Bouncing back from profit warnings saying it will cut spending and step up asset sales this year. Spains economic continues to pick up the pace. Good news in germany where the jobless numbers fall faster than expected. And hanging up on hand sets, google gets out of the business of making smartphones, selling its money, using the motorola unit to lenovo for nearly 3 billion. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. A very good morning to you. We concluded the feds last meeting. Ben bernanke as expected was a 10 billion taper once again. And not a huge amount of deception from the fomc. Equities following asia and the u. S. Lower, the dow down 189 points. Down to lows we havent seen since november 7th. The s p down to december 9th lows. Its a huge number of individual stocks to look at. How does that translate into the indices . The ftse 100 was down some 28 points. Its down another 28 points today. Xetra dax off 0. 4 . The cac 40 off 0. 5 and the ftse mib off 0. 25 . We had the hsbc number out which dipped down into contraction territory. That came out with a new day today. Nikkei off 2. 5 today. The shanghai composite down 0. 8 , the hang seng off 0. 5 . Asx 200 off 0. 8 . Were back below the twoho month low, 100. 56. Yesterday we were up to around 2778 before we heard from the fed. Bund yields are lower. Very, very touchy we are today. I like that. Sterling back down to 1. 65. Aussie dollar not far away from the 3 1 2 year lows at the moment. And euro dollar, still on this 1. 36 mark. Weve had spanish gdp out today. The recovery, picking up steam. The first gtp reading for the Fourth Quarter shows the spanish economy expanded by 0. 3 compared to the previous three months. Stephane is in madrid. He has more for us. Stephane, how does this compare with what we were looking for . Well, thats exactly in line with what the finance minister told Parliament Three weeks ago. But its stronger than what most economies were expecting. The finance minister is actually confident for the month to come. He believes that the gdp will expand by 1 this year, which would be higher than the official target of 0. 7 . Thats good news. Even if there are still a lot of negative indicators. In spain, the first one, retail sales has been released yesterday. It was down 1 in december. That was the biggest decline since last summer. Plus, of course, the Unemployment Rate still improved to a record level 26 . Although its been stabilized over the last three quarters. It remains at a very high level with the youth Unemployment Rate at the 56 . The black economy is a big concern in spain. Its now estimated thats 24 of the spanish Economic Activity. The black economy, which is a main problem when it comes to tax incomes for the Spanish Government and, of course, the consequences of the realistic crisis. Acourting to the latest data, more than 550,000 people still owe and have to repay their bank more than the value of their houses are flat. So there is still a lot of economic pressure on these people. But the overall feeling is that the situation is improving gradually. Stephane, thanks very much indeed for that. Well get more reaction to that number in just few moments time. January season adjusted jobless falling again from the december figure, minus 28,000. It was minus 19,000 in december. The december adjusted jobless rate, 6. 8 pefrs, unchanged from the december level. Tun adjusted jobless rate, 7. 3 . Thats actually a tick up from the unadjusted level of 6. 7 in december, as well. And lets bring in bertha ahead of macro credit research. Burton, nice to see you. Good morning. How would you characterize the well, weve got a recovery in spain. We havent yet got one in italy. How would you characterize things . Spain like ireland is reaping the benefits of reforms. The first tacks to get a recovery are to get transparency for investment. Not only in financial assets. Spain has done the bad bank. It has cleaned up its banks and weve got now 35 year on year increase in demand for spanish real estate from foreign investors. Weve got carrefour today announcing they will hire more than 5,000 employees in spain after ford increased their factory investments in spain. So not only was transparency on the Banking System as increasing demand for financial assets, by reforms on the labor markets have increased demand for real assets, for real investment. All youre doing is lagging. It was the coalition government, which is fragile. Although after the kicking out of berlusconi, its free there. The key there is maybe with that you can have a stoppinger coalition, maybe a strong majority. Then you can have more reforms. But its a much longer process, so spain is going to outperform. Weve seen a huge amount of outpours. Weve seen a huge amount of convergence trade already. The lowest cost ever on a twoyear note. Five year irish trading below that of the uk and the u. S. Weve come a very long way. We seem to have priced in an awful lot of recovery already, havent we . I agree. Like last year and the year before we were long on europe, on european bonds, on periphery. We talked about a meltup in the last months of 2013. And now were just after this meltup, were asking ourselves, you know, if the market is a bubble or not. I think theres in a bubble, people do irrational things. Companies do financial engineering, banks lend to everyone, consumers borrow and buy things they cannot afford. And i think were not there yet in europe. I think we are in a crowded trade, for sure. There are some areas that are a bit vulnerable like the new cocoa bondses, for example, or corporate hybrid bonds, very complex structures. But generally speaking, i think theres a bit more upside in periphery. Globally, we see outflows out of emerging markets. This real location is still ongoing. But yeah, we have less sugar in the market. Its a bit like a diet coke. You dont have a lot of sugar, you dont have a lot of calories. How much more do you think spreads can tighten . Well, i think, you know, were at 2 , potentially we could go up beside her. High yield spreads are around 3 . We could go 50 basis points tighter into yearend, for sure. And the market can always surprise you and do better than you think. But, you know, at some point you have to stop being greedy. So were very, very careful on scaling down our exposure throughout the year if we get to an irrational level. I just got some statements coming out of the ecb, which id like to get your views on. Credit standards on Business Loans tighten in the Fourth Quarter, but less than they tightened in the Third Quarter of 2013. Corporate loans standard fell 2 from 5 in the third. Banks expecting loan tightening to nil in the First Quarter of 2014. How tight, still, is credit in the eurozone in your opinion . And actually, what do you make of the of banks credit as an investment . This is very interesting. What is happening in europe is that the banks are deleveraging really fast in a disorderly way in the last few years. This deleveraging is now becoming more stable. Basically, banks b are deleveraging at a lower pace and this has been happening over the last few months of last year when the ecb announced the qr and the stress tests and investors starting to put money into bank capital. So banks were able to raise equity instead of cutting assets and cutting loans. But we still have some deleveraging. In december, across the eurozone, banks cut around 30 billion of loans to nonfinancial companies. So we still have a bit of deleveraging going on. So far, since last two years, we lost 350 billion of loans to nonfinancial companies, which is bigger than the size of the european high yield market. So what we need to do is for other so other investors that are not banks to come and do lending. For example, insurance companies, we had several initiatives recently or secretzations, which is something that was talked about. Banks aring goal to need another year to restart lending aggressively like we were doing before and to recapitalize. And in the end, we need Smaller Banks in europe. Banks are still three times the size of gdp, which is the highest in the world. So you need other nonbanking investors to come in. There are other opportunities in bank assets this year. Thanks for that. Thank you. Now, also coming up in todays show, the biggest banks, talking about banks, the biggest banks in all the eurozone, santander missed expectations on profit in the quarter. Coming up, well get more from stephane in madrid and find out what went wrong. Also, in japan, its a tale of different forchs. Well hear why nomuras profits have risen more than 5 but its rival is issue ago profit warning. And its the chinese new year. The horse is aiven seen as one of the more auspicious animals. Well see whether markets will trot, gamble or gallop this year. Google announces its plans to get out of the mobile hand set business, a rather expensive mistake. Pretty big day for earnings here in europe. Lets skik off with roche, the stock up 1. 