Financial news on January 18, 2007
Business and Financial news
Airbus warned that major production delays would probably push it to an operating loss for 2006, despite a record number of deliveries. Read more..
The ruling throws into doubt the concept that states can compel companies to offer more generous health care. Read more..
Netgear’s Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype mixes plain old landline communications with cutting-edge Internet calling. Read more..
Sales of digitally distributed music rose about 80 percent worldwide in 2006 but failed to make up for falling sales of compact discs. Read more..
After a radical redesign, Microsoft's Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications are almost totally new programs. Read more..
Widgets offer peripheral information and fun at the side of sites. Read more..
The latest Fed survey offered further evidence that the economy is expanding at a slower pace, but one that has so far defied predictions of a sharper slowdown. Read more..
Nokia’s N800 Internet tablet lets you browse the Internet, send and receive e-mail, download audio and video and get R.S.S. feeds. Read more..
The retailer that operates T. J. Maxx said that sensitive customer financial data was pilfered by identity thieves. Read more..
Eli Broad and Ronald W. Burkle made a $500 million offer to become the largest shareholder in the Tribune Company. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20.89 | 20.90 | 20.50 | 20.65 | 101M |
Apple | AAPL | 92.10 | 92.11 | 89.05 | 89.07 | 84.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.13 | 27.15 | 26.27 | 26.45 | 80.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.48 | 17.52 | 17.10 | 17.12 | 61.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31.15 | 31.37 | 30.80 | 31.00 | 56.4M |
General Electric | GE | 38.01 | 38.17 | 37.26 | 38.00 | 41.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.84 | 27.27 | 26.84 | 27.17 | 38.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.65 | 35.81 | 34.40 | 35.02 | 28M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.47 | 52.92 | 51.96 | 52.79 | 27.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 72.67 | 73.13 | 71.19 | 71.96 | 23.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 64.05 | 64.40 | 62.42 | 62.61 | 20.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.49 | 40.94 | 40.01 | 40.87 | 18.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.30 | 35.93 | 35.25 | 35.85 | 16.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.60 | 42.70 | 41.84 | 42.34 | 15.2M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 99.79 | 99.95 | 98.91 | 99.45 | 14.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.20 | 48.78 | 48.08 | 48.39 | 13.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 58.90 | 59.38 | 57.41 | 57.90 | 13.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.00 | 54.60 | 53.36 | 53.80 | 13.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.31 | 48.58 | 47.92 | 48.15 | 12.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.60 | 37.66 | 36.60 | 37.57 | 12.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 494.52 | 496.48 | 487.43 | 487.83 | 11.9M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.00 | 27.01 | 26.42 | 26.67 | 10.8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.46 | 67.99 | 66.30 | 67.71 | 10.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 70.83 | 71.84 | 70.02 | 70.92 | 10.6M |
Merck | MRK | 45.05 | 46.01 | 45.05 | 45.74 | 10.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 45.04 | 45.27 | 44.68 | 45.10 | 9.17M |
Amazon | AMZN | 37.50 | 37.65 | 36.72 | 36.98 | 9.1M |
Altria | MO | 87.79 | 89.08 | 87.79 | 87.95 | 8.72M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.25 | 65.65 | 63.68 | 65.54 | 8.68M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.27 | 36.39 | 36.14 | 36.20 | 8.29M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.42 | 49.00 | 48.20 | 48.35 | 7.61M |
Amgen | AMGN | 74.10 | 74.35 | 73.36 | 73.69 | 7.54M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 93.23 | 98.15 | 93.23 | 96.72 | 5.21M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.87 | 44.99 | 44.52 | 44.59 | 4.69M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.25 | 65.13 | 64.01 | 64.91 | 4.21M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.41 | 65.54 | 64.22 | 64.92 | 4.14M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 66.70 | 66.98 | 65.27 | 66.16 | 3.66M |
Boeing | BA | 89.13 | 89.38 | 87.76 | 88.00 | 3.35M |
3M | MMM | 78.99 | 79.70 | 78.60 | 78.81 | 1.96M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3630.00 | 3650.00 | 3620.50 | 3633.50 | 10.3K |
Exchange Rates of January 18, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 121.210 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.174 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.852 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.247 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.802 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.771 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.656 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.523 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.642 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.609 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.522 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.657 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.616 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.619 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.418 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.395 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.044 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.958 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.968 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.033 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.972 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.501 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.400 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.318 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.431 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.461 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.406 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.926 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.080 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.984 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.017 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.062 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 CAD |
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