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Forward, but for the wider interest rate too. there are a number of inflationary pressures, from sourcing costs, commodity costs, increase shipping costs, transport costs, even the delivery driver shortage in the uk is all pushing up costs, particularly for online retailers who rely heavily on that delivery. the other important thing to consider as well as that online retailers typically run off of much thinner margins than other parts of the industry. so rising costs will have a significant imp...

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December deadline? >> reporter: so, hallie, this is certainly apples biggest day of the year. its right behind me here at the steve jobs theater in cupertino, california. hallie, apple is always very tight-lipped about what theyre going to unveil at these events, but analysts think they have a pretty good bead on whats coming. what they expect is three new iphone models. they think youll see a faster processor, an improved camera system, thats important. we know consumers, when theyre thinking a...

In a few hours at the white house, president trump will face off with the president of the european commission. why does that matter? because it is probably going to turn into a testy trade talk. remember, that relationship is already on the rocks after the first round of steel and aluminum tariffs. by the way, here come round two, maybe, with more tariffs on european cars imported here. do the markets like it? not so much, no. the dow is down 80 on the big board. part has to do with general mot...

Sort of deal will be brought to the table, even if its just starting with the car industry. >> that would be great, but in the meantime, gm announced today a billion dollars worth of losses. theyre citing rising commodity costs. thats aluminum and steel. youve got ron johnson saying our behavior is similar to a soviet republic where theyre doling out favors and aid to industries they choose. lisa murkowski is saying, fine, just the farmers, but what about other industries? oil and gas, seafood, ...

That far apart from yes. but nobody wants to be a purist. you cant afford to be a purist on the issue. we cant afford something that looks like obamacare and doesnt bring down premiums. >> something as important as healthcare, theres two areas. policy and politics. im going to disagree on policy. i think this is terrible. i agree with cat. it doesnt address the cost of healthcare. not health insurance, but the cost of healthcare, you have to drive the commodity costs down. you have to, in order ...

Consumers were drenching a little, with wages being what they are, and minimum hourly wages being what they are, then this cannot be a good look for things to come. >> we see that every week in the jobless data, and when it comes to average wages in the country, thats true. dont for get, what we have been seeing with commodity costs, yes, a lot of us like our beef and burgers, charlie excluded. >> i like a good steak, but you dont get it at mcdonalds. >> cheryl was making a brilliant point. >> t...

But, another part of fuel is going up. starbucks is raising drink prices by as much as 10 cents starting tomorrow. however, the coffee chain says less than 1/3 of its beverages will be affected by the chain. drip coffee will not be affected. commodity costs make up less than 10% of starbucks overall expenses. got to have that coffee in the morning. >> fuel. youre speaking my language. thanks, bertha. according to forbes, nba championship will net lebron james $7 million in income. twinkies l...

soldiers in the syrian city of olelepo, according to syrian tv who described it as terrorist attacks. 350 people have been killed vaas syria in an escalating assault by government forces. country ha haest hit by europes deadly cold snap, but across europe, hundreds are dead, people are snowed in and cars are stranded to the roadsides and even the danyu river is partially frozen, keeping many vessels stuck in port. those are the headlines. im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts...

Its global workforce, it says its all part of so-called tough decisions but its really got no choice because its trying to offset higher commodity costs and higher marketing costs here in north america. pepsi says it expects to save an additional $1.5 billion in cost cuttinga it previously noupd. its obviously bad news for 28700 people theyre talking about. >> and bad news if youre 18 to 34. when i was in college or just out of college, it never occurred to me that i would not be able to get a j...