This Official Visit, the visit to Dayton and the State Dinner at the White House on Wednesday evening underscore the special relationship that the United States and the United Kingdomshare.
Since the peak of optimism last November, the 2010 earnings-per-share forecast for Europe excluding the United Kingdom has been revised down by 17% and the 2011 estimated has been ratcheted down by a similar amount.
Western Europe is the leader in private-label goods with a 39% share in Switzerland, 31% in the United Kingdom, 29% in Germany and 25% in Belgium and Spain.