2 , but it missed expectations been ericsson will get a boost this year. Givaudan up nearly 6 . Riding high, the swiss perfumemaker receiving a bigger than expected hike. It now aims to grab extra market share this year. And santander, down 1. 6 in madrid, missing forecasts. It did double earnings. It was boosted by the stronger comments of the bank with the exception of brazil where the net profit dropped 8 last year. In spain, which remains an important market although its only 7 , the net profit declines by 45 in 2013 and thats one of the reasons why the earnings were below expectations. Net lending income, which is the difference between what the bank charges for loans and how much you pay was below expectations for the last year. And nearly up to 26 building euros. Thats a 13 decline in one year and that explains why the stock is trading lower. The bad loan ratio, also important, 5. 64 at the end of last year. There are two press conferences. The first one at the dividend sales, the ratio. You know the Spanish Central Bank is putting it pressure on the banks to limit the payout ratio. This is much lower than what santander used to pay to reach shareholders. The second is the emerging countries. Its the risk for Spanish Banks and they could face a drain on emerging currencies and on that matter, the chairman of santander didnt make any statement to the press this morning. Over to you. Stephane, thanks for that. Thats santander. Back to the uk, three other Companies Worth looking at, bskyb posted better than expected profits. Speaking first to us, b the cfo spoke to us and said the outlook for the company was still pretty positive. Theres a huge amount of hedge room in the market to go after. You may be a case in point. After 25 years of trying to sell you a box and a dish, many more customers continue to want that as you see in todays market. But theres a number of people in addition to that who might want the sports pass for the day or the weekend to come in and rent from time to time. Thats the market of 13 million households in the uk that we at sky havent been able to access before, but going forward, we as well as other competitors will go after that market. Bskyb stock as you can see, up 3. 25 . Royal shuch shell up nearly 2 after a drop in Fourth Quarters earnings compared to last year. It did impress in trying to cut costs. This is after the Company Issued a profit warning earlier this month, of course. Did i ageo, down 5 today. Half of your sales jumping 1. 8 in the latter half of last year. In another first on cnbc interview, the ceo said the company was weathering the emerging market storm. Western europe is turning the corner. It declined 1 , which im happy to say is a lot better than where weve been the last few years. The emerging markets are a mixed bag. Weve weathered the emerging markets. We know its not a straight line. He took over from paul walsh last year. Joining us for more, jessica ground, uk Equities Fund manager at schroeders. Nice to see you. Theyre saying were weathering the storm. Clearly, investors think now. I think for diageo, the trend was a slowdown and i think that disappointed. They had brought down expectations on the top line growth they were targeting. And people have been paying a premium for did i ageos market exposure. China and nigeria were disappointing. So its fantastic that north america and western europe were better. Big staple cash drainage of companies who got a premiums because they were also youre getting more than half your income now from emerging markets and that has come back to bite a little bit, i suppose. I think it has. I think, you know, as weve seen, the other big news about the taper coming down by 10 billion and people are now really focusing on not just the slowdown, but also what the removal of liquidity means for emerging markets. And cop assumers, you know, its just been more difficult across the board there. So i think this is going to away theme for that process for a while. Talk about bskyb. Bskyb better than expected first half. Strong sales of hd services on demand movies. Revenues doing very well. The costs are going up, as well, arent they . I think the real quick is you are having this battle for contends. Weve seen bt come in for the talks rights. Who knows, even cnbc might be bidding. Well, you never know. You never know. But i think in this digital tablet era, content is king and i think you cant overlook that youre going to see concentration. I think whats encouraging, though, is that sky is finding new ways to monetize that and reaching out to new types of customers we saw in the previous segment. So, actually, churn is quite encouraging, not too high. And they are actually signing up new subscribers. So as long as you keep doing that, you can keep paying for the content. I suppose theyre paying more for that. And its all about the next auction. Its all about the next auction. And bt have got deeper pockets. But they need to prove that they can monetize this, that people will pay them for the champions league, which theyve just bought. So i think its a big area of uncertainty. And actually they might call a truce and decide to hold each others content. Just on to shell, we had that profit warning earlier in the month. Ditching a program in alaska. It was part of a strategy after that drop in profit. Do you think he can put this back on track . I think i think it is possible. I think a lot of the oil stocks as well as the mining stocks, shareholders are starting to say, actually, cut back your cap ex, show us the returns. We want to see more discipline. Youve embarked on this. It hasnt helped with the cash flow. So there is a lot more pressure. Were talking about capx almost 15 billion. So cutting 110 billion from that i think will be enough. And such a big profit warning, 2. 9 million dollars. The profit, it was 5. 6 in 2012. And shell is not the only one. We saw bg preannouncing. There has been a lot of disappointment in this area of the market. I think thats why investors are cracking the whip. So good to see you. Thank you so much for coming, uk Equity Fund Manager at schroeders. Well take a short break. Later, well take a closer look at shell as well as other oil majors expected to report stateside. Exxon is coming up in around an hour. Some of the other stories were watching today, it may be the new start of the lunar year, but china is not off to the best of starts. Factory activities deteriorated for the first time in six months. Hsbcs final numbers for january has come in at 49. 5 compared to decembers 350. 5. Anybody below 50 is a contraction and its pretty much bang on what the contract numbers told us last week. The central bank deciding again to taper its monthly purchases by 10 billion to 65 billion. In its statement, the fed looked past some recent weak Economic Data, including the jobs report and instead noted Economic Activity has picked up in recent quarters. In corporate news, lenovos spending free continues. Its a lot less than the more than 12 billion google initially paid for the unit just two years ago. So as google backs out of its deal, were asking what is your more expensive mistake. If you want to join the conversation here on worldwide exchange, get in touch with us. Worldwide cnbc. Com, tweet cnbcwex or direct to me rosswestgate. The most expensive mistake youve made, was it the champagne and chocolates you bought for your producer at christmas . Could be. Still to come on the show, ra mere ras quarterly profits nearly doubled. Well have your Japanese Bank roundup right after this. I love chalk and erasers. But change is coming. All my students have the brand new surface. It has the new windows and comes with office, has a real keyboard, so they can do real work. They can use Bing Smartsearch to find anything in the world. Or last nights assignment. And the battery lasts and lasts, so after school they can skype, play games, and my favorite. Do homework. Change is looking pretty good after all. Change is looking pretty good after all. Olets say you pay your tguy around 2 percent to manage your money. Thats not much, you think except its 2 percent every year. 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As well as the cac 40. The ftse mib is off 0. 2 . Hitting the lowest level since november the 7th. The s p down at the lowest levels since november the 12th, as well. Weve got uk data coming out in just a few moments, as well. Well get the latest on mortgage approval. Take a look at treasury yield. All the way back down to 2. 68 . The yield on treasury. We have been down to a tomow low around 2. 