Hello, i am mark barton. This is countdown. I am anna edwards. We are getting numbers from frances largest lender, bnp breaking earnings right now. Lets get straight to that. A surprise drop in fourthquarter profits. 1. 1 billionide tied to a review of payments to parties subject to u. S. Economic sanctions. 76 to 127falling by million euros. The lowest Quarterly Results since the Fourth Quarter of 2008. It is a mess, missing the one billion euro average estimated by analysts at bloomberg. Decision after it paid to settle u. S. Allegations carried out in proper transactions with countries such as iran. The company also announcing today that it intends to increase return on equity which is a measure of profitability to 10 or more by 2016. Return on equity stood at 7. 7 last year. It will present its threeyear of element plan to investors next month. Frances largest bank because of this legal provision in the u. S. Missing fourthquarter earnings estimates. The cfo spoke to bloomberg in p
Hold. Deutsche telekom betting big on the u. S. Thanks to Stronger Customer growth in the market. The group is cutting its cash flow target as a result. Investors are buying into the turn around. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Very glad that youre with us. We have a full two hours of Worldwide Exchange for you. Im very pleased to be here for the next two hours alongside with a whole bunch of good guests. Just before we get to the Business Aspect of todays session, i just want to tell you about some flashes that are coming through on the wires, where essentially were seeing that an imminent quake warning has been issued for japan. Theyre sourcing nhk. The quake is centered in western japan. Again, according to those sources. Well continue to keep you updated on this story as we get the details through. But on to the show, well also be taking the pulse of the insurance sector as earnings at the uks viva beat forecasts sending shares sharply higher. Well bring you analysis on that at 10 20
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