Financial news on May 31st, 2007
Business and Financial news
Steven C. Preston discussed his efforts and those of Congress to reform the Small Business Administration, which has been hit with budget and staffing cuts. Read more..
Japan Tobacco’s Canadian unit was ordered by an Ontario judge to stand trial on charges it defrauded the Canadian government out of about a billion Canadian dollars ($931 million) in the 1990s by shipping cigarettes to the United States to avoid p... Read more..
CBS said the $280 million deal will allow the service to continue to operate as an independent unit. Read more..
The two soft drink giants have agreed to stop directly financing research that uses animals to test or develop their products. Read more..
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Google will make applications like Gmail and Docs and Spreadsheets available offline, in a move that will challenge Microsoft. Read more..
Saatchi & Saatchi in New York has been selected to handle the familiar tourism campaign for New York State, known since 1977 by its theme, “I Love New York.” Read more..
A new protective case from Digital Lifestyle Outfitters has a spool on the back that takes up slack in the cord when headphones are worn. Read more..
Policy changes and severe budget cuts at the Small Business Administration have left the agency unable to fulfill its mission. Read more..
A modest rally pushed the most widely followed benchmark of U.S. stocks past a previous high set amid the dot-com boom. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31.12 | 31.16 | 30.61 | 30.69 | 85.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.74 | 26.99 | 26.49 | 26.92 | 76.3M |
Intel | INTC | 22.14 | 22.19 | 21.92 | 22.18 | 49.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 120.07 | 122.17 | 119.54 | 121.19 | 46.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27.35 | 27.63 | 27.34 | 27.49 | 34.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.39 | 19.60 | 19.26 | 19.38 | 32.6M |
General Electric | GE | 37.70 | 37.79 | 37.51 | 37.58 | 31.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 84.00 | 84.25 | 83.12 | 83.17 | 21M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 41.00 | 41.36 | 40.96 | 41.34 | 19.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55.17 | 56.92 | 55.06 | 56.45 | 18.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 27.65 | 27.76 | 27.23 | 27.41 | 18.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 500.56 | 508.78 | 497.06 | 497.91 | 17.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 77.54 | 77.93 | 76.92 | 77.43 | 17.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.10 | 47.80 | 47.10 | 47.60 | 17.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.90 | 35.95 | 35.27 | 35.44 | 15.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.61 | 45.86 | 45.51 | 45.71 | 15.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.86 | 56.55 | 55.80 | 56.35 | 14.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 43.82 | 43.99 | 43.52 | 43.53 | 14.2M |
Altria | MO | 71.49 | 72.20 | 71.03 | 71.10 | 14.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.00 | 63.55 | 62.97 | 63.27 | 12.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 82.15 | 82.36 | 81.02 | 81.49 | 11.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 79.50 | 80.29 | 77.74 | 77.87 | 11.3M |
Merck | MRK | 52.62 | 53.18 | 52.45 | 52.45 | 11.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 52.25 | 52.31 | 51.67 | 51.83 | 11M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 52.96 | 53.46 | 52.88 | 52.99 | 10.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.18 | 36.30 | 35.99 | 36.09 | 10.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 38.75 | 39.03 | 38.57 | 38.87 | 9.73M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 29.33 | 30.44 | 29.33 | 30.31 | 9.61M |
Amazon | AMZN | 70.68 | 70.74 | 68.57 | 69.14 | 9.31M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.75 | 63.92 | 63.32 | 63.55 | 8.62M |
McDonald's | MCD | 50.65 | 50.83 | 50.30 | 50.55 | 7.87M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.75 | 55.32 | 54.51 | 54.77 | 7.24M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68.51 | 68.91 | 68.26 | 68.33 | 5.7M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69.62 | 70.68 | 69.62 | 70.55 | 5.41M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 107.23 | 107.67 | 106.00 | 106.60 | 5.1M |
Boeing | BA | 100.69 | 100.96 | 100.47 | 100.59 | 4.24M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 82.16 | 83.57 | 82.06 | 82.77 | 3.87M |
3M | MMM | 87.93 | 88.46 | 87.63 | 87.96 | 3.56M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 119.05 | 121.14 | 119.00 | 120.68 | 1.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3635.00 | 3637.00 | 3622.00 | 3625.00 | 6.5K |
Exchange Rates of May 31st, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 121.720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.069 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.936 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.225 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.816 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.648 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.131 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 163.740 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.679 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.472 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.625 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.616 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.438 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.696 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.648 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.607 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.415 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.411 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.992 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.008 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.878 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.139 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.006 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.994 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.391 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.418 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.116 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.473 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.425 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.412 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.884 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.131 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.014 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.986 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.146 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.873 CAD |
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