from mr. dimon. a straightforward look from ceo and president gary cone. they do go through a number of the businesses and important to find out what we all know. the big adjustments that have taken place in the business over the last number of years and that continue to effect it in 2015. talking about of course interest rates many parts of the world remaining at or below zero. and goes on to say it is important to remember even if the timing and as for the businesses overall, they point out that investment management and investment banking, two businesses accounted for 39% of revenues last year compared to only 30% in 2012. that due in part to changes that have taken place and fixed income currency and commodities as a result of higher capital that has to be held in that business and a different mix overall that s taking place. not that they re moving away from income currency and commodities rights. they still remain committed to meeting the needs of their klines but they
they recall could ultimately include 120 million vehicles. victory in the philippines. the zero-tolerance message on crime, leaving no one in any doubt about his stance. without further a do, we re tried to make sense of it all. it s quite something. japan from theut regional index, excluding japan s index, that is down for the 10th session in a row, the largest losing streak since 2000. we are seeing some good games coming through in japan. that has to do with the weaker yen. the yen story more to do with the dollar strengthened because we have now the likelihood of two fed rate hikes coming through in terms of what traders are speculating. yesterday, there was speculation that the june hike will be pushed to september. most economists forecasting we will still see two rate hike this year, putting pressure on the dollar. seeing thoseare mining stocks hammered industrial you as you would expect with commodity prices generally down across the board. new zealand looking flat. t
general/family dollar tie-up goes through, the combined company would have 20,000 stores in 46 states, a total of about $28 billion in revenue. now, here s the important part the synergies on this transaction, which contrast to the other one and i know we re talking about dollar tree and dollar general and family dollar, it s confusing. dollar, dollar, dollar. dollar, dollar, dollar. here s what s happening. on the dollar general dollar general tree. on the dollar general proposal, they would have $550 million to $600 million in synergies annually. that would happen three years after the close. that is in contrast to what was $300 million in synergies on the other dollar tree deal. now, the dollar tree is a much smaller company than dollar general, and that s one of the reasons they re not able to have the type of synergies. a lot of analysts had wanted dollar general to come forward with this deal. we re surprised that they haven t. apparently, if you look thro
marcus lamonis will join us on that. and renter nation. how you can trade america s rental boom. first, though, let s go to sue. she s with us today at hq. hi ty. it is the last trading day of the month and a volatile day for stocks. the dow down triple digits. could have been worse, though as you mentioned. if it wasn t for dow member visa. visa adding as much as 100 points to the dow all by itself. let s get you caught up on the numbers. the dow is down 109 points on the trading session. s&p is last traded down about 11, and the nasdaq is down about 5 points on the trading session. in terms of interest rates, the yield on the ten-year note, as you can see, 1.66%. the crude market? all in the green with west texas intermediate up $1.15, and ice brent is up 76 cents. mary thompson will pull it all together for us. she s down on the floor of the new york stock exchange. hi, mary. hi sue. it s kind of a tall order. it s been a rather weird day of trading. i think a lot of p
most valuable brand? which one do you think makes the most. i know the one i use the most. me too. friday, october 10th, 2014. it is the samsung clothes washer and dryer because i m doing the laundry these days, my wife is back to work. well, good for you. he is so excited. i like when dryer works and jeans are not damp and wet and you take them out after 55 minutes. that is a good thing. we can see what chris is doing this weekend. we have 41 mount pocono. forty-seven allentown. forty-six pottstown. 55 degrees in philadelphia it is chillier in some places this morning. we ve got 48 in millville. 52 degrees in wilmington. wind are mostly calm, and we re starting to see an increase in clouds. we may not see much sunshine to start and some places we will, we don t expect much higher then 60 degrees for a high temperature today, cloudy, dam one that rain coming, afternoon showers will be with us throughout the the night and into tomorrow as well. more details o