At the beverage company. A 19year cocacola veteran. Most recently president of the companys european arm. Shares are basically flat today. Year to date they are down a bit by about 2 . Sara eisen is with us live this hour from the new York Stock Exchange. Sara, this isnt only a story about coke today. A big controversy erupting over the Health Impact of the soft drinks. Yes. Scientists at the center of this weeks coke controversy is speaking out. Dr. Jaimes hill at the universiy of colorado says the recent media reports on his work vastly oversimplify a complex issue, he says, of fighting obesity. Coke has faced a firestorm of criticism this week after the New York Times reported monday that coke is secretly funding dr. Hills work which says that obesity is mainly caused by lack of exercise, not diet, not calories like those in sugary drinks. Well, thats not entirely true, says dr. Hill. He says diet is a critical component of weight control as are exercise, stress management, sleep an
The way, lets look at how theyre doing. Theyre up. 9 . Lets look at the s p 500. There is the number on the s p. Down 23 points. Thats more than a 1 slide after hitting records, as you probably recall or maybe you dont, earlier this week folks. The euro getting closer to parody with the dollar. There is the euro. Down today. 108. Just takes 1. 08. Remember it was just weeks ago, mandy, that it was well below 2 . Thats absolutely right. Okay. Were also watching oil. Were only 90 minutes away from the close. It will be at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. In the second hour of power lunch well bring that number to you. The market is oelg off after the better than expected february jobs report. What has investors word . Lets bring in Burns Mckinney, Portfolio Manager at andrew maury, he is Portfolio Manager of the morning star five star rated aston lmcg small cap growth. Good to see you. Really feels like the market is having a bit of a tantrum here wrush know the jobs resetting the fed clock, and the
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