706 and saw yields steadily rise again. Right. So weve got the latest Consumer Credit morning approval numbers out of the uk. Mortgage approvals, 71,000 in november versus 7. 1,638 in december versus november. So it continues to particular up and, again, the highest since january 2008. Consumer credit, 0. 6 billion versus novembers 0. 7 billion. Thats a slight slip down. And december ends four up 3. 7 year on year versus novembers 4. 3 year on year increase. So Consumer Lending is coming in versus asset pickup. Net Consumer Lending, the highest since december 2008 and its stronger than expected the. Again, an improvement in mortgage lending. 1. 7 versus novembers 1. 1. Mortgage approvals, up, mortgage lending up. It sort of reflects this economy. The failing dollar, though, maybe it was looking for more because it just slipped down to below 1. 65 on that particular cross rate. Other fx rates were looking at, taking an awful lot between the range at 1. 3140. Sterling dollar, not far away from its 2 1 2 year highs. Dollar yen, just back below 1. 03 getting back towards the 102 level. An independent scotland would have to say some national sovereignty. European Monetary Union, which is so far relied only on physical rules will be the be complete until it builds mechanisms to share fiscal stoventy. Whatever the degree, they likely have to be significant. So similarly, in a Monetary Union between an independent scottland and the rest of the uk, the two parliaments would have to agree on whether fiscal rules were sufficient. How did that message go down in scotland . Well, its interesting. Obviously, the yes voe has galvanized more in scotland. Why is this important . If the Scottish National party keeps the pound, and what mark carney, the bank of england governor was saying is, look, if you keep the pound with the key phrases, youre going to have to seed some sovereignty. So you might be saying yes to independence. But actually, if you keep a currency, youre going to have to fall in line with a number of issues. Most notably, because of the banks. The likes of rbs, the likes of lewis. Or about 12 1 2 times the size of the scottish gdp. So much too big for the Scottish Central Bank to support. It would need the bank of england to be lender of last resort. And while the chancellor is not going to sign up to this unless there are really clear fiscal rules. Point it to the europe row zone and said look t problems there. What theyre trying to do in the eurozone is go towards everybody has to give up some sovereignty. Absolutely. Coming towards fiscal consolidation, they have given up power to make that work. And hes just come up with a warning. Although he came out yesterday and said look, this is a very neutral technical piece of analysis, it came out quite strongly as a warning. What hes basically saying is you cant have your cake and eat it. What theyve done is managed to put themselves in a position where if they get independence, they get independence. If theths a vote in that favor, theyll be able to go to westminster with a Big Marketing tool. Thats what they want. But if they want a yes for independence, they cant have the independence. Exactly. You cant have real independence. Thank you. Thats coming up later in the year. A surge in stock Trading Volume bottom line in the forty quarter. Earnings were bolted by one off valuation. Nomura shares down 4 ahead of the figures. Joining us for more is Senior Analyst asia pacific at credit site. David, good to see you. The Japanese Bankers have done fairley well because of the improvement in the stock market and i suppose because of the loan markets share. Yes, that is absolutely right. Yesterday, we saw 7 billion of debt profit for the first nine months so its a really good result. But they did make money from the stock market. Equity capital gains, almost 1 billion. I think they invested in equity products. And Loan Loss Provisions came in as a negative as they were taking money out of their reserves and bringing it back to the income statement. In a more normalized year, they might be putting money in to the tune of 2 billion. You could see they could easily be a swing to earnings just getting back to a more normalized kind of earnings rather than the super charged earnings were seeing at the moment thanks to the favorable conditions in the stock market and also in the economy with good asset quality at the moment. So in terms of whats in the price, then, are we suggesting its going to be harder to maintain valuations unless we keep getting stock market surge . Yeah. Im not primarily an equity analyst, but it seems to me what we need to see is growth in the japanese economy. At the beginning of this year, a tremendous surge in the stock market. Since the middle of the year, the stock market has ground somewhat higher, which has been good for earnings between the banks and the brokers. It seems to have lacked conviction which was there in the first half. We need to see real improvements in the economy. For example, the banks have sold human amounts of government bonds. Almost all of it has gone with cash in Bank Deposits in japan. I think a lot of that was overseas. Were only seeing about 2 loan growth year on year from the bank of japans figures. Abenomics was suppose to release, but it hasnt been a flood so far. More like a trickle of new loans which nooems needs to improve if the banks are going to see sustained improvements in earnings over time. Yeah. You talk about, you know, can we see the real economy improving. Part of that, of course, depends on whether the banks are lending more, if there is demand for more loans. What are the results telling us . Well, the loan growth has been pretty anemic so far. I think its very striking that, you know, mitsui has made a massive transformation of its Balance Sheets since last march. They have sold a huge amount of tens of billions of japanese bonds. They clearly are expecting the bank of japans inflationary efforts will bear some fruit and eventually bond yields will go up as a result. So theyre kind of positioning themselves for a stronger economy, higher Interest Rate. But at the moment, were not seeing that. So theyre not really able to lend the money because the demand isnt strong enough. So for the time being, theyre sitting on huge amounts of cash while they wait for this improvement to come through and the loan demand to become stronger. Finally, shinse, one bank the results werent so good. Why . That was a bit of a disappointment. Investors didnt like that. Their earnings have done quite well in most areas. Ted been doing somewhat better. But they still have a Consumer Lending business. You may recall from a few years ago that the Consumer Lending business in japan was hit by a number of regulatory changes, as a result of which a lot of people sued consumer lenders to get back the unreasonably high interest that they had to pay. And the cop assumer made these interest refunds a few years ago. We kind of thought that problem was largely behind the banks. In this last kwarer, they have add the just over 13 billion yen to its reserves to cover these interest refunds. The reserves they had in place werent quite enough to cover the refunds that were still ongoing. David, thank you for that. Now, elsewhere in asia, 10,003 are making its way. There will be a considerable number of tie thais that stay away from the ballot boxes. Among them, thousands of antigovernment protesters who plan the boycott the poll. As for the agenda in asia tomorrow, most markets will be closed for the lunar holiday. On the earnings front, well hear from honda, mizuho, ana and jal. Also in japan, its sticking to it Current Business model despite the fact that people are switch to go playing on smartphones. Yukako ono is joining us for more. Hi, ross. Nintendo eeps ceo says he does not intend to offer games on smartphones. They need to get the software and hardware to maintain the scale of its business. This came after they announced the slash of salary toes all directors, including himself, to take responsible of the recent poor earnings. The games are gaining on smartphones. Instead of smartphones, nintendo plans to get back on track by starting up a nonwearable business focusing on health in 2015. But the companys shares go down 4 today showing game players are not interested in the new plan. Still to come here on this show, could this be a thoroughbred year for the horse which sends equity markets racing higher . Well have your chinese year lunar predictions, coming up. