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Hello, welcome to countdown. We have earnings from roche. Sales come in at 47 point 5 billion swiss francs. But is pretty much in line. The estimate was for 47. 1. Fast that is pretty much in line. They raised the dividend. They see the full year guidance being low to mid singledigit sales at a constant level. Oncology and pharmaceuticals are the two key areas. It is up 4 for the air for the year. These are the numbers i am getting. The core operating profit comes in at 17. 6. Rossi is further d...

The predominant flu strain. People over 50, the vaccine was 14 effective. The flu has mutated since the vaccine was created and manufactured. Radioshack preparing to file for bankruptcy. Radioshack is also talking about sprint taking the wireless sprint, the wireless carrier having at least some of radioshacks stores. Chinese uber competitor raised 600 million in funding, with existing shareholders ali baba and Tiger Global Management taking part. It is now valued at 2 billion. In china, upstart...

Chase. The foreignexchange traders made about 300 million on the day of that. Citigroup barclays and Deutsche Bank all took it on the chin to a tune of about 400 million in combined trading losses. At t says sales grew 4 in the Fourth Quarter but somebody reported a loss of 4 billion due to underfunding the pension. They added subscribers as discount leeward subscribers. We will have more on at t and its plans to expand in mexico later in the show. Google fiber is heading south, not going south,...

I am cory johnson. Here is a checkup headlines. U. S. Stocks closing today higher with some modest gains. The big news came out of europe this morning where the ecb is discussing a new 1. 1 trillion euro stimulus to boost the euro zone economy. Here is tony blair speaking to bloomberg in dominoes. What is necessary for the eurozone is a coming together around a proper stimulus combined with a profound structure reform, its the only longterm route to competitiveness and the only way to give credi...

2008 candidate announced his decision today, ending speculation that he will attempt a third campaign. I will be asked and have been asked if there are any circumstances that could change my mind. That seems unlikely. The decision comes just three weeks after romney told a small group of donors in new york that he was considering another run. Alibaba financiers are considering another Public Offering next year. They have an estimated value of 50 billion. Details of the fundraising are not yet fi...

18 billion,. Interest in apple products is at an alltime high with half a billion customer visits in the first quarter. Demand has in shattering our high expectation driven by the unprecedented popularity of iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus. Staggering is right. Iphones are flying off the shelves. Maybe the only negative note was a decline in ipad sales. The Biggest Development is the success apple has seen in china, opening another potential growth area. I asked about the whopping iphone number. I wo...

This is antisnob stuff. The rich types dont use it. But priceline is the google of all things travel and all things eating too. I still want priceline to buy yelp, another stock. But the reiteration of priceline is beating, it keeps beating the numbers. Almost every time a report it gets hammered how many times have i told you to buy it when it gets hammered . You have to. Make no mistake about it. Its both a travel play and the online reservation system for all the frugal shoppers out there. It...

Different alarm. Often a critic, Rupert Murdoch takes a shot. Google with harsh tweets about privacy. Family dollar at center of a bidding war. Dollar general announcing an offer to buy rival discount retailer for 78. 50 a share in cash, total transaction valued 9. 7 billion, counters dollar trees 74. 50 a share, cash and stock bid. So much, jim for not everybody working in late august in the summer. Somebodys working here. This is interesting. This was what we first thought would happen. Exactl...

No funk for the consumer. Targeted at 6 billion, snap chat with 0 billion in revenue, raising a new height this morning. Facebooks first downgrade since march of this year, and the growth will slow in 2015. For the first time, the targets open with the s p above 2,000 coming off the 30th record close of the year and dow hit new intraday highs in tuesday session, and nasdaq at a fresh 14 and a half year high, up 4. 5 . Interesting action so far. We have a cease fire in gaza, meeting how the geopo...

Their annual retreat, hershey pennsylvania. They will talk about priorities for the upcoming year. The north dakota senator john hoeven talked about some areas of possible compromise. We need to pass a sixyear highway bill. I think we will get that done. That is huge for america. Tax reform, absolute priority. Everyone wants to do it. I think it is doable. Good for jobs and the middle class. House and Senate Republicans have frequently found themselves at odds in various issues. The chinese uber...