heineken up by 4.4%. namebrand of the heineken that is doing where for them.ing in better than have been estimated inches of interest. having a decent day after yesterday's for reaction to the numbers. the luxury goods company up by 2.9%. let's look at the other side and's show you what is leading to the downside. 7.5%.ro, down by disappointing set of numbers. bad loans in particular weighing on their ability to distribute dividends. profits looking little bit light for the paris-based business. numbers coming out of match are in clarion's as well, both of those falling. let's get a first word news update with debra mao. he's tod trump says letting the trade deadline lapse if the u.s. and china are close to a deal. march 1 was the day the president was set to more than double the tariffs by $200 billion -- on $20 billion of chinese goods. go shooters are meeting in beijing this week. -- president xi theing will meet delegation. the president is downplaying the threat of another government shutdown. sign likely to grudgingly a deal on capitol hill and then made

their debt load is nine times bigger than that of heineken's. -- stock of the hour, thank you.k look major averages. dow was up two thirds of a percent. s&p 500 up half a percent. nasdaq up a third of 1%. this is bloomberg. ♪ the latest innovation from xfinity isn't just a store. it's a save more with a new kind of wireless network store. it's a look what your wifi can do now store. a get your questions answered by awesome experts store. it's a now there's one store that connects your life like never before store. the xfinity store is here. and it's simple, easy, awesome. ♪ guy: 30 minutes left in the european trading day. i am guy johnson. vonnie: i am vonnie quinn. this is the european close. guy: this is what we find ourselves with in europe, the stoxx 600. 1%. spain.al tension in the budget did not pass and we will has -- we will see the government have an early election. we are also seeing other performers coming through from russia. this appears to be on a morgan stanley note, voicing concern of the market being complacent on the sanctions. , you can out of asia see the n

heineken is making real inroads in emerging markets.rically a strong spot for ab invev. now, heineken is moving in and they are having real success. when the ab inbev deal was done, part of the driving force was africa, places like that. heineken is going after them. they are spinning off their asian -- they have an ipo there. when they did the deal, they leveraged up so much. they have to get rid of that debt. alix: teva stock doing poorly, bad earnings. they see the drop in earnings this year, but it looks ugly overall. revenue will drop 1.5-1.9 billion for the year. out 3 million. they still do see a stabilization of the u.s. industry, they see a trough later in 2019. that is rough. those are rough numbers, the stock getting hit. we will be talking to the teva pharmaceuticals ceo later on. david: the third company we are watching, and electric truck maker -- an electric truck maker. i hadn't heard of them. both amazon and gm looking at it. >> they don't exactly have these electric pickup trucks yet. they are still in production. gm a

. >> well, shifting gears to the beer sector, heineken shares are moving to the top of the stock 600 after the dutch firm forecasts 2019 profit growth at a similar rate to last year. the world's second largest brewer reported a 6.4% rise in 2018 core operating profit on a like for like basis that was just above forecasts with beer sales growing in all regions elsewhere, abn amro bottom of the stock 6 machine after it had a -- the dutch bank's net profit fell 42% to 316 million euros due to higher impairment charges. cfo clifford abraham has told us earlier the quarter was otherwise good >> q4 was operationally solid and steady, but, you're right, we had a couple of specific items in q4. we had some expenses, incidental expenses, and elevated impairmen impairments. the year as a whole, the bank is in good shape, and you see we posted an roe of 11%, and we're confirming our guidance for 2019 >> and coming up in the show, let's not forget the macro the u.k. reports its latest inflation figures next looking for brexit impact. we'll bring you the data as soon as it breaks >>> welcome back

estates (organic), and sutter home. e beers examined were from budweiser, coors, corona, guiness, heineken, miller, peak (organic), sam adams, samuel smith (organic), sierra nevada, stella artois, tsingtao and new belgium. ace perry hard cider was also tested.of particular note, the study found that, despite weed killer products like roundup being prohibited in the making of organic beers and wines, glyphosate was discovered in three of the four organic alcoholic beverages tested.the brewers association, which certifies small independent and craft beers, said in a statement: "brewers do not want glyphosate used on barley or any raw brewing material, and the barley grower organizations have also come out strongly against glyphosate."the amount of glyphosate discovered in the samples ranged as high as 51 parts per billion (ppb) in sutter home wine and more than 25 ppb in non-organic beers from budweiser, coors, corona, miller and tsingtao. the organic drinks were found to have totals as high as 5.2 ppb. while these numbers are below the epa's risk tolerances for beverages, at least one previ

