Financial news on November 27th, 2006
Business and Financial news
A sponsorship deal with NBC and Philips Electronics will allow viewers to see more news and fewer commercials during the “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams.” Read more..
Early openings, deep discounts and resurgent department stores appeared to give merchants at the mall an edge over discount retailers during the holiday weekend. Read more..
Health companies will sponsor a program to study fatty deposits called plaque in the hope of devising new treatments. Read more..
The opportunity to become abundantly rich is a recent phenomenon in a growing number of professions and occupations. Read more..
A proposed new media law could weaken Silvio Berlusconi’s long-held lock on Italian television, and in the process help Rupert Murdoch. Read more..
The Viacom chairman, Sumner Redstone, is committed to his family’s holding of Midway Games, the ailing videogame game maker. Read more..
Within the news business, there is a consensus that the roof is caving in on the legal protections for working journalists. Read more..
The new software would be used to circumvent restrictive countries that censor access to Western news sites, blogs and other sites. Read more..
Since the role of paper in offices has changed, Xerox has developed a process where printed information on the document “disappears” within 16 hours. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,69 | 29,74 | 29,33 | 29,48 | 72.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,76 | 26,89 | 25,73 | 25,80 | 63.8M |
Intel | INTC | 21,47 | 21,49 | 20,95 | 21,02 | 52.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,89 | 27,17 | 26,77 | 26,97 | 39M |
Apple | AAPL | 92,51 | 93,16 | 89,50 | 89,54 | 38.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,48 | 19,55 | 18,83 | 18,92 | 36.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32,60 | 33,15 | 32,50 | 32,68 | 30.5M |
General Electric | GE | 35,57 | 35,75 | 35,28 | 35,45 | 24.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47,34 | 47,69 | 46,55 | 46,61 | 23.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 72,38 | 73,18 | 72,14 | 72,47 | 19M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39,45 | 39,45 | 38,62 | 38,64 | 15.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 501,37 | 501,78 | 484,75 | 484,75 | 14.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 38,10 | 38,15 | 37,46 | 37,59 | 12.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34,75 | 34,82 | 34,18 | 34,24 | 12.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47,18 | 47,26 | 46,45 | 46,63 | 11.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46,69 | 46,88 | 46,22 | 46,39 | 10.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,57 | 35,57 | 35,15 | 35,20 | 10.4M |
Merck | MRK | 44,07 | 44,31 | 43,58 | 43,62 | 10.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32,85 | 32,89 | 32,46 | 32,59 | 10.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 64,48 | 64,99 | 64,15 | 64,19 | 9.68M |
Chevron | CVX | 69,29 | 69,67 | 68,40 | 68,75 | 9.57M |
Altria | MO | 83,95 | 84,31 | 83,17 | 83,42 | 9.55M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46,86 | 46,96 | 46,39 | 46,55 | 9.48M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 39,58 | 39,71 | 39,21 | 39,45 | 9.47M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65,50 | 65,83 | 65,22 | 65,65 | 9.43M |
Amazon | AMZN | 42,18 | 42,80 | 40,72 | 40,85 | 8.97M |
McDonald's | MCD | 42,00 | 42,07 | 41,05 | 41,10 | 7.25M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,33 | 63,35 | 62,53 | 62,84 | 7.18M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,47 | 24,72 | 24,41 | 24,59 | 6.91M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65,52 | 66,03 | 64,40 | 64,63 | 6.31M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 92,71 | 93,24 | 91,12 | 91,45 | 6.28M |
Boeing | BA | 90,00 | 90,03 | 86,95 | 87,37 | 6.28M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 46,70 | 46,89 | 46,18 | 46,18 | 5.62M |
Amgen | AMGN | 72,16 | 72,49 | 71,51 | 71,88 | 5.01M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62,15 | 62,27 | 61,42 | 61,50 | 4.77M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65,95 | 66,08 | 64,84 | 64,84 | 3.94M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 66,01 | 66,15 | 64,80 | 65,20 | 3.58M |
3M | MMM | 81,10 | 81,15 | 80,06 | 80,23 | 2.83M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91,30 | 91,88 | 90,76 | 90,78 | 1.45M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3603,00 | 3603,00 | 3530,00 | 3557,00 | 15.8K |
Exchange Rates of November 27th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116,090 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,133 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,882 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,207 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,829 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,843 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 152,460 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,678 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,476 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,687 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,593 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,488 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,672 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,585 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,631 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,444 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,251 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,106 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,904 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,976 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,025 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,039 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,962 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,489 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,402 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,196 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,455 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,338 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,428 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,882 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,134 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,939 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,065 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,065 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,939 CAD |
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