Financial news on October 23rd, 2006
Business and Financial news
Milberg Weiss announced Sunday that Matthew Gluck, 63, a partner with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, is joining the firm as a senior partner. Read more..
TV Guide will disappear from Canadian supermarkets next month because of a dramatic decline in the magazine’s circulation. Read more..
Movie audiences prefer sequels with names to those with numbered titles, and they expect more divergent plots from numbered sequels than from those with new names. Read more..
EYES ON THE HOUSING MARKET Several important gauges of housing activity will be released this week, including existing-home sales for September (Wednesday) and new-home sales for September (Thursday). Any movement in either direction for either ga... Read more..
People are working longer and harder, allowing a woman who finds succor in store-bought pasta and canned broth to hit a sweet spot. Read more..
Gap Inc. introduced a new shoe brand last week, Piperlime, with a Web site featuring thousands of footwear styles from 150 brands. Read more..
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:. Read more..
While other restrictive regimes have sought to limit the Internet, North Korea has chosen to stay off the grid entirely. Read more..
Google attracts millions of Web users. And, increasingly, it’s attracting the attention of plenty of lawyers, too. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21.28 | 21.60 | 21.12 | 21.45 | 53.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.35 | 52.15 | 49.03 | 51.28 | 53.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.45 | 24.64 | 24.27 | 24.43 | 48.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.30 | 28.69 | 28.18 | 28.45 | 48.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27.55 | 27.78 | 27.49 | 27.73 | 31.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 462.28 | 484.64 | 460.37 | 480.78 | 30.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.50 | 34.85 | 34.03 | 34.71 | 30.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 79.99 | 81.90 | 79.75 | 81.46 | 29.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.97 | 19.25 | 18.87 | 19.15 | 29.5M |
General Electric | GE | 35.51 | 35.69 | 35.27 | 35.53 | 26.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.85 | 69.92 | 68.72 | 69.92 | 17.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.75 | 47.50 | 46.70 | 47.28 | 15.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.55 | 40.10 | 39.20 | 39.87 | 14.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 38.09 | 38.99 | 37.91 | 38.46 | 13M |
Altria | MO | 80.10 | 80.74 | 80.01 | 80.16 | 12.8M |
McDonald's | MCD | 41.37 | 42.36 | 41.35 | 42.14 | 12.6M |
Merck | MRK | 45.46 | 45.70 | 45.31 | 45.70 | 12M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 60.22 | 60.82 | 59.85 | 60.71 | 11.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 35.81 | 36.35 | 35.80 | 36.24 | 11.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.80 | 38.10 | 37.68 | 38.02 | 10.9M |
Amgen | AMGN | 73.42 | 73.87 | 72.50 | 73.37 | 10.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.00 | 61.56 | 59.51 | 60.83 | 10.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.35 | 69.41 | 68.33 | 69.10 | 8.94M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 90.05 | 92.00 | 90.01 | 91.56 | 8.86M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.83 | 47.47 | 46.82 | 47.39 | 8.84M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.50 | 48.94 | 48.24 | 48.83 | 8.81M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.20 | 31.33 | 31.06 | 31.28 | 8.41M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32.47 | 32.91 | 32.14 | 32.88 | 8.06M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.28 | 63.47 | 62.25 | 63.28 | 7.35M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50.77 | 51.18 | 50.33 | 50.64 | 6.84M |
Chevron | CVX | 64.94 | 65.64 | 64.53 | 65.64 | 6.61M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.33 | 24.60 | 24.20 | 24.57 | 6.33M |
3M | MMM | 79.30 | 80.88 | 78.50 | 80.09 | 5.28M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.69 | 63.60 | 62.62 | 63.18 | 4.84M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.46 | 36.75 | 36.33 | 36.67 | 4.54M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 68.67 | 69.63 | 68.24 | 69.38 | 3.11M |
Boeing | BA | 81.73 | 82.84 | 81.50 | 82.80 | 2.82M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.02 | 65.33 | 64.66 | 64.98 | 2.53M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 90.83 | 92.81 | 90.65 | 91.20 | 1.79M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3328.00 | 3344.00 | 3325.00 | 3333.00 | 21.3K |
Exchange Rates of October 23rd, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 119.340 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.128 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.886 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.267 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.789 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.899 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149.770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.493 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.657 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.603 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.416 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.706 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.590 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.629 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.447 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.237 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.106 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.904 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.945 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.058 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.061 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.474 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.404 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.113 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.473 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.372 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.422 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.854 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.172 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.959 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.043 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.123 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.891 CAD |
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