Recognize me if my tie was fixed. Leave it this way. All right. David i do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David Aliko Dangote is known to be the wealthiest man in africa. Is that a title you are proud to have or one where you get people calling you for money, you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much. It is great to be here. You know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. There are so many demands. People come up with different demands. It is good because i like to give back to the society. David you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go through some of them. Recently, you had an event in new york with mo ibraham, a weal
Challenges facing all of society. , 50 of Household Wealth is managed by women. Resolve. , reflection,. We need to cooperate how are we going to get consensus on that is tricky. It is all ahead on bloomberg asked. Hello. Welcome to a special edition of bloomberg past featuring highlights from the 2017 Bloomberg Global Business Forum. They will address the most pressing Economic Issues facing the world today and begin the work of solving challenges and charting a path forward. Our review starts on stage with the ceo of the most valuable company, apple. Them for ained conversation about business and civic leadership. All companies should have values. As a ceo one of your primary responsibilities is to decide what the values of your company his, and lead accordingly. I think the thing that president originallyd to say, from the bible, to whom much is given much is expected. Apple had success. A responsibility to give back, to help in some of societys greatest problems. For us, we tried to
Reality, 50 of Household Wealth is managed by women. Shery debate, reflection, resolve. We need to cooperate. How are we going to get consensus on that is tricky. It is all ahead on bloomberg best. Hello, im shery ahn. Welcome to a special edition of bloomberg past featuring highlights from the 2017 Bloomberg Global Business Forum. They will address the most pressing Economic Issues facing the world today and begin the urgent work of solving challenges and charting a path forward. It was an unprecedented and memorable gathering. Our review starts on stage with the ceo of the most valuable company, apple. Tim cook joined them for a conversation about business and civic leadership. All companies should have values. And so, as a ceo one of your primary responsibilities is to decide what the values of your company his, and lead accordingly. The other thing i think it is, is that president kennedy used to say, originally from the bible, to whom much is given much is expected. Apple has had
That was two cents above estimates. Revenue slightly shy of consensus at about 17. 7 billion. The companys projecting samestore sales growth of about 4. 6 . For 2014. Not 4. 5 or 4. 7. I dont think theyve got that kind of visibility. But probably averaging it out. And it l announced a 21 Dividend Increase to 47 cents a share. And i know you might ask what is the dividend . What is the yield on home depot right now so i know whether thats a good yield . Its 1. 56, had been, and it was yielding 2 at that point. So a little bit over 2 . Whats that . Increasing at 21 . Could someone give a shot of so lets call it 2. 4 now, then. Excellent. Excellent. 47 cents a share. Its interesting, im just looking through the release. They dont say anything about weather because thats been one of the huge you think for them for all these retailers is what happens with weather, how it impacted you go to home depot to get stuff to fix your roof and to fix all the stuff that messes up because of the weathe
Overnight in shanghai down almost 4 as the yuan sits near a sixmonth low. The roadmap begins with the markets, the s p starting off shy of the fresh record high and the nasdaq beginning from right around its highest level in 14 years. Home depot is posting quarterly profit above expectations and boosted dividend. Different story with macys and shares slipping after same store sales came in below expectations. And jpmorgan expected to announce job cuts in its mortgage and consumer business. The bulls off to a good start, the dow jumped more than 100 points and closed at 16,207 and the s p hit 1858 before pulling back and closing at 1847. Thats a point away from its alltime closing high. And as we said, the nasdaq reaching a 14year high before closing off its best levels. Jim, you said last night you would try to play the role of the skeptic. I do not like to see the nasdaq at a 14year high. I took to heart some of the comments we said on yesterdays show which is when you Start Talking w