Future of orange as it closes in on its ee deal. Vodafone reports Third Quarter results in the next hour. Mark welcome to countdown. Anna coming up, bill gates reduces his stake in truck microsoft to 3 as against 1. 5 billion of stock to his foundation. Mark frances biggest banks earnings for the previous quarter. Net income rising to 1. 3 billion euros from 110 Million Euros per year. That is when the bank set aside money for legal costs. That 1. 3 billion euro figure just below the 1. 4 billion average that analysts conveyed. Escalating levees on europes biggest banks will dent 2016 that income by 500 Million Euros. That will endanger the profitability target once more. The economic recovery is winker weaker than the bank had foreseen and Interest Rates are lower. On the dividend front, bnp will pay 1. 5 euros per share for 2014. That is unchanged. It did maintain the payout even though annual net income fell by 97 . It is the lowest since the bank was created by a merger in 2000. Bn