Financial news on November 26, 2007
Business and Financial news
Apple’s attack ad on Microsft’s Vista retains the bemused attachment of the already-classic campaign. Read more..
The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, a large animal testing laboratory, has become famous for protests on the doorsteps of the people it considers allies of the company. Read more..
The cable industry heavily lobbied the commission and allies in Congress to kill a proposal that would give the F.C.C. the power to more tightly regulate the industry. Read more..
Google Checkout and eBay’s PayPal generous promotions today to increase their share of holiday spending. But when they don’t buy friends, merchants say neither has much appeal at major online stores. Read more..
A brief look at the week ahead in the business world. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.76 | 28.79 | 27.42 | 27.50 | 84.6M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 34.09 | 34.37 | 32.93 | 32.97 | 80.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 25.04 | 25.32 | 24.32 | 24.37 | 53.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 173.59 | 177.27 | 172.35 | 172.54 | 46.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 22.98 | 23.00 | 22.24 | 22.30 | 42.1M |
| General Electric | GE | 37.68 | 37.75 | 36.52 | 36.73 | 42M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.63 | 37.94 | 36.25 | 36.35 | 30.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 19.41 | 19.44 | 19.10 | 19.10 | 27.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.90 | 31.02 | 29.44 | 29.49 | 27.2M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.99 | 42.49 | 40.33 | 40.46 | 27.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.38 | 20.50 | 19.69 | 19.70 | 26.7M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.36 | 88.78 | 85.47 | 85.68 | 23M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.98 | 46.38 | 45.00 | 45.03 | 22M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.70 | 42.77 | 41.18 | 41.23 | 17M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 79.00 | 79.89 | 76.61 | 76.70 | 16.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 28.89 | 29.00 | 27.41 | 27.49 | 16.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.59 | 68.08 | 66.39 | 67.37 | 16M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.15 | 49.60 | 48.04 | 48.16 | 15.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 57.65 | 58.42 | 56.82 | 57.59 | 15.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 73.00 | 73.55 | 71.92 | 72.19 | 13.7M |
| Altria | MO | 72.82 | 73.54 | 71.30 | 71.44 | 13.6M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 680.20 | 693.40 | 665.00 | 666.00 | 13.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.03 | 28.24 | 27.57 | 27.60 | 12M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 57.84 | 57.84 | 56.75 | 56.82 | 10.5M |
| Chevron | CVX | 86.41 | 87.33 | 83.52 | 83.79 | 10.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.21 | 55.53 | 54.11 | 54.25 | 9.1M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82.30 | 84.49 | 81.14 | 81.30 | 8.61M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 62.35 | 62.86 | 61.60 | 61.73 | 8.38M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 104.40 | 105.15 | 101.72 | 101.97 | 7.34M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.91 | 31.96 | 31.20 | 31.24 | 7.34M |
| Boeing | BA | 90.46 | 92.39 | 89.86 | 89.93 | 7.09M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 93.93 | 94.96 | 90.48 | 90.56 | 6.95M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.06 | 43.73 | 41.86 | 41.91 | 6.86M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.04 | 54.82 | 53.32 | 53.38 | 6.5M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 53.27 | 53.94 | 52.66 | 52.68 | 6.12M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 75.49 | 76.41 | 74.51 | 74.69 | 6.03M |
| 3M | MMM | 82.60 | 82.95 | 80.89 | 81.00 | 4.07M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 73.44 | 74.22 | 72.60 | 72.68 | 3.94M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 124.94 | 125.96 | 121.36 | 121.36 | 1.79M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4480.00 | 4563.00 | 4461.50 | 4563.00 | 29.8K |
Exchange Rates of November 26, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 107.390 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.989 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.097 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.912 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.397 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.135 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 159.730 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.718 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.393 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.708 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.586 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.472 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.679 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.631 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.613 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.449 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.226 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.069 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.936 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.921 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.086 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.021 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.979 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.379 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.420 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.050 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.488 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.272 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.440 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.861 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.162 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.954 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.048 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.108 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.903 CAD |
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