Financial news on January 24th, 2007
Business and Financial news
Equity Office Properties is the object of a fierce bidding war involving some of the industry’s most prominent figures and biggest risk takers. Read more..
The “creative class” is finding a home in the sturdy industrial buildings of Hudson Square, part of the West Village. Read more..
Fueled by a casino investment boom and millions of Chinese visitors, Macao became the world’s biggest gambling center in 2006. Read more..
Man dropped its 10.3 billion euro ($13.4 billion) hostile bid for the Swedish truck maker Scania after opposition emerged from Volkswagen, Scania’s largest shareholder, and will seek a friendly merger instead. Man, Volkswagen and Scania “see the i... Read more..
Cemex, the concrete maker, extended its $11.7 billion hostile takeover bid for the Rinker Group of Australia by two months while it waits for regulatory approval in the United States. Cemex’s $13-a-share offer for Rinker will end March 30, Cemex s... Read more..
Advertisers are increasingly interested in reaching the diverse group of Web users who solve puzzles, play word games and decipher mind benders online. Read more..
European entrepreneurs have taken the start-up culture pioneered in Silicon Valley as a template and are successfully transplanting it. Read more..
Sun Microsystems returned to profitability, while Advanced Micro Devices swung to a loss, providing evidence that the road to recovery in the technology industry is a bumpy one. Read more..
Those invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, reflect this year’s theme of a shift in power. Read more..
Preventive medicine just doesn’t pay in the current American medical system. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.23 | 26.95 | 26.19 | 26.89 | 63.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30.78 | 31.30 | 30.65 | 31.09 | 58.5M |
Intel | INTC | 20.60 | 20.88 | 20.57 | 20.84 | 56M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.34 | 26.84 | 26.27 | 26.82 | 37.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 36.06 | 36.95 | 35.85 | 36.63 | 34M |
Apple | AAPL | 86.68 | 87.15 | 86.08 | 86.70 | 33.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.11 | 17.29 | 17.09 | 17.14 | 31.3M |
General Electric | GE | 36.70 | 36.75 | 36.52 | 36.64 | 21.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 74.50 | 74.99 | 73.75 | 74.90 | 19.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 65.20 | 65.82 | 64.45 | 65.62 | 16.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.38 | 53.85 | 52.88 | 53.55 | 16M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49.68 | 50.40 | 49.51 | 50.36 | 13.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.07 | 48.70 | 47.99 | 48.61 | 13.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 44.67 | 45.08 | 44.56 | 45.00 | 12.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 484.45 | 499.54 | 483.29 | 499.07 | 12.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.63 | 38.23 | 37.58 | 38.07 | 11.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.45 | 44.48 | 44.04 | 44.16 | 11M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.50 | 64.37 | 62.28 | 64.01 | 10.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.97 | 36.63 | 35.95 | 36.56 | 10.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.58 | 35.75 | 35.27 | 35.35 | 10.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.52 | 40.79 | 40.42 | 40.69 | 9.84M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.63 | 42.78 | 42.25 | 42.39 | 9.51M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.31 | 52.31 | 50.76 | 51.80 | 8.16M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.50 | 67.09 | 66.30 | 67.01 | 7.67M |
Amgen | AMGN | 74.45 | 75.14 | 74.00 | 75.14 | 7.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 72.49 | 73.25 | 71.70 | 72.84 | 7.06M |
Altria | MO | 87.95 | 88.26 | 87.57 | 87.92 | 6.37M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.55 | 65.74 | 65.10 | 65.51 | 6.37M |
Merck | MRK | 45.78 | 46.33 | 45.68 | 46.22 | 6.18M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.62 | 26.99 | 26.49 | 26.99 | 6.13M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 97.14 | 97.58 | 96.58 | 97.40 | 5.7M |
Amazon | AMZN | 36.51 | 37.36 | 36.50 | 37.26 | 5.27M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.98 | 66.96 | 65.80 | 66.83 | 5.24M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.19 | 48.20 | 47.94 | 48.13 | 4.32M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.74 | 65.20 | 64.50 | 65.20 | 3.59M |
Boeing | BA | 87.35 | 87.76 | 86.52 | 87.60 | 3.37M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63.63 | 64.51 | 63.63 | 64.25 | 3.12M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 97.90 | 98.80 | 96.21 | 96.96 | 2.64M |
3M | MMM | 78.85 | 79.66 | 78.85 | 79.49 | 1.77M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3633.00 | 3634.50 | 3566.00 | 3581.00 | 25.7K |
Exchange Rates of January 24th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 121.190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.179 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.848 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.248 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.802 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.772 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.658 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.519 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.660 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.603 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.529 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.654 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.618 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.618 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.419 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.389 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.055 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.948 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.972 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.029 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.972 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.521 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.397 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.322 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.431 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.457 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.407 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.920 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.086 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.974 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.026 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.058 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.945 CAD |
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