Financial news on April 23, 2007
Business and Financial news
The merger is reportedly worth more than $90 billion, one of the largest European bank deals ever. Read more..
A prominent Columbia University cardiologist has been censured for breaking an embargo on the results of a major heart study. Read more..
An obscure financing technique called “special purpose acquisition corporations,” or SPACs, are increasingly being used as an alternative to private equity. Read more..
Several start-up companies are pursuing the idea of advertising-supported music on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. Read more..
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, a joint venture with an advertiser that in other times might have raised questions is being rethought. Read more..
The Santa Barbara News-Press published a story suggesting that the paper’s former editor had kept child pornography on his work computer. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
The highlights, lowlights and sidelights of the 2007 management conference of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Read more..
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 22.03 | 22.13 | 21.79 | 21.91 | 55.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.61 | 26.75 | 26.26 | 26.35 | 48.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.96 | 28.99 | 28.67 | 28.78 | 41.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.91 | 26.94 | 26.50 | 26.58 | 38.5M |
General Electric | GE | 35.04 | 35.15 | 34.78 | 34.80 | 35.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 91.59 | 93.80 | 91.42 | 93.51 | 27.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.97 | 19.09 | 18.90 | 18.94 | 24.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.94 | 40.14 | 39.35 | 39.77 | 23.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 79.33 | 79.98 | 79.10 | 79.20 | 23.6M |
Amgen | AMGN | 62.23 | 63.00 | 61.85 | 62.19 | 18.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 70.95 | 71.66 | 70.39 | 70.60 | 17.3M |
Merck | MRK | 51.31 | 52.10 | 51.00 | 51.67 | 14.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.60 | 49.95 | 48.84 | 48.93 | 14.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 52.25 | 52.70 | 52.05 | 52.28 | 12.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 78.06 | 78.88 | 77.40 | 77.56 | 12.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 27.89 | 28.13 | 27.48 | 27.65 | 11.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 480.10 | 485.00 | 478.26 | 479.08 | 11.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57.50 | 57.80 | 57.10 | 57.21 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.93 | 65.12 | 64.68 | 64.75 | 10.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 41.20 | 41.70 | 41.00 | 41.41 | 10.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 75.75 | 76.50 | 74.32 | 74.55 | 10.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.37 | 36.42 | 36.01 | 36.02 | 9.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.94 | 37.99 | 37.37 | 37.55 | 8.56M |
Altria | MO | 69.59 | 69.90 | 69.31 | 69.33 | 8.46M |
Home Depot | HD | 39.19 | 39.39 | 39.05 | 39.21 | 7.91M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.20 | 54.03 | 53.00 | 53.95 | 7.87M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.69 | 28.76 | 28.41 | 28.51 | 7.52M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 95.35 | 95.73 | 95.05 | 95.21 | 7.25M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 52.09 | 52.20 | 51.59 | 51.65 | 7.23M |
Amazon | AMZN | 44.27 | 44.81 | 44.16 | 44.77 | 7.09M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.20 | 35.30 | 35.03 | 35.08 | 6.98M |
McDonald's | MCD | 48.40 | 48.80 | 48.23 | 48.64 | 6.82M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.80 | 64.00 | 63.55 | 63.63 | 6.75M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 82.51 | 84.13 | 82.51 | 83.19 | 6.7M |
United Technologies | UTX | 67.55 | 68.04 | 67.48 | 67.78 | 6.09M |
Boeing | BA | 93.95 | 94.24 | 93.31 | 93.64 | 4.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.56 | 66.96 | 66.55 | 66.59 | 4.42M |
3M | MMM | 77.89 | 77.89 | 77.01 | 77.28 | 3.57M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 116.92 | 117.84 | 116.50 | 116.60 | 1.66M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3630.00 | 3652.50 | 3630.00 | 3636.00 | 13.4K |
Exchange Rates of April 23, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.122 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.891 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.210 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.827 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.723 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 161.070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.678 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.474 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.631 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.613 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.523 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.657 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.642 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.609 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.421 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.376 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.012 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.988 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.945 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.058 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.019 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.981 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.404 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.416 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.245 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.445 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.420 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.413 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.933 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.072 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.006 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.994 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.078 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.928 CAD |
See what else happened on April 23, 2007