Financial news on June 21st, 2007
Business and Financial news
Wal-Mart failed to get approval for a bank. But the giant discount chain is effectively building one anyway. Read more..
The Chinese legislature plans a review next week of the Finance Ministry’s plans for a bond issue to raise money for a new state-run foreign investment fund, the government said. Read more..
The choice among new S.L.R. cameras from Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus and Sony comes down to price, features and your existing lens collection. Read more..
Sony is kicking things up a notch with its Vaio CR series of fashion-forward, customizable laptops in five colors. Read more..
Deutsche Telekom agreed with the Ver.di union on terms to transfer 50,000 workers to jobs that pay less, paving the way to end five weeks of strikes at the company. Read more..
The world economy may be tough on your industry but look on the bright side: you could be French. Read more..
Taking a page — albeit a tinier one — from the iPhone’s design is a new test version of the Opera Mini browser for cellphones. Read more..
A growing cluster of companies in the Northwest are looking to capitalize on educational needs. Read more..
T.G.I. Friday’s is finding that less food translates into more customers and, perhaps, bigger profits. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,98 | 30,30 | 29,91 | 30,22 | 56.6M |
Intel | INTC | 23,87 | 24,38 | 23,79 | 24,29 | 56.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25,74 | 25,97 | 25,46 | 25,92 | 52.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27,18 | 27,44 | 26,91 | 27,32 | 50.5M |
General Electric | GE | 38,89 | 38,95 | 38,50 | 38,80 | 44.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 83,22 | 84,68 | 83,12 | 84,30 | 32M |
Apple | AAPL | 121,70 | 124,29 | 120,72 | 123,90 | 31M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,57 | 19,73 | 19,46 | 19,68 | 28M |
Home Depot | HD | 40,00 | 40,14 | 39,56 | 39,95 | 26.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49,69 | 49,88 | 48,68 | 49,84 | 19.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39,42 | 39,91 | 39,31 | 39,59 | 19M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 28,14 | 28,49 | 27,76 | 28,39 | 18.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,25 | 48,79 | 48,08 | 48,39 | 16.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31,45 | 32,06 | 31,35 | 32,02 | 16.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45,16 | 45,61 | 44,90 | 45,50 | 15M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57,58 | 58,20 | 56,98 | 57,27 | 14.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 78,92 | 79,88 | 78,50 | 79,67 | 13.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61,65 | 62,40 | 61,60 | 61,88 | 13.2M |
Merck | MRK | 49,05 | 49,53 | 48,46 | 49,30 | 11.8M |
Altria | MO | 68,27 | 68,79 | 68,07 | 68,58 | 11.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61,91 | 62,34 | 61,79 | 62,11 | 10.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,13 | 34,36 | 33,88 | 34,19 | 10.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 81,49 | 83,02 | 81,36 | 82,85 | 10.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42,45 | 42,85 | 42,26 | 42,44 | 10M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54,18 | 54,27 | 53,38 | 53,80 | 9.99M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 86,17 | 86,17 | 84,39 | 85,76 | 9.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,68 | 35,78 | 35,33 | 35,63 | 9.49M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51,40 | 52,15 | 51,36 | 52,09 | 9.44M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 510,98 | 515,29 | 506,28 | 514,11 | 8.81M |
Amazon | AMZN | 69,16 | 69,77 | 68,66 | 69,67 | 7.61M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,50 | 51,78 | 51,13 | 51,77 | 7.15M |
Boeing | BA | 96,08 | 97,20 | 95,17 | 97,20 | 6.29M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 105,77 | 107,00 | 105,61 | 106,60 | 5.59M |
McDonald's | MCD | 51,32 | 51,37 | 50,64 | 51,07 | 4.97M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,52 | 66,07 | 65,50 | 65,88 | 4.33M |
United Technologies | UTX | 71,69 | 72,29 | 71,43 | 71,95 | 4.03M |
3M | MMM | 87,12 | 87,82 | 86,12 | 87,41 | 2.72M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 79,11 | 79,73 | 78,78 | 79,35 | 2.61M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 117,20 | 118,08 | 116,36 | 118,00 | 1.83M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3613,00 | 3620,00 | 3581,00 | 3594,00 | 16.8K |
Exchange Rates of June 21st, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 123,720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,075 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,931 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,241 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,806 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,619 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,131 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 165,640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,489 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,579 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,633 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,438 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,695 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,662 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,602 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,405 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,467 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,953 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,049 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,868 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,152 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,003 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,997 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,351 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,425 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,141 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,467 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,473 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,404 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,910 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,099 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,052 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,951 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,155 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,866 CAD |
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