Financial news on June 27, 2007
Business and Financial news
ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil refused to meet Venezuela’s deadline for ceding control of major oil ventures, a move that could mean the loss of billions in investments. Read more..
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The Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian life insurance company, said it would buy the Berkshire-TWC Financial Group’s mutual fund and securities dealerships to bolster its Canadian wealth management business. Manulife said the deal wo... Read more..
Rituals like camping out for the first iPhone — and reading about it — are a reminder that at least some things in this crazy world are still predictable. Read more..
The British bank bidding for ABN Amro, won an endorsement from a Dutch Supreme Court adviser that could help decide in its favor the next step in the banking takeover battle. Read more..
The Coca-Cola Company will buy a 34 percent stake in the Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Company to increase sales in Japan after volume declined last year. The Japanese subsidiary of Coca-Cola will buy new shares of the closely held Tokyo-based bottler,... Read more..
The jury expected to begin poring over 100 pages of jury instructions starting Wednesday. Read more..
The pioneering San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, which worked its way eastward, is looking west again — this time to Hell’s Kitchen. Read more..
The association offers recommendations — and reservations — about the use of implanted RFID tags for patients’ medical records. Read more..
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,32 | 19,77 | 19,27 | 19,69 | 76.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,36 | 29,95 | 29,36 | 29,87 | 53.5M |
Intel | INTC | 23,29 | 23,85 | 23,28 | 23,79 | 50.8M |
General Electric | GE | 37,82 | 38,09 | 37,64 | 38,06 | 41.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,95 | 27,30 | 26,85 | 27,27 | 38.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 120,61 | 122,04 | 119,26 | 121,89 | 34.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25,51 | 25,75 | 25,38 | 25,61 | 32.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 81,05 | 83,52 | 80,85 | 83,48 | 25.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39,05 | 40,08 | 39,00 | 39,98 | 22.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 74,87 | 77,50 | 74,54 | 77,26 | 20.1M |
Altria | MO | 69,51 | 70,26 | 69,19 | 70,20 | 19.7M |
Merck | MRK | 49,08 | 50,70 | 48,77 | 50,33 | 18.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47,83 | 48,49 | 47,76 | 48,46 | 17.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 27,51 | 27,96 | 27,51 | 27,92 | 17.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48,21 | 49,30 | 48,08 | 49,24 | 16.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 38,92 | 39,80 | 38,81 | 39,76 | 15.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61,15 | 61,53 | 61,07 | 61,45 | 14.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,69 | 35,37 | 34,69 | 35,33 | 13.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 85,67 | 87,36 | 85,06 | 86,97 | 13.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 40,73 | 40,99 | 40,55 | 40,92 | 12.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 525,00 | 527,99 | 519,56 | 526,29 | 12.2M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54,83 | 55,56 | 54,62 | 55,50 | 12M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,68 | 54,04 | 53,40 | 53,97 | 11.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 44,56 | 45,29 | 44,55 | 45,19 | 11.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61,15 | 61,44 | 60,91 | 61,43 | 10.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 81,87 | 84,00 | 81,62 | 83,89 | 10.2M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51,75 | 52,52 | 51,75 | 52,44 | 9.09M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31,70 | 32,18 | 31,44 | 32,05 | 8.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38,84 | 39,86 | 38,60 | 39,80 | 8.55M |
McDonald's | MCD | 51,55 | 51,66 | 51,19 | 51,34 | 8.44M |
Amazon | AMZN | 66,96 | 68,21 | 66,71 | 68,14 | 8.24M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,76 | 34,34 | 33,73 | 34,27 | 8.02M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 104,40 | 105,47 | 104,40 | 105,43 | 5.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64,57 | 65,54 | 64,25 | 65,17 | 5.19M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,20 | 51,76 | 51,05 | 51,75 | 4.84M |
Boeing | BA | 94,31 | 94,90 | 93,58 | 94,65 | 4.49M |
United Technologies | UTX | 70,24 | 71,56 | 70,13 | 71,50 | 3.91M |
3M | MMM | 85,82 | 87,23 | 85,77 | 87,13 | 3.26M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 112,82 | 115,11 | 112,08 | 114,70 | 2.29M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3541,00 | 3560,00 | 3539,00 | 3560,00 | 6.2K |
Exchange Rates of June 27, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 122,830 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,070 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,934 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,229 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,814 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,618 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,131 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 165,250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,487 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,604 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,623 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,440 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,695 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,654 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,605 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,407 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,458 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,970 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,031 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,871 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,148 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,001 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,000 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,384 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,419 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,140 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,467 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,457 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,407 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,897 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,115 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,030 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,971 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,148 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,871 CAD |
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