Financial news on July 25th, 2007
Business and Financial news
The online retailer announced Tuesday that its second-quarter net income increased more than threefold, with revenue up 35 percent. Read more..
Rio Tinto’s recent offer of $38.1 billion for Alcan may be a sign that aluminum is no longer an estranged cousin in the mining industry. Read more..
Apple said it sold 270,000 iPhones in the last two days of June. It expects to sell 1 million by the end of this quarter. Oh yes, the numbers. Apple blew away Wall Street’s profit forecast. Read more..
Pacific Gas & Electric, Northern California’s major utility, is announcing a commitment on Wednesday to make one of the largest ever solar power purchases. Read more..
Microsoft inks advertising deal with Digg, the popular user-controlled news site displacing Google. Read more..
What happens when the server farm goes down? Read more..
Some of the nation’s largest public pension funds are leaning on European and Asian oil companies to reconsider their investments in Iran. Read more..
G.E. will introduce a credit card that allows cardholders to forgo a 1 percent cash rebate on purchases and earmark that amount for projects that reduce greenhouse gases. Read more..
Acknowledging that its restaurants are perceived by some as frumpy and downscale, Red Lobster has embarked on broad changes that are intended to woo wealthier diners. Read more..
A quiet revolution is under way, as European law firms are struggling to adapt to successive waves of their British and American counterparts. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Amazon | AMZN | 84,65 | 88,80 | 83,65 | 86,18 | 60.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30,99 | 31,30 | 30,37 | 30,71 | 55M |
Apple | AAPL | 137,35 | 138,36 | 135,00 | 137,26 | 53.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 30,00 | 30,24 | 29,65 | 29,91 | 53.1M |
Intel | INTC | 24,68 | 24,72 | 24,37 | 24,50 | 50.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24,93 | 25,10 | 24,72 | 24,78 | 45.4M |
General Electric | GE | 40,57 | 40,72 | 39,94 | 40,42 | 42.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45,67 | 46,21 | 44,29 | 45,27 | 40.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 91,24 | 93,18 | 89,35 | 92,79 | 31.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20,70 | 20,74 | 20,40 | 20,58 | 31M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 40,11 | 41,60 | 39,90 | 40,50 | 29.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 38,21 | 38,40 | 37,62 | 38,04 | 23.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 28,50 | 28,78 | 28,16 | 28,54 | 23.4M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,39 | 34,87 | 34,15 | 34,57 | 22M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 82,59 | 84,95 | 81,29 | 84,29 | 19M |
Merck | MRK | 52,35 | 53,68 | 52,20 | 53,38 | 19M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,76 | 52,90 | 51,69 | 52,30 | 16.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,40 | 48,45 | 47,55 | 47,87 | 15.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 43,24 | 43,83 | 42,69 | 43,22 | 14.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 89,86 | 91,69 | 88,45 | 91,05 | 14.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,92 | 63,57 | 62,59 | 62,98 | 13.6M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53,47 | 54,20 | 53,18 | 54,05 | 12.8M |
Altria | MO | 68,16 | 68,75 | 67,62 | 67,85 | 12.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38,01 | 38,08 | 37,24 | 37,92 | 12M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,68 | 57,73 | 56,20 | 57,16 | 11.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47,90 | 48,54 | 47,15 | 47,54 | 11.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66,82 | 68,96 | 66,82 | 68,32 | 11.4M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 116,19 | 118,38 | 115,24 | 118,10 | 11.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 516,98 | 517,02 | 505,56 | 509,76 | 11.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31,50 | 31,78 | 30,80 | 31,59 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61,48 | 61,99 | 61,19 | 61,53 | 10.6M |
Boeing | BA | 106,90 | 107,83 | 106,38 | 107,23 | 10.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 95,29 | 97,29 | 93,41 | 96,91 | 10.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,91 | 35,19 | 34,75 | 34,93 | 10.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 51,61 | 52,00 | 50,79 | 50,96 | 8.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50,99 | 51,42 | 50,70 | 51,21 | 8.55M |
3M | MMM | 90,24 | 90,29 | 88,04 | 89,62 | 5.1M |
United Technologies | UTX | 75,08 | 75,74 | 74,71 | 75,19 | 4.74M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 126,00 | 127,79 | 121,06 | 122,81 | 3.75M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3649,00 | 3653,00 | 3628,00 | 3638,50 | 10.8K |
Exchange Rates of July 25th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 120,490 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,042 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,960 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,213 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,824 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,557 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 165,330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,668 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,497 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,553 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,644 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,429 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,700 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,665 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,601 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,404 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,476 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,939 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,065 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,864 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,158 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,007 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,993 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,324 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,430 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,139 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,467 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,491 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,401 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,920 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,087 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,072 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,933 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,165 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,859 CAD |
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