A weaker u. S. Dollar as well. 105. 38 to the japanese yen. Gold back about 2000. 003. 35 an ounce right now. Walmart benefiting from online orders but store traffic was hampered by the coronavirus. The companies cfo said comp sales growth slowed last month as the government relief waned. Lets bring in Morgan Stanleys Simeon Gutman. How did the Company Managed to get margins around 42 . Comp. they had a 9 rising tides lifts all boats, but they had gross margin in the u. S. Swing from down to 200 basis points to up this quarter. The primary driver is the mix of food and consumables, which tends to be lower margin, was mother in percentage, and a big shift toward general merchandise. A nice swing in gross profit to hire to cover those higher costs of operating, but the results were better sales and gross margins, allowed them to generate that growth. Vonnie walmart was only really getting going in the last couple of quarters. Did the digital improvements help out this quarter . What does
Earlier like they were headed to brand new record highs. Not so now. We do have the Dow Jones Industrials down 143 points. Ciscos poor earnings is pushing that index down. S p down 11. Nasdaq just higher by 19 points. Not the same at all for apple. Apple hitting yet another new high as it closes in on the 2 trillion market cap. News breaking of its new plan for subscribers to bundle the apple joy so which Companies Might want to dive for cover . We are taking a deep dive into the apple barrel, online contactless auto sales winning the race during the pandemic. Why are investors hitting the sell button on the hottest used car deals in cyberspace . We will ask the vroom ceo because hes here. And musicians still resorting to zoom with no live concerts and broadway still closed. But that does not pay the bills. Enter the chairman and ceo of the Recording Academy. The man behind the grammys. What hes doing now to help artists with their strings cut by the pandemic. Its a fox business exclus
Theyre not gonna bail you out anymore. Theres no more going back to them for money. Ever. If i cant shake him out of his tailspin, his companys day in the sun will come to an end. Tony the process is a little [voice breaking] overwhelming. I put my whole life into this. Lemonis my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Is the profit. Lets go to work. Tony ladies, we got bars to make. Lemonis in 2012, tony fellows launched hippops, a dessert truck specializing in handcrafted gelato bars. Tony so you choose your flavor and then your dip and then whatever topping youd like. Woman great. Lemonis his goal was to generate some buzz in sunny south florida, then franchise the concept nationwide. Tony t
Lemonis my name is marcus lemonis. And i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change everything. But i do it to save jobs. And i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. In 2000, after years of working multiple jobs, Adelo Ramirez used his life savings to open up los gemelos, a small mexican eatery in port chester, new york. Woman plantains and tortillas. Lemonis authentic family recipes drew crowds. But most popular of all were his freshly made tortillas, so popular that in 2006, he started manufacturing them for sale to local Grocery Stores. Adelo were making lots of money. As you can see, we have 22 of the tortilla market here. Lemonis and before long, revenue was approaching the 500,000 mark. Man very good taste right here. Lemonis but then a much bigger tortilla brand expanded
Looking to open off 37 points. The 10year note stands at a point. We are looking at. 672 melissa lee in the house that was a major move we are back up towards those highs right now. We saw lots of ramifications in the market looking at how quickly it moves higher. Im trying to watch whatever information i have is about 12 seconds old we are all in a house somewhere. Just not together. It is good to see you although i cant see you now. Im looking at the board from 15 seconds ago. We are going to power through this well up an update on why we are all doing this new case numbers have been declining across the country but testing shortages are calling those numbers into request the average number of covid cases down 19 from july 28 but testing has declined over the same time period amc to reopen u. S. Theaters august 20 and hopes to have twothirds of theaters open. Says all staff and customers must wear masks. That is the change from comments in june that mask wearing would be encouraged b