Financial news on November 23, 2007
Business and Financial news
A Chinese automaker, First Automobile Works, will begin exporting cars to Mexico by year’s end, looking to tap into the market for inexpensive cars. Read more..
Gazprom signed a contract with Eni, the Italian energy group, to build a pipeline linking Russia to Europe via the Black Sea. Read more..
Another crack in the subprime mortgage market appeared to have been patched as two French banks bought out a bond-insurance company that has exposure to the mortgage crisis. Read more..
Some of Wall Street’s safest institutions — or those that hoped to be perceived as safe — turned out not to be, while some perceived as risky are so far sailing through. Read more..
After years of taking losses on home insurance, insurers are increasingly making homeowners responsible for repairs and reconstruction. Read more..
Many Japanese investors are quitting American investments, in a move that is altering global capital flows and helping to weaken the dollar. Read more..
Renault of France will start building cars in South Africa from 2009 to expand its share of sales in rapidly growing emerging markets. Read more..
An entrepreneur builds a business around buying broken iPods and iPhones. Read more..
Amid the generally lackluster holiday season, the percentage of offline purchases that are researched online is booming. Read more..
A growing conflict is emerging between auditors and their corporate clients, amid pressure on both sides to do more to root out corporate wrongdoing and fraud. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Pfizer | PFE | 22.86 | 23.18 | 22.76 | 22.98 | 38.6M |
Intel | INTC | 24.78 | 25.10 | 24.55 | 25.07 | 36.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 34.36 | 34.44 | 33.71 | 34.11 | 33.5M |
General Electric | GE | 37.16 | 37.87 | 37.16 | 37.67 | 23.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.44 | 28.78 | 28.14 | 28.69 | 22.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 172.00 | 172.05 | 169.75 | 171.54 | 16.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.23 | 46.25 | 44.87 | 45.73 | 13.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.48 | 31.14 | 30.26 | 30.84 | 12.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37.62 | 37.91 | 37.38 | 37.63 | 11.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.24 | 20.43 | 20.06 | 20.31 | 11.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.50 | 42.20 | 40.96 | 41.95 | 10.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 19.37 | 19.54 | 19.16 | 19.54 | 10.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.18 | 29.01 | 28.06 | 28.95 | 9.79M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 87.05 | 88.43 | 86.91 | 88.29 | 8.87M |
Altria | MO | 72.74 | 73.38 | 72.60 | 72.97 | 7.65M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.77 | 28.23 | 27.75 | 28.08 | 7.38M |
Merck | MRK | 56.78 | 57.89 | 56.78 | 57.66 | 6.72M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 78.18 | 79.35 | 77.95 | 79.12 | 6.55M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67.40 | 67.40 | 66.17 | 66.88 | 5.96M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 670.00 | 678.28 | 668.11 | 676.70 | 5.47M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 62.30 | 62.75 | 61.92 | 62.30 | 4.72M |
McDonald's | MCD | 57.60 | 58.00 | 57.30 | 57.72 | 4.69M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.44 | 49.48 | 48.90 | 49.17 | 4.66M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.10 | 42.71 | 42.03 | 42.64 | 4.61M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 72.88 | 72.92 | 72.30 | 72.86 | 4.59M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.20 | 55.50 | 54.73 | 55.49 | 4.33M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.65 | 31.90 | 31.49 | 31.84 | 3.55M |
Chevron | CVX | 86.46 | 87.06 | 85.86 | 86.67 | 3.43M |
Boeing | BA | 88.50 | 89.66 | 88.07 | 89.54 | 3.32M |
Amgen | AMGN | 52.93 | 53.80 | 52.92 | 53.76 | 3.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 92.20 | 94.58 | 91.40 | 94.11 | 3.03M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.66 | 54.15 | 53.65 | 54.07 | 2.96M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 103.10 | 104.14 | 102.32 | 104.05 | 2.83M |
Amazon | AMZN | 80.11 | 81.45 | 78.98 | 81.43 | 2.78M |
Pepsico | PEP | 75.69 | 75.69 | 74.76 | 75.51 | 2.28M |
3M | MMM | 81.83 | 82.75 | 81.06 | 82.75 | 1.73M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.11 | 43.46 | 42.83 | 43.32 | 1.55M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.12 | 73.53 | 72.80 | 73.46 | 1.47M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 124.40 | 125.49 | 123.48 | 124.68 | 969K |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4462.00 | 4482.00 | 4462.00 | 4475.00 | 10.5K |
Exchange Rates of November 23, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 108.260 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.988 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.012 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.102 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.907 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.399 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.135 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 160.630 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.719 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.390 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.690 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.592 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.466 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.682 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.635 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.612 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.448 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.235 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.051 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.951 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.912 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.096 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.018 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.983 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.349 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.426 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.491 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.272 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.440 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.867 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.154 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.967 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.034 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.115 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.897 CAD |
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