Financial news on December 19, 2006
Business and Financial news
Edward H. Bastian and James M. Whitehurst both want to be Delta’s next chief executive, if the airline is not first gobbled up in a takeover. Read more..
Express Scripts is willing to engage in a proxy war to acquire Caremark Rx and break up the merger of Caremark and CVS. Read more..
The T.S.A. has approved a machine that scans air passengers’ shoes, while on their feet, for suspicious metal and signs of potentially explosive material. Read more..
A consortium of five Asian companies and Verizon plans to build a high-speed fiber optic cable to link China and the U.S. by the time the Beijing Olympics open in 2008. Read more..
The star of the Judge Hatchett television show tries to keep a low profile when she travels, but her distinctive voice always seems to give her away. Read more..
Money is running out for some local governments that use pension funds to help pay for retired workers’ health care. Read more..
American Apparel’s eccentric founder has decided to sell the privately held casual clothing chain for $382.5 million. Read more..
The largest gold mining company in Russia, Polyus, listed shares on the London Stock Exchange on Monday. Read more..
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a formal investigation into Broadcom Corporation’s options practices. Read more..
The warning was issued after two patients taking the cancer drug Rituxan as a treatment for the autoimmune disorder lupus died from a rare brain infection. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17,15 | 17,26 | 16,93 | 17,10 | 102M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,71 | 30,17 | 29,53 | 29,99 | 53.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25,88 | 26,24 | 25,75 | 26,20 | 48.7M |
Intel | INTC | 20,65 | 20,72 | 20,46 | 20,66 | 47.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 35,38 | 35,45 | 34,83 | 34,99 | 40.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27,47 | 27,76 | 27,30 | 27,63 | 38.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 84,73 | 86,68 | 83,62 | 86,31 | 32.6M |
General Electric | GE | 37,75 | 38,07 | 37,75 | 38,01 | 31.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75,20 | 77,31 | 74,90 | 76,99 | 22.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 72,00 | 73,24 | 70,79 | 73,03 | 18.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,07 | 46,24 | 45,50 | 46,09 | 17.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 39,62 | 39,77 | 39,41 | 39,64 | 14.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40,05 | 40,50 | 40,00 | 40,43 | 14.4M |
Merck | MRK | 43,75 | 43,98 | 43,29 | 43,51 | 13.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 461,72 | 469,31 | 458,50 | 468,63 | 13.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50,50 | 52,53 | 50,49 | 52,33 | 13.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,55 | 36,78 | 36,45 | 36,66 | 11.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 43,02 | 43,11 | 42,83 | 42,83 | 10.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66,65 | 67,25 | 66,63 | 66,88 | 10.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,71 | 36,07 | 35,70 | 35,89 | 10.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48,03 | 48,48 | 47,95 | 48,27 | 9.29M |
Chevron | CVX | 72,98 | 74,79 | 72,50 | 74,49 | 9.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64,93 | 66,06 | 63,89 | 65,77 | 9.16M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,45 | 34,89 | 34,33 | 34,85 | 8.79M |
Altria | MO | 85,63 | 86,18 | 85,46 | 85,92 | 8.14M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48,67 | 48,86 | 48,40 | 48,77 | 7.73M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38,78 | 39,72 | 38,23 | 39,42 | 7.52M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48,19 | 48,32 | 47,87 | 48,26 | 7.36M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62,17 | 62,70 | 61,83 | 62,48 | 6.44M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,53 | 25,76 | 25,38 | 25,65 | 6.28M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,72 | 64,45 | 63,70 | 64,39 | 6.1M |
Amgen | AMGN | 69,78 | 70,50 | 69,47 | 70,30 | 6.03M |
McDonald's | MCD | 43,48 | 44,00 | 43,24 | 43,99 | 5.91M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 95,10 | 96,39 | 94,91 | 96,00 | 4.93M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62,80 | 63,54 | 62,75 | 63,28 | 4.26M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63,72 | 64,93 | 63,21 | 64,64 | 3.4M |
3M | MMM | 78,27 | 78,46 | 77,73 | 78,11 | 2.84M |
Boeing | BA | 89,47 | 90,44 | 88,97 | 90,17 | 2.63M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92,59 | 92,85 | 91,89 | 92,62 | 1.17M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3776,00 | 3778,00 | 3745,00 | 3770,00 | 18.6K |
Exchange Rates of December 19, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118,100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,153 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,867 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,214 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,824 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,823 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155,890 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,493 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,683 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,594 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,521 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,657 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,602 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,624 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,430 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,328 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,079 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,927 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,976 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,025 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,973 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,512 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,398 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,271 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,440 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,391 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,418 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,904 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,107 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,952 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,051 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,053 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,950 CAD |
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