Financial news on August 25th, 2006
Business and Financial news
For years, Apple avoided advertising the fact that Mac OS X hasn't come under a single virus attack "in the wild." But now Apple has changed its tune. Read more..
As the number of hedge funds has multiplied, potential investors are turning to professional sleuths for guidance. Read more..
The Jean Coutu Group confirmed that it would sell its Eckerd and Brooks drugstore chains, putting it on a list of Canadian retailers whose success at home did not translate in the American market. Read more..
The China Construction Bank agreed to buy Bank of America’s retail banking operations in Hong Kong and Macao. Read more..
Overstock.com chief executive Patrick M. Byrne’s latest legal theory would allow those who bought the company’s stock before it plunged to get their money back from their brokers. Read more..
Banca Intesa of Italy may buy a smaller rival, Sanpaolo IMI, to create a bank with more than 6,300 branches, the most in Italy. The boards of the companies will meet to discuss a possible merger by the end of the week, Intesa and Sanpaolo said in ... Read more..
The political debate over Plan B may have helped raise the profile of its maker, Barr Pharmaceuticals, but over-the-counter sales will barely register on its balance sheet. Read more..
The buzz in Silicon Valley is all about “clean tech.” But some venture capital financed start-ups are stretching the definition of what it means to be green. Read more..
The New York attorney general’s office asked an appeals court not to delay a trial of former N.Y.S.E. chairman Richard A. Grasso, over his $190 million pay package. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 18.45 | 19.00 | 18.43 | 18.90 | 67.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.71 | 26.00 | 25.69 | 25.85 | 33.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.03 | 21.27 | 20.96 | 21.05 | 29M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.36 | 15.63 | 15.31 | 15.41 | 28.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 67.34 | 69.05 | 67.31 | 68.75 | 19.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.82 | 71.22 | 70.34 | 70.43 | 18.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27.12 | 27.35 | 27.00 | 27.23 | 16.4M |
General Electric | GE | 33.72 | 33.92 | 33.71 | 33.84 | 11.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 33.61 | 33.69 | 33.28 | 33.48 | 10.3M |
Merck | MRK | 39.80 | 40.73 | 39.80 | 40.44 | 7.91M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 43.60 | 44.06 | 43.52 | 43.88 | 7.72M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 30.30 | 30.72 | 30.30 | 30.63 | 7.22M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.60 | 21.77 | 21.59 | 21.68 | 7.17M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 34.83 | 35.66 | 34.83 | 35.45 | 6.81M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.20 | 35.45 | 35.13 | 35.23 | 6.46M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.30 | 67.01 | 66.00 | 66.30 | 6.24M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 28.95 | 29.07 | 28.70 | 28.95 | 5.95M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.73 | 64.89 | 64.61 | 64.67 | 5.53M |
Altria | MO | 84.11 | 84.48 | 83.95 | 84.10 | 5.07M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.63 | 34.87 | 34.55 | 34.70 | 5.02M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 373.08 | 375.32 | 372.50 | 373.26 | 4.93M |
Amgen | AMGN | 66.83 | 68.10 | 66.74 | 67.52 | 4.68M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.54 | 48.96 | 48.52 | 48.79 | 4.62M |
Boeing | BA | 75.24 | 75.60 | 73.55 | 73.93 | 4.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.83 | 61.17 | 60.82 | 60.87 | 4.49M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.68 | 45.69 | 45.30 | 45.52 | 4.45M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.10 | 35.21 | 34.79 | 34.90 | 4.39M |
Chevron | CVX | 66.80 | 67.49 | 66.71 | 66.77 | 4.35M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.55 | 65.40 | 64.17 | 64.45 | 4.17M |
Amazon | AMZN | 27.79 | 28.23 | 27.62 | 28.03 | 3.54M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 79.20 | 80.00 | 79.14 | 79.88 | 3.43M |
3M | MMM | 70.06 | 70.40 | 69.62 | 69.92 | 3.09M |
McDonald's | MCD | 35.62 | 35.69 | 35.16 | 35.23 | 3.06M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50.75 | 51.07 | 50.15 | 50.88 | 2.91M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.00 | 64.38 | 63.73 | 64.18 | 2.67M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.45 | 44.62 | 44.35 | 44.52 | 2.51M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63.35 | 63.80 | 63.07 | 63.20 | 2.44M |
United Technologies | UTX | 60.50 | 60.99 | 60.01 | 60.67 | 1.74M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 80.50 | 81.32 | 80.03 | 80.94 | 1.43M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3214.00 | 3214.00 | 3185.00 | 3202.00 | 11.4K |
Exchange Rates of August 25th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.109 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.902 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.240 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.807 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.976 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149.550 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.676 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.480 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.684 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.594 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.414 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.707 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.581 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.633 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.452 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.215 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.126 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.888 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.945 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.058 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.057 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.946 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.492 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.401 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.093 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.478 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.339 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.428 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.839 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.192 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.938 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.066 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.118 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.895 CAD |
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