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. Open to innovation. Open to ambition. Open to bold ideas. Thats why new york has a new plan dozens of tax free zones all across the state. Move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years. Were new york. If theres something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses. Were open to it. Start a taxfree business at startupny. Com. Oh, yes, its the year of the horse. Some say hopes of good fortune is just one of the factors that could be fueling a baby boom in china. Emily tan reports. The year of the black water snake is ushered out and welcome in the year of the horse. For expectant mowers, truly were going to be playing with a lot of these. The horse and the dragon are considered auspicious. So what can we expect from a baby born in the new year . Chinese easily associate the horse of very strong energy, very high spirit, and the chinese say when the horse arrives, it will be successful. So that is mostly with the horse year, people are high energetic, strong courage, and quite strong in achieving their target. So far in the months of january and july of next year, considered extra lucky because these are the moss the ox are considered the noble men of the year. But when it comes to any babys safety is a top concern. Generally, the price is not the most important thing for them to for selecting the product. Meantime, investors have picked up stocks in baby Product Companies just the same. All expected beneficiaries of the easing of chinas one child policy. A recent Consumer Research report has found an average chinese family per month spends 157 on baby and childrens products. Population experts expect an additional 1 to 2 million babies per year as a result and this way the newborns could bring a consumption led economic boost in china. 70 million women avkd by the onechild policy and 30 million of them could benefit from its relaxation. So assume, you know, twothirds of them want to have a second baby. That would be 20 million. And that in chinas annual new baby born is about 20 minutes. So, in other words, there will be one year more of new babies born. That is very positive for diaper, for toys, milk and even bottles because you need another to carry on baby. Speaking of autos, it may be a while before your baby can get behind the wheel, so in the meantime, you can consider one of these. And joining us with more from hong kong, marianachana. For investors in the hang seng, what t year of the horse going to do . Its a wooden horse, right . Is that different from a fire horse or Something Else . Happy new year, first of all. Yes, this year is the year of the wood horse. The horse signifies a lot of energy. And it is also ralways running around. This year, the horse is actually has that strong presence of fire and fire actually signifies market sentiment. So for the market this year, were expecting a really good year. So for the market, youre expecting what kind of year . A very good year. Especially in the first half. That will be interesting because it hasnt been that way, clearly, for last year. What sort of investors are going to benefit . Is your because you have to measure the year of the horse with your own individual sign, i suppose. Well, this years particular as i mentioned in the first half, its going to be very strong. Especially in may, june and july. And we are advising them to take in particularly wood and sectors. That will include fashion, retain, telco and internet sectors. These we expect to have a really good year. And how much of this is slightly tongue and cheek . How much does it work out for you last year . Well, last year, actually, we are a little bit off in terms of timing, but you look at the january trend was the actual performance, were actually pretty good. And, of course, every year we analyze each ones of the year, but with those elements just the balance of the elements and the flying star situation. So we actually used fung schwei theories to come up with our forecasts. How much are individuals swayed by superstition and astrology . Do they use that in numbers . Well, i can a lot of the investors take this as a reference. Of course, they also focus on the fundamentals. But this could be like interesting tongue and cheek reference in terms of, like, investments and different sectors. Yeah. It is fascinating. Look, theres a load of other things here. Ive got the index month by month, which is just kind of interesting. What is the most dangerous month of the year, do you think, for us . Well, august and september, we are actually expecting a bit of correction, as i mentioned the first half will be very strong. Because its a wealth of one of the five elements in this theory and fire will drive the market. But towards the second half, especially in august and september, we are expecting a bit of correction and thats due to one of the starts thats taking place. And that understand indicates gossip. Were expecting a market packed with rumors andspeculation. So there should be some correction in august and september. Im a goat so, you know, what does that mean for me, do you know . Well, for goats, this year is actually a soso year. The best zodiac that is going to have a really good year is the tiger and the rest is going to be at the bottom of the spectrum. The rest will be a challenging year. If youre a rat, go. Hide, take the year off. If youre a tiger, have a great year. Thank you so much, mariana. As i said, im a goat. Apparently the producers have gone out and decided that goats are elegant, charming, gifted and have loads of admirers and goats can be lazy and love others who love them. I dont know who that is. Those born this year can expect to bd not so baaad. But save up this year because you should be in for a sheering. A sheering of what . Lets move on twistly. Swiftly. Probably should have shaved a few more minutes off that segment. Now, its been a bumper earnings day in europe. Roche saw its full year profit jump 17 , but missed analyst expectations. A strong swiss franc dented profits. Ericsson, slugging off a disappointing set of figures from the Noble Network firm. But analysts say action is going to get a boost as mobile firms in europe and china upgrade to 4g networks. Its had a bigger than expected dividend hike and it comes after the firms full year profit was well above forecasts. Givaudan told markets it plans to grab extra market share this year. Santander is off about 1 . Its off the session lows. The biggest bank missed forecasts, although it did double earnings for the full year. So join us a little bit more, stephane rejoins us in madrid. Shares coming off the early lows, stephane. People having a rethink, maybe . Well, even if its below expectations, its a significant increase compared to the results of 2012. Sap taernd posted a 90 increase of net profits last year. The main driver as we were expecting was a lower limit of provision on its real estate portfolio. But in some countries, the bank was weaker than expected. Thats the case for its brazilian operations. Down 18 last year. Also in spain, santander faced a 45 refraction of its net profits last year. Spain is only 7 of its total revenue, but still, its a significant part of its business and that explains why we were slightly below expectations for santander net profit for the full year. Another number was very much expected is the netbanking net lending income, which is the difference between how much the bank charges for the loans and how much it pays on the deposit. And it was well below expectations for the full year. So its down 13 and thats the reason why the stock is trading lower. This is a well, we still have a question mark about a few things. The first one is the sales ratio. How much will the bank pay in dividend. Probably well have to wait for the press at lunchtime with the figure. The second question is the situation in emerging countries. The Spanish Banks off a significant risk in terms of profit drain in emerging on emerging currencies and well have also to wait for the press conference to have an answer. Over to you. Thanks for that, stephane. Its the latest on santander. British earnings out as well this morning. In the uk, bskyb has better than expected operating quarters. The outlook for the firm is still pretty positive. You may be a case in point, after 25 years of trying to sell you a box and a dish, many more customers continue to want that, as you see in todays numbers. But theres a whole big market of people in addition to that who might just want a sports pass for the day or the weekend coming in and rent a movie from time to time. Thats a market of 13 million households in the uk, but we at sky havent been able to access before but going forward, we as well as other competitors will go after that market. Uk earnings from shell, what, they had the profit warning a few weeks ago, but they reported a asset disposal profit warning that came out at the beginning of the market. Half your sales jump 1. 