Financial news on August 29, 2007
Business and Financial news
AT&T has placed in review its media planning and buying account as it seeks to consolidate media chores, now handled by five agencies, at one of them. Read more..
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, one of New York City’s major industrial real estate sites, is undergoing a renaissance. Read more..
Want to hear a campaign song for Hillary Clinton made in Silicon Valley? Thought so. Read more..
A former Goldman Sachs associate accused of being the mastermind behind a complex insider-trading scheme pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Read more..
Brokers say the Jersey City office market is tight right now and in the last year, rents there have risen smartly. Read more..
William S. Lerach, who has been embroiled in a seven-year federal investigation into possible kickbacks to plaintiffs for their testimony, is retiring from his firm. Read more..
Jeff Zucker, the president and chief executive of NBC, said the deal was the first sign of a strategic shift at the company. Read more..
The Wall Street Journal will rechristen Pursuits, its Saturday leisure section, as Weekend Journal, the same name as the Friday section. Read more..
The online video venture between NBC and Fox has a name: Hulu.com Read more..
Big animal rights groups do not share the same mission, but they have coalesced around a message that eating meat is worse for the environment than driving. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 24,29 | 25,20 | 24,22 | 25,09 | 82.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 35,13 | 36,80 | 35,13 | 36,55 | 66.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,08 | 28,61 | 27,82 | 28,59 | 45.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 129,88 | 134,18 | 129,54 | 134,08 | 41.7M |
General Electric | GE | 38,24 | 38,75 | 38,15 | 38,71 | 41.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 30,54 | 31,02 | 30,49 | 31,00 | 39.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24,55 | 24,75 | 24,27 | 24,67 | 37.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,41 | 20,15 | 19,37 | 20,13 | 31M |
Altria | MO | 70,25 | 70,98 | 68,25 | 69,80 | 23.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 83,49 | 85,60 | 83,22 | 85,23 | 23.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 43,57 | 44,32 | 43,45 | 44,19 | 22.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,88 | 44,23 | 43,15 | 44,13 | 21.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25,12 | 25,82 | 24,89 | 25,73 | 19.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39,40 | 40,24 | 39,10 | 40,20 | 18M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,35 | 36,11 | 35,01 | 35,98 | 15.9M |
Amgen | AMGN | 49,88 | 50,26 | 49,06 | 50,19 | 14M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,95 | 48,76 | 46,95 | 48,42 | 14M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50,85 | 51,56 | 50,34 | 51,49 | 12.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 79,53 | 82,10 | 79,14 | 81,77 | 12.1M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 35,83 | 36,09 | 35,22 | 36,05 | 10.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61,35 | 61,99 | 61,26 | 61,86 | 10.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 85,20 | 87,38 | 84,68 | 86,70 | 10M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,89 | 65,26 | 64,50 | 65,12 | 8.88M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 41,80 | 42,29 | 41,71 | 42,23 | 8.84M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,30 | 33,95 | 33,07 | 33,89 | 8.36M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 92,38 | 96,41 | 91,68 | 95,72 | 8.31M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53,48 | 53,70 | 53,08 | 53,51 | 7.96M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 112,88 | 114,98 | 112,07 | 114,57 | 7.05M |
McDonald's | MCD | 48,70 | 49,31 | 48,17 | 49,19 | 6.75M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28,83 | 29,05 | 28,42 | 29,01 | 6.71M |
Merck | MRK | 49,22 | 50,00 | 48,73 | 49,92 | 6.3M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48,81 | 49,00 | 48,27 | 48,69 | 6.25M |
Boeing | BA | 96,50 | 97,55 | 95,84 | 96,90 | 5.13M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 507,84 | 513,30 | 507,23 | 512,88 | 5.09M |
Amazon | AMZN | 76,96 | 79,05 | 76,86 | 79,05 | 5.08M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72,23 | 74,48 | 72,12 | 74,35 | 4.13M |
Pepsico | PEP | 67,71 | 68,29 | 67,34 | 68,19 | 3.79M |
3M | MMM | 88,05 | 88,85 | 87,51 | 88,76 | 2.76M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 107,53 | 110,12 | 107,50 | 109,93 | 1.87M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3960,00 | 3989,00 | 3947,00 | 3950,00 | 9.5K |
Exchange Rates of August 29, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116,120 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,059 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,944 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,199 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,834 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,549 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 158,810 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,678 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,476 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,664 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,601 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,448 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,691 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,640 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,610 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,426 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,345 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,047 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,955 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,911 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,097 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,032 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,969 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,455 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,407 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,137 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,420 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,413 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,870 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,150 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,985 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,015 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,132 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,883 CAD |
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