let's see what heineken brings up. adjusted profit comes in a 3.80 7 billion euros, a beat on the estimate of 3.4 billion. it seems 2019, continued volatility in economic conditions. the red headline is full-year consumer organic beer volume up 4.2%. the estimate was 4%, so that is a beat there on that number. the dividend is lighter than the market had estimated. we had the announcement on the share buyback and special dividend just a couple of weeks ago. the originalthan estimate. on the operational side of the business, it is a beat, the operating income which is adjusted. in terms of actual numbers, they managed to get the price rises through. the big challenge is the cost price inflation. we have the dividend, we had the special dividend and the share buyback announced just 10 days ago. let me show you the global markets because there's almost , tremendous bounce in these markets from the equity side. i love what robert burgess said about the equity markets. it doesn't take much to get the he may let theut march 1

heineken is a gainer. ahold is a gainer this morning.e saw some green in staples there on your imap, but we're seeing some green in terms of -- in terms of the grocery stores as well. take a look at the losers, astra seneca taking the most point away from stocks, 600. and then you see s.a.p. is down. amadeus is down. diacio one of the detractors in the point 600. anna. anna: interesting to see these european markets. some of the corporates are moving. let's stick with the big picture story coming from hanoi. let's get back to the trump-kim summit. we were talking to you earlier on. it seemed like the talks fell apart. that was the perspective from the trump administration. what was interesting for the road map ahead no plans for another summit with kim at this point. >> well, that's right. not in the foreseeable future. that's what we're hearing from analysts. trump did say that he could have signed something today. but it wouldn't be enough. pompeo wouldn't be happy with it. he wouldn't be happy with it. those were his words. and trump

annmarie: let's start with heineken on the upside.h in their namesake division. stoxx 600 up. a load of the lea -- of relief action. a lot of pressure on the stock. now, this is a rally in terms of their 2019 forecast. abn on the downside. down nearly 7%. they had bad loans in increased cost you to money laundering prevention. what is also going on is investors were expecting bigger dividends. francine: thank you so much. we continue in the next hour. tom keene joins me out of new york. we will be speaking to the riksbank governor after they have chosen to not extend their mandate in fx prevention. oil is on the move. we had that brexit showdown. with me to look at what we heard from the chief negotiator of theresa may's. they may extend that to focus minds of np's -- mp's. i'm a veteran and the army taught me a lot about commitment. which i apply to my life and my work. at comcast we're commited to delivering the best experience possible, by being on time everytime. and if we are ever late, we'll give you a automatic twenty dollar cr

researchers looked at brands including coors light, miller lite, budweiser, corona, heineken and guinnessls of the pesticide aren't necessarily dangerous, but are enough to cause concern. the levels are technically below what the e-p-a considers a risk. a public health advocate we spoke to earlier says consumers should call for a ban on weed killers...and opt more often for organic products for organic products (ken) spain is now considered to be the world's healthiest country. bloomberg's new 'healthiest country' index has spain topping-out over italy. researchers looked at things like life-expectancy, tobacco use, and obesity. it also factored living conditions including access to clean water and sanitation. spain is expected to have the highest lifespan, at nearly 86 years, by 20-40. the index listed iceland third and japan, fourth. the united states by the way.. ranked 35th on the list, down one spot from two years ago. (catherine) fierce winds have been causing serious problems in southern ontario. trees and power lines have been blown down...knocking out power. there's lots of ice a

tracee: they are saying maybe not, they all one one had traces of weed killer, corona, heineken, samvels are not considered dangerous but still concerning, of course. >> always, always. now, we have to throw to mornings with maria and very own maria bartiromo, she's all set up, isn't she? maria: happy monday, good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo, monday february 25th, top stories right now, just before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. the china trade deadline has been delayed. president trump pushing back the timeline to make a deal not putting those tariffs in place on march 1, will markets like the news, chinese telecom huawei is rivalling samsung, amid growing concerns of 5g products, the fallout coming up. more privacy worries, stop sharing personal information with facebook, data goes well beyond birthdays, hollywood's big night, top moments and surprises from the oscars last night. mornings with maria begins right now. ♪ ♪

