Hoursr in hal af an time. 4sbcs First Quarter hit 5. 9 billion. It will contemplate share buybacks as and when appropriate. Anna edwards spoke with the banks cfo and asked whether 2017 will be the end of revenue decline. I have to say id be a happy man if i could close out 2017 right now. Revenued to see 4 growth over the course of 2017 and notwithstanding a very good start in the First Quarter. That is the guidance we are holding as we move into discussions with investors. Anna can i ask you about share buybacks . Were were some that disappointed to not see another. Last summer he talked, you said the ratio target of 12 . If youre about that you will contemplate returning cash. You are well above that. Why no cash right now . We have just finished a 1 billion buyback on the 12th of april. When you add to what we did last year, that is 3. 5 billion. I would not encourage investors to think we are going to do buybacks every quarter. Were very happy at 14. 4 . As we said, the happier las
They were every other beer i have drunk. These are two colossus. Brendan any sort of tasteless pills that you have drunk anywhere in the world is owned by one of these two brewers. Ahead im going and miller, yeah. Theyre going to try to buy them. Neara huge transaction, 100 billion. Right now our top headlines. Here is vonnie quinn on the fed. Vonnie Federal Reserve policymakers are beginning their twoday meeting today. By tomorrow afternoon they will decide whether to raise Interest Rates for the First Time Since 2006. Goldman sachs tells bloomberg there would not be as a prize if the fed takes action. If things go badly, and things intensify from here, in that case there would be a reason to push it into 2016. Futures contracts show there is a 32 chance of a rate hike. Ready as the leading republican candidates get ready to debate tonight, polls show the tide is turning for donald trump. He is up 13 Percentage Points in a month. None of the other 15 candidates is close. They will deb
It looks like we might get this morning. All three major averages are now down. Weve had a lot of bouncing around in todays session. If you take a look at my bloomberg terminal we have had pretty much consistency at the top and bottom of these lists. Its just a matter of magnitude. Far,y is now the worst by Health Falling off today with consumer staples, utilities, discretionary stocks, mostly on the leaderboard at the top of the list today. Of course, oil is a big market story, once again selling off, down for the sixth straight session. Taking a look at wti today we have a selloff of more than 5 . At thoseld take a look oil prices . Down 5. 6 at the moment, trading 2003. Latest since late taking a look at oil for the year to date as well you will see a sharp decline, 15. 5 . That number is big by itself, but combined with the fact that oil was down last year, 46 the year before, the magnitude of that is pretty remarkable. Huge. Whats going on here . With illuminated the kleins. Decli
Evanston political organizations and voter advocacy groups are ramping up efforts to increase voter turnout after only 17.95% of registered voters in the township cast their ballots in the March primary. Fewer Evanston residents voted in the 2024 primary than the 2020 presidential primary, which had a voter turnout of 29%. With President Joe Biden.
Illinois House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) led a community discussion Wednesday on the status of state environmental bills at the Evanston Public Library. The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, which Gabel co-sponsored in 2021, sets a state goal of 100% clean energy by 2050. In 2022, renewable energy made up 14% of Illinois’ energy.