On a plane, in a train. Stephanie green eggs and ham. Matt i have been watching it for a good decade now. It is a fantastic show. The presenters have had some issues. But now basically, it has turned an Internet Retailer into the maker of the most watched show on tv overnight. So it is pretty insane what amazon has got here. Stephanie there you go. Okeydokey. Did you just give the punchline away . Matt people are starting to know that. Stephanie let me give you the top stories. Im about to deliver. Investigators have gotten their first big rake in the search for that missing malaysian boeing 777. Debris that washed up on a French Island in the indian open ocean appears to be from a 777. It is not clear if the wreckage is actually from that malaysian plane, but the Australian Government is encouraged. It is the first real evidence that there is a possibility that part of the aircraft might have been found. It is too early to make that judgment, but clearly, we are treating this as a maj
Stocks are performing right now. Lets begin with u. S. Equities. We have seen a little bit of a selloff today. S p 500 lower by 4 10 of a percent. Olivia we did get a secondquarter gdp report this morning. A little bit weaker than economist forecasted but there was an upgrade to the First Quarter. That is having a little bit of an impact on the treasury market. We will show you the yields on the short end by two or three basis points. People buying the long end of the curve there. The dollar index up about by one half of 1 . Trading at a fourmonth high on signs of the u. S. Economy. I think the recovery is continuing to affirm. Pimm economy did not contract. Lets take a look at some of the top headlines at this hour. The u. S. Economy gaining strength in the second quarter. Gdp rose to 2. 3 . That is slightly less than economist had expected but at the same time the Commerce Department to revise the First Quarter results higher and set of contracting. The economy grew 6 10 of a percent
Toward the close, just a few hours away from the closing bell. We are mixed right now. Digesting whatl the fed said yesterday, but also the gdp numbers that came out this morning, the second order gdp numbers. A bit of a disappointment there among economists in terms of the topline gdp growth. But we did see consumption of 2. 9 , and that seemed to be a bright spot. Also in the treasury markets, yes, you see the 10 year yield continues to come down. But the twoyear note is rising. The gap continues to narrow and that is because we are expecting september rate hikes. In terms of the currency markets, weve been watching the dollar hover at the fourmonth high. The euro is trading higher again lower again given the dollar strength. Bek a lot of that seems to because the consensus is there will be a fed rate hike in september. For the next two months, that data will be very significant. Betty mark indeed. Lets betty indeed. Mark lets take a look at some of the other top stories. An object f
Deutsche bank has lost records of electronic chats linked to the interest probe. Now the biggest bank is trying to recover the messages which it says it yelled archive. It failed to archive. Welcome to the program. Its friday and you are watching countdown, live from london. Its 6 00 and lets get to some breaking news. We will start with the aviation sector. Airbus. Njera hi, anna. We have the first half revenue number 48 billion euros. Airbus has also confirmed its first half guidance. We gave an update on the a400m deliveries they have resumed, 290 million euro charge. We are waiting still for more numbers to come out. Dividend per share is to increase in 2015. The big challenge for airbus overall is that it has a lot to deliver in termsand it seems like the first half guidance is coming as normal. With the a400 there was that crash of the military aircraft. The ceo did say back in may that that would jeopardize the earnings goals, and today we have heard that the deliveries have res
The country out unless there is a commitment to debt relief. Welcome to the pulse live from bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Manus coming up, we are speaking live with a ceo. That is at 10 10. Make sure you stay tuned for that. Francine bnp paribas has published its biggest quarterly profit in more than three years. Manus the beat comes after frances largest bank announced they are considering changes to the securities union. The overhaul which could bring the deepest cost cuts since the financial crisis is a response to tougher capital rules. As a consequence of this, the cib teams are working on a plan to crystallize all these accelerations. First is to further improve efficiencies and returns. At the other hand and at the same time, to continue to invest in order to capture further market share. Thats what we are doing. That takes time. Francine the cfo there speaking to Caroline Connan. She joins us from paris. What can you tell us . Caroline he did confirm that hes stil