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Product-wise, Coke Zero Sugar, Mike, that is the star.
Sales up 13%.
Guidance lifted overall, and I reckon they're going to get earnings growth of 8% to 9% this year, which is pretty good.
So markets like that, shares up around about 6%.
Then we come to UPS, obviously the delivery giant.
They've been on paper, but revenue's slightly lower, $21 billion.
Net income actually fell 27% to $864 million.
Volumes in the U.S.
declined, so softer demand there.
Fuel charges, interestingly, actually said they've yet to see a material impact, but stay tuned there.
They're taking a bunch of costs out, taking around $3 billion in savings.
But, yeah, markets unconvinced, margins disappointed.
Guidance wasn't upgraded, so these shares are down around about 3%.
And then in the middle, you've got General Motors.
That's actually a big earnings week, but revenues are down 1%, earnings up 22%, $4.25 billion.
Why is that?
Tariffs, so the Supreme Court ruled back in February that certain ones were illegal, so they're getting a $500 million refund there, which is not... They raised guidance, lifted the full-year outlook.
They said North America is actually doing quite well, but taking a bit of a hit from their EV business, which they're unwinding from, that's around about $1 billion as well.
And they've still got some high commodity and tariff-related pressures, so that'll hit things by around about $2 billion.
So investors cautious, shares flat, all that mix, Mike.