8 in the latter half of last year driven by its north American Business and another first on cnbc interview, the ceo says the company was weathering the emerging markets. Western europe is turning the corner. It declined 1 1 which im happ to say is a lot better than where weve been the last few years. The emerging markets are a mixed bag. We know its not a straight line. And over in the u. S. , facebook has posted better than expected Fourth Quarter results. Banks to continue growth in mobile ad revenue for the first time. Mobile have accounted for more than half of total ad revenue at 53 . The chief operating officer has told cnbcs Julia Boorstin that the mobile shift is happening, and products are working for marketeers. On the earnings, the ceo says the focus now is on improving the quality and relevance of new seed ads and creating stand alone products. Facebook jumped 12 in after hours. Well take a short break. Still to come, the fed has held firm on tapering in bernankes last meeting. Investors dont necessarily like it, but they surely knew it was coming. Stay tuned. Well discuss the feds global impact, coming up. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Everybody knows that parker. Well, did you know auctioneers make bad Grocery Store clerks . Thatll be 23. 50. Now. 75, 23. 75, hold em. Hey now do i hear 23. 75 . 24 hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and. 75 25 now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do you wanna pay now, you wanna do it, 25 and a quarter sold to the man in the khaki jacket geico. Fifteen minutes could save you. Well, you know. Welcome to worldwide exchange. Im ross westgate. Chinese manufacturing have confirmed a slip. Shell is one bright spot. The oil majors trying to bounce back from its profit warpg by saying it will cut spending and step up asset sales this year. Hanging up on hand sets, google gets out of the business of making smartphones just two years after getting in. Its selling its losing money making motorola unit for nearly 3 billion. And spain continues to pick up pace. The economy expanding again in the Fourth Quarter. Over in germany, as well. Jobless numbers falling faster than expected. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Welcome to the start of your Global Trading day here. The dow down 189 points. Weve last seen those lows on november 7th. The s p down to these lows on december 12th. Right now, the dow is well, were about, what, 44 points above fair value. The nasdaq, 18, 19 points above fair value. And the s p 500 is nearly 6 points above fair value. We might get a little bounce this morning. The cnbc ftse global 300 has been negative for most of the session. Currently down 0. 4 . Wasnt particularly grael great in asia. The nikkei off 2. 5 . As far as european equities was concerned right now, this is where we stand. The ftse was down 28 points. Down 24 at the moment. Not quite off the session lows. Off 0. 3 . Xetra dax and cac 40 off 0. 3 and 0. 5 respectively. The ftse mib is up 0. 2 . Trading in china before the new year kicks off, the shanghai composite. The nikkei 225 down 2. 5 . Shanghai off 0. 8 and australia down 0. 75 . Lets look at where we are with treasuries. The yield below 2. 67 . 2. 68 is the yield of the tenyear. We did see ourselves gradually go all the way up. Before the fed. But dipped back down, as you can see. Elsewhere, yields lower on gilt yields, 2. 72 . On the currency markets, dollar yen has held on to its gain thats we made yesterday. Euro dollar, just slipping back now, back below 1. 36. The dollar making some advances against sterling, the aussie and the euro, not against the yen. Okay. On the agenda today in the united states, weekly jobless claims are out at 8 30 eastern. Forecast to rise by 4,000 to 430,000. Also at 8 30, we get the first read on Fourth Quarter gdp. Economists expect growth of around 3 versus 4. 1 in the third. And then at 10 00 a. M. , well get december pending home sales. Its the busiest day for u. S. Earnings. Before the bell, well hear from conco philips, eli lilly, 3m, exxon, mobile, u. P. S. , visa, harley davidson, Time Warner Cable and viacom. And if thats not enough before the bell, after, look for results from amazon and google. Quite a lot to get through. Now, the fed has taken another step towards ending its massive bond buying program. As expected, the central bank is deciding against a taper its monthly purchases by 10 billion for 65 billion. In their statement, the fed looked past recent Economic Data including the disease jobs report. Its noted the Economic Activity has picked up in recent quarters, although the s p didnt comment on the term of Global Markets in the past few weeks. Good to see you. Thanks so much for coming in. Its pretty much what we thought was going to be, if anything, i suppose, why do we have such a bad reaction yesterday . I think its an interesting point. In emerging markets, we have to figure out what is a real headline event and what is actually a little bit more of an overstated interpretation of events. So the important thing is i think emerging markets are now die verging within themselves and investors are now figuring out with the fed tapering, a lot of these countries are going to have more steps, policy steps to correct the financing imbalance. They are. Weve seen central banks, they are all are stepping up to the late. What it is going to do is slow slow growth down. Slow growth, to vault the effects of this measure. Its a medicine to swallow, its in the shortterm as having a drag on growth prospects. Longterm, this is the right thing they need to do to keep on delivering under their secular growth trends. It might be the riept thing at some point. The fed put up rates. It doesnt necessarily mean it helps investors out, does it . Thats exactly right. But we have to remember that the fed has a mandate of promoting within their own regions. Within that, we as investors have to operate that and figure out how different Asset Classes are going to respond to it. What do you do . Are you expecting more fallout . Are we now entering a period of reasonable necessary correction . Our approach tends to be about creating opportunities. We might be creating an opportunity in a month. Thats exactly right. Countries doing their homework have a clean fiscal house, have all the necessary ingredients. Think about mexico, for example. They have all the right ingredients. Policy reforms, energy reforms, good solid conditions. Mexico or u. S. Mainland . I am reunited from mexico. From an investment perspective. Mexico has very good medium to longterm prospects. How long is it going to take this washout . How long is this going the take for emerging markets . Is it going to be half the year . Thats the 64,000 question. I think its going the take a few months for the dust to settle and for people to reevaluate what is the right premium they should collect. So shortterm, were cautious that there will be a little bit more of this. Much more diversified or different by country. Longterm, there will be a correction. Has the fed left the emerging markets out in the cold or not . Head to cnbc. Com to find out why the central bank is not ignoring the selloff despite not mentioning at this months meeting. Some of the other stories were following today, starbucks, hes expanding his role in Product Innovation and digital retailing. Starbucks currently processes around 5 million mobile payments a week. In short predicts the digital wallet will developly become the primary mode of payment. Theyre now overseeing most daytoday operations. Starbucks stock in frankfurt, off 0. 5 . Starting says the hackers who stole millions of credit and debit card numbers may have breached the retailers systems by using credentials stolen from a vendor. Target wouldnt say how they were stolen. Last week, the wall street journal reported the Firm Restricted access sess to a Human Resources website or a database that supplies shortly after learning of the breach. Target stocks down 1. 3 in frankfurt. And Deutsche Bank has reportedly suspended the head of its emerging market trading desk in new york, having connection with the ongoing libor reservation. Look to emails and communications in online chat rooms going back seven years. And detroit appears Emergency Managers expected to tout his reorganization plan in around two weeks. Kevin orr presented the plan to detroits critters which include city unions on wednesday. Hes expected to propose widespread pension and Employee Benefit cuts to try to close an estimated 18 billion shortfall. And shore up the pension plans. Google has backed out of its motorola deal selling the hand set business it puched just two years ago. In fact, theyre selling it for 3 billion. We would like to know, what was your biggest purchase mistake . Worldwide cnbc. Com or tweet cnbcwex or direct to me rosswestgate. Could this be a thoroughbred year for the horse . We have some Chinese Lunar new year predictions, coming up. Mine was earned in korea in 1953. Afghanistan, in 2009. Orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once its earned, usaa Auto Insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. Because it offers a superior level of protection. And because usaas commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. Begin your legacy. Get an Auto Insurance quote. