Volkswagen hopes to clear the air, since the cheating scandal emerged in september. A very warm welcome to the program. This is countdown. Live from london, i am anna edwards. Manus and i am manus cranny live in dubai. You have a chart. Anna when we need the keep an eye on of course. This is the implied probability of the betting market of brexit. , 25. 68 . Down at 26 last week we went as high as over 40 on this particular measure of whether it was likely or not we would see a brexit. Of course last night, manus was dominated, the heated exchanges at wembley arena, maurice a holding pop concerts, but that was the faceoff between the remain and leave campaigners. It seems that we have some big moves on monday, slightly smaller than yesterday. Now just pausing for thoughts, manus seems to be the way we describe this morning. Manus we are, indeed. The riska look at radar. I think it is fascinating. We have done a little bit of that isour pound index, what you want to look at. What you ha
Expensive. We are seeing analysts downgrade profits. They also say autos may well be of interest. Equities are opening lower. Deutsche bank is making a run this morning. Some individual names are certainly worth taking a look at this morning. George osborne has reappointed the cafferty of the npc. Npc. Tesco is up 1 . Potentially after mr. Clarks termination. Deutsche banks flat at the moment. The challenges will be raised. Vodafone is up 13 . 13 . What they have said here is that the standalone process for vodafone is something they are questioning. They need to reset the dividend strategy. They need to contemplate taking liberty as being the senior role. That is something they are saying. Operating synergies could amount to 22 billion. They really do like that tesco news. After that payoff to mr. Clark. The mining companies, why am i surprised . Chinas Growth Numbers are disappointing. The aussies are worried about the chinese level of growth. Of course you are seeing billys up. Glen
Interviews as leaders tackle issues surrounding Climate Change. It is now or never. It is not too late, but almost too late. Mark and ecb gives emergency cash for greek banks. Tempers flare. Creditors ahead of the meeting mark welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Im anna edwards. Im manus cranny. Cvs is said to be in advanced talks to buy on me omnicare. Anna lets bring you up to speed with what has been happening in the asian markets. We have a look at the chinese manufacturing numbers, which remain sluggish. Good morning. It slipped to a 13 month low. What is behind those numbers . I think it is worth noting is it is the initial gauge that comes out for the third week of the month. The final hsbc reading we got contraction. Lower than expectations. Another thing to note is it is a private survey. Smaller in scope. Less companies. It is where the pain is being felt the most. You look at what the shanghai composite has done so far. 4500. This is when the data came out. These levels ar
Government may be announced today. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Edwards. Nna we are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Caroline hyde has the latest on samsungs newest products. Whatsapps facebook and , another tech deal brewing in japan. Back in the studio, Ryan Chilcote is looking ahead to a key vote in ukraine. Hans nichols will break down the proposed deal from berlin. We are getting earnings from the Worlds Largest chemical maker, the aff. Baff. It looks like fourthquarter earnings have beaten estimates. Lets start with matt kemp net income. 4. 4 billion euros. That is ahead of estimates. The core metric, earnings before interest and taxes, including items, 1. 45 is up from 1. 23 and ahead of the estimate of 1. 34. The Company Expects sales in 2014 to decline slightly. Noason as of yet reason as of yet, but the company says that sales will fall this year. This is a company that is working towards a Revenue Target of 110 billion euros to th
Toking compensation paid tackling debt. Stocks up. Eye on them,ng an and they havent given the game away with what they are going to do with the telecom operation, have they . Like they are considering all options. Slight miss ona revenue, but it could be it is more likely they are going to as rid of an asset like sfr they try to focus on the core of what they do as a media company. Thats where we see the earnings. We will be digging more into this in about 20 minutes. 1. 6 on the down back of that open. The movement in the stock market is quite staggering. Extraordinary. Im going to look at the ukrainian stock market. Stocks up 22 yesterday on the back of arise on friday. It has been extraordinary. If you put your eye on the stock market, they are very happy right now. We will see how the volatility plays out. The European Business correspondent caroline hard Caroline Hyde has a very special guest. Good morning. I am now joined by the chief at the Chip Design Center of what is basical