Financial news on September 28th, 2006
Business and Financial news
The Leica M8, packed with high-end features, is a 10-megapixel digital camera built on Leica’s M system of lenses. Read more..
The move appeared to be a competitive strategy and based on public concerns about the costs of new cancer drugs. Read more..
The Sears Holdings Corporation extended until Oct. 31 its $802 million offer to buy the 46 percent of Sears Canada it does not already own. The proposal may be further extended as the company seeks to appeal a regulatory ruling blocking its effort... Read more..
New gear ranges from cases to scratch-proof shields and headsets. Read more..
The U.S. intends to seek Jacob Alexander’s extradition to face charges stemming from a scheme to backdate stock option grants. Read more..
Unemployment among Hispanics reached a record low of 5.2 percent in the second quarter of this year. Read more..
The move raises the possibility that Carl C. Icahn, the activist investor, may be planning to agitate for change at the company. Read more..
More retired people are rejecting unfettered leisure in favor of starting up small businesses. Read more..
The company broadened its metropolitan-area presence with the acquisition of two newspaper groups serving Queens and Brooklyn. Read more..
Owners of many forlorn brands are selling or licensing them in the hopes of reviving them through advertising, price promotions and public relations. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20,46 | 20,83 | 20,45 | 20,77 | 98M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32,57 | 32,59 | 32,17 | 32,37 | 54.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,47 | 27,52 | 27,26 | 27,40 | 44.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17,97 | 18,15 | 17,81 | 17,99 | 43.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,23 | 23,50 | 23,12 | 23,48 | 40.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 77,02 | 77,48 | 75,95 | 77,01 | 25.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 67,19 | 67,81 | 66,92 | 67,46 | 23.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 28,34 | 28,44 | 28,13 | 28,30 | 20.6M |
General Electric | GE | 35,33 | 35,61 | 35,22 | 35,48 | 19.5M |
Altria | MO | 77,40 | 77,86 | 76,72 | 76,97 | 17.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,78 | 37,04 | 36,59 | 36,94 | 16.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 59,35 | 59,73 | 58,56 | 58,93 | 16M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 35,20 | 36,02 | 35,01 | 35,97 | 15M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 61,00 | 62,13 | 60,33 | 60,74 | 14.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49,50 | 49,84 | 49,03 | 49,81 | 12.8M |
Amgen | AMGN | 71,35 | 72,23 | 71,07 | 71,55 | 12.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 404,08 | 406,98 | 400,54 | 403,58 | 10.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 64,11 | 64,92 | 64,08 | 64,53 | 9.96M |
Home Depot | HD | 36,36 | 36,76 | 36,10 | 36,70 | 9.73M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,00 | 31,23 | 30,82 | 30,93 | 9.67M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48,45 | 48,47 | 47,96 | 48,33 | 9.55M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,41 | 62,55 | 61,92 | 62,26 | 9.38M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,90 | 25,10 | 24,69 | 24,85 | 8.97M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 36,47 | 36,70 | 36,25 | 36,59 | 8.28M |
Merck | MRK | 42,42 | 42,51 | 41,91 | 42,06 | 7.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 39,76 | 39,93 | 39,23 | 39,59 | 7.59M |
Amazon | AMZN | 32,27 | 32,33 | 31,22 | 31,84 | 7.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47,00 | 47,32 | 46,90 | 47,15 | 6.17M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36,25 | 36,36 | 36,07 | 36,12 | 5.45M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,88 | 65,04 | 64,81 | 64,90 | 5.02M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44,81 | 44,99 | 44,67 | 44,95 | 4.85M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81,85 | 82,35 | 81,72 | 81,99 | 4.59M |
Boeing | BA | 79,90 | 80,35 | 79,25 | 79,28 | 4.45M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 67,45 | 68,63 | 67,42 | 68,63 | 4.31M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63,38 | 63,73 | 62,46 | 63,66 | 3.71M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49,20 | 49,51 | 49,00 | 49,46 | 3.61M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,77 | 65,87 | 65,20 | 65,30 | 3.4M |
3M | MMM | 74,98 | 74,99 | 74,12 | 74,60 | 2.74M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 87,65 | 88,47 | 87,30 | 87,52 | 1.51M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3178,00 | 3190,00 | 3152,00 | 3162,00 | 9K |
Exchange Rates of September 28th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117,770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,111 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,900 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,248 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,802 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,905 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149,520 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,677 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,478 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,696 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,590 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,410 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,709 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,584 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,631 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,452 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,210 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,134 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,882 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,943 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,061 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,059 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,944 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,506 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,399 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,083 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,480 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,340 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,427 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,831 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,204 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,933 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,071 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,123 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,890 CAD |
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