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. This morning, weaker fed data in china. Google hands up its hand set business. Selling to lenovo at a pretty big loss. Later today, well get the First Quarter read of the economy in the u. S. Expected growth around 3 . It may be the last day of the lunar new year, the last day of the lunar new year, sorry, or the start of the new year in china 2014. But any way you look at it, china not off the to the best start. Factory output deteriorated. Confirms at 49. 5. That compare toes decembers 50. 5. Anything below 50, of course, is a contraction. Mark is still with us from blackrock. You add in fear bes the fed and then you look at china, such a driver for em. What do you think is going to happen with that . I think china is something is very misunderstood by investors had a somewhat shorter horizon in how they value markets. What happens in china . The rate at which what policymakers move is much longer than what we were used to here. So a lot of the measures, those are put in place towards the next ten years, 15 years, 20 years. Lets put it in perspective. 200 years ago, 1820, china was about 33 of the global gdp. If you think about where china is going in the next two or three years, theyre going back to that its made with regular points over the last five years. Just going back to a normal place. Thats exactly right. So theyre embarked on this multi year long horizon in which theyre going to rebound the economy to be more consumption driven than investment driven. In that sense, i think chinese regulators dont take into account shortterm views frin vesters. How do me manage that process without managing a much lower growth rate in the shortterm that doesnt upset the population . I think you actually hit on the right point on that last point you made, right . The upsetting of population. So what they have in mind is the welfare of the population. Its not keeping one sector happy at the expense of others. Its managing an entire economy. And as such, the effects will be felt throughout the emerging markets. If they manage to go from investment driven to consumption driven, its going to have the influence of commodities. This is a longterm thing. As they go through this process, that means actually the impact on emerging markets is going to be felt for some time. Therefore, were going to have more volatility for some time. And its going to be felt in some emerging markets, not in others. One of the things i think we have to start educating ourselves and the public is about covering emerging markets with its discretionary. Correct. And talking about this volatility, clearly, the last year and actually for the last 18 months and two years, most ekd markets in the developed world just went straight up with no letation, pause or breaks anywhere along the line. How would you characterize the volatility now in light of that . I think your rate is an excellent point. Volatility right now, its not unheard of given the standard of volatility levels in emerging markets. Investors in the last few years, kind of forgot that the high levels of volatility are not unheard of in emerging markets. What do you do with your volatility exposure . Was your forecast, dollar against g10 . In our investment process, we think very little currency. You just can he focus more on making alpha looking at the individual bottom up contribution from our spots. Okay. And in terms of and in terms of that stock selection, is the u. S. , do you think, going to whatever happens, is the u. S. Going to lead . Yes. The u. S. Leads the world. What you have to see as an emerging market dedicated Portfolio Manager is how can we benefit from that growth in the u. S. . For that, we incorporate Analysis Companies in the u. S. And developed world that derive by a great portion of their sales in emerging markets. Okay. Good to see you. Thanks for now. Nice to have you from blackrock. Some of the other news were following, the ukrainian president has called in sick as the countrys rejects protesters only if they leave government buildings. The very man theyre calling to step down is out with the flu. Yanukovych has an akooum cute respiratory disease followed with a high temperature. And still to come, shell stocks ticking higher today after the automaker tells investors it will step up cost cuts. Has the firm left its profit warning behind . Well look at the outlook for that and the sector. As we do, a reminder of where we trade in europe today, weighted to the downside, but were off the session lows. Costs continue to get lower. We just had an auction here of the fiveyear btp. New 2019 btp. The yield, 2. 43 , and that is the lowest ever for five year yield for italy in the euro era. And also the 2024, they got a new tenyear btp. The yield on that, 3. 8111 . Its a far cry from the 7. 5 levels that we were at a couple of years ago. Costs for italy continue to come lower. Yesterdays selloff, down 189 points to the lows we havent seen since november the 7. Right now, the dow is called 55 points below fair value, s p called higher by 7 points and the nasdaq higher by 23. Its a big corporate earnings day in europe. Royal dutch shelled had a drop in earnings compared to 2012. Following a profit warning earlier this month, but the oil major has tried to impress with its plans to step up cost cutting measures. Shell is up some 2. 85 . At the same time, exxon mobil are expected to report Fourth Quarter results before the bell. Joining us for more, oswalt clint. Thanks for coming in. It was a bit of a shock profit warning from shell a few yeex ago. It seems to be this morning a reaction to were not going to drill any more in alaska. What do investors want to say . Theyre going to say stop spending money to give you a return. And its very encouraging. The last five or six years, youve seen this group of companies and what we would call trough evaluation multiples. Whats driven is that propensity to keep spending. 10 more every year. It just keeps climbing up. Its in a bid to find oil and gas, right . You keep spending. Theres not too much being fined and delivered in production. Investors have given up and when you see encouraging steps like this morning about reduced spans, its amplified. Are these going to get smaller . Protection you know, are the production levels just going to drop . I think thats not the key the aim is to back to the metric we used to look at in 2001, 2, 3with a return on capital. The last few years weve been focused on Production Growth and trying to grow 3 , 4 , 5 . And why should they integrate oil to a 15 , 20 of the market . So they focus on 1 , matching demand that takes higher return projects, thats a better formula. Yeah. What about the sort of oil price and break even on that . Yeah. Thats i mean, the oil price is holding, 110 the last couple of years. There is down side risk, but the returns are not actually that great. So the oil company sees some downside risk, but the cost structure is going up, that the return on their projects isnt that attractive. So last year, we saw nearly 10 to 12 projects by this industry where they said, no, lets not stangz these things. Lets wait until costs subside and hopefully we can make that projects, again, hurnlgly encouraging. So whats the right way to value these share prices if its shell or exxon . How do you decide whether its a value or not a value . I think, you know, over my experience, the return on capital has a very strong correlation with forward multiples. Be that cash flow or cash flow or earnings. And if these companies can increase the return on capital, the market will give them a higher multiple. What are they going to do in that space, then . Obviously, they always print good return in capital. They have a much more disciplined Investment Strategy at work. But they havent been growing as quickly. So i think, you know, the results wont be as bad. The refining you have to remember, refining in the Fourth Quarter was trumped 10 years since weve had margins at a particular level. What we need to see is capacities being closed and refining margins will respond. But i think exxon shouldnt be as bad. This is interesting. So your favorite buy idea for this year is still exposure to brazil. And you do that through a basket of pg and why . If we look around the world and try and find barrels, no matter what the oil price is, it can go to 50. People in brazil can still make earnings and cash flow. So that is the key thing that attracts me to that area. Thanks for that. Still to come on the show, the fed holds firm on tapering. Bernankes very last meeting. Well discuss impact on that and todays gdp futures. They suggesting a bit of a bounceback after a selloff yesterday. The doe currently up 55, nasdaq currently called higher by 22 points and s p up 7. Well get into all things for investors in just a moment. Worldwide exchange continues after this very short break. Welcome to worldwide exchange. Im ross westgate. Europe follows asia lower. Chinese manufacturing numbers with weaker. Hanging up on hand sets, google gets out of the business of smartphones. Nearly 3 billion just two years after buying it. Royal dutch shell, a bright spot among european earnings. Its going to cut spending and step up asset sales. And investors he will wait to see if a recovery can continue. Weve got Fourth Quarter figures today. Release at 8 30 eastern. Growth is more than 3 . Dow down 189 points yesterday. The s p down from 18 to lows we havent seen since november. Futures suggesting some of a bounceback this morning. Currently, the dow is called up some 57 points, Something Like that, above fair value. The nasdaq at the moment is around about 23 points. And the s p 500 at the 340e789 is about 7 points above fair value. The s p 500 has improved just a little bit. Still down 0. 