sarah eisen has more. >> reporter: the annual meeting of the world bank is under way. financial heavyweights gathered to discuss risks after the ims cut its outlook for world growth. >> next year we revised it to 3.8%, it is mediocre, but a recovery. >> the ims says germany must spend more to boost infrastructure and the european central bank should be prepared to do more to boost growth and consumer prices. and while the u.s. is growing faster, leaders are trying to solve issues like income. >> who is benefitting from growth and where is income going? how much inequality can the systems bear for growth to continue to be sustainable. and we have a concern that if inequality continues to increase then growth will not be sustainable. >> our people are dying. >> policymakers here also are discussing ways to fight the spreading risk of ebola, after the world bank said it could cost african nations by as much as $32 billion next year. >> that money is because 80 to 90% of inversion behavior, the stop in productivity, kids don't go to school, people don't go to work, trades

sarah eisen has more. >> reporter: 8 million customers per day, more than 2600 stores and nearly $100 billion in annual sales. kroger has defied the odds and the competition to become america's second biggest grocer behind walmart. how? it was early to bring in natural and organic food and lower prices to compete with whole foods. >> really, our associates are doing it and improving and doing a great job each day to improve customer service, with the products we offer. and when you look at everything together with a great price, it is really a great job. >> the stock has more than doubled in the last year, driven by 43 straight quarters of sales growth. the ceo, rodney mcmullen is investing in new stores and to stay ahead of amazon fresh and others. kroger is also benefitting from a recovering consumer, and cheaper gas prices at the pump. >> if you look at from a digital standpoint, when we merged, they had a very strong click and collect operation that we're now testing in the store here in cincinnati. we'll start to roll it out. we merged with one company to deliver to home. so it i

sarah eisen has more on the numbers. >> reporter: when it comes to what we eat and drink, consumer tastes are shifting fast, they want it fresh, natural, good for you. and giant consumer companies are trying to keep up. >> the reality i have not been changing at the same rate as customer's more specific expectations of us at mcdonald's. so we're changing. >> mcdonald's says it is ramping up marketing campaigns to emphasize the quality of their food and making their menu simple as they move their menu to similarities such as chipotle, and they're ditching their sugary soft drinks, coke said the volume of cases fell per strength 1% per quarter in north america. >> there is no question we need to improve our execution in many markets, especially consumer strategies. >> other energy and coffee drinks are more appealing to millennials, the equity investments are radical, but i guess they have been a little late to get into the non-cob, with good reason, than selling a carb soft drink, it is going to be a long haul. >> it is a double whammy because these companies are facing difficult challenge

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michael yoshikami here with sarah eisen and carter and fast money trader guy adami.hael, first, you agree with liz ann sonders? smooth sailing ahead? >> i don't agree but i believe the correction. that's it. i think when's going on here, kelly, is -- i know we're beating a dead horse here but as long as the fed is going to go in and insert adjectives to make people not panic like the last week or two, there's going to be a floor in the market. the fed doesn't have real estate to fall back on. they look for the health effect of the markets. >> i don't know. is that the good kind of fed speak, carter, or the bad fed speak? don't we want to get beyond the point of them shoring up confidence? >> eventually, sure. but i mean, i think it is worth pointing out we don't what's coming on wednesday. the language is changes a little bit. but my guess is probably waiting until the december meeting for a bold change to the forward guidance. i think a chance that considerable time language stays just about where it is. in terms of today, probably quite a lot of relief that the eur

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. >>> let's bring in cnbc sarah eisen live from the new york stock exchange. a brutal week here on wall street. volatility, wild swings, are back. yesterday was a scary day. the worst loss for stocks for 2014. there are new concerns about global economic growth, whether it's in europe, whether it's in russia, caused by geopolitics, you name it, and the fear investors have right now are policy makers are running out of bullets to try to fight new found slowdown and growth. yes, the united states is the bright spot here, but a lot of u.s. companies get a lot of their earnings overseas, so that weakness could inflict pain in the u.s. stock market. we're going to be watching stocks. by any indication, looks like the carnage is set to continue. in europe we're seeing sharp losses. one stock i want to mention is tesla, because elon musk continues to surprise. he unveiled a new all-wheel drive model that's going on sale at the end of the year. it has all sorts of new safety measures and cool features. 11-year-old company continues to invite. guys? sara, thank you so m

and sarah eisen. >> wow. >> joe taranova, give me your thoughts on netflix. >> my thoughts on next flichl, a classic example of -- >> he is joined by art cashan. i love. that dr. j, let's talk about the way this is trading after hours. >> sure. blew threw the 200 day to the down side. down 86 dlor about $363. so that is a -- that's an eyeopener. now a lot of people are higt the exits in a very i will liquid time, after hours. normally you don't see near lit volumes of buyers. so i bet it gets a little overstretched in the after hours tonight. >> i wonder if there is any sort of rollover he vekt into any of the other names that you put into that category, whether a tesla should be discussed. i have no idea what the stock is doing in the after hours trade. >> if you were saying there is tapped as a piggy bank, i don't think that's what they're doing here. i think this is pan nick the after hours, like i say. but if you were going to tap a piggy bank, i would say apple, tesl afl, those are ones you hit. i don't think that's what is happening here. there is a news-related vent in netflix. >>