Financial news on February 21, 2007
Business and Financial news
Admission will be free for a new documentary about coping with chronic illness, courtesy of the drug maker that produced the film. Read more..
Providence Equity Partners is expected to announce that it raised $12 billion for what would be the largest specialized fund in the world, according to people briefed on the matter. Read more..
French President Jacques Chirac will continue talks with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, over tensions at EADS, the parent company of Airbus. Read more..
Notebook computers flew off shelves over the holidays, helping to bolster Hewlett-Packard’s lead atop the PC heap. Read more..
A report delivered by Home Depot’s new chief executive revealed how much work it will take to turn around the home improvement chain. Read more..
Citing signs of an expanding economy, the Bank of Japan raised its key benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter of a percentage point. Read more..
Jay Adams joined Popular Science magazine, New York, as advertising director. He succeeds Howard Mittman, who left to join Wired magazine, New York, as associate publisher. Mr. Adams had been advertising director at FHM, New York, which is being c... Read more..
The parent of MTV and Comedy Central reached a deal with the upstart Joost, and will get a cut of advertising revenue. Read more..
A seven-year dance between music rivals continues as the industry grapples with online music downloads, piracy and a decline in CD sales. Read more..
A seven-year dance between music rivals continues as the industry grapples with online music downloads, piracy and a decline in CD sales. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20,97 | 20,99 | 20,73 | 20,88 | 69.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,75 | 29,39 | 28,74 | 29,35 | 68.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16,97 | 17,28 | 16,95 | 17,20 | 50.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 85,98 | 89,49 | 85,96 | 89,20 | 41.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42,05 | 42,11 | 41,08 | 41,10 | 36.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27,32 | 27,61 | 27,30 | 27,38 | 35.6M |
General Electric | GE | 35,99 | 36,10 | 35,82 | 35,91 | 34.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,20 | 26,30 | 26,04 | 26,07 | 27M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49,91 | 50,42 | 49,87 | 49,97 | 23.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 74,63 | 75,27 | 74,25 | 74,78 | 17.9M |
Amgen | AMGN | 66,01 | 67,62 | 65,72 | 67,41 | 16.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37,35 | 37,50 | 37,18 | 37,21 | 16.2M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 65,51 | 66,36 | 64,67 | 66,29 | 14.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 70,12 | 70,39 | 69,20 | 69,94 | 13.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,94 | 36,28 | 35,82 | 36,18 | 12.4M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65,26 | 65,40 | 64,96 | 65,00 | 12M |
Home Depot | HD | 40,89 | 41,42 | 40,65 | 41,30 | 11.9M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 469,84 | 478,68 | 467,74 | 475,86 | 11.3M |
Merck | MRK | 44,45 | 44,45 | 43,81 | 43,95 | 9.42M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 51,45 | 51,85 | 51,27 | 51,65 | 9.34M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,50 | 52,78 | 52,39 | 52,71 | 9.01M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,21 | 38,53 | 38,00 | 38,29 | 8.75M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 41,19 | 41,83 | 41,15 | 41,69 | 8.56M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,83 | 35,24 | 34,75 | 35,14 | 8.35M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47,55 | 47,78 | 47,52 | 47,57 | 8.24M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62,16 | 63,57 | 62,15 | 63,55 | 8.2M |
Altria | MO | 85,63 | 86,49 | 85,30 | 85,36 | 7.46M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27,24 | 27,49 | 27,01 | 27,11 | 6.49M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64,41 | 65,21 | 64,40 | 65,02 | 5.73M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,75 | 64,99 | 64,32 | 64,69 | 5.66M |
McDonald's | MCD | 45,74 | 46,12 | 45,74 | 45,97 | 5.62M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 72,84 | 74,36 | 72,84 | 74,23 | 5.45M |
Boeing | BA | 90,30 | 92,00 | 90,05 | 90,96 | 4.97M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53,83 | 54,13 | 53,21 | 53,53 | 4.79M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68,00 | 68,03 | 67,50 | 67,58 | 4.56M |
Amazon | AMZN | 41,19 | 41,32 | 40,92 | 41,26 | 4.51M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 98,90 | 99,37 | 98,70 | 99,09 | 4.3M |
3M | MMM | 76,10 | 76,58 | 75,90 | 76,23 | 2.82M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 102,30 | 104,54 | 101,81 | 104,31 | 1.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3624,00 | 3634,50 | 3577,00 | 3587,00 | 14.2K |
Exchange Rates of February 21, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 120,880 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,160 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,862 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,238 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,808 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,750 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158,840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,487 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,659 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,603 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,524 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,656 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,627 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,615 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,423 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,364 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,044 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,958 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,959 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,043 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,024 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,977 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,468 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,405 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,266 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,441 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,419 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,413 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,918 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,090 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,980 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,021 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,067 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,937 CAD |
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