Financial news on July 19th, 2007
Business and Financial news
A report by the National Petroleum Council, billed as a comprehensive analysis of the world’s energy challenge, sees a 50 percent rise in energy demand over the next 25 years. Read more..
Employment Web site operator Dice Holdings went public for a second time on Wednesday and raised $217 million after pricing at the top of the range. TheDeal.com called the I.P.O. a “bonanza” for Dice’s two private equity backers, General Atlantic and Quadrangle Group, which have made roughly 2.7 times their money in two years. Read more..
The online auctioneer’s quarterly earnings beat estimates, but C.E.O. Meg Whitman hopes a home page redesign will revive sluggish user growth and a drop in listings. Read more..
Hyper Dash from Wild Planet is a timed racing game that uses radio frequency identification technology to track a child’s location on a course. Read more..
Ben S. Bernanke said he expected “moderate” growth, but that problems in housing had tempered the forecast. Read more..
Bids are expected on Thursday for Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover units from a variety of companies, including private equity firms, and possibly other automakers. Read more..
JVC’s HA-NC250 noise-canceling headphones come with a removable cord and multiple plug adapters for connecting to almost any type of airplane headphone jack. Read more..
Method Products is launching its biggest-ever advertising push to showcase the company’s biodegradable cleaning products. Read more..
The company’s performance shows that it is making progress in its shift toward selling higher-margin software. Read more..
Belkin’s N1 Vision wireless router shows the number of connected users and devices, the speed of your uploads, and even how much network bandwidth is being used. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31.05 | 31.84 | 30.93 | 31.51 | 121M |
Intel | INTC | 25.13 | 25.32 | 25.09 | 25.26 | 62.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 29.85 | 30.00 | 29.81 | 29.94 | 53.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.22 | 25.24 | 24.93 | 24.99 | 51.9M |
General Electric | GE | 40.58 | 40.79 | 40.48 | 40.71 | 29.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.56 | 20.72 | 20.52 | 20.60 | 29.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49.50 | 49.69 | 47.84 | 48.62 | 26.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 140.30 | 140.81 | 139.65 | 140.00 | 26.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 91.54 | 92.74 | 91.20 | 92.29 | 25.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 553.46 | 553.52 | 542.24 | 548.59 | 22.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 29.02 | 29.41 | 28.61 | 28.97 | 19.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.63 | 39.99 | 39.38 | 39.65 | 18.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.95 | 52.30 | 51.30 | 51.89 | 17.7M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 115.00 | 116.48 | 114.65 | 115.86 | 17.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.52 | 49.09 | 47.52 | 48.40 | 17.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.05 | 40.14 | 39.52 | 39.70 | 15.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.36 | 48.98 | 48.10 | 48.79 | 15.4M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.54 | 35.75 | 35.17 | 35.54 | 15M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.63 | 54.68 | 53.58 | 54.32 | 13.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.35 | 62.70 | 62.06 | 62.39 | 12.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 87.91 | 88.44 | 87.29 | 87.36 | 12.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.08 | 42.64 | 42.01 | 42.26 | 12.1M |
Merck | MRK | 49.98 | 50.06 | 49.12 | 49.34 | 11.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 91.98 | 93.60 | 91.80 | 93.45 | 10.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.22 | 66.52 | 65.25 | 65.47 | 9.94M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 40.00 | 40.65 | 39.50 | 40.42 | 9.89M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.48 | 63.13 | 62.48 | 62.79 | 8.71M |
Chevron | CVX | 93.46 | 93.73 | 92.48 | 93.00 | 8.42M |
United Technologies | UTX | 76.18 | 77.40 | 75.09 | 77.18 | 8.38M |
Altria | MO | 70.75 | 71.44 | 70.37 | 70.63 | 8.32M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.66 | 34.83 | 34.40 | 34.47 | 8.07M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 32.07 | 32.19 | 31.85 | 32.03 | 7.85M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55.82 | 56.16 | 54.73 | 55.57 | 7.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.90 | 53.94 | 53.43 | 53.70 | 7.23M |
Amazon | AMZN | 74.24 | 74.32 | 73.12 | 73.35 | 5.27M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 126.91 | 127.11 | 124.56 | 125.74 | 4.06M |
McDonald's | MCD | 52.69 | 52.73 | 52.16 | 52.67 | 3.35M |
3M | MMM | 91.80 | 91.95 | 90.41 | 91.17 | 2.79M |
Boeing | BA | 101.63 | 102.82 | 101.63 | 102.48 | 2.6M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3647.00 | 3662.00 | 3629.00 | 3638.00 | 13.7K |
Exchange Rates of July 19th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 122.000 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.043 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.959 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.563 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 168.420 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.674 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.484 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.568 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.638 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.440 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.695 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.661 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.602 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.400 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.501 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.931 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.074 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.854 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.170 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.986 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.014 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.328 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.430 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.137 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.465 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.406 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.917 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.090 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.059 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.945 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.154 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.867 CAD |
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