Financial news on March 27, 2007
Business and Financial news
The move is part of a broad effort to cut costs and streamline the bank’s unwieldy global operations. Read more..
Testimony has offered new insights into the hands-on style of the chief executive of the WPP Group, and the strong feelings it has sometimes produced. Read more..
Intel has only seven other similar wafer fabrication facilities in the world, mostly in the western United States. Read more..
For some, an Airbus A380, the largest passenger plane, is just the right size for a private jet. Read more..
Making Every Day a Sun Day. Read more..
TRAVEL COST MORE IN 2006 Average one-way domestic air fares paid by corporations, which dropped to a six-year low in 2005, rose last year to $231, the American Express Business Travel Monitor reported. Average one-way international fares continued... Read more..
Robert E. Petersen channeled his fervor for fast cars with tailfins and chrome-plated engines into a string of successful magazines. Read more..
Total’s aggressive practices may have led to an investigation of the company’s chief executive. Read more..
Business travel is a lot like space travel. The fatigue you experience is pretty much the same. Read more..
The mobile ad network will allow marketers to place ads not only on Yahoo’s mobile services, but also on those of other online publishers. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.04 | 28.16 | 27.65 | 27.72 | 59M |
Intel | INTC | 19.25 | 19.27 | 19.04 | 19.06 | 50.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.15 | 26.24 | 25.85 | 25.93 | 39.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.48 | 25.70 | 25.39 | 25.49 | 35.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 95.71 | 96.83 | 95.00 | 95.46 | 33.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.35 | 18.50 | 18.35 | 18.49 | 33.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.83 | 57.23 | 56.42 | 56.60 | 29.7M |
General Electric | GE | 35.80 | 35.90 | 35.66 | 35.79 | 29.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.10 | 39.86 | 39.09 | 39.44 | 28.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.08 | 75.97 | 75.00 | 75.71 | 21.8M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.18 | 57.41 | 56.21 | 56.21 | 20M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 56.56 | 56.61 | 54.90 | 55.85 | 15.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.50 | 34.95 | 34.39 | 34.40 | 14.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.57 | 47.80 | 47.03 | 47.49 | 13M |
Home Depot | HD | 37.73 | 37.79 | 37.28 | 37.34 | 12.8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.10 | 60.21 | 59.98 | 60.03 | 12.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.00 | 35.11 | 34.64 | 34.66 | 12.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.80 | 27.94 | 27.52 | 27.80 | 12.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.20 | 40.37 | 40.10 | 40.23 | 11.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.69 | 37.95 | 37.55 | 37.69 | 11.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.59 | 48.67 | 48.35 | 48.57 | 11.2M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 69.31 | 69.73 | 69.00 | 69.48 | 11M |
Altria | MO | 84.50 | 85.45 | 84.42 | 85.08 | 10.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 26.29 | 26.34 | 25.95 | 26.08 | 10.6M |
Merck | MRK | 43.84 | 43.96 | 43.59 | 43.65 | 9.33M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 68.92 | 70.10 | 68.49 | 69.86 | 8.64M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.01 | 74.37 | 73.62 | 74.17 | 8.55M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.55 | 63.76 | 63.16 | 63.27 | 8.04M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 463.55 | 465.23 | 460.34 | 463.62 | 7.47M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.00 | 48.17 | 47.85 | 48.02 | 6.62M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.50 | 63.50 | 62.87 | 62.95 | 6.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.87 | 45.19 | 44.82 | 45.04 | 4.72M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 94.71 | 95.03 | 94.20 | 94.73 | 4.7M |
United Technologies | UTX | 66.19 | 66.40 | 65.92 | 66.11 | 4.11M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.82 | 39.42 | 38.76 | 39.37 | 3.99M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 75.01 | 75.30 | 74.51 | 75.00 | 2.97M |
3M | MMM | 77.44 | 77.47 | 76.81 | 77.17 | 2.69M |
Boeing | BA | 90.60 | 91.00 | 90.00 | 90.52 | 2.69M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 102.50 | 102.60 | 100.75 | 100.94 | 1.67M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3610.00 | 3610.00 | 3570.50 | 3605.00 | 11.2K |
Exchange Rates of March 27, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.800 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.157 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.864 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.213 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.824 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.734 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.280 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.679 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.473 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.651 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.606 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.544 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.648 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.619 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.618 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.432 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.317 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.050 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.953 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.982 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.019 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.971 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.432 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.411 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.274 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.440 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.384 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.419 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.935 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.070 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.980 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.020 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.048 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.954 CAD |
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