Financial news on July 27th, 2006
Business and Financial news
South Korea is struggling to overcome labor unrest, commonly cited as a weak spot for the economy and particularly the auto industry. Read more..
TOWSON, Md., July 26 (Dow Jones/AP) — Black & Decker’s second-quarter net earnings rose slightly, but missed the average Wall Street forecast. Read more..
Google said it would disclose the number of clicks on ads that it deems are invalid in a bid to assuage concerns over “click fraud.” Read more..
The company’s sharply higher profit came as a result of the popularity of fuel-efficient cars like the Civic and the Fit. Read more..
The iPod Nano music player can now do more than just pump out the tunes: it can also talk to your Nikes. Read more..
Over all, the company lost $3.1 billion in the second quarter, including a raft of charges related to restructuring. Read more..
If you don’t want to watch a movie or play a game on a 4½-inch-wide screen, there is now a clamp-on solution. Read more..
Portable navigation systems are becoming quite handy in other ways as well — and not just for drivers. Read more..
Q. What exactly does it mean when a laptop is described as having “a 17-inch diagonal widescreen display?” Read more..
This month, GlaxoSmithKline resumed sales of its diabetes drug Avandia after resolving quality control problems at a plant in Puerto Rico. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24.58 | 24.60 | 23.77 | 23.87 | 85.4M |
Intel | INTC | 17.74 | 17.88 | 17.42 | 17.47 | 54.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.08 | 15.19 | 14.79 | 14.87 | 37.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.20 | 25.67 | 25.13 | 25.65 | 35.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 33.57 | 34.33 | 33.46 | 34.02 | 33.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.06 | 18.12 | 17.60 | 17.69 | 33.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.40 | 67.65 | 66.45 | 66.47 | 29.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.10 | 25.20 | 23.72 | 24.04 | 29.4M |
Amazon | AMZN | 26.45 | 26.80 | 26.00 | 26.56 | 26.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 64.51 | 65.02 | 62.86 | 63.40 | 26.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 29.50 | 30.09 | 29.46 | 29.68 | 22.2M |
General Electric | GE | 32.75 | 32.88 | 32.54 | 32.65 | 21.6M |
Merck | MRK | 40.15 | 41.06 | 40.05 | 40.98 | 20.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 31.76 | 32.58 | 31.65 | 32.19 | 15.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.70 | 49.55 | 47.40 | 49.46 | 15.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.68 | 44.97 | 44.20 | 44.70 | 13.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.43 | 33.96 | 33.15 | 33.32 | 12.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 69.65 | 69.85 | 67.75 | 68.01 | 11.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 34.67 | 34.88 | 33.89 | 34.02 | 11.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 387.37 | 387.49 | 377.95 | 382.40 | 11.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.00 | 47.69 | 46.98 | 47.22 | 10.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.64 | 29.64 | 29.17 | 29.21 | 10.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 68.44 | 68.47 | 67.54 | 67.73 | 9.27M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 67.55 | 68.40 | 65.57 | 66.70 | 9.16M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 43.97 | 44.00 | 43.47 | 43.53 | 8.71M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.15 | 62.57 | 62.05 | 62.56 | 7.66M |
Amgen | AMGN | 69.95 | 70.46 | 68.53 | 69.28 | 7.4M |
Altria | MO | 80.20 | 80.59 | 79.65 | 79.87 | 7.26M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 75.83 | 77.29 | 75.75 | 76.15 | 6.44M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.55 | 44.64 | 44.22 | 44.31 | 6.41M |
3M | MMM | 70.50 | 70.70 | 69.46 | 69.75 | 6.14M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 56.85 | 56.99 | 56.40 | 56.44 | 5.57M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34.70 | 34.95 | 34.45 | 34.73 | 5.28M |
Boeing | BA | 80.00 | 80.29 | 78.15 | 78.71 | 5.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 71.06 | 71.25 | 69.94 | 70.07 | 4.89M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.84 | 63.85 | 62.41 | 62.49 | 4.19M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62.22 | 62.50 | 61.40 | 61.63 | 4.19M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 62.47 | 62.84 | 60.55 | 61.21 | 2.46M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 83.71 | 84.40 | 83.28 | 83.77 | 1.69M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3032.00 | 3045.00 | 3024.00 | 3045.00 | 19.7K |
Exchange Rates of July 27th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 115.740 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.134 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.882 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.239 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.807 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.974 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 146.900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.683 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.464 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.664 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.440 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.695 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.572 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.636 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.436 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.411 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.108 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.474 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.301 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.435 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.865 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.157 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.944 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.059 AUD |
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