We also have to talk about innovation. And the size of the smart phone could be what defines the war this year. Apple and samsung. Size of screen makes the difference in terms of quality and customer experience. Of course youre watching you crane. Eastern ukraine. Armed men have seized three government buildings and said they would have referendums and that they want to join russia and russia said they should be allowed to choose their political destiny and they also said there are 150 u. S. Service men in ukraine working as if they were ukrainian forces. Ukrainians say this is just the russians in the east of the country trying stir up trouble. Just got off the phone with their foreign minister and he said this idea that there are u. S. Troops on the ground is russian propaganda. They have situation under control. They have taken one of the buildings back and they are going clean it up. Manus, were also watching telecoms in france. What do you do when you miss out on the deal of 2014
Hello, this is todays worldwide exchange. Alcoa kicks off the earnings season with better than expected numbers. The aluminum giant says it sees brighter days ahead. European stocks are boosted on the news, and banks and Telecom Stocks lead the way higher as report suggest europes biggest teleco groups are in talks to create a pan regional network. Analysting warn about slowing growth. The cfo told cnbc hes confident. Weve got a great track record, frankly, over the last five years of delivering, you know, over 100 Million Pounds cost savings year on year. We intend to do that going forward. And a report says the bank of japan will likely cave to heavy pressure and double its inflation target to 2 . All right. Youve got to make the most of us today. Last day today. Only two days until next week . Until next week. A lot of good things coming up. Particularly, we talked about the dollar, when it comes into play. Theres a tweet conversation going yesterday, they are coming on air. I like
Break. The s p and the dow coming off the best week since july. Will the momentum continue . Plus, it is a big week for earnings, results expected today from netflix and kimberly clark. Mcdonalds, boeing, facebook, apple, all will have reported by the end of the week. A lot of tech news, nike reportedly leaving the wearables market. And more trouble for General Motors. New documents showing that the automaker waited years to recall hundreds of thousands of saturn ions with power steering problems. First up, though, we are basing for a barrage of Earnings Reports. Netflix tonight, tomorrow, mcdonalds, travelers, utx, at t, wednesday, boeing, p g before the bell and a big night on wednesday, apple and facebook after the bell. On thursday, well get c. A. T. , gm, 3m, microsoft, visa and amazon. And well close out the week with ford results on friday. I mean, this is talk about the calm before the storm. Not a lot to work with today, but we all know how crazy were going to be in about 48 h
Welcome to todays worldwide exchange. Ross westgate is away. Im kelly evans. These are your headlines from around the world. A new chief executive after dropping profit. But cnbc reports the leadership change isnt related to the results. This is a process that started years ago. Happens to coincide here today with a weaker pricing environment. But two totally unrelated events. Teleco stocks on the move. Kpns 4 billion Capital Raising plan is backed. Full year earnings below expectations. And comedianturnedpolitician says his moving is unstoppable. In an exclusive interview, he says italians need to step aside. The rush to set up shop in china is down. The fastest decline in more than three years in january. Okay. Lots happening on the program today including a grew interviewer coming up. Well be counting down to the bank of england minutes after Andrew Bailey is to lead the new banking regulation unit. The minutes will be out in a halfhours time. Well bring those and u. K. Unemployment
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