police officer shot. nypd unions from chief patrick lynch, who blames protesters and mayor bill de blasio. new york has seen demonstrations following the michael brown and eric garner decisions. president obama condemned the killings. president obama refusing to call of sony pictures and act of war. the attack cost sony hundreds of millions of dollars and torpedoed plans to release the interview. applet raising iphone prices 35%, the second increase in less than a month as the company accounts for the ruble s plunge. $955 ine 6 loaded costs russia. $649 in the u.s. a major storm could fill a wrench in your holiday travel plans. a system stretching from chicago to new orleans is heading towards the east coast. heavy rain and strong winds to 2/3 of the country. aaa says 99 million people will thisl 50 miles or more year. brendan greeley will go back and itth to the grocery store is already done. check another storm, mostly rain. santa will get through. equities, bonds,
pictures hundreds of millions of dollars. i don t think it was an act of war. it was an act of cyber vandalism that was area cost lee and expensive. we take it seriously and will pond fortunately proportionately. calledcyberattacks was a new form of warfare. caesars entertainment will merge with an entertainment company. it consolidates properties like many hollywood and value las vegas. the debt load of its largest unit. a possible life preserver for vladimir putin, who is trying to shore up the ruble without the foreign exchange reserve. provideon will assistance and is confident russia will overcome its difficulties. the prime minister suggested a currencies lot currency spot. here in new york, vigils were held for those police officers gunned down on saturday. the shooter approached a police car and fired to the passenger side window. the gunman later took his own life very strong words from patrick lynch, who blame to the civil rights protesters, and mayor bill de b
citing that as part of the boost. some of the blue chip peers not getting the same love. we ll get to all of it in the premarket. that strong dollar is cutting into pepsico s bottom line. we ll speak to the company ceo hugh johnson in a couple of minutes. facebook has more monthly users than the entire population of china. the mobile ad revenue impressing some on the street. despite that revenue miss, where will the stock open today? procter and gamble quarterly profit in line but sales fell for a fifth straight quarter. currency effects weighing on 3m. caterpillar beating the street. we saw construction in the u.s. and north america up. that s the bright spot we have. it s fairly anemic but it s growing. it s getting better quarter by quarter. we see that. we are happy with that. everywhere else in the world we are double-digit decreases in sales year over year regionally. we ve seen a real dichotomy here in the world. they are upping sales guidance upping earnings g
Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to APi Group First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this call is being recorded.