Financial news on July 24, 2007
Business and Financial news
Amflora potatoes have become the unlikely lightning rod in the angry debate over genetically modified crops in Europe. Read more..
The online retailer announced today that its second-quarter net income increased more than threefold, with revenue up 35 percent. Read more..
Procter & Gamble makes a powder that purifies water, which it sells at cost to poverty stricken countries. Now it wants to sell that product for a profit in the United States. Read more..
Many people are asking The New Republic about the identity of the author of a number of articles attributed to an American soldier in Baghdad. Read more..
Hewlett-Packard said it had agreed to pay $1.6 billion for software maker Opsware, giving a hefty payoff to Opsware founder, Marc Andreessen. Read more..
Older people are discovering the joys (and risks) of franchising. Read more..
A new campaign by Arnold Worldwide features tennis stars traveling on a tour bus. Read more..
Taser International, the maker of stun guns, posted second-quarter profit of $3.7 million on sales to the military and law enforcement agencies. Read more..
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Transocean and GlobalSantaFe said Monday that they would seek to consolidate their lead in a fast-growing market. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 29.95 | 30.36 | 29.58 | 29.76 | 69.6M |
Intel | INTC | 24.41 | 24.90 | 24.41 | 24.53 | 68.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 138.88 | 141.00 | 134.15 | 134.89 | 64.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31.01 | 31.48 | 30.71 | 30.80 | 59.7M |
General Electric | GE | 40.63 | 40.98 | 40.15 | 40.22 | 46.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24.96 | 25.14 | 24.88 | 24.89 | 42.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.61 | 40.32 | 39.20 | 39.68 | 41.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.78 | 20.98 | 20.54 | 20.64 | 39.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.63 | 46.95 | 45.12 | 45.34 | 35.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 92.52 | 92.89 | 90.84 | 90.84 | 31.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.77 | 38.95 | 37.87 | 37.95 | 26.2M |
Amazon | AMZN | 71.04 | 72.16 | 68.85 | 69.25 | 25.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.45 | 34.69 | 33.83 | 33.93 | 23.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 28.53 | 29.00 | 28.19 | 28.31 | 22.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.72 | 48.66 | 47.72 | 48.02 | 21.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 85.09 | 85.13 | 81.84 | 82.33 | 20.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.20 | 54.20 | 52.20 | 52.51 | 18.4M |
Merck | MRK | 52.95 | 53.81 | 51.53 | 51.72 | 17.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.50 | 43.51 | 42.46 | 43.11 | 16.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37.45 | 38.53 | 37.45 | 37.86 | 15.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.57 | 64.38 | 62.55 | 62.96 | 14.8M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31.89 | 32.08 | 31.37 | 31.40 | 12.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 509.30 | 518.69 | 507.11 | 514.00 | 11.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 91.64 | 92.15 | 89.57 | 89.85 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.57 | 62.13 | 61.42 | 61.47 | 10.8M |
Altria | MO | 69.13 | 69.58 | 67.87 | 68.06 | 10.6M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 115.32 | 117.00 | 115.02 | 116.17 | 10.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.44 | 57.55 | 56.25 | 56.44 | 10.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.95 | 35.38 | 34.67 | 34.75 | 10.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.40 | 48.67 | 47.52 | 47.61 | 10.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 96.00 | 96.74 | 94.50 | 94.80 | 9.72M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 52.97 | 53.80 | 52.96 | 53.22 | 9.35M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.17 | 51.56 | 50.96 | 51.00 | 8.68M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.00 | 66.90 | 65.61 | 66.26 | 8.25M |
McDonald's | MCD | 51.70 | 52.78 | 51.49 | 51.55 | 7.15M |
United Technologies | UTX | 75.74 | 76.31 | 74.70 | 74.74 | 5.9M |
Boeing | BA | 103.45 | 105.67 | 103.34 | 103.80 | 5.54M |
3M | MMM | 90.54 | 91.23 | 89.35 | 89.69 | 3.64M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 122.94 | 127.63 | 122.94 | 124.99 | 3.64M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3635.00 | 3645.00 | 3625.50 | 3636.00 | 10K |
Exchange Rates of July 24, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 120.240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.036 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.966 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.563 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 166.220 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.493 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.567 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.638 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.431 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.699 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.663 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.601 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.403 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.482 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.942 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.061 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.861 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.162 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.000 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.000 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.339 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.428 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.481 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.403 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.913 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.095 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.061 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.943 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.161 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.861 CAD |
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