Financial news on January 25, 2007
Business and Financial news
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The largest maker of armored vehicles for the U.S. military said fourth-quarter profit rose on acquisitions but missed analysts’ estimates. Read more..
Hospitals participating in a Medicare experiment that pays them more to follow medical recommendations have steadily improved the quality of patient care. Read more..
A consulting group owned by influential hospital executives agreed to stop selling marketing advice to vendors who do business with nonprofit hospitals. Read more..
Home Depot’s new chief executive received a base salary of $975,000, and will get the rest if he meets profit and stock performance goals. Read more..
The Palm Treo 750 is a Windows Mobile smartphone with a full keyboard, bright color touch screen and 1.3-megapixel camera. Read more..
Sticker prices for the bigger and brawnier 2007 Tundra will begin at $22,290 for the most basic model and go as high as $41,850. Read more..
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As countries in Europe grapple with aging populations, Ireland faces the opposite problems — and advantages — from an excess of youth. Read more..
How to tackle the problem of 47 million Americans without health insurance? Start with the more than 8 million uninsured children. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31,08 | 31,48 | 30,45 | 30,45 | 97.4M |
Intel | INTC | 20,87 | 21,04 | 20,60 | 20,60 | 57.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,93 | 26,95 | 26,16 | 26,22 | 55.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17,13 | 17,22 | 16,93 | 16,98 | 35.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,82 | 26,89 | 26,29 | 26,36 | 35.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 87,11 | 88,50 | 86,03 | 86,25 | 32.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37,41 | 37,70 | 36,48 | 36,79 | 31.6M |
General Electric | GE | 36,65 | 36,70 | 36,26 | 36,34 | 25.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 74,61 | 74,94 | 73,36 | 73,52 | 22.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,10 | 53,50 | 52,42 | 52,59 | 18.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 44,86 | 44,91 | 43,37 | 43,49 | 14.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 50,32 | 50,68 | 49,93 | 50,21 | 14.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42,17 | 42,60 | 41,64 | 41,71 | 13.4M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 501,00 | 504,50 | 485,66 | 488,09 | 12.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,07 | 38,22 | 37,18 | 37,50 | 12.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 65,62 | 65,66 | 63,92 | 64,06 | 12.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 40,53 | 40,67 | 40,01 | 40,09 | 11.1M |
Amgen | AMGN | 74,83 | 75,01 | 74,32 | 74,85 | 11M |
McDonald's | MCD | 43,98 | 44,14 | 42,86 | 43,00 | 10.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,61 | 48,64 | 48,09 | 48,15 | 9.76M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35,35 | 35,42 | 34,88 | 34,94 | 9.59M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36,46 | 36,64 | 36,02 | 36,08 | 8.56M |
Chevron | CVX | 72,50 | 72,78 | 71,28 | 71,52 | 8.44M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63,80 | 63,90 | 62,47 | 62,62 | 8.39M |
Merck | MRK | 46,01 | 46,55 | 45,72 | 46,00 | 8.09M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26,85 | 26,85 | 26,26 | 26,28 | 8.05M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66,80 | 67,04 | 66,50 | 66,68 | 7.73M |
Altria | MO | 88,29 | 88,70 | 87,79 | 87,85 | 7.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65,36 | 65,49 | 64,68 | 64,92 | 6.8M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38,08 | 38,23 | 36,78 | 37,08 | 6.75M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 97,22 | 97,92 | 97,22 | 97,51 | 6.2M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48,07 | 48,22 | 47,90 | 47,94 | 5.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,80 | 52,40 | 51,80 | 52,10 | 4.98M |
United Technologies | UTX | 66,42 | 67,10 | 66,10 | 66,21 | 4.68M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64,11 | 64,25 | 63,19 | 63,41 | 3.88M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,07 | 65,07 | 64,33 | 64,42 | 3.75M |
3M | MMM | 79,56 | 79,75 | 78,83 | 79,01 | 2.89M |
Boeing | BA | 87,30 | 87,46 | 86,00 | 86,16 | 2.85M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 96,44 | 97,97 | 96,21 | 96,49 | 2.76M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3600,00 | 3600,00 | 3570,00 | 3586,00 | 11.2K |
Exchange Rates of January 25, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 121,240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,183 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,845 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,249 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,801 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,768 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 156,780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,658 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,519 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,672 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,598 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,530 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,654 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,615 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,619 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,420 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,383 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,066 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,938 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,975 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,025 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,030 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,971 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,540 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,394 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,324 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,430 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,452 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,408 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,914 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,094 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,965 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,036 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,948 CAD |
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