Financial news on October 17, 2006
Business and Financial news
A team discovered that winemaking at a Sicilian winery was wasteful and needlessly polluting, and the winery has made changes. Read more..
The British Energy Group, producer of about 20 percent of Britain’s electricity, said nuclear reactors at two plants would be shut because of cracks in boilers, setting off a 24 percent decline in the company’s share price. The reactors, at the Hi... Read more..
In a rare demonstration, more than 100 Wal-Mart employees rallied at a store in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., a Miami suburb. Read more..
Gap, the clothing chain, named a former department store executive, Dawn Robertson, as head of its biggest division, Old Navy. Read more..
Rampant crime is robbing Latin America of up to 8 percent from national economic growth, economists and World Bank officials say. Read more..
Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara agreed to buy Banca Popolare Italiana for 8.2 billion euros ($10.3 billion) to create one of the five largest banks in Italy, with more than 2,100 branches extending from Milan to Sicily. The offer valued Popolare... Read more..
Former PayPal employees have gone on to start or join a new generation of Internet companies and other ventures, including YouTube. Read more..
An options grant made years ago to the new chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, Stephen J. Hemsley, is raising questions. Read more..
In a sign of continuing turmoil in the Russian oil industry, the government threatened to revoke oil field licenses held by Lukoil. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21.19 | 21.23 | 20.83 | 20.90 | 118M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.45 | 24.56 | 24.12 | 24.48 | 41M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.24 | 28.51 | 28.17 | 28.44 | 40.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.84 | 18.99 | 18.60 | 18.63 | 27.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27.46 | 27.88 | 27.44 | 27.72 | 25M |
General Electric | GE | 35.35 | 35.60 | 35.24 | 35.56 | 24.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.83 | 69.84 | 68.97 | 69.41 | 17.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 75.04 | 75.27 | 74.04 | 74.29 | 17.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32.85 | 33.06 | 32.60 | 33.06 | 16.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.55 | 66.50 | 65.50 | 66.08 | 15.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.15 | 36.15 | 35.69 | 35.76 | 15.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.27 | 47.66 | 46.61 | 46.73 | 15.1M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 86.35 | 87.94 | 86.22 | 86.95 | 13.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 61.40 | 61.40 | 60.17 | 60.80 | 12.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 38.52 | 39.15 | 38.27 | 39.06 | 11.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.14 | 48.32 | 47.64 | 48.28 | 11.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.10 | 61.22 | 59.00 | 61.22 | 10.8M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 420.30 | 423.75 | 416.70 | 420.64 | 10.4M |
Merck | MRK | 43.82 | 44.18 | 43.32 | 43.96 | 10.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 41.84 | 41.97 | 41.46 | 41.60 | 9.88M |
Amgen | AMGN | 71.85 | 72.07 | 71.16 | 71.79 | 9.57M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.79 | 36.91 | 36.41 | 36.59 | 9.33M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.05 | 48.21 | 47.00 | 47.99 | 8.88M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.17 | 47.53 | 46.75 | 47.19 | 8.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.20 | 36.68 | 35.75 | 36.48 | 8.75M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.10 | 44.23 | 43.75 | 43.79 | 8.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 65.11 | 65.18 | 64.71 | 64.93 | 6.81M |
United Technologies | UTX | 67.20 | 67.46 | 65.03 | 65.28 | 6.78M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.02 | 31.22 | 30.97 | 31.10 | 6.75M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.79 | 62.48 | 61.77 | 61.94 | 6.68M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32.20 | 32.61 | 31.75 | 32.47 | 6.64M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 38.00 | 38.33 | 37.84 | 38.16 | 6.42M |
Altria | MO | 78.81 | 78.99 | 78.11 | 78.25 | 6.22M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.40 | 24.59 | 24.39 | 24.46 | 4.66M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.43 | 62.75 | 62.24 | 62.37 | 3.83M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 68.07 | 68.64 | 67.08 | 68.00 | 3.58M |
Boeing | BA | 82.45 | 82.45 | 81.50 | 82.29 | 2.92M |
3M | MMM | 75.25 | 76.00 | 75.15 | 75.80 | 2.52M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.53 | 92.27 | 90.22 | 91.51 | 922K |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3293.00 | 3307.00 | 3284.00 | 3291.00 | 10.2K |
Exchange Rates of October 17, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.460 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.141 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.876 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.269 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.788 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.908 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148.530 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.493 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.666 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.600 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.430 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.699 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.629 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.451 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.219 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.121 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.892 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.963 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.039 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.071 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.934 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.487 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.402 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.374 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.421 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.858 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.165 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.954 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.048 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.112 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.900 CAD |
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