Sentiment. That raises alarm bells. Reporter another immediate concern is the impact of higher payroll taxes, which could force some households to cutback spending. In addition, gasoline prices are rising. And if they hit the psychologically important 4 a gallon mark, many consumers could also pull back on shopping. And long term, federal budget problems remain one of the biggest hurdles to growth. The u. S. Is running an annual deficit of 1. 1 trillion. We still have some fiscal speed bumps coming. And then we have the question of what they actually do on the fiscal side. So, right now, the economy and the fiscal situation are wrapped up into one really nasty ball of wax. Reporter keep in mind that many of the International Problems that have existed for more than a year havent gone away. Slowing economies in europe and china could slow global growth. And conflict with iran could push up energy prices. Erika miller, n. B. R. , new york. Susie joining us now with more on what to expect
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That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for monday, january 27th. Good evening everyone and welcome. A rough day for stocks got rougher after the market closed because apple reported the quarterly earnings. The revenue and profit numbers were fine and beat wall street estimates in fact but sales of iphones at 51 Million Units fell short and apples revenue predictions for the Current Quarter disappointed investors and they initially sold the stock hard in after hours trading. Seema mody has insight into apples results. What are the big take aways you see in the numbers . The disappointing iphone sales. Apple sold 51 million iphones in the First Quarter where wall street expected around 54 million to be sold. That means apple is dealing with saturation at the high end of the market. The amount of iphones sold in the First Quarter fell short of street consensus so while the overall earnings and revenue numbers Beat Estimates, its the iphone and ipad sales that worry the street. T
Turmoil in the market . That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for monday, january 27th. Good evening everyone and welcome. A rough day for stocks got rougher after the market closed because apple reported the quarterly earnings. The revenue and profit numbers were fine and beat wall street estimates in fact but sales of iphones at 51 Million Units fell short and apples revenue predictions for the Current Quarter disappointed investors and they initially sold the stock hard in after hours trading. Seema mody has insight into apples results. What are the big take aways you see in the numbers . The disappointing iphone sales. Apple sold 51 million iphones in the First Quarter where wall street expected around 54 million to be sold. Apple is dealing with saturation at the high end of the market. The amount of iphones sold in the First Quarter fell short of street consensus so while the overall earnings and revenue numbers Beat Estimates, its the iphone and ipad sales that worry
Plan and reversed course, but the move begs the question, how vulnerable are your retire the benefits . That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for monday, february 10th. Good evening everybody. Im sue herrera in this week for susie gharib. Im tyler mathisen, welcome everybody. We begin with news about an iconic company, the official restaurant of the sochi winter games, mcdonalds. Turns out the dollar menu isnt helping much in the u. S. And weighed on shares of the dow component today but things across the globe are looking better. People are ordering up big macs in europe, a key market for the company. In all sales rose more than 5 in the Asia Pacific Region where mcdonalds opened the first restaurant in vo restaurant vietnam and the ceo says hes investing in asia. Whether thats ma loasia, so co korea, were investing for long term. We have more on mcdonalds strategy in china and why getting it right there is so important. Reporter hamburgers on ice is on the menu in china to