Financial news on November 20th, 2006
Business and Financial news
Shareholders of the Aegis Group will meet Wednesday to reconsider a request by its largest shareholder that he have two representatives on the Aegis board. Read more..
The Blackstone Group plans a $36 billion takeover of the country’s largest owner of office buildings. Read more..
A service starting next month in Paris will allow a cellphone or GPS navigation device to search a parking lot database for nearby parking spots. Read more..
Several affiliates of Fox Broadcasting said they would not show the network’s two-part interview with O. J. Simpson next week. Read more..
General Motors has concluded that most of the auto industry’s growth will come in emerging markets where small cars are most in demand. Read more..
Zafu.com believes it can help solve one of life’s most vexing problems: how to find jeans that won’t make your backside look like a tractor-trailer. Read more..
Phelps Dodge will be acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, creating the world’s largest copper mining company. Read more..
TMZ.com is a collaboration of Warner Brothers and AOL with the kind of numbers (6.8 million unique visitors last month) that could give synergy a good name. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.52 | 30.00 | 29.50 | 29.89 | 85.7M |
Intel | INTC | 21.87 | 22.35 | 21.50 | 22.27 | 65.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.98 | 27.14 | 26.72 | 27.11 | 42.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27.15 | 27.30 | 27.02 | 27.05 | 34.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.33 | 19.58 | 19.32 | 19.48 | 24.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.50 | 40.05 | 39.44 | 39.71 | 20.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 85.40 | 87.00 | 85.20 | 86.47 | 20.4M |
General Electric | GE | 36.15 | 36.28 | 35.93 | 35.98 | 20.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.04 | 33.64 | 33.00 | 33.21 | 19.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 72.67 | 73.26 | 72.30 | 72.43 | 19M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.13 | 38.85 | 37.85 | 38.41 | 15.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.82 | 35.20 | 34.60 | 34.67 | 15M |
Merck | MRK | 44.95 | 44.98 | 44.40 | 44.57 | 13.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.50 | 48.24 | 47.42 | 47.72 | 12.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 62.35 | 63.58 | 62.00 | 62.82 | 12.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.00 | 33.12 | 32.87 | 33.12 | 11.2M |
Altria | MO | 85.00 | 85.55 | 84.57 | 84.89 | 10.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 498.40 | 498.40 | 492.65 | 495.05 | 10.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40.17 | 40.86 | 40.09 | 40.79 | 9.11M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.66 | 48.05 | 47.55 | 47.90 | 8.61M |
Amgen | AMGN | 72.03 | 73.48 | 72.00 | 72.92 | 8.52M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.71 | 24.85 | 24.41 | 24.55 | 8.51M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.45 | 47.92 | 47.42 | 47.76 | 8.36M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67.58 | 67.60 | 66.83 | 67.01 | 7.97M |
McDonald's | MCD | 41.78 | 42.00 | 41.65 | 41.89 | 7.82M |
Chevron | CVX | 68.77 | 69.91 | 68.73 | 69.24 | 7.46M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62.90 | 63.67 | 62.16 | 63.25 | 6.61M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47.11 | 47.36 | 46.96 | 47.04 | 6.17M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.72 | 47.87 | 46.73 | 46.81 | 6.02M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.27 | 36.31 | 36.04 | 36.16 | 5.88M |
Amazon | AMZN | 42.35 | 42.55 | 41.94 | 42.44 | 5.8M |
Boeing | BA | 89.05 | 89.22 | 88.62 | 89.12 | 5.57M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 93.77 | 93.80 | 93.01 | 93.25 | 5.01M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.90 | 63.97 | 63.63 | 63.69 | 4.62M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.18 | 62.74 | 62.03 | 62.50 | 4.57M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69.35 | 70.00 | 68.25 | 68.90 | 3.95M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.91 | 66.39 | 65.64 | 65.87 | 2.1M |
3M | MMM | 81.40 | 81.50 | 80.83 | 80.92 | 1.88M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.60 | 92.18 | 91.32 | 91.35 | 1.23M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3573.00 | 3575.00 | 3559.00 | 3571.50 | 12.6K |
Exchange Rates of November 20th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.020 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.146 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.872 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.244 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.804 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.870 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 151.260 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.675 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.481 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.663 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.469 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.681 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.594 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.627 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.446 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.242 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.099 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.910 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.971 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.030 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.054 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.949 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.463 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.406 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.176 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.460 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.360 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.424 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.883 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.133 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.958 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.044 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.085 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.922 CAD |
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