while you were sleeping: sears teams up with amazon - industrial air conditioner

Wall Street is mixed, with Sears trading with Amazon offsetting declines from other retailers, including Home Depot, Lao and Best Buy.
Sears shares rose 10.
6% as of 3.
After struggling retailers agreed to start selling their Kenmore products on Amazon, New York time was 45. com.
"Amazon launched Kenmore products.
Com will significantly expand the distribution and supply of the Kenmore brand in the United States, "said Edward Lampert, CEO of Sears, in a statement.
Sears also announced the integration of Kenmore smart appliances with Amazon Alexa.
"Amazon Alexa's Kenmore Smart skills enable customers to control Kenmore Smart household appliances by simply asking Alexa, such as changing the temperature on the air conditioner without leaving the sofa, sears said in a statement. In 3.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell slightly by 0.
Reduced by 03.
But the Nasdaq composite index rose 0. 13 per cent. In 3.
29 pm trading, the S & P 500 index rose 0. 1 per cent.
Earlier in the day, the S & P 500 index climbed to a record 2,477.
62, while Nasdaq rose to a record high of 6,398. 26.
Brent Shute, chief investment strategist at Northwest Mutual Wealth Management, told Reuters: "The earnings will be unexpected and have been in good shape so far . ".
"I think one thing that is changing now is our revenue growth because in many cases the world is doing better," Schutte notes . ".
"This is a huge change in the economy over the past year and the reason why fires continue to burn in the future.
"In the Dow Jones index, the shares of Home Depot and travelers have recently fallen by 4 percentage points and 1 percentage point respectively.
Shares of Nike and Verizon have recently risen by five percentage points, respectively.
3 and 2, respectively.
The Stoxx 600 index closed down 0 in Europe.
4 percentage points higher than the last close.
Germany's DAX index fell 0.
04, while the French CAC40 index fell by 0. 3 per cent.
Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 0. 8 per cent.
After the European Central Bank's policy meeting, the bank did not make any changes to its key interest rates and asset purchase plans, President Mario Draghi said, the council will begin discussions on changes to the project in the fall.
"We are also consistent in communicating any changes to the direction of progress;
Moreover, we agree that there is no exact date for future discussion of changes, "Draghi said at a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
"In other words, we just said that our discussion should take place in the fall --
Because we are in Europe, so in autumn.
The euro strengthened.
According to Bloomberg, Neil Wilson, a market analyst at ETX Capital, wrote in a report: "a rather moderate Mario Draghi failed to maintain full control of the euro bulls . ".
"What he said is that the Council is likely to discuss spending cuts in the fall.
Meanwhile, Unilever's share price climbed after British shares.
Consumer goods companies in the Netherlands have raised their prospects
Annual profitability.
Unilever chief executive Paul Polman said in a statement that the company now expects its base operating profit margin to increase by at least 100 basis points this year, with strong cash flow.
This is up from a forecast of at least 80 basis points in April.
"Our performance in the first half of the year shows that our growth is far ahead of our market and a substantial step has been taken --
Despite the continued volatility of the global trade environment, profitability has improved . "
"Unilever is accelerating its transition to a more resilient, competitive and profitable business.
Unilever's shares earlier rejected Kraft Heinz's offer to close 1.
The London stock market rose seven percentage points.
"Unilever knows they can't relax and investors expect them to improve their game," Steve Clayton, fund manager at Hargreaves Lansdown Select, told Reuters that his fund invested in Unilever.