Financial news on August 30th, 2007
Business and Financial news
Four years after Frank Quattrone was accused of obstructing justice in an investigation in to possible I.P.O. kickbacks, a judge on Friday approved a request to drop all remaining charges against him. Read more..
Bombardier, the commercial aircraft maker, posted a quarterly loss after writing off its investment in the Metronet Rail subway unit in Britain. Read more..
Motorola’s new Q Music 9M smartphone works with the V Cast music download service and has easy-to-use messaging features. Read more..
Forward-thinking graffiti artists may wish to try their designs on Hewlett-Packard’s $249 A826 Home Photo Center. Read more..
Eric Nicoli’s exit came as Terra Firma Capital Partners, a private equity firm taking over the EMI Group, named executives from its own ranks to management positions at the music label. Read more..
A financial-services executive tracks down information needed for a patent infringement case. Read more..
Worried by the growing image of athletes gone wild, the N.F.L. is embarking on an advertising effort that highlights the positive aspects of the lives of its players. Read more..
Colorado’s Aurora Organic Dairy agreed Wednesday to stop applying the organic label to some of its milk and to make major changes in its operations after its organic certification was threatened. Read more..
Is there a way to synchronize my BlackBerry Pearl phone with my computer so that I can enter the information onto the computer instead of typing it in on the BlackBerry? Read more..
Susan L. Decker, Yahoo’s new president, is reorganizing the company’s management ranks with a new division responsible for generating the bulk of the company’s revenue. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 24.91 | 25.62 | 24.89 | 25.28 | 68.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 30.82 | 31.97 | 30.76 | 31.43 | 56.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 132.67 | 138.25 | 132.30 | 136.25 | 51.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.39 | 37.14 | 36.36 | 37.04 | 34.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.42 | 28.93 | 28.32 | 28.45 | 33.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.96 | 20.42 | 19.81 | 20.21 | 30.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24.41 | 24.73 | 24.40 | 24.55 | 27.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 43.21 | 43.65 | 43.16 | 43.32 | 24M |
General Electric | GE | 38.32 | 38.72 | 38.25 | 38.40 | 23.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 84.93 | 86.25 | 84.36 | 85.40 | 22.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.64 | 44.36 | 43.34 | 43.97 | 15.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25.41 | 25.94 | 25.34 | 25.54 | 15M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.89 | 40.20 | 39.57 | 39.76 | 15M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.80 | 36.09 | 35.50 | 35.74 | 14.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 81.23 | 82.24 | 80.80 | 81.29 | 12.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.05 | 48.99 | 47.96 | 48.44 | 11M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51.58 | 51.72 | 51.03 | 51.40 | 10M |
Altria | MO | 69.27 | 69.73 | 68.70 | 69.25 | 9.35M |
Amgen | AMGN | 49.50 | 50.48 | 49.50 | 50.08 | 8.69M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.13 | 42.22 | 41.50 | 41.93 | 8.58M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.35 | 61.91 | 61.35 | 61.60 | 8.35M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.81 | 65.31 | 64.51 | 65.01 | 8.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 86.70 | 87.60 | 85.54 | 87.19 | 7.83M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 113.62 | 116.00 | 113.62 | 115.37 | 7.76M |
Merck | MRK | 49.43 | 50.09 | 49.26 | 49.66 | 7.35M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.57 | 33.74 | 33.33 | 33.47 | 7.33M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.22 | 53.64 | 53.13 | 53.40 | 6.99M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.69 | 49.49 | 48.33 | 49.05 | 6.55M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 94.75 | 95.79 | 94.27 | 95.00 | 6.47M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 35.60 | 36.47 | 35.60 | 36.14 | 5.81M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 512.36 | 515.40 | 510.58 | 511.40 | 5.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.85 | 29.11 | 28.70 | 28.80 | 4.91M |
Amazon | AMZN | 78.40 | 80.11 | 78.30 | 78.68 | 4.63M |
McDonald's | MCD | 48.77 | 49.21 | 48.63 | 48.83 | 4.13M |
Boeing | BA | 96.74 | 97.67 | 95.93 | 96.85 | 4.11M |
Pepsico | PEP | 67.71 | 68.26 | 67.61 | 67.86 | 3.95M |
3M | MMM | 88.40 | 89.99 | 88.08 | 89.36 | 3.54M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.41 | 74.55 | 73.27 | 73.84 | 2.77M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 108.32 | 110.28 | 106.99 | 107.86 | 2.56M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3960.00 | 3967.00 | 3940.50 | 3948.00 | 6.3K |
Exchange Rates of August 30th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 115.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.057 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.946 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.204 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.830 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.545 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.133 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.930 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.677 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.477 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.671 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.598 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.441 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.694 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.642 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.609 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.429 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.334 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.058 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.945 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.912 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.096 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.039 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.962 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.469 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.405 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.129 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.470 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.424 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.413 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.862 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.160 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.982 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.019 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.139 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.878 CAD |
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