After a wave of consolidation we break down the results from two of the key players. Mark will the drama pay . Itv reports. We see if the numbers are as big a hit with investors as Downton Abbey is with global viewers. Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Anna i am an edwards. On a edwards anna edwards. Stay with us for the bloomberg exclusive with megaupload founder. Mark the markets moving in asia and stocks under pressure as the global selloff continues. Weve seen 400 billion over the past three weeks. Lets start off with the stock market. Lets start off with the stock market. Were basically seeing a decline across the regional benchmark. In japan we are down 1 and the yen is a little bit stronger down 7 10 of 1 . One of the stories right now is asia with a very weak retail sales number in the u. S. To some extent, investors started to book those profits in japan. Australia was down because of the banks and the big mining stocks. That is up. 5 . That market hasnt really done anyt
Are these yield sufficient to bring demand in . Yesterday the 10 year Government Bond market auction has been in best to demand since 2011. Are these yields offering a proposition of value in a zero Interest Rate environment . It is a zero Interest Rate market in japan. U. S. Treasury yields are declining this morning. A busy equity market open. Equities are declining. The dax is 8 off of its highs of the year. Investors are taking money out of europe for the first time in 2015 according to bank of america. 1. 5 million, you may say is not enough a lot. Lets go into the dax and see what is driving and asked. Equities are a touch lower. Some individual names making headlines. Telefonica down. The orbiter, that was in line even though the net income was double the estimate. Itv, good report, second most shorted stock in the european broadcast space. It is up 23 for the year, it is the highest short position by the market since 29 2009. Salvatore ferragamo First Quarter sales you are seei
The formalitier government is accused of being sent rick. Massive writedowns n u. S. And brazil while warning over a weeks global recovery. And hsbc agreed to settle Money Laundering charges, paying a record 1. 9 billion fine. And were getting the bumping out here today, not only because its christmas, but because James Ferguson is here. And we are finally in the same place at the same time. Reunited and it feels so good there we go. My apologies to everyone for that. How about that voice . I feel a christmas sing along coming on at some point. Its the holt day spirit. It is. Also, we are outside the u. S. Senate. Were going to see just how much progress has been made or how little progress between the president and congress on the fiscal cliff situation. And well find out just how much the european debt crisis has affected tourists willingness to travel to southern europe. And then south koreas president ial election, yes, its not just japan, and what to expect from the winner. Lets j
Face it is making a bet that Virtual Reality is the next thing for computing. A 2 billion debt. The Worlds Largest social buying oculus. It is the maker of the ski goggle like device they have rist. Relate to the mobile technology party. Facebook has made big acquisitions. The bought instagram in 2012. Trying to get ahead of the curve, putting facebook into your home and tablet. We have one billion people using our mobile apps. What is the next frontier, what is the next platform . Billion thating 2 is Virtual Reality. It becomes part of our everyday lives. These are awesomely the most social platform ever. It seems pretty insular, being in a Virtual Reality. You can play games erie it maybe the future is playing games with other people. If you are watching a game of tennis. 23. 1 million facebook shares. This is ahead of the curve. And they are talking about the other applications. How is this going down with investors . Shares lost on their value. 0. 8 after 8 p. M. U. S. Time. Maybe
A warm welcome to everybody. Let us give back to the top story nato is preparing a Rapid Reaction strike force that could be deployed to Eastern Europe at a moments notice in direct response to russias behavior towards ukraine. Our International Correspondent joins us from berlin. How big and how fast will this strikeforce be . Good morning to you. Good morning. The minute was talking about a strikeforce of 4000 troops that can arrived anywhere and deployed anywhere within 48 hours. We are talking land, sea, and special forces. To whatdirect response nato is increasingly calling aggression by russia. The nato secretarygeneral talks about nato not being naive. You to strengthen the collective defenses of the 28 member countries within nato. Thatne is not in nato and may be a topic of conversation at the summit in wales. One important thing is this plenty to be ratified by leaders but all indications are it will be ratified. This comes as the situation in is clearly escalating. Not just