Shares in BSS Group rose Tuesday as the UK plumbing and heating firm posted a 23% fall in first-half adjusted pretax profit but maintained its dividend and said it was confident on the second half of the year. CEO Gavin Slark told CNBC the group's strategy has been to protect and gain market share during the downturn.
UK water company Severn Trend posted a near 10% rise in underlying first-half profit Tuesday. The numbers were boosted by price rises which offset a continued fall in consumption. "It's another good set of results," CEO Tony Wray said, adding he has seen continued improvement on financial and customer service metrics.
A look at how low the dollar can go and if the stock rally will continue, with Jim LaCamp, MacroPortfolio Advisors; Steve Forbes, Forbes; Andy Busch, BMO Capital Markets; Ned Riley, Riley Asset Management and CNBC's Scott Wapner.
India is not an export-led economy, as much as China is, and that is why it has done very well throughout the financial crisis, says Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council. He outlines India's growth potential to Michael Yoshikami of YCMNet Advisors, CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.
There is a lot of momentum money in gold, says John Licata, chief investment strategist at Blue Phoenix, speaking to Tony Morriss, senior market strategist at ANZ Bank, CNBC's Sri Jegarajah and Karen Tso.