Were the two profit drivers in the Second Quarter for General Motors and more importantly for investors, margins were above 10 and for the remainder of this year General Motors expects business to be Even Stronger in part because of pickup trucks in north america. Our pickup share in the Second Quarter was up close to 3 Percentage Points on a year over year basis. So we continue to see a lot of Strong Demand for fullsize pickups, suvs and crossovers. To drive that point home think about this. Year to date General Motors pickup sales, both fullsize and midsize up 25 . Thats one reason why gm is doing so well in north america which we saw in the 2q numbers. Eli lilly beat the street. Meg tirrell, the Company Raised its forecast for the year. The beat on the adjusted earnings was 16 cents. Raise only by 10 cents though. Ceo on squawk box this morning address what went into that question. As we are launching products and bringing drugs through our late stage pipeline that drives certain am
Support and being able to invite so many people. I would also like to thank our trustees. Who if they are not here that i do they plan on coming. All of the chairs and Council Members who have put forth rework. One hour welasts will have a question and answer session, following that a book signing. Welcome theled to distinguished professor of Mississippi State university. He is the gentleman on your right. We are thrilled to welcome him back to the historical society. Hit he is the management director of the ulysses s. Grant foundation. The Mississippi Historical society presented him with the whale award for the National Distinction in history. Welcomelso pleased to the man in the center who has his sunglasses on the Professor Emeritus at the Naval Academy where he taught for more than 30 years and served in the History Department chair. He is the author and editor of many books. The lifetime get Achievement Award from the naval historian foundation. James mcpherson was supposed to be
Distinguished professor of Mississippi State university. He is the gentleman on your right. We are thrilled to welcome him back to the historical society. He is the management director of the ulysses s. Grant foundation. As well as the Mississippi Historical society presented him with the whale award for the National Distinction in history. We are also pleased to welcome the man in the center who has his sunglasses on the Professor Emeritus at the Naval Academy where he taught for more than 30 years and served in the History Department chair. He is the author and editor of many books. He went on to get the Lifetime Achievement award from the naval historian foundation. James mcpherson was supposed to be here, he is not here. Craig, thank you so much for coming in his place. Welcome you and are thrilled to have you with us. We have the director of the rose feldhaus. Director of the roosevelt house. The author and editor of many books, he is part of the glamorous rise and the goldsmith b
The question is sort of the Yellen Dudley more dovish wing of the fomc as to whether or not theyre adamantly opposed here, but the other guys, i think it was about letting the markets settle down and waiting to see if there was anything more serious that the markets were telling us from the recent volatility. But if things have passed and they seem to be quite a bit calmer than they were previously, then i think that group of people we were just talking about are quite comfortable hiking rates. Steve, thanks so much. The markets were already moving lower throughout the last 45 minutes or so because of whats been going on in health care. Theyre going to react to this more in the minutes ahead. Steve weiss, it brings up the question again, if the fed acts in the next month, stocks are going to blow that off . Look, i dont know market can go up if the fed hikes rates . I believe that if we get Everything Else sort of more comfortable, the markets trade up. I just dont think the fed is the
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