3 . Not the best of days today in asia. China haas now concluded its trading as it goes into the week long holiday. European equities, again, just up this morning. 28 points or so for the ftse. But right now, the ftse as you can see just come off a little bit. We had another increase in morning approvals. And credit, as well. Maybe we can put the data up. That might be handy. Were having a problem. I think it might be frozen. There we go. Got it. Down 14 point is for the ftse 11 hin. Another buy on the adjusted side. Fell by 19,000 in december. Were up on the ftse mib, the cheapest cost on five year payments today for italy in an auction. Funding costs continue to get lower and lower. So what are investors to do . Theres an awful lot for them to consider. Here is a recap of some of the thoughts weve had on the channel today. Testing, 1330, which frankly is a technical level because of the fundamental point. Then were looking for it to stabilize. Major pick up in the Fourth Quarter. Essentially, were back to business as usual here because the markets are not facing a financial crisis any more. An unbelievable company. They own the 3g. You have to pay royalty to which is around 4 , 5 of the final sale price. And on top of that, the interesting thing is only 37 of the worlds mobile phones are smartphones. So theyre still, like, twothirds of the market that doesnt have a 3g or a 4g connection that they can patch on to. Sterling is still going to be favored over the g7 because the nominal term, if you look at three month libor rate still have the highest rates. I know theres not much different, but its still the highest. And thats the thought of some guests already. Meanwhile, the fed has taken another step towards ending its bond buying program. As expected, the Federal Reserve decided to taper by 10 billion to 65 billion a month. They looked past some recent weak Economic Data and instead noted the Economic Activity has picked up in recent months. Although the fed does not comment on the term that hit Global Markets in the last few weeks. Joining us with his view is john silva. John, good to see you. I feel like its been a while. Nice to see you. Good to see you, ross. The fomc meeting, most upbeat. I think they chewed it as a one off outliar. And it was much upbeat. Youll see that reinforced this morning with the gdp number being 3 plus, as you mentioned earlier. Very much upbeat. They are happy that it stays fairley low. In fact, they were a little bit concerned it might be too low, but a very upbeat assessment of the overall economy. You think the gdp is going to be higher. The consensus is 3. 2. You think its going to be higher than that. Yeah. I think its going to be better than 3. 2. More like 3. 5. And i would say, ross, the internals of the report are going to be pretty key. A couple of things i think are important. One, its going to be pretty broad based. Consumer spending is up, investment spending is up. Housing spending is up. I think that adds overall to gdp. I think the government drag is going to be a little bit less. I think were going to see a good balance between final sales and inventory. So inventories are in line with final sales, something that, you know, weve gone around with, a lot of discussion is we dont have too much inventories that need to be cut back. I think thats a little bit of surprise so some people. Finally, the inflation number stays pretty low. Were pretty enthusiastic. This is a good number for us. Do we finish tapering in the fall . I think youre right. It is going to be steady pace going forward. It will continue and the turmoil in the emerging markets right now, the currencies and the political problems are probably viewed at temporary issues for the Federal Reserve. And theyre taking more of an intermediate term look at the overall economy going forward. So shortterm, these are disturbances. This turmoil is a challenge. But intermediate term, six months, nine months out, i still think theyre looking at pretty good economic growth. And the risk is described as more nearly balanced which suggests theyre not that concerned about not so much. Stay there, john. Get a cup of coffee or even a tea. You never know, you might like that. Okay. John silva, wells fargo securities. The turkey lira has continued to slide against the dollar as investors figure out that the impact of rate hikes may be essentially to squeeze growth a little bit. I wouldnt be surprised. Michelle Caruso Cabrera is there in istanbul. Our chief international correspondent. You have to get your head around whats happened, michelle. What are people now predicting after this massive Interest Rate hike . What is the impact going to be on growth . Well, as we heard from the treasury secretary yesterday when he talked to cnbc turkey, he says its too early to say its going to hurt growth, but everyone here expects that it is going to hurt growth. Tensions here are actually quite high, ross. As you mentioned, the lira continue to go weaken. The stock market getting hit here again very, very hard. And we just came from a meeting with the group of small and medium sized business men who are very angry about the rate hike. The president of the organization said if your foot hurts and then they kick you in the foot, you are going to scream. They think the rate hikes shouldnt have occurred. They think its hurting their businesses. The Prime Minister of the country, while he was on the plane late yesterday told reporters that he has a plan d and a plan c. He didnt reveal what the details are, but now somebody from the government has spoken to reuters and had to come out and say they dont plan on putting in Place Capital controls. Those are one of those things that the minute you have to start denying it, it raises the question of whether or not theyre going to be forced to do something because it certainly feels like amongst people here that something might have to happen. We continue to see the lira weaken, are we going to see another hike in Interest Rates. Remember, the hike happened in the middle of the night. So this morning where the front page of the newspapers can really reflect the hike. You can see this is an antiPrime Minister newspaper where they point out the big hike in Interest Rates and say the lira is falling, anyways. This is a pro Prime Minister newspaper where it says lobby wins, people lose. This is a reference to what they call here the Interest Rate lobi, the belief that theres this International Conspiracy of speculators and bankers that are pushing the lira lower and Interest Rates higher. And boy, they love to hammer the head of the central bank. They remind him that he had said earlier in the year that he was going to break the back of the dollar. Of course he didnt and now hes had to answer for that, as well. Like i said, tensions running high here and wondering if theres going to be more done here to try to stem the fall in the currency. Back to you. Yeah. 2. 39, that record low. In 2. 18 we hit post that meeting, so sort of in the middle of those two parts. Great to see you. Plenty more from michelle coming up throughout the day on cnbc from the turkish capital. So not the turkish capital, from is tatanbul. Also coming up, louisa will speak to bill rhodes. Find out what he thinks about current emerging market headwinds and the taper ripple effect. That will be on europes closing bell at 1700 cet. Youll be able to catch it on cnbc. Com. Still to come, how an expensive mistake like google could turn into a golden opportunity for lenovo. The Chinese Company pushed into smartphones as it eyed market leaders samsung and apple. Well be back right after this. Keep in mind unbiased. d some Brokerage Firms are but way too many arent. Why . Because selling their funds makes them more money. Which makes you wonder. Isnt that a conflict . Search proprietary mutual funds. Yikes then go to e trade. Weve got over 8,000 mutual funds and not one of them has our name on it. 