Financial news on March 20, 2007
Business and Financial news
The British bank confirmed that it was in exclusive talks with ABN Amro Holding about a possible takeover that could be the biggest in the financial services industry. Read more..
Harmony Pharmacy and Health Center, opening on Thursday at Newark Liberty International Airport, will be the first such retail service at an airport in the United States. Read more..
MySpace, the Web’s largest social network, has gradually been imposing limits on the software tools that users can embed in their pages. Read more..
Delivering shoes to people in the developing world proves to be an adventurous, and sometimes dangerous, job. Read more..
Mississippi’s largest insurer said it would work through state regulators to speed the flow of money to storm victims, losing the court’s oversight. Read more..
The company gave no reason for the departures nor did it say if the company had chosen successors for the directors. Read more..
The board has been working to regain investors' trust after coming under fire for the sky-high compensation package paid to former chief executive Robert Nardelli. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.25 | 17.70 | 17.14 | 17.55 | 65.8M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.04 | 19.13 | 18.92 | 18.99 | 62.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.93 | 28.16 | 27.76 | 27.84 | 47.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.33 | 26.48 | 26.10 | 26.34 | 44M |
| General Electric | GE | 34.63 | 34.85 | 34.50 | 34.77 | 28.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.45 | 25.61 | 25.20 | 25.54 | 25.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 71.12 | 72.00 | 71.02 | 72.00 | 23.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.10 | 40.25 | 39.56 | 39.61 | 22M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.24 | 54.48 | 53.03 | 54.48 | 17.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 91.35 | 91.84 | 91.06 | 91.48 | 17.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.53 | 38.04 | 37.37 | 37.91 | 17M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 65.84 | 66.41 | 64.97 | 66.31 | 16.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.48 | 47.40 | 46.44 | 47.30 | 15.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.51 | 47.88 | 47.33 | 47.75 | 14.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 25.90 | 26.39 | 25.68 | 26.28 | 13.6M |
| Altria | MO | 85.22 | 85.83 | 84.81 | 85.83 | 13.6M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 66.10 | 66.70 | 64.78 | 65.80 | 12.4M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 59.04 | 59.73 | 59.03 | 59.43 | 11.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 37.65 | 38.00 | 37.50 | 37.93 | 11.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.25 | 34.67 | 34.20 | 34.61 | 10.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.67 | 37.00 | 36.45 | 36.98 | 9.99M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.78 | 61.34 | 60.65 | 61.07 | 9.87M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.30 | 54.91 | 53.88 | 54.10 | 9.08M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.94 | 27.46 | 26.82 | 27.15 | 8.33M |
| Chevron | CVX | 69.39 | 70.14 | 69.19 | 70.05 | 8.24M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.05 | 34.43 | 33.97 | 34.38 | 7.29M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 47.42 | 47.75 | 47.24 | 47.62 | 7.23M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 445.79 | 447.60 | 443.60 | 445.28 | 6.84M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 72.25 | 73.58 | 72.25 | 72.81 | 6.82M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.98 | 62.34 | 61.80 | 62.28 | 6.52M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.70 | 43.80 | 43.14 | 43.63 | 5.93M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 94.00 | 94.53 | 93.55 | 94.50 | 4.56M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 62.69 | 63.51 | 62.66 | 63.40 | 4.35M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 43.95 | 44.35 | 43.74 | 44.31 | 3.93M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 38.53 | 38.69 | 38.23 | 38.58 | 3.8M |
| Boeing | BA | 90.32 | 90.93 | 90.02 | 90.16 | 3.49M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 99.61 | 100.89 | 99.29 | 100.44 | 3.16M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 65.28 | 65.34 | 64.76 | 65.24 | 2.64M |
| 3M | MMM | 76.49 | 76.50 | 76.04 | 76.38 | 2.38M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3592.00 | 3602.00 | 3555.00 | 3599.00 | 14.5K |
Exchange Rates of March 20, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.161 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.861 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.212 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.825 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.737 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 156.170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.679 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.473 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.657 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.604 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.547 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.647 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.614 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.620 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.434 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.302 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.060 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.943 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.990 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.010 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.033 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.968 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.441 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.410 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.278 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.439 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.376 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.421 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.933 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.072 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.028 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.043 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.959 CAD |
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