I am manus cranny. We are waiting for the numbers. With bated breath. You have the carlsberg numbers. When heineken comes down we can go to that. Carlsberg has cut its fullyear profit outlook. The earlier forecast was for adjusted net income to rise by low singledigit percentages third what they said is adjusted net income wont fall by midto high single digit percentage. What we care some much about carlsberg, not only because it is the worlds fourth biggest brewer, russia is its biggest market. What it says about russia is fascinating. Market volume in russia down by 6 7 in the first half. Its market share has fallen sees8 basis points and it the russian beer market down by a high singledigit percentage. Its earlier forecast was a midsingledigit drop. Revenue threatened by Political Tension over ukraine. The weakening global and government efforts to curb drinking. Well come back to carlsberg in a second. Heineken is all yours. Can i be a seamless as that . Firsthalf consolidated reve
Bowlessimpson proposal. Erskine bowles saying the gop offer does not represent the plan, he says both sides are kind of far away from it at this point and that its now up to negotiators to figure out where the middle ground is today. Bowles said that the mid point that i used back in this is where we were last year. So used the mid point of the negotiations, but its in longer the mid point i guess. He also said he is a testimony, but he has separated himself from the administration by saying that they thoo should have taken more of their proposals more seriously. He also said last night that you will see higher marginal tax rates. Higher marginal or effective . Higher mar begin ginal rates talking about last night. Thats part of the 500. He thinks as part of the compromise to get there, youll have to see the democrats get their way in terms of higher marginal tax rates. He also said that the republicans should be able to see higher entitlement cuts, that that should be part of this con
Bloomberg reporters are standing by to deliver the stories to drive your day. Zeb eckert is covering the launch of the iphone in china and manus cranny looking forward to president obamas nsa announcement. Ferro with more on pc sales. Ryan chilcote is lacing up his hightops. He has the story on the nba push them to london. If only countdown, causing a stir coming to the u. K. Today. An inside look at the wolf of wall street with film expert Simon Thompson on in the know. After six years of negotiations for apple, lets go to zeb eckert in hong kong. Chief executive tim cook is in beijing for the launch. How important is this market for apple . Good morning to you, mark. Its especially important for apple. This is the largest mobile market in the market up until now that they could not fully access. Theas not available on dominant carrier, china global china mobile. They now have access to the smartphone. He along with the china mobile chair handed out funds to several customers. We unde
Millions of American Youth is upon us. May our appreciation as a nation of the value of education among those who are our future be incentive enough to guarantee its importance in our Public Policy consideration. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The gentleman from connecticut. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from connecticut. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker, i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested the speaker the yeas and nays are
Best day of the year, the dow has to add more than 198 points. Its having no trouble doing that right now, bill, but as we know, the last hour this year and, in fact, part of last year as well has often been when we see the market pull back a little bit. Weve seen rumors again, reports actually, we just confirmed about perhaps some russian activity in the Southern Region near chechnya. The russians tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. But we apparently already knew that about. It was a test that was already scheduled. It went successful, it was a nonevent so we move on. And move up. The markets moved up on that news. And a reminder, here is where we stand. The dow adding 235 points, 1. 5 , same for the s p 500 at 1,873. Less than 2 from 1,900 and the nasdaq adding almost 75, 4,351 is the level there. Strong day. Yes, it is. Lets talk about it in our closing bell exchange. Gemma godfrey from london. We have amy wu, dick burrige. Tom carsten and our own Rick Santelli. Ji gemma,