Sanctions and early results have given him doriss Opposition Leader a shock lead in the president ial election supporters of salvador nasrallah are celebrating after the announcement from the Electoral Court with more than half of the votes counted he leads president or non this by five percent those are the headlines coming up next counting the cost. Alarm hasnt seeker this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a new dawn in zimbabwe they call him the crocodile can the new president attack the countrys broken economy also this week modern day slavery in Libya Migrants trying to escape poverty and conflict find themselves trapped in a people for profit economy plus chinas biggest social Media Company ten cent is now the fifth most valuable company in the World Facebook out of the top five. Many young zimbabweans are hoping this week will prove to be a watershed moment for their countrys Economic Future as well as its politic
I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. [rubenstein reading onscreen text] you built one of the Great Technology companies of the world, and one of the Great Companies of the world. Now youre building and operating one of the great foundations in the world. How do you compare the challenge of building microsoft to the challenge of now running the bill and Melinda Gates foundation . I think they have more in common than people might expect. You know, the idea that you find what an innovation is gonna be, really stick to it, build a team behind that, have some setbacks and successes, that, you know, kind of a theory of change. Now, my microsoft work was when i was very young. I started when i was 17 and that was my primary focus until i was 53, when i made the transition. And for early part of that, i was kind of maniacal. I wasnt married, no kids, i didnt believe in weekends. Until i was about 30, i didnt believe
High for the day. We should not get too complacent. We have continued to see swings. If you look at the gains, they are pretty broadbased. Only energy is lower. That has been the Weakest Group throughout the day. Utilities recovering as we see a little bit of a back up and yields today. Tech shares also strongs. Also strong. If you take a look at the weekly performance, we are setting up for the best week for stocks overall in quite some time. For tech specifically, and the xlk, it could be the best week going back to 2011 with a 5 gain this week. That would be even bigger if you counted the rally which began last friday. Cisco is helping lead the technology gains. That company is trading at a 17year high. The company came up with revenue that rose for the first time in eight quarters. The forecast was also positive and the company said revenue in the current period will climb as much as 5 . We have seen other companies and related businesses also on the rise. On the call today, the ce
Firm has no intention of tlashing outtlash thrashing out a takeover deal. Theres nothing to negotiation. Unilever too sales rebound despite emerging markets. The ceo is planning on another year of growth. Overall results 2. 9 underlying growth. This is the 7th year in a row that we have top and bottom line growth. Strong internals as well. And welcome everyone to the show. A number of earnings out of switzerland to cover. First, Credit Suisse beat expectations in the Second Quarter with profit of over 1 billion swiss francs. Earnings continue to suggest weakness in the Investment Bank. Lets get more with carolyn froms urich. As you said numbers were better than expected but the credit doesnt go out to him. Hes only been on the job for a couple of weeks. Yes he might have been very well prepared for that job but were talking about the Second Quarter here and that credit obviously still goes out to the outgoing ceo and im a little surprised to see that the Second Quarter shaped up better
Pocket, he wants a fast sixbilliondollar down payment from congress, surely he will get that quickly. Private money flowing in fast jerry jones dallas cowboy guy gives a million j. J. Watt is now up to 13 million in pledges, and 33 companies pledged a million bucks or more that list growing volunteers they are still showing up in droves. Americans generous the rescue and relief effort has gone very well nations economy is growing. The stock market going up more, Varney Company is about to begin. Any significant way, it looks like the dow will go up some more at the opening today, did he spite all of the negatives in the nice background, i got to tell you, that the big movement on the markets this week has been in gasoline, and gallon regular comes in. 51 per gallon that is your National Average, that is up 7 cents. Just over night price spikes, in texas, this again overnight, dallas up 14 cents a gallon, el paso 16 cents houston 6 cents, san antonio 11 cents okay got it. Now the well h