Financial news on January 23, 2006
Business and Financial news
As Profits Soar, Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights
As a result of pro-industry regulations, the nation's taxpayers have missed much of the recent energy bonanza. Read more..
At Disney, a Dealmaker in the Grip of Technological Change
The aggressive pursuit of a deal with Pixar by Disney’s chief executive speaks volumes about his own ambitions and how he perceives his company’s future. Read more..
The Jobs Factor Complicates the Media Universe
The calculus of the Walt Disney Company buying Pixar Animation Studios is, on its face, simple: big media conglomerate plus vaunted computer animation studio plus closer ties with Steven P. Jobs, the maverick Pixar founder, equals potential powerh... Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 21.92 | 21.93 | 21.10 | 21.35 | 155M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.54 | 18.56 | 18.13 | 18.16 | 54.6M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 26.41 | 26.53 | 26.30 | 26.35 | 47.9M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 407.38 | 428.39 | 405.73 | 427.50 | 45.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 33.53 | 33.67 | 33.26 | 33.29 | 38.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 76.10 | 79.56 | 76.00 | 77.67 | 37.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 12.31 | 12.50 | 12.21 | 12.30 | 37M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.80 | 24.99 | 24.75 | 24.89 | 28.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 60.53 | 61.64 | 60.12 | 61.20 | 19.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 75.97 | 76.00 | 73.52 | 74.90 | 16.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 63.05 | 65.19 | 62.68 | 64.91 | 16M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.00 | 45.47 | 44.54 | 45.25 | 15.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.14 | 38.70 | 37.97 | 38.27 | 13.2M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.05 | 31.20 | 30.85 | 31.00 | 11.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.75 | 25.80 | 25.25 | 25.52 | 11.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.68 | 24.75 | 24.39 | 24.45 | 10.9M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 123.25 | 126.87 | 121.15 | 126.00 | 10.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 31.69 | 31.79 | 31.21 | 31.34 | 10.7M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 27.75 | 27.90 | 27.45 | 27.49 | 10.6M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 59.51 | 59.83 | 57.72 | 57.99 | 9.61M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.25 | 22.35 | 22.02 | 22.10 | 9.45M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 57.84 | 58.26 | 57.64 | 57.64 | 9.44M |
| Home Depot | HD | 40.40 | 40.58 | 39.65 | 39.69 | 9.31M |
| Chevron | CVX | 61.09 | 62.38 | 60.52 | 62.21 | 8.96M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 40.50 | 41.55 | 40.13 | 40.51 | 7.91M |
| Merck | MRK | 33.14 | 33.21 | 32.76 | 32.83 | 7.77M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.75 | 61.24 | 60.61 | 61.19 | 7.21M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 35.86 | 36.09 | 35.27 | 35.71 | 6.94M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 40.00 | 40.66 | 40.00 | 40.50 | 6.61M |
| Altria | MO | 74.85 | 75.18 | 74.44 | 74.72 | 6.26M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 81.33 | 81.92 | 80.92 | 81.41 | 6.11M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 44.18 | 44.75 | 43.50 | 43.73 | 5.75M |
| Boeing | BA | 65.90 | 67.34 | 65.90 | 67.02 | 4.07M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 57.25 | 57.32 | 55.70 | 56.39 | 3.86M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 61.51 | 61.94 | 61.50 | 61.61 | 3.52M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 55.01 | 55.08 | 54.20 | 54.47 | 3.24M |
| 3M | MMM | 75.50 | 76.23 | 74.81 | 75.70 | 2.95M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 57.26 | 57.83 | 57.22 | 57.50 | 2.85M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 83.83 | 85.84 | 83.83 | 85.84 | 2.53M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2940.00 | 2959.00 | 2935.00 | 2939.50 | 7.7K |
Exchange Rates of January 23, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114.430 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.150 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.870 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.257 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.796 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8.063 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.124 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 140.780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.689 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.452 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.632 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.613 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.414 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.707 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.546 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.647 EUR |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.371 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.422 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.053 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.487 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.244 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.446 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.866 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.155 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.947 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.056 AUD |
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