Financial news on October 26, 2007
Business and Financial news
The rights to publish Tony Blair’s memoir were bought by two divisions of Random House: Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. and Canada and Hutchinson in Britain. Read more..
Can Facebook lure the hottest talent with the prospective of becoming millionaires with stock options? Some people suggest the $15 billion valuation of the company will make it harder to get rich, really rich, there. Read more..
Hong Kong has made no secret that closer integration with the booming exchanges of Shanghai and Shenzhen are vital to its future as a financial center. Read more..
E. Stanley O’Neal reportedly floated the possibility of a merger to Wachovia without board approval. Read more..
After years of strong increases, the amount of migrant money flowing to Mexico has stagnated. Read more..
After topping off at $92.22 a barrel before the opening bell on bullish trading in the Asian and European markets, oil closed at $91.86 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Read more..
Sharply higher quarterly profits are the latest sign that cost-cutting and the disposal of some units have set the electronics and entertainment giant firmly on the course to recovery. Read more..
Oil prices, pushed up by a host of concerns including Middle East tensions and worries about supply, closed above $90 a barrel, contributing to an erratic day on Wall Street. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 36.01 | 36.03 | 34.56 | 35.03 | 288M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 21.54 | 21.59 | 20.94 | 21.23 | 92.6M |
Intel | INTC | 26.35 | 26.45 | 25.78 | 25.94 | 61.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 31.81 | 32.10 | 31.31 | 31.90 | 42.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.32 | 21.35 | 20.99 | 21.35 | 31.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24.31 | 24.32 | 24.12 | 24.31 | 27.6M |
General Electric | GE | 40.35 | 40.50 | 39.96 | 40.38 | 25.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 185.29 | 185.37 | 182.88 | 184.70 | 25.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 92.74 | 92.91 | 91.50 | 92.21 | 21M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 41.31 | 41.51 | 40.73 | 41.46 | 20.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.96 | 47.45 | 45.93 | 47.32 | 18.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.49 | 34.64 | 33.70 | 34.55 | 18.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44.55 | 44.81 | 44.11 | 44.64 | 17M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 45.36 | 45.79 | 45.00 | 45.60 | 13.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 29.69 | 30.03 | 29.51 | 29.75 | 13.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 31.01 | 31.55 | 30.50 | 31.35 | 12.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 85.12 | 85.33 | 83.80 | 84.81 | 12M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.19 | 52.64 | 51.96 | 52.47 | 11.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.27 | 54.35 | 53.89 | 54.07 | 11.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.62 | 34.72 | 33.94 | 34.38 | 11.5M |
Merck | MRK | 57.07 | 57.85 | 57.00 | 57.58 | 11.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.18 | 64.60 | 63.82 | 64.30 | 9.53M |
Altria | MO | 72.54 | 73.25 | 71.92 | 72.97 | 9.36M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 71.60 | 71.76 | 71.12 | 71.75 | 9.32M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.32 | 46.68 | 45.46 | 46.37 | 8.86M |
Amazon | AMZN | 89.00 | 90.88 | 87.70 | 90.00 | 8.83M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 61.34 | 61.59 | 60.88 | 61.57 | 8.09M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 99.53 | 100.75 | 98.81 | 99.51 | 7.98M |
Chevron | CVX | 91.86 | 92.30 | 91.10 | 91.65 | 7.48M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.44 | 58.09 | 56.57 | 57.18 | 7.46M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 674.03 | 676.54 | 668.06 | 674.60 | 6.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.62 | 48.78 | 47.00 | 47.99 | 6.13M |
McDonald's | MCD | 58.13 | 58.56 | 57.60 | 58.47 | 5.83M |
United Technologies | UTX | 76.11 | 76.32 | 74.94 | 75.44 | 5.77M |
Boeing | BA | 96.25 | 96.55 | 95.05 | 96.02 | 5.19M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 113.00 | 114.00 | 112.07 | 113.73 | 5.03M |
Pepsico | PEP | 72.46 | 72.46 | 71.50 | 72.34 | 4.13M |
3M | MMM | 86.48 | 86.48 | 85.59 | 86.13 | 2.86M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 128.53 | 128.66 | 126.29 | 127.90 | 1.28M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4240.00 | 4391.50 | 4233.00 | 4233.00 | 15K |
Exchange Rates of October 26, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114.170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.962 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.040 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.164 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.859 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.488 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.134 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 164.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.701 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.426 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.567 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.638 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.384 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.722 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.676 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.597 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.427 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.345 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.953 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.049 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.842 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.188 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.019 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.981 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.234 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.448 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.974 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.507 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.389 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.419 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.883 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.133 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.069 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.936 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.210 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.826 CAD |
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