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At the time, they were surprised google didnt sell the hand set business, instead, choosing to sell it as a separate company. Google will hold on to a majority type of motorolas mobile patents which are considered a prize asset. In a blog post, googles larry page says the Smartphone Market is super competitive and to thrive it helps to be all in when it comes to making mobile twices. Page says the company will continue to focus on developing its android platform for a new range of products, including wearable devices and connected gadgets for the home. A tech analyst says the deal is a winwin for google as it keeps most of the motorolas patents and the sale will boost operating margins. A recent report shows samsung had more than 30 of the global Smartphone Market. They each had about 4 . They spoke about the motivation for the deal. I think Lenovo Smartphone business is creativity. I think in the emerging Market Impact in china, i think motorola is very strong. Its an engineering capability, it provides a value. We see that as a complimentary business. A deal is expected to face major scrutiny by u. S. Regulators, checking shares of google and frankfurt and lenovo in hong kong today. Back to you, ross. Morgan, thank you. Also, facebook has posted better than expected Fourth Quarter figures because of continued growth in mobile and revenues. The first time mobile had to account for the total ad revenue at 53 . Chief operating officer told juice ya boorstin the mobile is happening and products are working for marketeers. Mark zuckerberg says the focus is now on creating stand alone products. Facebook up after hours in another 10 in frankfurt. Neal is a global cnbc analyst at global. Hes with us now. Good to see you, neal. Now rolling in the stuff. Well, zucker berg himself last year said facebook is a mobile company. I think now you have the absolute proof of that in these numbers. The most impressive thing for me i think is that core appetizing in terms of that is up 98 , which shows theyre relevant and working. Noble ads themselves up 310 year on year growth, which is simply stunning. And as you shift in mobile, you just view less, though, right . Correct. 8 less ads on the platform. Because you can see its working in terms of the price as the ad is going up 92 . Im not going to pay 92 more. Engagement with ads on mobile or not . This is one of the big unknowns. I think, again, you might have the proof because you have the growth rate and 62 now of people are engaging with facebook every day. That wouldnt happen if it was less i personally do. I think that they i think they continue to struggle, understanding the exponential growth curve. As i mentioned earlier to some people, 3 growth was the exit quarter, comes in at 63 the . Huge number. It looks like enormous loss. You say its a good deal for them. It was to address what they would have met with their achilles heel. If ,000 patents was all they owned in the world, apple, samsung, trying to stop the growth of android. They stopped that immediately. Growth was proven at 60 growth last year. So, really, it was all about the pate patents. They got what they wanted and lenovo gets something they want. Put those on to platforms. And google now has no conflict with its oem partners. Right. Fair point. Kneel, good to see you. Thanks for that. Weve been asking if google backs out of this motorola deal for a big loss, whats been your expensive mistake . You just heard there, neal thinks it isnt a mistake at all. Join the conversation here on worldwide exchange. Worldwide cnbc. Com, tweet cnbcwex or direct to me rosswestgate. Futures are concerned, we look like were going to get a bounce higher after losses yesterday. Well take a look ahead to the u. S. Trading session right after this. That its given me time toabout reflect on some of lifeseen biggest questions. Like, if you could save hundreds on Car Insurance by making one simple call, why wouldnt you make that call . See, the only thing i can think of is that you cant get any. Bars. Ah, thats better. Its a beautiful view. I wonder if i can see mt. Rushmore from here. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. As far as the u. S. Agenda is concerned today, we have weekly jobless claims due at at 8 30 eastern. Also as 8 30, we get the first read of First Quarter gdp. Its expecting growth of 3 versus 4. 1 in the Third Quarter. At 10 00 a. M. , we get december pending home sales, thats the busiest day for u. S. Earnings before the bell. Well hear from conco philips, eli lilly, 3m, exxon mobil, u. P. S. , visa, colgate and hardly david son. After the bell, we hear from visa, amazon and google. Just on the earnings front, what do you guys think about it . Have we been shy of what we wanted . Oh, i think a little bit shy of what you expected, exactly. And i think thats the challenge in terms of the equity markets is corporate profits are still rising. Theyre still growing. Theyre broad based but maybe our optimism has gotten a little bit ahead of ourselves. So as we said earlier, the feds path is now fairley clear. So what is rattling investors at the moment . I think the level of risk is a little bit higher than what people had perceived earlier. It does look like china has started to settle in, but still has some issues. The emerging markets, a lot of questions about those countries that have current account deficits again. And then the political risks like turkey, like argentina. So the risk market has picked up a little bit. Investors have to adjust earning he expectation for the risk that evolved in the marketplace. Its detroit what happened with treasury yields. Theyre trading around 2. 68 on the tenyear. Not many people betting on that. Not at all. A and, again, you can see Interest Rates affect the factors. But because of the risk thats perceived in a marketplace, not you have a flight to safety in u. S. Treasuries that is quite different than what people had expected two or three months ago. I know the fed will continue to say, look, Interest Rates arent going anywhere. But when do you think fed funds will go up . Sometime next year . Oh, yeah, we think by the middle of 2018. Here is the challenge for a lot of investors, ross. If you look at the yield curve, Interest Rates have moved up at the longer end of the year curve. The three, five, sevenyear range, not even just worrying about the ten year. And as a result, investors have to say, wait a minute, shortterm rates are low, but they will move up. If im looking at re inveinvest some of my principal, some of my capital in three years or five years, im reinvesting at a higher Interest Rate. That is a challenge. It certainly is. John, never a challenge to speak to you. Always a challenge. Jaef sylvia, from wells fargo securities. Joining us this morning. Coming up next, of course, its squawk box with the countdown for the opening of markets stateside where well cover that open. But whatever happens, we hope you have a profitable day. Plenty of earnings, plenty of Economic Data for you to mull over in todays session. That is it for todays edition of worldwide exchange. Goodbye for now. Good morning and welcome to squawk box. The fed does not taper the taper and stocks tumble around the world. Will we see a rebound or a continuation of the sharp selloff . And google hangs up on mobile hand sets. The company is selling the business. The Chinese Tech Firm lenovo. And facebook shares rise on stronger mobile ad revenue. Its thursday, january 30th, 2014 and squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. Check out todays squawk lineup on the ceo call. We have the head of atlanticer and spirits giant diageo. Auto nation and eli lilly. Plus we have investing legend and a contend either for the first 25. Right now, lets get to the Global Markets, though. After yesterdays rough right on wall street, stocks in asia fell overnight. The nikkei closing down nearly 2. 5 . That was significantly off the lows of the session. And if you look at what happens on wednesday, the stocks there were up by 2. 7 . So this is really just a give back. But among the reasons that were listed for this selloff, you have data showing signs of a contraction in chinas economy and the feds decision to continue with the taper. In europe european trading this morning, you can see there are red heir rows across the board. Italy off by more than 0. 5