Financial news on June 28th, 2006
Business and Financial news
Time Warner and Comcast, the cable television companies, won bankruptcy court approval to buy Adelphia for $17.6 billion in cash and stock. Read more..
If you're looking for cafes serving bubble tea or herbalists offering dried lotus blossoms, downtown Flushing has them in large quantity. Read more..
Critics say the payments can bias the doctors' treatment decisions and may lead to suspect research findings. Read more..
Take-Two Interactive surprised investors on Monday by disclosing that it had received grand jury subpoenas inquiring into a range of its business practices. Read more..
The project, expected to cost $400 million, would create 1,500 jobs in a state that already has two other plants owned by foreign auto companies. Read more..
Some companies presented a less than united front addressing proposals on the issue being drafted in Congress. Read more..
Advance advertising sales for the fall television season will probably be down for a second year in a row, reflecting the growing impact of new media outlets. Read more..
The company expects the cuts to save annual costs, but some analysts were skeptical the changes would help. Read more..
Readers' reactions to Bill Gates were so polarized that I found it hard to believe we live in the same society, let alone the same planet. Read more..
Testifying at his confirmation hearing, Henry M. Paulson Jr. cautiously avoided any hints about the administration's economic priorities. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.96 | 23.25 | 22.91 | 23.16 | 71.9M |
Intel | INTC | 18.12 | 18.71 | 18.07 | 18.66 | 65.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.31 | 19.44 | 19.08 | 19.38 | 35.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 57.29 | 57.30 | 55.41 | 56.02 | 30.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.27 | 36.45 | 36.00 | 36.16 | 27M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.50 | 14.63 | 14.49 | 14.58 | 25.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 59.80 | 61.22 | 59.80 | 61.12 | 23.1M |
General Electric | GE | 32.93 | 33.04 | 32.78 | 32.93 | 20.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22.93 | 23.01 | 22.82 | 22.90 | 19.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.10 | 32.19 | 31.04 | 31.59 | 15.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.27 | 27.44 | 27.24 | 27.41 | 14.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 30.91 | 31.80 | 30.78 | 31.78 | 12.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 63.30 | 64.48 | 62.96 | 64.14 | 11M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 41.92 | 42.64 | 41.92 | 42.19 | 9.65M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.52 | 59.58 | 58.97 | 59.23 | 9.49M |
McDonald's | MCD | 32.50 | 32.59 | 31.91 | 31.97 | 8.57M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.58 | 32.84 | 32.52 | 32.61 | 8.57M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 59.95 | 60.77 | 59.33 | 60.68 | 8.56M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.17 | 41.31 | 40.94 | 41.27 | 8.54M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.41 | 29.64 | 29.24 | 29.38 | 8.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 60.54 | 61.48 | 60.35 | 61.36 | 8.3M |
Merck | MRK | 34.99 | 35.35 | 34.92 | 35.10 | 8.28M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 404.01 | 406.48 | 401.13 | 406.11 | 7.41M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.65 | 47.93 | 47.36 | 47.92 | 7.29M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 43.65 | 44.60 | 42.90 | 44.43 | 7.27M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.75 | 56.02 | 55.50 | 55.77 | 6.49M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 65.94 | 66.52 | 65.75 | 66.25 | 5.97M |
Altria | MO | 72.60 | 73.07 | 72.44 | 73.05 | 5.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 63.96 | 64.65 | 63.75 | 63.94 | 5.22M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 42.43 | 42.56 | 42.36 | 42.42 | 5.11M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.35 | 25.62 | 25.20 | 25.25 | 4.78M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 76.53 | 76.65 | 76.06 | 76.56 | 4.39M |
Amazon | AMZN | 36.70 | 37.11 | 36.48 | 36.70 | 3.75M |
Boeing | BA | 81.94 | 82.69 | 80.83 | 82.64 | 3.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.16 | 59.37 | 58.77 | 58.91 | 3.05M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 55.44 | 56.22 | 54.86 | 56.09 | 2.6M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61.30 | 61.60 | 60.60 | 61.33 | 2.07M |
3M | MMM | 78.71 | 79.36 | 78.61 | 79.28 | 1.79M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 88.23 | 89.71 | 87.46 | 89.45 | 1.54M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3050.00 | 3073.00 | 3036.00 | 3073.00 | 13K |
Exchange Rates of June 28th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.124 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.890 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.246 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.803 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.999 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 146.040 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.690 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.450 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.721 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.581 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.409 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.710 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.563 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.640 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.494 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.401 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.043 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.489 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.266 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.441 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.819 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.222 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.908 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.102 AUD |
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