German survey. You are watching street signs. Lets give you some headlines this morning shares rising as the dutch Agency Reports strong european performance with double digit sales both in the Second Quarter. After the bell shares sliding in the companys Second Quarter numbers missed expectations and outlines a new structure amid pressure, of course, from activist shareholders. And higher prices boost earnings more than 50 . The companys ceo tells cnbc that the sector is driving growth im not worried about the core volume growth were ahead of gdp we see growth in automotive, which everybody says has slowed down in the first half of about 7 or 8 zplool we have the Expectations Index. Its below the headline record levels you probably want to have a look at as well, and the Expectations Index has come in at 107. 3, and that is above the consensus of 106. 5 lets say for once were not obsessed by Monetary Policy or obsessed by mr. President trump. Lets say you are looking at corporate earn
Lauren new allegations of collusion. Up 54 points. Train to a new report says bluebirds narrowing choices for its next ceo. View the Packard Enterprises on that list. Lauren 5 01 a. M. In new york. Thank you for joining us. I lauren simonetti. Cheryl so much breaking news overnight. People in communist they appeared out of washington. Lauren breaking out of washington on a republican measure. Train to repealing a place in a major portion of obama kerry of obama kerry is fit to get enough votes to pass in the senate. All of this happening last night. Including ted cruz proposal offering one Affordable Care i plan to also sell other insurance plans. Nine republicans voted against the measure late last night. This comes hours after Vice President penn broke a 50 50 tie allowing the president on the health care bill. John mccain returned to washington to pass as crucial a guest only days after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. I voted the motion to proceed to allow the debate to be conti
Trade. More and more of us are globe trotting alone, we speak to the founder of one firm who turned her own Terrible Travel Tale into a successful business. Today we want to know about your travel highs and lows tell us your stand out experience while travelling the world . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The British Government has unveiled its second brexit position paper, ahead of negotiations in brussels at the end of this month. This time, its about minimising disruption at the irish border. Northern ireland is the only part of the uk which will share a land border with an eu member state when the uk leaves the eu in 2019. Under one option the government has proposed, thered be no Customs Border at all between the uk and ireland, enabling goods to flow freely between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland. Protecting the Common Travel Area is key. Thanks to the current arrangement, people can move freely between Northern Irela
We meet one man flexing his financial muscles and boosting his gym empire in the depths of a recession. And with the Global Fitness industry now worth a staggering 83bn a year we want to know, how much do you spend on keeping fit . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Wpp the Worlds Largest Advertising Group has cut its sales outlook, after a drop in demand from consumer goods clients and weak trading in the us. Like for like net sales fell 0. 5 while underlying net sales in the us fell by 2. 2 in the first half of the year. Shares in he giant have tanked this morning , falling by around 10 on the news. The advertiser is seen a bellwether for an industry thats changed dramatically in recent years. While the total spent by brands globally on advertising in 2016 was up at 493 billion, where its being spent is shifting significantly. While traditional Advertising Sales were effectivly flat, Global Digital ad sales grew by 17 to 178bn. That number will of co
An interesting move in the fx market. Sterling below. The First Time Since november. Bureau gaining euro gaining today. Ireland, belgium, portugal, italy. Your final two columns. Nokia shares are down today. They are suing apple saying they infringed on several mobile patents. Apple agreed to license patented inventions in 2011, but it refused to extend those agreements so they are now expiring. This is rooted in nokias demised as the worlds biggest phone maker. It is now a phone equipment maker. It is tapping its portfolio patents as a source of income, rather than a crosslicensing tool to protect their products. In the Third Quarter nokias tech unit generated about 40 of the companys total adjusted operating profit shares. Down. Shares are Consumer Confidence little changed this month. It is measured with household outlook. Slipping to 23. If you exclude the sharp drop in july after the referendum, that is the lowest in four years. Britains have a slightly more positive perception of