Financial news on June 27, 2006
Business and Financial news
With earnings growth lackluster and the share price stagnant, the directors of Kraft Food ousted the chief executive, Roger K. Deromedi. Read more..
In May 2004, Citigroup was fined $70 million and cited for weak controls and lying to banking regulators. Read more..
The board of Univision Communications agreed to sell the company for $11 billion to a private equity consortium. Read more..
Analysts said the move would make Johnson & Johnson the world's largest consumer health care company. Read more..
In the face of government pressure, a group of Internet companies is undertaking a cooperative effort to help combat child pornography online. Read more..
Russian politicians believe the oligarch Aleksei Mordashov lost the battle for the steel company Arcelor because of a bias against Russian businesses. Read more..
The lawsuit accuses the nation's largest telephone companies of conspiring to carve up local markets to preserve their monopolies. Read more..
In last week's column I suggested we hear more about readers' air-travel pet peeves. The response was impressive. Read more..
Boston Scientific said that it was recalling 23,000 pacemakers and defibrillators and recommended that patients who already have the devices consult their doctors. Read more..
More companies are adopting sophisticated new technology to help track and crack down on employee expense accounts. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.89 | 23.16 | 22.84 | 22.86 | 84.8M |
Intel | INTC | 18.65 | 18.70 | 18.05 | 18.05 | 61.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.61 | 14.67 | 14.33 | 14.50 | 41.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.63 | 19.78 | 19.27 | 19.30 | 36.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 59.09 | 59.91 | 58.97 | 59.65 | 27M |
General Electric | GE | 33.21 | 33.27 | 32.88 | 32.88 | 23.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23.02 | 23.11 | 22.71 | 22.80 | 21.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 59.09 | 59.22 | 57.40 | 57.43 | 19.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 62.23 | 64.09 | 62.23 | 62.75 | 14.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.30 | 41.57 | 40.69 | 40.84 | 14.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.50 | 32.59 | 31.90 | 31.94 | 13M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.72 | 32.79 | 32.42 | 32.44 | 10.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.22 | 60.26 | 59.51 | 59.55 | 10.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.55 | 36.71 | 36.30 | 36.37 | 10M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.39 | 27.49 | 27.29 | 27.35 | 9.87M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.25 | 61.07 | 59.28 | 59.65 | 9.25M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.58 | 29.65 | 29.32 | 29.41 | 9.02M |
Amgen | AMGN | 64.35 | 64.78 | 63.93 | 63.98 | 8.57M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.95 | 48.27 | 47.57 | 47.63 | 8.42M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 405.71 | 408.00 | 401.01 | 402.32 | 8.21M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.10 | 42.23 | 41.44 | 41.64 | 8.07M |
Chevron | CVX | 60.00 | 61.39 | 59.96 | 60.10 | 7.79M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 31.52 | 31.68 | 30.93 | 30.95 | 7.51M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.73 | 25.76 | 25.22 | 25.29 | 7.42M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.99 | 56.00 | 55.20 | 55.75 | 7.34M |
Altria | MO | 72.52 | 73.03 | 71.67 | 72.50 | 7.11M |
Merck | MRK | 34.90 | 34.98 | 34.61 | 34.71 | 6.27M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 42.69 | 42.78 | 42.27 | 42.51 | 6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 36.72 | 37.50 | 36.17 | 36.48 | 5.64M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 77.32 | 77.60 | 76.32 | 76.63 | 5.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 32.50 | 32.79 | 32.49 | 32.51 | 4.59M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 44.72 | 44.97 | 44.17 | 44.22 | 4.39M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 65.80 | 65.80 | 65.14 | 65.14 | 4.11M |
Pepsico | PEP | 58.71 | 59.59 | 58.65 | 59.11 | 3.5M |
Boeing | BA | 83.85 | 84.20 | 81.76 | 81.93 | 3.21M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 55.85 | 56.33 | 54.77 | 55.18 | 3.12M |
3M | MMM | 80.40 | 80.93 | 78.62 | 78.70 | 2.53M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61.34 | 62.41 | 61.34 | 61.40 | 2.52M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 89.01 | 89.88 | 87.99 | 88.16 | 1.49M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3040.00 | 3064.00 | 3040.00 | 3043.00 | 23.4K |
Exchange Rates of June 27, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.123 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.890 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.243 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.805 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.997 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 146.220 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.690 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.448 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.717 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.582 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.413 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.708 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.563 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.640 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.486 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.402 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.046 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.489 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.264 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.442 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.822 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.216 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.910 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.099 AUD |
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