Financial news on June 22nd, 2007, stock quotes, exchange rates

Financial news on June 22nd, 2007

Business and Financial news

A Sad Tale of Fictional S.E.C. Filings

The case of Universal Express shows how hard it can be for the commission to halt what it views as a fraud. Read more..

By FLOYD NORRIS - The New York Times

Brisk Demand in Emerging Markets Keeps Aircraft Makers Busy

Buoyed by rapidly rising demand and aggressive financing from banks, even the youngest companies are ordering new planes. Read more..

By HEATHER TIMMONS - The New York Times

CBS Leads in Ad Commitments for Fall Season

Four networks manage to increase their rates as they complete their upfront sales. Read more..

By STUART ELLIOTT - The New York Times

Jones Is Said to Be Close to a Sale of Barneys

The Jones Apparel Group is near a deal to sell Barneys New York for about $825 million to an investment arm of the Dubai government. Read more..

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN - The New York Times

Once Again, Trade Effort Stumbles on Subsidies

Talks collapsed when the U.S. and the European Union fell out with India and Brazil over plans to cut agricultural subsidies and tariffs. Read more..

By CARTER DOUGHERTY - The New York Times

Painting a Rosy Picture of a Costly Fighter Jet

Lockheed Martin’s $600 billion Joint Strike Fighter program is only now moving off the drawing board and into first flight. Read more..

By LESLIE WAYNE - The New York Times

The End of Tom Sawyer-ware

Plaxo, of web address book fame, focuses on synchronizing all the gadgets in your life. Read more..

By JOHN MARKOFF - The New York Times

Waiting for the Punchline

See if you spot the humor in all this. The folks running the SuperNova tech conference this week presented a dozen or so start-up companies. Most of the tech conferences do that, but this one, sponsored by TechCrunch, thought this was the setting for a hilarious joke. Hold on, hold on. This is just so […] Read more..

By DAMON DARLIN - The New York Times

With ABN Amro in Play, Chief of Barclays Capital Savors a New Test

Robert E. Diamond Jr. would be crucial to making a merger between Barclays and ABN Amro work. Read more..

By JULIA WERDIGIER - The New York Times

Stock Markets

Values are reported in US Dollars

Stock	Ticker symbol	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume
Microsoft	MSFT	30.00	30.10	29.45	29.49	86.2M
Intel	INTC	24.19	24.23	23.69	23.70	70.5M
General Electric	GE	38.71	39.15	38.24	38.24	68.2M
Pfizer	PFE	25.77	25.88	25.38	25.38	62.4M
Schlumberger	SLB	85.80	89.20	85.50	89.20	55.7M
Cisco Systems	CSCO	27.17	27.49	26.85	26.92	53.2M
Oracle Corp.	ORCL	19.60	19.65	19.39	19.39	39.7M
ExxonMobil	XOM	84.10	84.20	82.11	82.52	39.2M
AT&T Inc.	T	39.60	39.74	38.70	38.85	37M
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	49.56	49.75	48.58	48.72	25.1M
HP Inc.	HPQ	45.50	45.80	45.07	45.18	23M
Apple	AAPL	123.85	124.45	122.38	123.00	22.6M
Comcast	CMCSA	28.35	28.39	27.76	27.76	22.3M
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	61.85	61.98	60.73	60.73	22.1M
Wal-Mart Stores	WMT	48.25	48.43	47.83	47.83	20.5M
Procter & Gamble	PG	61.88	61.97	60.99	61.03	19.7M
Home Depot	HD	39.59	40.12	39.36	39.36	19.3M
Verizon Communications	VZ	42.31	42.40	41.46	41.63	18.3M
Wells Fargo & Co.	WFC	35.47	35.57	35.01	35.02	18.2M
Amgen	AMGN	56.71	57.15	55.96	55.96	18M
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	53.69	54.01	52.80	52.86	17.3M
ConocoPhillips	COP	79.59	80.00	78.16	78.74	16.3M
Coca-Cola	KO	52.09	52.26	51.44	51.62	15.1M
Walt Disney & Co.	DIS	34.01	34.44	33.91	34.14	15M
Merck	MRK	48.92	49.40	48.26	48.55	14.5M
Alphabet	GOOGL	516.42	524.99	516.10	524.98	14.4M
Bristol-Myers Squibb	BMY	31.88	31.95	31.25	31.40	14.2M
Altria	MO	68.50	68.80	67.99	68.20	13.6M
Chevron	CVX	82.85	82.94	81.50	81.55	13.4M
International Business Machines	IBM	105.79	106.44	104.44	104.44	10.8M
McDonald's	MCD	50.96	51.09	50.02	50.42	10.5M
Amazon	AMZN	69.55	69.88	68.42	68.86	8.38M
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	51.68	51.90	51.03	51.30	7.96M
Pepsico	PEP	65.58	65.98	64.71	64.86	7.72M
United Technologies	UTX	72.05	72.17	71.06	71.38	6.12M
Boeing	BA	96.64	96.90	95.60	95.92	5.36M
3M	MMM	87.30	87.41	86.13	86.43	4.8M
Gilead Sciences	GILD	79.02	79.49	77.46	78.48	4.69M
Union Pacific	UNP	118.00	118.03	114.82	116.09	2.42M
Berkshire Hathaway	BRK.B	3575.00	3589.50	3565.00	3578.00	10.1K

Exchange Rates of June 22nd, 2007

Currencies		Exchange Rates
US Dollar	Japanese Yen	1 USD = 123.870 JPY	1 JPY = 0.008 USD
US Dollar	Canadian Dollar	1 USD = 1.068 CAD	1 CAD = 0.937 USD
US Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 USD = 1.229 CHF	1 CHF = 0.814 USD
US Dollar	Chinese Yuan	1 USD = 7.625 CNY	1 CNY = 0.131 USD
Euro	Japanese Yen	1 EUR = 166.860 JPY	1 JPY = 0.006 EUR
Euro	Pound Sterling	1 EUR = 0.674 GBP	1 GBP = 1.485 EUR
Euro	Australian Dollar	1 EUR = 1.589 AUD	1 AUD = 0.629 EUR
Euro	Canadian Dollar	1 EUR = 1.439 CAD	1 CAD = 0.695 EUR
Euro	Swiss Franc	1 EUR = 1.656 CHF	1 CHF = 0.604 EUR
Japanese Yen	Pound Sterling	1 JPY = 0.404 GBP	1 GBP = 2.478 JPY
Japanese Yen	Australian Dollar	1 JPY = 0.952 AUD	1 AUD = 1.050 JPY
Japanese Yen	Canadian Dollar	1 JPY = 0.862 CAD	1 CAD = 1.160 JPY
Japanese Yen	Swiss Franc	1 JPY = 0.992 CHF	1 CHF = 1.008 JPY
Pound Sterling	Australian Dollar	1 GBP = 2.360 AUD	1 AUD = 0.424 GBP
Pound Sterling	Canadian Dollar	1 GBP = 2.136 CAD	1 CAD = 0.468 GBP
Pound Sterling	Swiss Franc	1 GBP = 2.457 CHF	1 CHF = 0.407 GBP
Australian Dollar	Canadian Dollar	1 AUD = 0.905 CAD	1 CAD = 1.105 AUD
Australian Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 AUD = 1.041 CHF	1 CHF = 0.961 AUD
Canadian Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 CAD = 1.150 CHF	1 CHF = 0.869 CAD

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