Financial news on March 26, 2007
Business and Financial news
Samuel Zell, who made billions in real estate, is seeing inefficient markets once again, this time in newspapers. Read more..
Rather than browsing among the myriad channels, viewers tend to pick their own favorites and stick to them. Read more..
Industry watchers are wondering whether the decline is part of a short-term slump or whether it signals a deepening systemic problem. Read more..
Recent decisions by Porsche and DaimlerChrysler reflect European automakers’ desire to control their own fates. Read more..
The organization that recognizes positive portrayals of gays and lesbians in the mainstream media is facing growing pressure to honor its own. Read more..
Judging from a conference call by the News Corporation and NBC Universal, corporate control of the news media is still going strong. Read more..
A new crop of books about Wall Street aims to capture, if not update, the rich mix of greed, striving, intrigue and vanity. Read more..
Reactions to the hiring of an ombudsman for The Harvard Crimson ranged from praise to disappointment. And then there was the online satire. Read more..
A new campaign aims to revive the popularity of the Teletubbies, positioning them as retro chic. Read more..
ECONOMIC DATA The Commerce Department will release revised figures for fourth-quarter gross domestic product (Thursday), which are expected to confirm a 2.2 percent annualized growth rate for the quarter. The department will also release data on d... Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.22 | 18.43 | 18.02 | 18.39 | 50.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.36 | 57.26 | 55.05 | 57.24 | 47.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27.94 | 28.22 | 27.70 | 28.22 | 47.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.23 | 26.35 | 25.81 | 26.34 | 44.7M |
Intel | INTC | 19.26 | 19.34 | 19.05 | 19.29 | 39.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 93.99 | 95.90 | 93.30 | 95.85 | 30.9M |
General Electric | GE | 35.76 | 36.00 | 35.44 | 36.00 | 29.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.51 | 25.74 | 25.35 | 25.67 | 28.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.44 | 75.69 | 74.51 | 75.47 | 27.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 38.96 | 39.35 | 38.65 | 39.31 | 22.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.03 | 38.04 | 37.37 | 37.67 | 19.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.33 | 60.80 | 59.87 | 60.25 | 17.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 58.31 | 58.34 | 57.04 | 57.14 | 16.1M |
Altria | MO | 85.21 | 85.64 | 84.59 | 84.95 | 15.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 26.44 | 26.50 | 26.07 | 26.30 | 13.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 69.51 | 70.03 | 68.97 | 69.56 | 13.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.81 | 47.92 | 47.15 | 47.84 | 12.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.84 | 35.00 | 34.42 | 34.68 | 11.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.55 | 48.78 | 47.94 | 48.70 | 11.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.15 | 38.28 | 37.58 | 37.91 | 11.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.19 | 40.55 | 40.00 | 40.44 | 10.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.11 | 74.55 | 73.51 | 74.40 | 10.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 69.25 | 69.65 | 68.61 | 69.58 | 10M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.89 | 35.25 | 34.80 | 35.22 | 9.95M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 56.29 | 57.10 | 56.20 | 56.88 | 9.69M |
Merck | MRK | 44.26 | 44.46 | 43.75 | 44.07 | 9.63M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 460.55 | 465.00 | 455.62 | 465.00 | 9.41M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.60 | 63.92 | 63.27 | 63.90 | 7.49M |
United Technologies | UTX | 67.20 | 67.30 | 65.93 | 66.41 | 7.35M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47.95 | 48.19 | 47.68 | 48.15 | 7.19M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 94.84 | 95.25 | 94.32 | 95.00 | 6.73M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.44 | 27.68 | 27.25 | 27.62 | 6.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.02 | 64.04 | 63.32 | 63.89 | 5.32M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.95 | 45.49 | 44.65 | 45.12 | 5.3M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 74.43 | 75.45 | 73.41 | 75.30 | 3.8M |
3M | MMM | 77.66 | 77.67 | 76.94 | 77.38 | 3.54M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.98 | 39.05 | 38.43 | 39.01 | 3.52M |
Boeing | BA | 90.88 | 90.94 | 89.84 | 90.83 | 3.27M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 105.08 | 105.70 | 102.19 | 102.63 | 2.38M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3613.00 | 3613.00 | 3595.00 | 3603.50 | 8.9K |
Exchange Rates of March 26, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.161 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.861 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.216 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.823 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.736 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.450 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.677 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.478 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.645 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.608 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.548 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.646 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.621 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.617 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.430 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.328 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.045 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.957 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.983 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.018 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.972 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.431 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.411 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.287 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.437 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.393 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.940 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.064 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.984 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.016 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.046 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.956 CAD |
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