researchers looked at brands including coors light, miller lite, budweiser, corona, heineken and guinness. the levels of the pesticide aren't necessarily dangerous, but are enough to cause concern. the levels are technically below what the e-p-a considers a risk. (ken) coming up... burglars target the same comic book store in two days... why the owners think it's the same theives.. ahead. (grant) plus... residents in the sierra are bracing for possible flooding with the incoming rain... and that's on top of all the snow the area has already seen this month. (lawrence)ten at ten sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase bnch. (ken) we are continuing to track this powerful storm heading into the bay area tonight. the north bay is expected to get hit the hardest. (grant) we are taking a look at the bridges tonight... the roads look damp... but it doesn't look like the rain is coming down ri

poland, he discouraged the use of huawei's 5g >>> back to earnings one specific stock in focus is heinekenrowth in its core products helped beat profit expectations it did see a pickup in non-alcoholic products, guys ubs put out an interesting note, saying that low to non-alcoholic beers are becoming increasingly popular among women and millennials across europe, making it a new prospect for some of the big bureaus. i, personally, don't understand why you would drink beer if it doesn't have alcohol in it, but in europe, it's taken off. >> i think they're grateful to have any beer drinkers at all, given what spirits have done to beer over the last few years >> like diet cake, what's the point? >> there you go. >>> now let's get to sue herrera who's got a news update. >> i sure do, jon. thank you very much. good morning, everyone here's what's happening at this hour the u.s. indicting former u.s. air force officer monica whitt for aiding iran. washington characterizing it as a cyber spying operation, targeting u.s. intelligence officers the u.s. sanctioning two iran-based firms and several o

a handful of companies are referencing strength in the consumer heineken seeing strong volume growth driven by nonalcoholic products and hilton beating profit expectations as it increases room rates the question is whether the retailers set to report in coming weeks will see strength in the consumer. hilton at the top of the s&p 500 helping lift other hotel operators like marriott and hyatt set to report tonight. >>> you heard dom talk about freeport-mcmoran not only we are poised to close at the highest levels since december but the s&p is moving above its 200-day moving average. the percentage of stocks hitting new highs is the most since december 3rd and the qqqs. dom is back. let's also bring in bryce. let's sit and chew over what you think the message is from these markets as all of these positive signs now. >> it's incredible what a turn around from december when the economy was going to go over a cliff and the sky was falling and now this euphoria. we're up 70% from the low in december and the economy just doesn't pivot like that. it doesn't change that dramatically we think i

by the way, heineken taking the abinbevght right to in china.his is about reinvigorating bud, bud lite in the united states of america. an inflection point, no doubt about it, for ab invbev. let's have a little bit of a decco, one of the world's biggest employment companies. full-year dividend per share, 2.5, missing the estimate of 2.63. let's get straight to the ceo of the company, who joins me now on the phone from zurich, in his first interview of the day. good to see you this morning. what the world would like to about aat -- we talk global slowdown every day. tell me this. you have seen many cycles. what do you see in your numbers that confirms the global slowdown or decries that theory? good morning. alain: good morning. first of all, i would like to say we are very pleased with the strong operational performance we had in the quarter, despite, yes , a challenging markets backdrop, especially in europe, which i will come back to in a minute. but we have been outperforming in france, in the u.s., in italy, in japan, so quite strong results

the major beer makers, anheuser bush, heineken, constellation brands they were working on a got milkr after the feud between coors and inbev. molson coors u.s. unit is still mad about it and a spokesperson tells the wall street journal that working on an industry campaign is a, quote, waste of time and money while the dominant industry leader is spending millions of dollars demonizing beer ingredients. miller coors says corn syrup is widely used in the fermentation process. target is preparing to take on victoria's secret and amazon. they're launching a line of lingerie and sleepwear. that targeting changing women's preferences for more natural designs. next month, target will launch three new brands and anticipates more than $1 billion in sales in a year. shares of target are down 4% over the last year. and shares of victoria's secret parent company l brands, they are down 44% in that same time. well, some big bucks will be on the line at the fortnite world cup finals in july. right here in new york city. who's going? epic games, they're putting up a $30 million prize pool for the e