Welcome to power lunch stocks are mostly in the green but off the best levels. Nasdaq hitting new intra day record highs check out shares of walmart soaring more than 4 adding more than 20 points to the dour the dow he they bought back more than 20 million worth of stock and airlines are up 2 to 6 bullish signs fueling this group. We have the details just minutes away and im Michelle Carusocabrera here is what else is happening pfizer is thinking about spinning off its 15 billion Consumer Health care business. Honeywell also shaking up its business focusing more on aerosparroeros. And the imf raising its Global Growth forecast to 3. 6 this year and 3. 7 for next year. President trump right now having lunch with secretary of state Rex Tillerson. That is their first meeting since the reported moron comments eamon javers is live with the latest this one could be interesting. Reporter yeah, thats right. In fact what were told by the white house is this is not the first meeting, it was not
Analysts weve got the number within analyst in biotech here to give us his favorite two names in that space. Yeah, the big cap and the small cap. In that order. You really have to know biotech. You really have to know. Im looking forward to speaking with him. Plus the man that won the paper called half man, half god, for his marketmoving calls. The number one equitylinked strategy will join us coming up. Think thats on his Business Card now we start, though, with the clock the stock powering the dow higher today, that would be walmart, shares surging 5 after some key announcements during its analyst day in bentonville, arkansas Courtney Reagan has some of the details from cnbc headquarters courtney reporter hi there, bill. Investors are pretty happy as you can see with walmarts forecast, two year 20 billion share buyback. Walmart shares up more than 5 hitting highs not seen in more than 2 1 2 years so walmart reaffirming its current year forecast which brackets analyst expectations. Al
Title as the Worlds Largest retailer. The company is forecasting huge growth in its online sales. And it predicts it will happen in just a few years time. At its annual investor day, the big box retailer outlined plans to invest a lot of money in its retail operations, which pitted the company against amazon in the race for shopper dollars. That sent shares up 4. 5 in heavy volume to a twoyear high. Courtney reagan takes a look at walmarts big plans for the future. Reporter walmart is making a prediction you rarely hear in retail, 40 online sales growth in the u. S. Next year. Executives spoke to analysts in arkansas, explaining progress has been made to fix the fundamentals. There is still some runway to go. The crux of the walmarts plan uses its stores and Online Business together. The retailer says consumers that shop both in its stores and on its website spend twice as much as those who buy only instore. We have to ensure were doing everything we can to earn our customers business.
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