Financial news on October 22, 2007
Business and Financial news
Most Americans have not stopped buying Chinese-made goods despite recent reports of unsafe food, toys and other products made in China, a New York Times/CBS News poll shows. Read more..
A tally of available results indicated that about 53 percent of U.A.W. members have voted in favor of the deal so far, with 47 percent voting against. Read more..
Frequent moviegoers tend to arrive at the theater 16 percent earlier than the average moviegoer, according to a survey by Arbitron, the audience research firm. Read more..
While Google’s Jaiku purchase may not seem like an earth-shaking event, some say it is the start of a truly interconnected world, where a chunk of our existence will migrate online. Read more..
Although soldiers found that Silly String, the spray-can party favor, can be used to detect invisible bomb tripwires and potentially save lives, its maker has decided to keep a low profile. Read more..
The first patient to receive an angioplasty paved the way for the 15 million patients to follow. Read more..
Wall Street managed to recoup early losses today after sharp market declines in Asia and Europe that reflected lingering fears over a tight credit market. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 25,95 | 26,69 | 25,85 | 26,64 | 62.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 170,35 | 174,90 | 169,96 | 174,36 | 58.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30,12 | 30,70 | 30,12 | 30,51 | 58.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 31,10 | 31,47 | 30,95 | 31,37 | 41.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24,00 | 24,15 | 23,87 | 24,02 | 38.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20,60 | 21,34 | 20,51 | 21,20 | 31.1M |
General Electric | GE | 39,84 | 40,24 | 39,68 | 40,17 | 28.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 91,17 | 91,68 | 89,67 | 90,91 | 25.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 97,64 | 97,80 | 94,77 | 95,34 | 24M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32,73 | 33,92 | 32,66 | 33,82 | 23.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44,80 | 45,46 | 44,64 | 45,25 | 21.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 40,98 | 41,49 | 40,82 | 41,17 | 20.2M |
Merck | MRK | 53,67 | 54,95 | 52,79 | 54,64 | 19.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44,90 | 45,93 | 44,66 | 45,37 | 18.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 30,58 | 31,18 | 30,36 | 30,88 | 17.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 83,99 | 84,33 | 81,60 | 83,12 | 17.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50,90 | 51,82 | 50,51 | 51,64 | 15.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 23,29 | 23,78 | 23,29 | 23,69 | 14.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 638,67 | 655,00 | 636,28 | 650,75 | 13.3M |
McDonald's | MCD | 56,03 | 56,26 | 55,61 | 56,02 | 12M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 50,83 | 51,45 | 50,25 | 51,29 | 11.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,30 | 64,39 | 63,55 | 64,34 | 11.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 88,16 | 88,51 | 86,72 | 88,44 | 10.8M |
Amazon | AMZN | 89,25 | 91,69 | 89,02 | 91,29 | 9.87M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,68 | 34,79 | 33,57 | 34,68 | 9.86M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28,98 | 29,09 | 28,50 | 28,91 | 9.7M |
Altria | MO | 70,41 | 71,69 | 70,41 | 71,47 | 9.63M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 58,54 | 59,40 | 58,39 | 59,25 | 9.13M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 43,80 | 44,38 | 43,69 | 44,33 | 9.11M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 70,60 | 71,12 | 70,51 | 71,06 | 9.04M |
3M | MMM | 85,35 | 86,71 | 84,08 | 86,28 | 8.99M |
Boeing | BA | 93,16 | 95,04 | 92,60 | 94,93 | 7.94M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47,24 | 48,18 | 47,09 | 48,13 | 7.59M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 110,97 | 113,88 | 110,96 | 113,37 | 7.58M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41,97 | 42,86 | 41,56 | 42,57 | 7.24M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55,74 | 56,30 | 55,50 | 56,12 | 6.66M |
United Technologies | UTX | 75,49 | 76,55 | 75,13 | 75,80 | 5.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 70,03 | 71,22 | 69,98 | 71,17 | 5.46M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 120,50 | 126,38 | 119,05 | 125,25 | 2.8M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4236,00 | 4236,00 | 4196,00 | 4213,00 | 11.1K |
Exchange Rates of October 22, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114,490 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,978 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,022 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,178 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,849 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,510 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,133 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 162,290 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,698 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,433 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,598 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,626 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,386 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,721 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,670 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,599 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,430 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,327 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,984 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,016 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,854 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,171 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,972 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,289 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,437 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,987 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,503 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,392 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,418 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,867 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,153 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,045 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,957 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,204 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,830 CAD |
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