Financial news on September 26, 2006
Business and Financial news
CVC Asia Pacific, a buyout firm, said it had agreed to buy the DCA Group for 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.3 billion) to gain control of an Australian provider of hospitals for the elderly. CVC will pay 3.50 Australian dollars for each share ... Read more..
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General Motors has raised doubts about a three-way alliance with Renault and Nissan Motor, a senior executive at Renault said. Read more..
Google is calling on the computer industry to create a simpler and more efficient power supply standard. Read more..
The last time prices fell from their year-earlier level was in April 1995, but the market slide might be beginning to ease. Read more..
Transportation Security Administration agents didn’t know what to do with a knife-packing chef from New Orleans. Read more..
With business travelers filling rooms again, some hotels appear to be having second thoughts about their emphasis on families. Read more..
The decision raises the possibility that cases involving light cigarettes will become a major legal threat to the tobacco industry. Read more..
The employees have been subpoenaed by a House committee to appear at a hearing after refusing invitations to testify. Read more..
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 19,39 | 19,98 | 19,32 | 19,96 | 96M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17,87 | 18,24 | 17,87 | 18,19 | 64.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,13 | 23,50 | 23,00 | 23,50 | 56.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26,91 | 27,32 | 26,88 | 27,20 | 54.8M |
Altria | MO | 76,75 | 77,01 | 75,05 | 75,76 | 42.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 76,18 | 77,78 | 76,10 | 77,61 | 39.4M |
General Electric | GE | 34,90 | 35,62 | 34,89 | 35,44 | 35.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 28,27 | 28,41 | 28,22 | 28,40 | 25.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37,51 | 38,00 | 37,25 | 37,96 | 23.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 65,06 | 66,62 | 64,50 | 66,43 | 22.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33,58 | 33,64 | 33,10 | 33,35 | 21.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 57,50 | 58,47 | 57,15 | 58,45 | 16.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,93 | 49,85 | 48,80 | 49,25 | 15M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 35,82 | 35,98 | 35,52 | 35,70 | 14.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 36,25 | 36,44 | 36,11 | 36,27 | 14.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30,27 | 31,10 | 30,26 | 31,07 | 14M |
Home Depot | HD | 36,30 | 37,15 | 36,20 | 36,62 | 13.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 57,05 | 58,62 | 56,95 | 58,15 | 13M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46,91 | 46,95 | 46,39 | 46,90 | 12.4M |
Merck | MRK | 41,81 | 42,12 | 41,36 | 41,76 | 12.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 62,18 | 63,70 | 62,04 | 63,59 | 10.9M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 405,50 | 407,68 | 401,77 | 406,87 | 10.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48,06 | 48,15 | 47,54 | 48,07 | 9.97M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,05 | 25,10 | 24,80 | 25,10 | 9.52M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,03 | 62,65 | 61,91 | 62,48 | 8.94M |
McDonald's | MCD | 38,61 | 39,09 | 38,55 | 39,06 | 7.56M |
Amgen | AMGN | 71,54 | 71,74 | 70,27 | 70,75 | 7.22M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36,48 | 36,48 | 36,25 | 36,46 | 6.97M |
Amazon | AMZN | 31,89 | 32,59 | 31,80 | 32,50 | 6.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,40 | 64,72 | 64,35 | 64,67 | 5.89M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49,46 | 49,46 | 48,55 | 48,62 | 5.62M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44,47 | 44,73 | 44,31 | 44,64 | 5.31M |
3M | MMM | 74,00 | 75,00 | 74,00 | 74,75 | 4.89M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81,90 | 82,66 | 81,70 | 82,50 | 4.73M |
Boeing | BA | 78,15 | 79,29 | 77,37 | 79,00 | 4.25M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 65,93 | 66,84 | 65,70 | 66,78 | 4.14M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,32 | 65,49 | 65,04 | 65,43 | 3.8M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63,81 | 63,85 | 62,77 | 63,61 | 3.72M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 84,95 | 86,10 | 84,46 | 86,05 | 2.11M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3123,00 | 3159,00 | 3120,00 | 3154,00 | 20.2K |
Exchange Rates of September 26, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117,110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,113 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,898 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,244 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,804 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,917 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,126 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148,530 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,494 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,688 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,593 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,412 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,708 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,578 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,634 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,451 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,220 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,136 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,881 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,950 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,052 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,062 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,942 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,521 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,397 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,109 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,474 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,356 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,425 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,836 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,196 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,934 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,071 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,117 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,895 CAD |
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