time off of work, not only will you not get paid, you actually could get fired. and that is precisely what is happening today in the rail industry. bernie sanders laying out the major issue that could have rail workers own strike by midnight tonight. we ll have the very latest on the negotiations and the massive impact that a strike could have on the economy. plus, the january 6 committee is sifting through thousands of pieces of new evidence. the where it came from and what members are saying about its significance. also ahead, federal welfare money, a college volleyball stadium, and brett favre. we ll explain how they re a connected and why it doesn t look good for the nfl hall of famer. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the 11th hour negotiations to avoid a railroad strike that is threatening the u.s. economy. workers could walk off the job as early as tomorrow if rail carriers and unions fail to reach a deal. amtrak has already suspended long d
Welcome to countdown, i am anna edwards. It is 6 00 here in london this thursday morning. We have Many Companies reporting here in europe today. Lets get to the first of those major names, and that is the german industrial giant reporting numbers. Caroline has a breakdown for us. Caroline we are starting on a high note it would seem. The morning to you. It seems that the industrial profit is 1. 8 billion euros a month that is more than expected. They are reiterating the fouryear forecast to drive that profit up to 11 in terms of margin. They want to attain a target of 11 profit margin in the industrial business. They are seeing that being reiterated. Also confirming the forecast for at least 15 next earningspershare growth. They have a backlog of some 110 billion euros. When you look at overall sales they are coming in line. 18. 8 billion euros, that is in line for thirdQuarter Sales. An net income is a big beat. We are seeing profits being sales. They are grossing an overall industria
Deutsche bank has lost records of electronic chats linked to the interest probe. Now the biggest bank is trying to recover the messages which it says it yelled archive. It failed to archive. Welcome to the program. Its friday and you are watching countdown, live from london. Its 6 00 and lets get to some breaking news. We will start with the aviation sector. Airbus. Njera hi, anna. We have the first half revenue number 48 billion euros. Airbus has also confirmed its first half guidance. We gave an update on the a400m deliveries they have resumed, 290 million euro charge. We are waiting still for more numbers to come out. Dividend per share is to increase in 2015. The big challenge for airbus overall is that it has a lot to deliver in termsand it seems like the first half guidance is coming as normal. With the a400 there was that crash of the military aircraft. The ceo did say back in may that that would jeopardize the earnings goals, and today we have heard that the deliveries have res
If we have a look at what we were watching, we have so many earnings this morning. It has been the same all week. This week has been about earnings. The highest quarterly profit since 2012. The talked about overhauling the investment bank. Lloyds is britains biggest Mortgage Lender. This heading down. It also said it would consider a buyback. Dend airbus is up over 4 . Earnings were beat because of higher deliveries. I want to show you the stoxx 600. Lets see how that is trading. Heading for the biggest monthly gain since february. Basically Profit Growth in europe is outpacing the u. S. For the First Time Since 2008. This is what we have for those earnings. Dealmaking is on course for a record quarter. A gauge tracking fear in equity markets. We saw this month the biggest fiveday drop this year for the stoxx 600. Lifting the stoxx 600 for a monthly gain. Lets move on. The dax is also higher by a 10th of 1 . You are talking about monthly gains. We are talking about monthly losses. The