Financial news on July 20th, 2006
Business and Financial news
Confounding Wall Street skeptics, Apple Computer released quarterly financial results that showed strong growth in both its iPod and notebook businesses. Read more..
Two executives of Brocade Communications Systems were charged in the first federal court case to emerge from an investigation into stock options. Read more..
History suggests that ethnic divisions and civil discord, unlike bombs, cause lasting damage to the prospects for a nation’s economy. Read more..
For the second time in four months, a marketing executive has been named to take over creative decision making at a major studio. Read more..
Yum Brands elevated its annual earnings forecast on increased sales in China. Read more..
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The Ectaco Partner EW800 Talking Electronic Dictionary and Audio PhraseBook can translate to or from six languages. Read more..
Congressional negotiators have reached a preliminary oral agreement on a long-awaited package of amendments to overhaul the nation’s pension system. Read more..
The Utek Corporation is a technology transfer company that will take its payment only in shares of stock. Read more..
The Senate approved a bill that would tighten the rules governing the marketing of life insurance and high-cost mutual funds to American military personnel. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 17.97 | 18.00 | 17.07 | 17.10 | 136M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.44 | 23.45 | 22.78 | 22.85 | 76.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 60.96 | 61.59 | 59.72 | 60.50 | 70.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.07 | 18.09 | 17.61 | 17.88 | 61.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.06 | 15.24 | 14.91 | 15.12 | 48.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23.64 | 23.86 | 23.50 | 23.71 | 33.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 404.28 | 404.44 | 385.66 | 387.12 | 25.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.51 | 64.86 | 64.12 | 64.25 | 20.8M |
General Electric | GE | 32.85 | 32.94 | 32.48 | 32.48 | 20.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 34.52 | 35.15 | 33.96 | 33.98 | 17.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.05 | 43.37 | 42.75 | 42.98 | 16.4M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 75.73 | 75.88 | 75.20 | 75.48 | 12.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.47 | 27.76 | 27.24 | 27.30 | 11.9M |
Altria | MO | 78.03 | 79.40 | 77.87 | 79.09 | 10.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.94 | 51.94 | 49.47 | 50.21 | 10.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.75 | 64.88 | 61.35 | 61.66 | 10.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32.40 | 32.82 | 32.10 | 32.49 | 10.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.15 | 32.76 | 31.77 | 31.80 | 10.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44.35 | 44.61 | 44.15 | 44.29 | 10.3M |
Amgen | AMGN | 64.19 | 65.09 | 63.90 | 63.92 | 10M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45.96 | 46.70 | 45.92 | 46.21 | 10M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 65.89 | 66.35 | 64.40 | 64.43 | 9.86M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.25 | 32.33 | 32.05 | 32.25 | 9.47M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.24 | 29.75 | 29.12 | 29.12 | 9.35M |
Chevron | CVX | 66.05 | 66.24 | 65.20 | 65.32 | 8.37M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 61.03 | 61.61 | 58.32 | 59.35 | 8.14M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 70.97 | 71.99 | 70.79 | 70.79 | 7.76M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.60 | 25.89 | 25.43 | 25.64 | 6.85M |
Merck | MRK | 37.09 | 37.43 | 37.05 | 37.30 | 6.42M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61.95 | 62.07 | 60.25 | 60.25 | 6.27M |
Amazon | AMZN | 34.39 | 34.81 | 33.83 | 34.18 | 5.84M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 56.41 | 56.99 | 56.18 | 56.61 | 5.75M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.20 | 61.73 | 61.20 | 61.37 | 5.56M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43.81 | 43.97 | 43.65 | 43.84 | 5.33M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34.91 | 35.00 | 34.52 | 34.67 | 5M |
Boeing | BA | 82.95 | 83.00 | 80.62 | 80.69 | 4.61M |
3M | MMM | 71.40 | 71.70 | 71.06 | 71.10 | 3.41M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.99 | 63.09 | 62.48 | 62.48 | 3.36M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 86.25 | 89.89 | 83.76 | 84.01 | 3.33M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3030.00 | 3035.00 | 3015.00 | 3027.00 | 15.9K |
Exchange Rates of July 20th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.030 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.133 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.883 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.244 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.804 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.993 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 147.770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.683 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.464 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.682 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.595 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.430 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.699 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.570 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.637 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.461 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.406 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.093 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.478 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.298 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.435 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.850 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.177 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.933 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.071 AUD |
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