You must be 68 because im 66 thats tom cruise talking ive been told we have to interrupt this briefly to get to walmart numbers which have just crossed. Walmart is out with Fourth Quarter and full year earnings 1. 38 adjusted versus estimate of 1. 43 141. 67 billion. Analysts expecting 142. 488 billion. The majority of stores in chile have been disrupted and some totally destroyed. Theyll be holding an investor day discussing this more in depth. Shares are down 2 in early going. In u. S. Comparable growth streak does continue 1. 9 also below analyst expectation of 2. 3 for the quarter. U. S. E commerce net sales grew 35 . Coming year expectations to grow at least 30 speaking with the cfo, quote, the quarter started off and ended strong despite softness in some categories like media and gaming on the coronavirus, they are monstering the situation and focused on the safety and wellbeing of customers and associates he says sales are still okay the fear is mixed towards food walmart is not
And a beige book road map begins with hong kong, brexit and slew of International Trade data stocks set for a sharp rebound at the open. Recession risks with Global Economic uncertainty rising, well get the latest tea leafs from the fed later today. And the nfl blockbuster, the Dallas Cowboys agreeing to a mon monster contract extension with ezek yell Ezekiel Elliott. Investor sentiment, a lift on news from across the pacific carrie lam making it official she has withdrawn the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of protests and impacted the economic climate. Some protest leaderes say demonstrations will continue, though, unless other demands are met, including calls for greater democracy, some of the protesters are asking for a complete review of police behavior, no indication shes going to give them that as well. I would say finally to this, right . They have been protesting now for 13 weeks this was one of the core issues that set it off. They have other demands, but a
It in boston businesses talked about a delay of getting product from other places than china because foreign imports could not handle the excess capacity overall the fed monitored Manufacturing Activity as slightly down. Half of the districts reported a slow down in manufacturing rather than lay off workers, companies in cleveland were opting to reduce overtime and cut shifts in st. Louis declines in production, new orders and Capacity Utilization for the First Time Since 2016. But, guys, there were still several districts such as philadelphia and minneapolis that were reporting strengthening in Manufacturing Activity so, there was still somewhat of a mixed picture across the country. Back to you. Thanks very much. Steve liesman joins us now with more on what the beige book, steve, is telling us about a possible slow down you see the continuation of the krkz we had in the last hour about the mixed message in the fed. Did a great job covering all the different, you have one place where
In a socially distanced way by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Everybody, in their mind, they are scared about coronavirus, but at the same time, they are kind of adjusting to the new normal. This week protecting children from online harm. Is ai the answer . How does the p55 compare to the xbox series x . And what does doing this do to my brain . Hey, welcome to click. Hope youre doing 0k. At the moment, we are all online much more than we used to be im talking about us, the adults, but also our children too. And for many parents, there have been huge challenges trying to work from home at the same time as supervising children. And that has meant, in some cases, handing over devices before the proper Parental Controls are in place. And thats compounded by the fact that they may not have had enough time to supervise in the way that they wouldve done in an ideal world. So with my youngest, its simple im there, i operate the computer for her, i know shes not going to see
Coast. A wetter spell for Northern Ireland and some of scotland once again. Keeping an eye on this area of rain fell to the coast. A wetter speu of rain fell to the coast. A wetter spell for Northern Ireland and some of scotla nd spell for Northern Ireland and some of scotland once again. Keeping an eye on this area of rain fell towards the south east, first thing on sunday that could be quite slow and heavy. Another band of shower swing across england and wales and focuses on Northern Ireland and southern scotland by the afternoon. The strongest winds on sunday toward the south coast, again it will be relatively mild. Maybe a bit of brightness later. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Conservative mps urge the Prime Minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, dominic cummings. Several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid i9. The us president elect, joe biden, strongly criticises Donald Trumps handling of the cris