Financial news on June 30, 2008
Business and Financial news
In an industry first, Sony Pictures’ movie “Hancock” will be available after its theater run over the Internet, directly to Sony Bravia TVs with a Web connection. Read more..
The Screen Actors Guild, now embroiled in negotiations with film and television producers over a new contract, has made the plight of the middle-income actor the centerpiece of its campaign for more lucrative terms. Read more..
Google will syndicate a new animation series using its AdSense advertising system to Web sites that are predetermined to be gathering spots for the show’s target audience. Read more..
Intel might do well to be alarmed by the computer chips being designed by Qualcomm, a maker of chips for cellphones. Read more..
Once you start looking under the tent poles, perhaps for a film where nothing is blown up, movie box office numbers become grim. Read more..
Last fall Discovery spent $250 million buying the United States portion of HowStuffWorks; now it is striving to make the site more appealing to users and advertisers. Read more..
Siemens, the German engineering and electronics company, plans to cut 17,200 mostly white-collar jobs, a person close to the company said on Sunday. Read more..
A simple change to the design of the gallon milk jug keeps the milk fresher and holds costs down. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 26,35 | 26,76 | 26,31 | 26,69 | 78.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,65 | 27,98 | 27,49 | 27,51 | 57.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 34,86 | 35,50 | 33,96 | 34,31 | 50.8M |
Intel | INTC | 21,39 | 21,90 | 21,34 | 21,48 | 50.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,47 | 23,73 | 23,16 | 23,26 | 48.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17,29 | 17,64 | 17,26 | 17,47 | 44.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24,11 | 24,33 | 23,46 | 23,75 | 42.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21,10 | 21,35 | 21,00 | 21,00 | 36.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32,75 | 33,84 | 32,63 | 33,69 | 33.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 86,81 | 88,20 | 86,81 | 88,13 | 26.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 170,04 | 172,00 | 166,62 | 167,44 | 24.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56,73 | 57,82 | 56,02 | 56,20 | 22.2M |
Merck | MRK | 36,98 | 38,14 | 36,98 | 37,69 | 21.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18,58 | 19,07 | 18,55 | 18,97 | 20.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 91,71 | 94,65 | 91,71 | 94,39 | 20.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 24,02 | 24,36 | 23,32 | 23,42 | 19.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34,27 | 35,58 | 34,15 | 35,40 | 19.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,97 | 53,50 | 52,60 | 52,97 | 18M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20,48 | 20,84 | 20,15 | 20,53 | 16.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,62 | 32,15 | 31,14 | 31,20 | 15.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 44,60 | 45,43 | 43,85 | 44,21 | 15.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26,05 | 26,58 | 25,50 | 26,25 | 15.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51,86 | 52,90 | 51,44 | 51,98 | 15.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 60,69 | 61,36 | 60,44 | 60,81 | 15M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63,54 | 64,61 | 63,10 | 64,34 | 12.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 98,30 | 99,52 | 97,51 | 99,13 | 12.3M |
Visa | V | 82,00 | 82,84 | 80,30 | 81,31 | 12.3M |
McDonald's | MCD | 56,70 | 57,43 | 55,52 | 56,22 | 12.3M |
Amgen | AMGN | 46,63 | 47,41 | 46,47 | 47,16 | 10.1M |
Altria | MO | 20,34 | 20,73 | 20,33 | 20,56 | 10M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61,15 | 62,15 | 60,51 | 61,70 | 9.81M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63,93 | 64,77 | 63,40 | 63,59 | 9.26M |
Boeing | BA | 66,63 | 66,75 | 65,55 | 65,72 | 8.56M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 119,99 | 120,22 | 118,15 | 118,53 | 8.44M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 106,27 | 108,65 | 106,27 | 107,43 | 8.05M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 532,25 | 538,00 | 523,06 | 526,42 | 7.52M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 52,85 | 53,56 | 52,40 | 52,95 | 7.38M |
Amazon | AMZN | 74,90 | 76,12 | 73,21 | 73,33 | 7.1M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 73,87 | 76,06 | 73,57 | 75,50 | 6.38M |
3M | MMM | 69,48 | 69,69 | 68,61 | 69,59 | 5.33M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4002,00 | 4017,00 | 3980,00 | 4012,00 | 24.2K |
Exchange Rates of June 30, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106,070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,020 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,980 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,021 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,980 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,854 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 167,100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,790 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,266 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,644 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,608 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,608 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,622 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,608 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,622 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,473 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,116 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,983 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,017 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,962 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,040 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0,962 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,039 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,080 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,481 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,034 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,492 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,034 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,492 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,977 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,023 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,978 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,023 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,000 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,000 CAD |
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