Welcome to countdown. Im anna edwards. It is 6 00 here in london this tuesday morning. Bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Ryan chilcote is in moscow to walk us through his exclusive interview with Dmitry Medvedev. Stephen engle is in beijing to tell us what is topping the agenda. Has thenathan ferro details on the guilty plea by Credit Suisse with u. S. Authorities. Acktrack top story in an exclusive interview with bloomberg television, russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev sat down with Ryan Chilcote to talk about everything from the ongoing conflict in ukraine, the impact of sanctions, and russias relationship with the United States. Ryan chilcote joins us from moscow with the details area brian. High, anna. This was the Prime Ministers first interview in four months. We spent a good amount of time talking about sanctions. The Prime Minister is saying that the u. S. Has called. This reminded him of Leonid Brez
Locations. All that and more. But first, lets get headlines. Leinenkugel. I like how you say that. Lets start with seaworld. The companys stock is falling in afterhours trade. The themepark company has come under scrutiny ever since the documentary blackfish. The reason behind the earnings miss seaworld saw a 13 decrease in attendance. Cisco thirdquarter sales and profit topping analyst estimates driving data traffic from smartphones and traffic fueling demand while the company cut costs. Macys today retained its annual profit forecast. They repurchased 1. 5 billion more in stocks than originally planned while raising the company dividend. Those are a look at the top headlines. Back to you. Thanks very much. We begin with the situation in ukraine. As the Russian Foreign minister said today, the country is as close to a civil war as you can get. With an exclusive interview with bloombergs Ryan Chilcote today, he added that sanctions by the west might not reach the desired effect. If the
Beer. The family behind a Craft Brewery tells me how they keep the profit growing and all their locations. Leinenkugel. I like how you say that. Lets start with seaworld. The companys stock is falling in afterhours trade. The themepark company has come under scrutiny ever since the. Cumentary blackfish the reason behind the earnings miss seaworld saw a 13 decrease in attendance. Cisco thirdquarter sales and profit topping analyst estimates driving data traffic from smartphones and traffic fueling demand while the company cut costs. Macys today retained its annual profit forecast. Billionurchased 1. 5 more in stocks than originally planned while raising the company dividend. Those are a look at the top headlines. Back to you. Thanks very much. We begin with the situation in ukraine. As the Russian Foreign minister said today, the country is as close to a civil war as you can get. With an exclusive interview with bloombergs Ryan Chilcote today, he added that sanctions by the west might n
Are you looking at . As you give us the eps number, it matches estimates, but the sales number is a big miss. Comparable sales, spain samestore sales was down 1. 6 . Analysts were looking for a gain of 1. 3 . What happened in the First Quarter was the weather issues. Frigid temperatures in february. Multiple winter storms. Amateurs were much colder in february than they were in the previous year. A late easter as well. Inventory buildup that carried over into the First Quarter and macys had frequent oneday sales, giving you an indication of how frequently they had to markdown merchandise to clear store shelves. That pressures margins as well. In terms of growth margins, 30. 9 for the quarter. Higher than what analysts were looking for, 38. 7 . The key much the same as it was one year ago. Samestore sales number caught my eye, and unexpected drop of 1. 6 . What we hear from macys is they have raised the Share Buyback by 1. 5 billion, and it is also increasing its dividend by five percen
The white house as facebook takes on government surveillance. How can he employs these surveillance programs . Plus, president putin and president obama that allowed over those sanctions. Are we entering a new cold war . Tit for tat. Matt miller here with me on this friday afternoon. We are just getting started. Friday. Yes, i have been waiting for this day all week. You know . You and everyone else. I wonder if the president feels like that. I guess this continues to be intense for him. Yeah, he is working tree 65. I bet putin feels little pressure out. I bet he is feeling good. He just took over the country. Thenot even cost him olympics. I want to talk about nike. Yesterday they looked pretty good. Now they are pulling back sharply. It has to do with currency. We heard comments from the cfo that currencies continue to be a head went as he sees the dollar to luck. Nike gets a lot of its profit abroad. That has been dicey. The shares have been going down. That will continue to be a pr