Financial news on September 21, 2006
Business and Financial news
Omnicom Joins Agreement. Read more..
Ikea is reuniting with Deutsch, heralding a playful new ad campaign that revives the elements for which its advertising was known. Read more..
The largest U.S. home furnishings retailer posted higher profit, helped by sales of back-to-college merchandise. Read more..
The largest used-car dealer in the nation said 2006 earnings would exceed its forecast as rising sales reduced the need for price cuts. Read more..
This ultraslim machine masquerades as a small, sturdy laptop, but turn it 90 degrees and it becomes a booklike tablet computer. Read more..
If corporate directors really understood the implications of global warming, would they steer their companies toward preventing it? Read more..
Internal e-mail exchanges underscored that those overseeing the operation into news leaks worried that their efforts could invite legal scrutiny. Read more..
Children can peck out melodies on a piano that plugs into a TV. Read more..
Forget tape or discs; these models use the type of flash memory found in digital cameras. Read more..
Following is the text of a statement released by the Federal Reserve yesterday after the Fed’s monetary policy panel, the Federal Open Market Committee, decided to leave interest rates unchanged. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.93 | 18.15 | 17.91 | 18.08 | 68.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.45 | 19.66 | 19.14 | 19.19 | 59.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.24 | 27.25 | 26.85 | 26.90 | 58.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.35 | 23.47 | 22.94 | 23.01 | 56.3M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.05 | 36.25 | 34.55 | 34.87 | 41.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 32.07 | 32.62 | 31.98 | 32.28 | 32.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 75.25 | 76.06 | 74.02 | 74.65 | 28.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 28.47 | 28.49 | 28.10 | 28.21 | 27.2M |
| General Electric | GE | 34.90 | 34.90 | 34.25 | 34.44 | 26.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.30 | 65.35 | 64.29 | 64.78 | 22.6M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 400.30 | 408.45 | 399.86 | 406.85 | 21.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.61 | 37.03 | 36.56 | 36.90 | 18.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.50 | 58.77 | 57.50 | 58.21 | 16.1M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 32.24 | 32.56 | 30.07 | 30.22 | 15.6M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 71.25 | 72.57 | 71.06 | 72.01 | 13.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.87 | 49.06 | 48.21 | 48.46 | 13.1M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 56.49 | 58.10 | 56.49 | 57.50 | 11.7M |
| Home Depot | HD | 36.45 | 36.72 | 35.77 | 35.85 | 11.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 35.00 | 35.44 | 34.98 | 35.20 | 10.8M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.81 | 62.02 | 61.43 | 61.74 | 9.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.50 | 48.66 | 47.99 | 48.20 | 9.65M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.00 | 31.13 | 30.51 | 30.71 | 9.32M |
| Chevron | CVX | 61.08 | 62.39 | 61.08 | 62.05 | 9.06M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 82.61 | 83.25 | 81.35 | 81.61 | 8.91M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 37.88 | 38.42 | 37.80 | 38.34 | 8.47M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.08 | 47.35 | 46.67 | 46.81 | 7.78M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.16 | 64.41 | 64.05 | 64.23 | 7.41M |
| Altria | MO | 82.38 | 82.66 | 81.70 | 81.93 | 7.08M |
| Merck | MRK | 41.94 | 42.02 | 41.57 | 41.95 | 6.56M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.89 | 24.98 | 24.59 | 24.71 | 6.55M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.41 | 36.49 | 35.88 | 36.10 | 6.26M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.45 | 44.55 | 44.07 | 44.20 | 6.04M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.38 | 51.90 | 50.02 | 50.29 | 4.93M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 63.92 | 64.04 | 62.50 | 62.90 | 4.78M |
| Boeing | BA | 77.05 | 77.27 | 75.75 | 76.11 | 4.44M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 65.12 | 65.44 | 64.41 | 64.61 | 3.63M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 65.00 | 65.12 | 64.21 | 64.24 | 3.59M |
| 3M | MMM | 73.75 | 73.95 | 72.67 | 73.11 | 3.34M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 85.15 | 85.31 | 83.20 | 83.22 | 1.6M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3159.00 | 3161.00 | 3130.50 | 3139.00 | 24.9K |
Exchange Rates of September 21, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.400 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.118 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.895 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.242 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.805 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.924 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148.770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.489 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.688 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.593 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.428 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.700 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.588 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.630 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.451 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.216 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.134 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.882 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.960 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.042 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.067 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.937 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.512 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.398 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.126 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.470 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.363 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.423 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.846 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.183 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.940 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.064 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.111 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.900 CAD |
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