the old pittsburgh plate glass now ppg. many think there are no real opportunities for growth in the global economy for an industrial company. may i suggest thatly ton the ceo of ppg when he talks about how every major region around the world had record profits and he says that europe is turning around. may i remind you if you innovate, you can grow and ppg is an innovation factory. if you shuffle the deck a little, including buying up various proprietary coatings by selling georgia gulf, the chemical business that was commodity and buying from the coating business, then you can take control of your own destiny. this was a flawless industrial, it triumphed, which is why the stock jumped $8.25. all right. let's call it out. let me give you the flip side. companies which executed so poorly that i'm left scratching my head and raising my eyebrows about what went wrong. let's start with exhibit "a," ibm, i'm aghast at what happened here. this may be the worst quarter from any major company in 2013. this is the worst quarter, by

if you like dupont, you should love ppg.hat anyone should fall in love with a stock because it's a piece of paper. ppg reported a week ago and delivered spectacular results. rose 17% year over year. even better, they see europe stabilizing. that is huge. this remarkable company has made a lot of money over the years. stocks just 25% return since we talked to the ceo in april. his throat was sore at the time. let's see what chuck is up to. welcome back to "mad money". >> hey, jim. it's great to be back. thank you. >> you sound good. your conference calls are always a great joy. it was an mazing quarter that you delivered. >> oh, it was. we had an excellent quarter, and we felt great about it. >> i think we don't talk enough -- we hated europe for so long we forgot europe was a great market. it could be gigantic for your earnings next year, wouldn't it? >> yes. we worked hard the the last few years to streamline businesses, to emphasize productivity. we still had record operating earnings in europe over the first half of this

you should love ppg, not that everyone should fall in love with the stock. ppg reported a week ago. the company delivered spectacular earnings coming in at $2.24 cents per share t. sales rose 17% year over year, even better, the company they see in europe stabilizing that, is used. this remarkable company has made you a lot of money over the years, the stocks get a 25% return since the last time we spoke with the ceo in april. let's talk to the fabulous chairman/ceo. this group was soared, let's see what they do, well xom back to requested mat money." >> hey, jim, it's great to be back, thank you. >> you sound good. i was worried, your conference calls are a joy and your cfo was an amazing quarter that you delivered. >> it was. we had an excellent quarter. >> we hated europe so long here we forgot europe is a big mark. a little turn could be gigantic for your earnings, couldn't it? >> we worked hard to streamline our businesses to emphasize productivity. we still had record operating earnings in europe over the first half of this year, so we're poised with any improvement in the ove

just last week, we interviewed the ceos of avnet, ppg and eaton.e companies like so many u.s.-based enterprises diversified into europe many years ago as they recognized the european union opened up a gigantic market of 700 million people served by one currency. we forgot before the euro it was difficult to do business because of the fluctuating currencies. the euro truly did unite europe when it came to commerce, and enticed our companies to buy and build over there with alacrity. avenet, eaton and ppg, the proprietary coatings and glass company represent the cream of the crop in the respective industries and each of their managements knew that they offered superior products and therefore could take share from the locals. now if you recall, europe really didn't come out -- come down with its own version of economic flu until well after we hit the wall, and their illness was magnified by not one but two interest rate hikes that crushed industries in almost every country except germany. no business was prepared, and these three companies saw a drama

ppg, the paint maker, everybody wants white. >> according to ppg, silver was number one.ing to the top spot. according to ppg has to do with technology. lori: iphone. >> not iphone. everybody is doing white technology. not associated so much with a appliance. associated with a cool appliance. lori: clean looking. gary, appreciate it. adam: a pink diamond straight out of "the pink panther." the 59.6-carat pink diamond is set to go on sale at sotheby's for a price expected to be the world most expensive jewel, expected to get $65 million at auction blowing away about the $46 million diamond in 2010. discovered by diamond mining giant de beers. it is largest pink diamond that the gem logical institute of america ever graded. if you watch south park like a curic. lori: if i had the cash to buy it nobody thinks it is real. nobody thinks you're wearing diamond that size and that color. adam: wouldn't you like to have the bling? lori: everybody would think it is fake anyway. adam: twitter execs selling their most anticipated ipo a year. you probably can't get in on the initial o

oddly enough ppg's apple use of white on iphones and it pad led to a surge in popularity.white. but i think it is feminine color for cars. adam: no. >> not necessarily. adam: not at all. beautiful color. problem keeping it clean. lori: i was going to say. adam: you can write your name on it every day in the dust and grit and soil. not good. >>> cranberry crash crop, a record breaking season for this year's harvest. lori: jeff flock in the heart of it all in wisconsin or we're off to wisconsin next. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, whe experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. adam: we have breaking news that will upset a lot of people with our a

it's the ppg model. i've got chuck bunch on tonight. out of the commodities, went very aggressive into high -- into high value added codings, okay, architectural codings and that stock's multiple has zoomed. you have a company that went from 50 to 180 when it got out of the old glass. coleman is using a page from that playbook. what i like about her is that kullman waited to spin it off until it's an up swing. she did it all right and she better start getting credit for how well she's running dupont. >> shares do look to be up. two of the biggest names in tech up sharply in premarket. microsoft earning 62 cents a share for its fiscal first quarter that was ahead of what the analyst expected. they expect improved sales for service software. and for amazon, it posted better than expected quarterly revenue. that did look for profits that did overshadow a 9 cent a share loss. the retailer gave indications of momentum heading into the holiday shopping season. let's start with amazon. huge increase in revenues and they're managing to lose mor

i had ppg on the other day, sherwin-williams. you got kitchen, you got bath, you got paint. i mean, everybody's all-systems go but they're not all systems go at sears. >> no. >> they're not all -- no, they're not. >> here's like radio shack. kind of the shack. shack attack. >> that's sort of a different story. >> i see something like that. >> interesting study out this morning. market research group forester has published an eye opening report on facebook based on a survey of nearly 400 marketing executives and concludes that facebook creates less business value than any other digital marketing opportunity. facebook averaged the lowest score on a scale of 1 to 5 among other social media outlets. forester is telling people not to dedicate a page outlook -- >> it's my charitable trust. i don't know. i speak to a lot of ceos who advertise on facebook. i speak to them off the record, on the record. they all love it. they all love the exposure. they have 400 ceos in this that say it's no good. the amount of money that's being devoted as part of the mosaic of online spent is rathe