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
Got slammed today with the dow plunging 92 points and the s p sinking 7. 28 and lets go through the biggest episodes of the day to explain this twosided theory and the side that we weighed on the market and the side that we ought to consider. First, theres oil. Right now were at the bottom several times before. Exxon, chevron and royal dutch were negative about the oil markets when they reported last week. Of course i find this somewhat ironic considering that they were positive all of the way down. In fact id say these big integrated oils were depending on a vshaped recovery and a ushaped recovery and now no recovery at all. Normally i would say lets go the other way and be contrarian because if they were way apart, why should i trust them now . Given that they spoke last week theyre taking it pretty seriously and not only that but iran came out and said the moment the sanks are lifted theyll immediately increase output by 500,000 barrels and add another million per day in a month and
This according to auto data and that smashed expectations. Ford sales up 23 . Fiat chrysler saw a 13 1 2 rise. And gm posted a 12 1 2 jump. Phil lebeau tells us why sales are so strong at the big three. Reporter call it a sizzling september in the showroom. U. S. Auto sales roared to their strongest Monthly Sales pace since july of 2005. Most of the major automakers posted doubledigit gains, with some like General Motors doing far better than expected. What drove those strong numbers . Labor day, which is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year for auto dealers, gave september sales an early pop. Meanwhile, trucks and suvs remain red hot thanks to low gas prices. And the combination of strong Consumer Confidence and low Interest Rates is convincing millions this is the time to buy a new vehicle. Even volkswagen, which has been rocked by the diesel emissions scandal, pulled out a slight gain in sales last month. Impressive, since massive negative publicity and an order not
This according to auto data and that smashed expectations. Ford sales up 23 . Fiat chrysler saw a 13 1 2 rise. And gm posted a 12 1 2 jump. Phil lebeau tells us why sales are so strong at the big three. Reporter call it a sizzling september in the showroom. U. S. Auto sales roared to their strongest Monthly Sales pace since july of 2005. Most of the major automakers posted doubledigit gains, with some like General Motors doing far better than expected. What drove those strong numbers . Labor day, which is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year for auto dealers, gave september sales an early pop. Meanwhile, trucks and suvs remain red hot thanks to low gas prices. And the combination of strong Consumer Confidence and low Interest Rates is convincing millions this is the time to buy a new vehicle. Even volkswagen, which has been rocked by the diesel emissions scandal, pulled out a slight gain in sales last month. Impressive, since massive negative publicity and an order not
That smashed expectations. Ford sales up 23 . Fiat chrysler saw a 13 1 2 rise. And gm posted a 12 1 2 jump. Phil lebeau tells us why sales are so strong at the big three. Reporter call it a sizzling september in the showroom. U. S. Auto sales roared to their strongest Monthly Sales pace since july of 2005. Most of the major automakers posted doubledigit gains, with some like General Motors doing far better than expected. What drove those strong numbers . Labor day, which is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year for auto dealers, gave september sales an early pop. Meanwhile, trucks and suvs remain red hot thanks to low gas prices. And the combination of strong Consumer Confidence and low Interest Rates is convincing millions this is the time to buy a new vehicle. Even volkswagen, which has been rocked by the diesel emissions scandal, pulled out a slight gain in sales last month. Impressive, since massive negative publicity and an order not to sell clean diesel models lef