Financial news on October 19, 2006
Business and Financial news
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said although he has been approached by potential buyers, he will not sell his multibillion-dollar company. Read more..
The Internet auction giant said its profit was helped in part by a lower tax rate and strong sales at its online payments unit. Read more..
The T-Mobile Dash, a phone slim enough to slip into a vest pocket or evening purse, is powerful enough to put in a full day’s work. Read more..
Wall Street saw the latest evidence as an encouraging sign that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged for now. Read more..
Microsoft is exploring hardware design now in part because of a new set of tools that will make it possible to test ideas quickly. Read more..
New entrepreneurial ad agencies are portraying themselves as more nimble and responsive than giant advertising companies. Read more..
Two executives of Samsung Electronics and a Hynix Semiconductor official were accused in a United States grand jury indictment of conspiring to fix prices for computer memory chips. Rha Young Bae, Samsung’s former head of worldwide sales and... Read more..
The Stiletto SL100, Sirius’s new portable satellite radio, offers Wi-Fi connectivity for listening to live Internet radio. Read more..
Sony’s new Altus portable stereo headphones have a frequency response usually found only on high-end, professional-quality headphones. Read more..
As technology advances, more creative and inexpensive content will be available via the Internet, vying for people’s attention. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21.00 | 21.19 | 20.63 | 21.03 | 73.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 79.26 | 79.95 | 78.16 | 78.99 | 54M |
Pfizer | PFE | 28.42 | 28.50 | 27.60 | 27.68 | 50M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.01 | 24.24 | 23.73 | 24.16 | 48.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.35 | 28.45 | 28.12 | 28.29 | 44.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.66 | 18.96 | 18.37 | 18.87 | 33.3M |
General Electric | GE | 35.40 | 35.49 | 35.14 | 35.28 | 26.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.30 | 33.97 | 33.25 | 33.75 | 25.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.84 | 70.07 | 69.07 | 69.73 | 23.4M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 420.23 | 454.91 | 419.57 | 426.06 | 23M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.79 | 51.03 | 48.79 | 50.65 | 21.3M |
McDonald's | MCD | 40.93 | 41.47 | 40.00 | 40.77 | 20.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.70 | 45.14 | 44.60 | 44.91 | 17.7M |
Altria | MO | 79.10 | 80.25 | 78.91 | 80.19 | 15.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 38.96 | 39.68 | 38.76 | 39.56 | 14.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.38 | 62.70 | 59.94 | 62.70 | 13.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.93 | 37.30 | 36.87 | 37.21 | 12.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.21 | 47.21 | 46.37 | 46.87 | 12M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.03 | 48.39 | 47.69 | 47.92 | 11.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 60.33 | 61.39 | 60.13 | 61.13 | 11.1M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 89.45 | 90.98 | 89.31 | 89.86 | 10.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.43 | 48.99 | 48.39 | 48.49 | 10.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 35.84 | 36.19 | 35.70 | 35.91 | 9.85M |
Amgen | AMGN | 72.93 | 73.16 | 72.28 | 73.05 | 8.84M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.00 | 68.22 | 67.84 | 68.04 | 8.61M |
Merck | MRK | 44.48 | 44.89 | 44.22 | 44.49 | 8.21M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 37.98 | 38.31 | 37.69 | 38.00 | 7.99M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.66 | 36.82 | 36.30 | 36.74 | 7.14M |
Chevron | CVX | 64.80 | 65.64 | 64.36 | 65.64 | 7.05M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.44 | 31.75 | 31.40 | 31.59 | 6.28M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 67.96 | 68.75 | 67.60 | 68.30 | 5.65M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.29 | 62.56 | 62.14 | 62.50 | 5.23M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.61 | 24.77 | 24.50 | 24.65 | 4.44M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32.17 | 32.84 | 32.10 | 32.54 | 4.04M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.02 | 63.25 | 62.47 | 62.82 | 3.83M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.26 | 65.50 | 64.71 | 65.00 | 3.7M |
3M | MMM | 75.53 | 76.47 | 75.53 | 76.40 | 2.78M |
Boeing | BA | 82.74 | 82.96 | 81.77 | 82.41 | 2.43M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.20 | 91.48 | 89.32 | 91.35 | 1.88M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3318.00 | 3332.00 | 3316.00 | 3328.00 | 7.4K |
Exchange Rates of October 19, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.220 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.128 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.886 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.258 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.795 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.908 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149.230 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.488 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.663 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.424 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.702 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.587 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.630 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.450 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.221 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.114 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.898 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.954 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.048 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.064 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.940 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.474 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.404 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.118 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.472 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.361 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.424 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.856 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.169 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.954 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.048 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.114 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.897 CAD |
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