Financial news on August 31st, 2006
Business and Financial news
Alcatel disputed criticism about its planned takeover of Lucent and insisted that the deal would be good for shareholders. Read more..
The president of Coke’s North American unit, Donald R. Knauss, resigned to become chairman and chief executive of Clorox. Read more..
Even in the Midwest where ethanol is most popular, its success as an alternative fuel is far from assured. Read more..
While the idea of downloading movies from the Internet to your computer sounds simple, carrying it out is anything but. Read more..
Shuttle’s latest PC is so small it could fit into a cereal box. Read more..
In a rare hostile bid, Genzyme said it would make an offer for AnorMed, a Canadian company that had spurned previous acquisition approaches. Read more..
General Motors, which accounts for roughly one-fifth of the advertising on “Survivor,” said its decision was unrelated to the show’s race-based format. Read more..
A federal judge said that a $51 million damage award over Merck’s Vioxx painkiller was “grossly excessive.” Read more..
Parcxmart Technologies has developed a smart card for parking that would send coin-operated parking meters the way of pay phones. Read more..
With income and wealth disparities rising sharply, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of wealthy Americans has experienced a resurgence of interest. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,65 | 22,15 | 21,65 | 21,99 | 85.4M |
Intel | INTC | 19,82 | 19,84 | 19,53 | 19,57 | 46.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15,68 | 15,75 | 15,50 | 15,66 | 27.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25,87 | 25,98 | 25,68 | 25,70 | 26.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27,73 | 27,83 | 27,51 | 27,56 | 23M |
Apple | AAPL | 67,28 | 68,30 | 66,66 | 67,85 | 20.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68,05 | 68,26 | 67,60 | 67,67 | 19.2M |
General Electric | GE | 34,31 | 34,32 | 34,01 | 34,06 | 18.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 35,80 | 36,70 | 35,80 | 36,56 | 14.4M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,89 | 34,90 | 34,69 | 34,75 | 11.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 34,11 | 34,45 | 33,96 | 34,29 | 10.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48,33 | 48,75 | 48,15 | 48,70 | 9.97M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 31,28 | 31,37 | 31,06 | 31,13 | 9.48M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 63,25 | 63,75 | 62,91 | 63,43 | 9.42M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44,93 | 44,98 | 44,52 | 44,72 | 8.78M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,99 | 22,00 | 21,74 | 21,75 | 7.16M |
Merck | MRK | 40,81 | 40,97 | 40,35 | 40,55 | 6.92M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 61,50 | 62,77 | 61,23 | 61,30 | 6.86M |
Chevron | CVX | 65,19 | 65,19 | 64,35 | 64,40 | 6.61M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61,57 | 62,03 | 61,55 | 61,90 | 6.51M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45,70 | 45,87 | 45,58 | 45,66 | 6.25M |
Altria | MO | 84,50 | 84,52 | 83,53 | 83,53 | 6.22M |
Amazon | AMZN | 30,75 | 30,99 | 30,47 | 30,83 | 5.95M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 381,49 | 382,15 | 378,20 | 378,53 | 5.91M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35,36 | 35,45 | 35,17 | 35,18 | 5.76M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 35,00 | 35,19 | 34,81 | 35,04 | 5.43M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29,50 | 29,71 | 29,31 | 29,65 | 5.31M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,66 | 64,74 | 64,42 | 64,66 | 4.61M |
Amgen | AMGN | 68,63 | 68,76 | 67,86 | 68,03 | 4.52M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51,75 | 52,03 | 51,25 | 51,95 | 4.33M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81,30 | 81,50 | 80,78 | 80,97 | 3.79M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 45,12 | 45,14 | 44,80 | 44,81 | 3.65M |
Boeing | BA | 74,75 | 75,58 | 74,75 | 74,90 | 3.06M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62,16 | 62,97 | 62,01 | 62,71 | 2.79M |
McDonald's | MCD | 36,16 | 36,19 | 35,77 | 35,90 | 2.54M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,40 | 65,73 | 65,27 | 65,28 | 2.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63,91 | 63,91 | 63,03 | 63,40 | 2.44M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 80,36 | 80,66 | 80,03 | 80,35 | 2.28M |
3M | MMM | 71,80 | 71,97 | 71,45 | 71,70 | 1.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3193,00 | 3206,00 | 3190,00 | 3203,50 | 16.8K |
Exchange Rates of August 31st, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117,380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,104 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,906 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,231 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,812 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,953 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,126 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 150,310 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,487 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,597 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,413 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,708 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,577 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,634 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,447 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,236 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,115 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,897 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,940 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,064 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,953 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,492 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,401 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,102 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,476 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,344 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,427 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,843 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,187 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,940 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,064 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,115 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,897 CAD |
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