Its stillness estimates. The Sales Forecast came up short as well. They were planning on selling a lot. Sales of the new apple watch were less than what analysts had estimated. Ceo tim cook says the company is pleased. Tim cook sales of the watch exceeded our expectation despite supply still trailing demand at the end of the quarter. To give you additional insight through the end of the quarter the apple one sold higher than the comparable launch times of the original iphone or the original ipad. 73 of old iphone users have not upgraded to the latest device. Plus, more than double, more than apple coming up in a few moments. Olivia boeings cash flow is surging thanks to the 787. Earnings beat analyst estimates. They lowered their forecast for the year. Also out beating earnings estimates. Increasing prices and cutting expenses. It is a nice combo. The price hikes helped offset falling sales in the u. S. And stagnant demand overseas. At ts proposed takeover of directv has cleared a hurd
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
Numbers, plus his thoughts on the minimum wage. Well see how those new oreo donuts are selling. Fbi cracking down on chinese corporate espionage. The economic bellwethers, caterpillar, 3m moving lower on the back of earnings. Caterpillar ceo was on squawk box earlier and spoke to the global head winds holding back not only the economy but his own business. For us to drive sales and drive employment we need 2. 5 to 3 . Having said that we are doing an awful lot of things internally to make sure we are strong strengthening our company for the future. Its all those things. Weve got oil price cut in half. Commodities are at their lowest for quite a few years. Global growth is slow. All those things combine for a lot of winds buffeting around right now in front of us. Joining us for reaction and how it impacts company our team. Doug isnt the only one warning about the Global Economy and actually showing the results from weakness in china, in brazil, russia and in india. Clearly, this is sha
Good morning welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im Courtney Reagan. Im dominic chu in for wilfred frost. Lets get to the Market Action we have futures showing a bit of stability ahead of that big jobs number check out whats happening with the stock futures. The s p up by 1 point. The dow indicating a 39 to 40 point open and the nasdaq up by 5 points. The tenyear treasury note yield, always a focus with the jobs number, check out yields there. We have been seeing a downtrend as of late 2. 12 the last trade there holding relatively steady. This could be a big mover if we get a big or disappointing jobs number thats true we have about 3 1 2 hours until we get that jobs number. As we begin a new month of trading, lets check out the august score card. The dow and s p finished higher to extend their winning streaks to five straight months of green arrows the nasdaq gained a bit more than a percent in august the ninth positive month in the last ten the best performing sectors with Information Tec
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.