companies like messily and unilever want to focus on smaller size products. unilever says that the average spaniard spends only 17 euros per shopping trip. by that measure, a large pack of laundry detergent with the debt half of their budget. to the u.s. now, or states along the gulf of mexico are bracing for a tropical storm isaac. >> is it is taking a westward track toward louisiana coast and is expected to strengthen into a dangerous category two hurricane before making landfall in the coming days. >> a state of emergency is already in effect along much of the coast. >> tropical storm isaac is causing chaos ahead of the republican national convention. the event has been postponed a day with mitt romney and ball running having to wait until tuesday for the republican presidential nomination. delegates will have to be careful but to seem to celebrate while the storm wreaks havoc nearby. florida has suffered plenty of rain, but little damage. the storm is getting strength as it moves across the gulf of mexico. several states have declared a state of emergency

overseas in europe according to consumer goods joint unilever the owner of the personal and lips and brown says they'll treat the e.u. as an emerging markets selling washing powder and mayonnaise in small perks and creating low cost brands for tea and olive oil companies european heads if a consumer in spain spends just seventeen euro and shopping a console the motion part of a haul for the budget worrying developments in europe. indeed danielle the are worrying but as they say every cloud has a silver lining so as keep our fingers crossed all right thanks very much indeed see you next hour so surely we will discuss brock obama's residency in the white house with washington based author andrew in vain but i'll be back with a recap our top stories before that right after this break. to. download the official application to cellphones choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device watch r.t. any time of the. mission free accreditation free in-store charge is free. arrangement free. f

poverty's bank in europe according to consumer goods joint unilever the owner of the postal and lips and brown says they now treat the e.u. as an emerging market selling washing powder and mayonnaise in small pokes and creating low cost brands for tea and olive oil companies european heads if a consumer in spain spends just seventeen your own shopping a console the washing powder the whole the budget europe today bring it up more for you next definitely down thanks very much indeed well shortly join us as we take a sneak peek at one of the world's biggest military vehicle events in our special report and that's coming your way after the headlines stay with us. tolls started here before going global and now it's cooling the fire. log in. the rather. choose your place take your stand. to. make your statement. smoke the lawyers. will strip along. the pavement he. came to. see. wealthy british silence on the same spot on the title. markets. can go find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune int

poverty is back in europe according to consumer goods joining unilever the owner of the personal and lipton brands says that they now tree the e.u. as an emerging market selling washing powder and mayonnaise in small packs and creating low cost brands for t.v. and all of world companies european head adds if a consumer and plane spends just seventy years on shopping i can't sell them washing powder for the for just half the budget. so really things are going from bad to worse apparently as a knowledge by huge companies like you don't leave it to me too many thanks but they will see you soon. all right to the headlines in just a moment and then we'll be a stepping outside the box keyser on another mission of a global economic warfare we'll see you in just a moment. it is easy to. believe. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. of the world with the true science technology

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poverty is back in europe according to consumer goods giant unilever the owner of the personal and lipton brand says they now treat the e.u. as an emerging market selling washing powder mayonnaise and small packs and creating low cost brands for tea and all of world companies european head adds if a consumer in spain spends just the seventeen years and shopping i can't sell i'm washing powder for half the budget. and that's your business for now but thanks very much indeed dimitri will see in about an hour from now now very soon we'll be finding out about bank runs and how financial institutions are missing the boat that capital account from our washington studios will be out of the headlines in just a moment stay with us live this is our team in moscow. you know you're. all.

unilever nestle's the bay of the major food companies of all remove g.m. and gradients from the european brands but not in the u.s. . where most people are unaware. so was here a for some period of time using g.m.o. foods yes is it possible to see a change and in that you know over time that it correlates to that with things like you know autism or i.b.s. or whatever we did see that soon after g m so i was introduced to the u.k. sort of skyrocketed by fifty percent in a single year or years this was in one thousand nine hundred just before they removed it and in the article that came out the york laboratory was saying this could implicate genetically engineered soy but i think the government stepped in and they wouldn't release the report and they stopped speaking about it because the same government that jumped on our part to discover the problems with the potatoes remarkable. india yeah has had a apparently a real problem with g.m.o. products and and that problem has been more economic i mean we've been talking medical here and a tickle to the imus yeah

. >> obviously, unilever has been knocking the ball out of the park with very balanced growth and maintainingargins. they've excelled quite well. procter & gamble has their own international challenges, specif specifically related to competitive pressures as well as initiatives to try to cut a large chunk of costs out of their cost structure. they face different challenges, so i guess it's somewhat different but we'll hear more from procter foam. >> erin lash, thanks for calling in this morning. still to come on the program, we'll tell what you caused london's mayor to get stuck on a zip line. >> that's the mayor of london waving flags, and then he came to a crushing halt. >> you're so proud? >> has this never happened to mayor bloomberg? >> no, but there's still time. >> okay. >> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity... to drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations... search with bing... and listen to pandora. presenting the 2013 lexus

very sizable holding and unilever is part of that.on the beverage industry and have sizable positions in the brewing industry around the world. heineken, sab miller, abi, anheuser-busch and the spirits history. all of these companies have storied european brands that have appeal around the world and the companies are busily at work investing behind the capacity to serve the needs as the parts of the world grow in domestic product and consumer disposable income. that's the business we're involved with. it hasn't changed for a long time. >> have you changed since brazil, russia, india examine china's growth rates have declined recently? has that changed your philosophy about investing and where you go from here? >> no. i think the penetration in those markets remain so low that over a long period of time we have enormous white space to invest in. actually, the great news in the downturn is that those companies that maintain a long-term ambition are able to invest better in those markets as their competitors flee. nestle bought pfizer's

today the head of unilever for europe said they are now in europe going to import some of the packagingr portions, they've actually pioneered in indonesia because the poverty in certain parts of europe is becoming so bad. the argument he made is if you have a spanish shopper who has 17 euros to spend on a trip, there's no point in trying to sell him a washing powder that costs half of that 17 euros. that in many senses says it all. today is a relatively quiet day in europe. which is why i took the time to tell you that story. london is not trading. so much volume still originates from london. here we go. >> the european markets are closing now. >> you'll see actually it's relatively positive. we gained during the course of the session. one main reason for that, actually. the chicago fed president had some comments in hong kong where he's talking about the need for more qe here in the united states. of course, you have ben bernanke speaking on friday and a big focus on that. also because german business sentiment, the ifo survey, fell again today for the fourth month. there's a suggestio

unilever and some of the personal products more consumer staples.hat a discretionary purchase but not a higher end luxury purchase. >> thank you for your time. david reidel joining us. you can catch more global trades every we can night on "fast money" and tuesdays right here, kelly, on "squawk on the street" you can tune in from london. >> i'll stay up late just for it. >>> up next, live to new orleans where louisiana senator mary landrieu joins us as her state prepares for tropical storm isaac's landfall later tonight. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank, like no-fee atms, all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. i don't have to

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now poverty is back in europe according to a consumer goods giant unilever the owner of the personal and lipton brand says they now treat the e.u. as an emerging market selling washing powder and mayonnaise and small packs and creating low cost. brands the t. and all the oil companies european the head adds that if i consume a in spain spends just seventeen euro zone shopping i can't sell them washing powder off the budget. tables out for the consumer market in europe on day so it puts things in perspective doesn't it thanks very much indeed dimitri well love very shortly it's over to mexico is when the latest report from the front line of what he calls a financial wall that's all for the headlines coming up very shortly. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture.