.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 370.61 | 379.84 | 370.22 | 374.50 | 21.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.67 | 25.68 | 24.91 | 25.10 | 17.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 64.65 | 65.43 | 62.85 | 63.15 | 16.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.59 | 47.68 | 46.83 | 46.84 | 15.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.28 | 30.30 | 29.65 | 29.76 | 15.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.50 | 31.54 | 30.56 | 30.81 | 15.4M |
Merck | MRK | 34.86 | 35.51 | 34.18 | 34.34 | 15.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.00 | 60.79 | 59.95 | 60.13 | 13.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32.07 | 32.20 | 31.69 | 31.77 | 13.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.05 | 44.05 | 43.09 | 43.25 | 13M |
Chevron | CVX | 60.02 | 60.93 | 58.28 | 58.94 | 11M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.34 | 43.00 | 41.79 | 41.83 | 11M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.56 | 55.92 | 55.25 | 55.33 | 10.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43.76 | 43.97 | 43.20 | 43.55 | 9.93M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 66.25 | 67.36 | 65.02 | 65.93 | 9.59M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.00 | 47.68 | 46.20 | 46.89 | 8.63M |
Altria | MO | 71.70 | 72.15 | 70.48 | 71.01 | 8.45M |
Amgen | AMGN | 68.87 | 69.60 | 68.13 | 68.37 | 7.71M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32.45 | 32.70 | 31.53 | 31.61 | 6.7M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34.53 | 34.76 | 34.43 | 34.56 | 6.57M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81.85 | 82.21 | 81.02 | 81.27 | 5.94M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.40 | 24.71 | 24.05 | 24.13 | 5.65M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.22 | 60.00 | 59.16 | 59.65 | 5.31M |
Boeing | BA | 86.40 | 86.40 | 83.28 | 83.77 | 5.27M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67.55 | 67.90 | 66.15 | 66.47 | 5.09M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.31 | 56.75 | 55.21 | 55.80 | 4.74M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.85 | 64.93 | 63.01 | 63.75 | 4.74M |
3M | MMM | 85.90 | 85.97 | 84.12 | 84.42 | 4.16M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 93.40 | 94.55 | 92.62 | 93.21 | 2.34M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3010.00 | 3030.00 | 3005.00 | 3025.00 | 40.2K |
Exchange Rates of May 17, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 111.100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.115 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.897 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.216 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.823 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.999 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 141.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.677 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.478 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.679 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.596 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.419 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.705 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.547 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.646 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.480 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.403 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.095 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.477 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.285 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.438 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.844 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.185 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.921 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.086 AUD |
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