Financial news on March 22, 2007
Business and Financial news
Middlemen and marketing costs have long been viewed with suspicion by critics of commerce. But these practices are usually signs of market sophistication, not waste. Read more..
Bluetooth headphones are becoming more popular, and the Insignia player promises stereo playback through compatible devices. Read more..
Apple TV can connect your computer to your TV without wires — as long as you have a wide-screen TV. Read more..
A Moscow court ruled against the editor not for the contents of the article, but for commenting publicly on the controversy surrounding its publication. Read more..
David A. Stockman, a former Reagan budget director, is expected to be indicted on charges of accounting fraud related to his role as chairman of the auto parts supplier. Read more..
Lenders and the government are being urged to cushion the blow to troubled borrowers and find ways to enable them to remain in their homes. Read more..
Japan’s trade surplus unexpectedly widened in February after a decline in oil prices caused import growth to slow. Export growth slowed. The surplus rose 7.7 percent, to 979.6 billion yen ($8.3 billion), compared with February a year earlier... Read more..
Morgan Stanley’s earnings soared and the firm won a $1.57 billion court appeal. For its chief executive, it doesn’t get better than this. Read more..
Facing sluggish profits, Motorola dropped its quarterly revenue forecast by a billion dollars and announced a management shake-up. Read more..
Bruce Wasserstein, the chairman of Lazard, is considering selling his stake in ALM, publisher of American Lawyer Magazine and other legal publications. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 19.24 | 19.31 | 19.11 | 19.16 | 50.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.02 | 18.55 | 17.95 | 18.49 | 49.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.52 | 28.55 | 28.01 | 28.27 | 47.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.76 | 25.96 | 25.57 | 25.79 | 41.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.76 | 26.79 | 26.36 | 26.37 | 37.1M |
General Electric | GE | 35.56 | 35.84 | 35.40 | 35.81 | 33.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.62 | 74.92 | 73.47 | 74.36 | 27.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 38.71 | 39.44 | 38.56 | 39.11 | 26.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 67.58 | 69.34 | 67.47 | 68.68 | 21.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 93.73 | 94.36 | 93.00 | 93.96 | 20.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49.06 | 49.10 | 48.36 | 48.47 | 18.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.71 | 38.22 | 37.51 | 38.01 | 15.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.79 | 48.20 | 47.56 | 48.01 | 15.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.36 | 63.90 | 63.20 | 63.85 | 14.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.56 | 54.92 | 54.01 | 54.50 | 13.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.01 | 35.57 | 34.62 | 34.99 | 13.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.25 | 40.55 | 39.87 | 40.45 | 13.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 71.29 | 73.46 | 71.29 | 72.93 | 13.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 55.10 | 56.23 | 54.65 | 55.69 | 12.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 68.42 | 69.71 | 68.00 | 68.99 | 12.8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.35 | 61.48 | 60.79 | 60.86 | 12.7M |
Altria | MO | 85.96 | 86.68 | 85.00 | 86.15 | 12.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.82 | 35.42 | 34.45 | 35.33 | 12M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 455.61 | 462.17 | 452.53 | 462.04 | 11.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 26.91 | 27.00 | 26.60 | 26.73 | 10M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.67 | 38.90 | 38.15 | 38.33 | 9.49M |
Amgen | AMGN | 60.60 | 60.90 | 60.31 | 60.47 | 9.15M |
Merck | MRK | 44.01 | 44.37 | 43.76 | 44.17 | 8.92M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.20 | 48.44 | 47.91 | 48.25 | 8.24M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.71 | 27.99 | 26.72 | 27.79 | 8.09M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.55 | 44.67 | 44.37 | 44.49 | 6.24M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 95.22 | 95.44 | 94.65 | 95.19 | 5.7M |
Amazon | AMZN | 39.48 | 39.72 | 38.91 | 39.49 | 5.33M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 74.84 | 74.90 | 74.13 | 74.73 | 5.05M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.09 | 64.33 | 63.50 | 64.11 | 4.56M |
3M | MMM | 77.09 | 78.00 | 76.91 | 77.78 | 4.07M |
Boeing | BA | 90.79 | 90.80 | 89.88 | 90.57 | 3.56M |
United Technologies | UTX | 66.14 | 66.50 | 65.66 | 66.08 | 3.11M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 101.25 | 101.29 | 99.70 | 100.37 | 1.74M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3647.00 | 3649.00 | 3605.00 | 3609.00 | 7K |
Exchange Rates of March 22, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.157 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.864 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.214 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.824 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.726 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.470 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.678 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.474 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.653 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.605 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.542 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.648 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.619 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.618 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.431 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.323 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.049 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.953 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.979 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.021 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.973 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.436 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.410 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.274 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.440 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.386 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.419 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.933 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.072 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.979 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.022 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.953 CAD |
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