Financial news on December 27, 2007
Business and Financial news
The investor Steven A. Cohen reported Wednesday that he had increased his stake in the Pharmion Corporation, a pharmaceutical company based in Boulder, Colo., to 7.1 percent, from 5.1 percent. Read more..
The government said the standards would cover everything from breeding fish and seafood products to disease prevention and drug controls. Read more..
China said it would introduce export tariffs and increase rates on other items to rein in a record trade surplus and cut energy consumption and pollution. Read more..
With an add-on or two, digital cameras make it easier to capture close-up shots. Read more..
The software maker NetSuite and its investors sold an additional 930,000 shares. The stock, which had risen 49 percent since going public Dec. 20, fell back 6.6 percent. Read more..
If you have a spare U.S.B. flash drive you can use it to give your Windows Vista-operated PC an extra cache of memory to help increase speed. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.16 | 28.38 | 27.68 | 27.79 | 46.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 23.10 | 23.28 | 22.90 | 22.92 | 36M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23.05 | 23.31 | 22.91 | 23.04 | 34.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 36.35 | 36.55 | 35.94 | 35.97 | 33.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 27.36 | 27.42 | 26.77 | 26.83 | 29.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 198.95 | 202.96 | 197.80 | 198.57 | 28.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 37.44 | 37.54 | 37.11 | 37.19 | 23.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 42.10 | 42.50 | 41.89 | 42.02 | 18.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.82 | 30.89 | 30.21 | 30.30 | 18M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 18.58 | 18.83 | 18.41 | 18.43 | 17.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.52 | 44.70 | 43.51 | 43.64 | 16.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 94.94 | 94.98 | 93.67 | 93.67 | 14.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.91 | 26.98 | 26.71 | 26.77 | 13.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.00 | 48.30 | 47.62 | 47.77 | 10.8M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 88.92 | 89.30 | 88.44 | 88.65 | 10.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.83 | 28.02 | 27.34 | 27.39 | 9.72M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 45.00 | 45.10 | 44.36 | 44.38 | 8.47M |
| Altria | MO | 77.60 | 77.77 | 76.16 | 76.23 | 8.33M |
| Chevron | CVX | 94.80 | 95.08 | 93.65 | 93.75 | 8.16M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.15 | 52.63 | 51.51 | 51.61 | 8.04M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57.58 | 57.92 | 56.93 | 56.98 | 7.76M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67.45 | 67.98 | 67.01 | 67.33 | 7.62M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 92.67 | 95.29 | 92.50 | 94.25 | 7.11M |
| Merck | MRK | 59.10 | 59.20 | 58.46 | 58.57 | 7.06M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 73.91 | 74.26 | 73.62 | 73.89 | 6.9M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.64 | 32.90 | 32.34 | 32.43 | 6.7M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 47.23 | 47.75 | 47.11 | 47.36 | 6.34M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 707.07 | 716.00 | 700.74 | 700.74 | 5.88M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 98.55 | 99.00 | 97.26 | 97.35 | 5.14M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 58.20 | 59.44 | 58.20 | 58.36 | 4.67M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 110.75 | 111.30 | 109.49 | 109.60 | 4.51M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 59.64 | 59.92 | 59.16 | 59.19 | 4.19M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 62.96 | 63.20 | 62.21 | 62.30 | 3.86M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 77.24 | 77.86 | 76.59 | 76.70 | 3.43M |
| Boeing | BA | 89.99 | 89.99 | 88.33 | 88.88 | 2.89M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.87 | 47.25 | 46.27 | 46.31 | 2.51M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 77.82 | 78.20 | 76.53 | 76.84 | 2.37M |
| 3M | MMM | 85.65 | 86.50 | 85.28 | 85.40 | 2.28M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 128.30 | 128.85 | 127.10 | 127.30 | 1.38M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4608.00 | 4609.00 | 4558.00 | 4573.00 | 12.6K |
Exchange Rates of December 27, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 113.690 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.980 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.020 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.139 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.878 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.318 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.137 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 166.310 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.733 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.365 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.665 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.434 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.697 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.666 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.600 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.440 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.271 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.001 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.999 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.862 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.160 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.999 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.273 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.440 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.957 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.511 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.273 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 = 1.000 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.000 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.161 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.861 CAD |
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