Financial news on April 28, 2006, stock quotes, exchange rates

Financial news on April 28, 2006

Business and Financial news

A Smoking Memo in Spitzer’s Case Against Grasso?

The memo, from a top aide to H. Carl McCall, a former member of the New York Stock Exchange board, is said to contradict the long-held claim that the N.Y.S.E board was fully informed of Richard A. Grasso’s contested $187.5 million compensation. Read more..

By THE NEW YORK TIMES - The New York Times

U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace

Forecasters expect the Commerce Department to report that the economy grew about 5 percent in the first quarter, the biggest increase since 2003. Read more..

By DAVID LEONHARDT and VIKAS BAJAJ - The New York Times

Where Wall Street Meets to Eat, the Last Lunch

The Stock Exchange Luncheon Club is closing at the end of business Friday. Read more..

By THE NEW YORK TIMES - The New York Times

Stock Markets

Values are reported in US Dollars

Stock	Ticker symbol	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume
Microsoft	MSFT	24.26	24.50	24.00	24.15	591M
Intel	INTC	20.00	20.27	19.91	19.98	90M
Oracle Corp.	ORCL	14.91	14.95	14.52	14.59	67.7M
Cisco Systems	CSCO	21.00	21.30	20.77	20.95	42.9M
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	44.24	45.90	44.10	45.38	28.2M
Pfizer	PFE	24.90	25.44	24.86	25.33	27.5M
Apple	AAPL	69.25	71.30	69.20	70.39	27.1M
Comcast	CMCSA	30.78	31.06	30.49	30.95	25.6M
General Electric	GE	34.49	34.78	34.35	34.59	24.8M
ExxonMobil	XOM	62.57	63.50	62.52	63.08	20.7M
Wal-Mart Stores	WMT	45.58	45.67	44.99	45.03	15.4M
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	48.18	49.90	47.92	49.74	15.3M
Alphabet	GOOGL	417.73	425.73	416.30	417.94	14.8M
ConocoPhillips	COP	66.77	68.22	66.63	66.90	14.6M
AT&T Inc.	T	26.38	26.45	26.12	26.21	14.3M
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	41.85	42.75	41.85	42.74	12M
Walt Disney & Co.	DIS	27.71	28.15	27.65	27.96	11.7M
Verizon Communications	VZ	33.37	33.41	32.92	33.03	10.7M
Altria	MO	72.10	73.24	71.93	73.16	10.3M
Home Depot	HD	40.25	40.43	39.93	39.93	9.01M
Procter & Gamble	PG	58.30	58.47	58.00	58.21	8.92M
Chevron	CVX	60.50	61.39	60.40	61.02	8.89M
Bristol-Myers Squibb	BMY	25.30	25.55	25.12	25.38	8.68M
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	58.65	58.79	58.50	58.61	8.57M
Wells Fargo & Co.	WFC	66.87	69.11	66.85	68.69	8.52M
International Business Machines	IBM	83.51	83.62	81.98	82.34	8.2M
HP Inc.	HPQ	33.05	33.20	32.25	32.47	7.69M
Schlumberger	SLB	68.48	70.00	68.42	69.14	7.24M
Merck	MRK	34.50	34.70	34.18	34.42	7.13M
Amgen	AMGN	67.70	67.90	66.93	67.70	6.76M
United Technologies	UTX	64.15	64.25	62.60	62.81	6.75M
Coca-Cola	KO	42.01	42.09	41.83	41.96	5.76M
Pepsico	PEP	58.15	58.35	57.91	58.24	4.99M
McDonald's	MCD	34.60	34.72	34.30	34.57	4.71M
Gilead Sciences	GILD	57.04	58.10	56.75	57.50	4.46M
Boeing	BA	84.28	84.66	83.01	83.45	3.86M
Amazon	AMZN	35.80	35.89	35.14	35.21	3.49M
3M	MMM	85.00	85.51	84.94	85.43	2.53M
Union Pacific	UNP	91.98	92.74	91.05	91.21	2.51M
Berkshire Hathaway	BRK.B	2910.00	2952.00	2908.00	2952.00	14K

Exchange Rates of April 28, 2006

Currencies		Exchange Rates
US Dollar	Japanese Yen	1 USD = 113.840 JPY	1 JPY = 0.009 USD
US Dollar	Canadian Dollar	1 USD = 1.118 CAD	1 CAD = 0.895 USD
US Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 USD = 1.240 CHF	1 CHF = 0.806 USD
US Dollar	Chinese Yuan	1 USD = 8.013 CNY	1 CNY = 0.125 USD
Euro	Japanese Yen	1 EUR = 143.600 JPY	1 JPY = 0.007 EUR
Euro	Pound Sterling	1 EUR = 0.692 GBP	1 GBP = 1.446 EUR
Euro	Australian Dollar	1 EUR = 1.660 AUD	1 AUD = 0.602 EUR
Euro	Canadian Dollar	1 EUR = 1.410 CAD	1 CAD = 0.709 EUR
Euro	Swiss Franc	1 EUR = 1.564 CHF	1 CHF = 0.639 EUR
Pound Sterling	Australian Dollar	1 GBP = 2.399 AUD	1 AUD = 0.417 GBP
Pound Sterling	Canadian Dollar	1 GBP = 2.038 CAD	1 CAD = 0.491 GBP
Pound Sterling	Swiss Franc	1 GBP = 2.261 CHF	1 CHF = 0.442 GBP
Australian Dollar	Canadian Dollar	1 AUD = 0.849 CAD	1 CAD = 1.178 AUD
Australian Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 AUD = 0.942 CHF	1 CHF = 1.062 AUD

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