Financial news on May 30, 2006
Business and Financial news
WestJet Airlines agreed on Monday to pay 15.5 million Canadian dollars to settle accusations of spying on an internal Web site of its bigger rival. Read more..
When it came to repelling a hostile takeover bid from Mittal Steel, Arcelor left no stone unturned as it searched for a poison-pill partner. Read more..
I'm on the road about 200 days a year, trying to contend with airline seats and hotel rooms that were not built with professional basketball players in mind. Read more..
The industry is spending tens of millions of dollars on marketing campaigns to court Hispanic customers. Read more..
American chip maker Advanced Micro Devices said that it planned to spend $2.5 billion over the next three years to expand production in Dresden, Germany. Read more..
With the cost of mobile phone calls already dropping sharply, Virgin Mobile USA plans to announce a way that people can talk for no money at all. Read more..
Orlen, the Polish oil refining company, will pay $1.49 billion to Yukos International for its 53.7 percent stake in the Mazeikiu Nafta refinery. Read more..
The AMC cable television network is considering a series that would explore how Madison Avenue remakes itself to meet the changing needs of clients. Read more..
Americans are increasingly identifying global warming as a serious problem, and a few companies are taking special steps to curb carbon emissions. Read more..
It's one of the wonders of modern airline travel that the premium trans-Atlantic markets, and especially the New York-London routes, are thriving. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 18.21 | 18.22 | 17.77 | 17.81 | 65.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.55 | 23.76 | 23.14 | 23.15 | 52.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20.20 | 20.23 | 19.77 | 19.77 | 45.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.00 | 14.19 | 13.88 | 14.02 | 26.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23.65 | 24.00 | 23.54 | 23.58 | 24.2M |
General Electric | GE | 34.30 | 34.37 | 34.01 | 34.05 | 22.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 63.29 | 63.30 | 61.22 | 61.22 | 20.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.64 | 48.71 | 48.23 | 48.30 | 19.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61.70 | 61.80 | 60.11 | 60.20 | 17.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.24 | 26.45 | 25.80 | 25.84 | 16.9M |
Merck | MRK | 34.31 | 34.63 | 33.14 | 33.14 | 16.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.50 | 43.10 | 42.11 | 42.54 | 12.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.26 | 38.35 | 37.70 | 37.70 | 11.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 64.05 | 68.21 | 61.95 | 61.98 | 11.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32.33 | 32.43 | 31.79 | 31.95 | 9.43M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.90 | 42.99 | 42.44 | 42.44 | 8.68M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 43.32 | 43.81 | 42.80 | 43.33 | 8.67M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 378.28 | 381.00 | 371.45 | 371.94 | 8.62M |
Altria | MO | 72.40 | 73.11 | 71.39 | 71.39 | 8.44M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.31 | 31.45 | 30.88 | 30.91 | 8.35M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.21 | 44.32 | 43.63 | 43.67 | 8.33M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.46 | 33.20 | 30.16 | 30.20 | 8.31M |
Amgen | AMGN | 68.24 | 68.34 | 66.83 | 66.83 | 8.25M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65.81 | 66.14 | 63.98 | 64.12 | 8.23M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.30 | 32.48 | 31.91 | 31.92 | 7.88M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.48 | 60.55 | 59.82 | 59.85 | 7.84M |
Chevron | CVX | 60.00 | 60.08 | 58.41 | 58.45 | 7.82M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.00 | 25.08 | 24.52 | 24.56 | 7.53M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 54.78 | 55.02 | 54.33 | 54.38 | 6.97M |
Amazon | AMZN | 35.73 | 35.75 | 34.44 | 34.64 | 5.92M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 80.35 | 80.96 | 80.15 | 80.16 | 5.05M |
McDonald's | MCD | 32.80 | 33.08 | 32.62 | 32.72 | 4.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 66.81 | 66.97 | 66.18 | 66.25 | 4.12M |
Boeing | BA | 83.50 | 83.50 | 81.57 | 82.13 | 3.94M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 57.18 | 57.18 | 55.75 | 55.77 | 3.52M |
Pepsico | PEP | 60.21 | 60.65 | 60.21 | 60.42 | 3.52M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62.65 | 63.10 | 62.07 | 62.44 | 3.38M |
3M | MMM | 83.50 | 83.98 | 83.35 | 83.46 | 2.33M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92.12 | 92.40 | 90.48 | 90.84 | 1.02M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3075.00 | 3087.00 | 3059.50 | 3063.50 | 8.8K |
Exchange Rates of May 30, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 112.160 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.099 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.910 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.211 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.826 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8.030 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 144.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.683 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.463 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.689 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.592 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.415 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.707 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.559 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.642 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.472 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.405 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.070 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.483 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.281 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.439 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.837 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.195 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.922 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.084 AUD |
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