Financial news on December 20, 2006
Business and Financial news
The two companies came to terms after the board of Advo agreed late Monday to drop its asking price to $33 a share from $37. Read more..
West Hartford has become a regional destination for dining and shopping, a role that the capital city, with a population twice as large, formerly played. Read more..
The internal Eli Lilly documents and e-mail messages detailed efforts by the drug maker to play down the health risks of Zyprexa. Read more..
The court ruled that in trying to increase competition in the power industry, national energy officials abdicated their responsibility to ensure fair electricity markets. Read more..
Dell, the computer maker, said Tuesday that its chief financial officer was stepping down as the company faces two federal investigations into its accounting practices. Read more..
The bonus, the highest ever for a Wall Street chief executive, came a week after Goldman reported a record profit of $9.5 billion. Read more..
Nomura Holdings, Japan’s biggest securities firm, will buy a 15 percent stake in the Fortress Investment Group. Read more..
At that rate, about 1.1 million of the homeowners who took out subprime loans in the last two years will lose their houses, at an estimated cost of $74.6 billion. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.09 | 17.22 | 17.03 | 17.10 | 48.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.16 | 26.55 | 26.13 | 26.21 | 44.5M |
General Electric | GE | 38.13 | 38.49 | 38.01 | 38.15 | 36.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.68 | 27.70 | 27.38 | 27.39 | 31.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.99 | 30.24 | 29.97 | 30.09 | 31.2M |
Intel | INTC | 20.70 | 20.94 | 20.57 | 20.60 | 30.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 35.06 | 35.45 | 34.93 | 34.95 | 29.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.35 | 41.46 | 40.35 | 41.34 | 21.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 86.47 | 86.67 | 84.74 | 84.76 | 20.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.10 | 76.99 | 75.74 | 76.08 | 17.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.00 | 46.13 | 45.87 | 45.87 | 13.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 39.56 | 39.86 | 39.13 | 39.13 | 13.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 73.50 | 73.67 | 72.49 | 72.50 | 12.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.68 | 36.90 | 36.36 | 36.45 | 11.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.50 | 53.70 | 52.34 | 53.56 | 10.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.65 | 66.89 | 66.34 | 66.43 | 9.78M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 470.00 | 471.50 | 462.33 | 462.90 | 8.73M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.46 | 74.91 | 73.48 | 73.65 | 8.69M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.20 | 48.37 | 47.43 | 47.95 | 8.06M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 42.81 | 43.06 | 42.63 | 42.64 | 7.85M |
Amazon | AMZN | 39.43 | 40.30 | 39.39 | 40.01 | 7.78M |
Merck | MRK | 43.38 | 43.94 | 43.25 | 43.30 | 7.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65.77 | 66.17 | 64.84 | 64.85 | 6.83M |
Altria | MO | 86.13 | 86.25 | 85.60 | 85.68 | 6.83M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.92 | 36.05 | 35.85 | 35.88 | 6.41M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.73 | 48.82 | 48.64 | 48.75 | 6.05M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.33 | 48.37 | 48.14 | 48.22 | 6.04M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.00 | 44.24 | 43.74 | 43.86 | 5.87M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.60 | 25.89 | 25.57 | 25.77 | 5.76M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.76 | 34.80 | 34.52 | 34.61 | 5.74M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62.66 | 63.54 | 62.29 | 63.22 | 5.65M |
Amgen | AMGN | 70.37 | 70.40 | 69.37 | 69.45 | 5.22M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 65.25 | 65.98 | 64.71 | 64.76 | 5.08M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.30 | 64.48 | 64.02 | 64.47 | 4.48M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 96.31 | 96.50 | 95.70 | 96.00 | 3.65M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.32 | 63.51 | 63.09 | 63.30 | 3.54M |
Boeing | BA | 90.18 | 90.60 | 89.18 | 90.10 | 3.3M |
3M | MMM | 78.30 | 79.20 | 78.15 | 78.83 | 2.31M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92.32 | 92.50 | 91.30 | 91.40 | 1.79M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3778.00 | 3788.00 | 3706.00 | 3721.00 | 25.9K |
Exchange Rates of December 20, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.430 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.149 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.870 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.218 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.821 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.815 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 156.000 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.492 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.513 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.661 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.604 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.623 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.430 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.328 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.074 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.931 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.970 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.031 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.973 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.500 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.400 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.257 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.443 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.392 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.902 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.109 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.957 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.045 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.060 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.944 CAD |
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