The afx 200 is starting the day off with a gain. 5350 three is your gain. It is less than a 10th of 1 up. Following, is also no. It is unchanged. 4768. The new Zealand Dollar spot is weakening right now. Were counting down to the open in japan and korea. Lets head right over to japan. In an hour we will open for the first time this year today. Last year a gained seven cents of 1 . 1 . 7 10 of on it starts its first full trading day of the year in japan. The dollar yen strengthening. To our top story. Posting a profit but just barely. Htc earnings missed estimates for a fourth consecutive quarter. We have a look at the sales them down. Gging you can really blame it on sales. This is the largest phone launch to date. It halt this a slowdown we have seen for nine consecutive quarters. Downeye sizing up robert junior to help promote the brand and bring awareness in greater china. Ticket look at the Fourth Quarter figures. Income rising to 10 million, misting estimates by 55 . This is the s
Energy, were look at why solar power is becoming increasingly popular decades after it was first used. Ukraines military have mounted a second phase of an aggressive military operation to regain control of the besieged city slaviansk. One of its helicopters was blown up outside of the city. And the Prime Minister has accused russia of attempting to start a third world war. Sergei lavrov warns that it will face [ technical difficulties ] now both moscow and kiev have both of their troops along the border. Nato has warned that up to 40,000 russian soldiers are camped on the russian side. In just a moment well be talking to peter sharp in moscow, but first lets cross to hoda. What happened with the helicopter incident . Well as is often the case here in ukraine, there are two narratives to the story. If you listen to the ministry of defense there was a transport helicopter that was on the ground in the base just behind me, its an airfield on the outskirts, according to the ministry of def
President bush is encouraging jeb to run. Its disappointing but by now not surprising that the republican speaker is attacking conservatives look to retake the senate. Heritage action and boehner have been publicly feuding since last december when they attacked. Tony, that is todays power politics. David, thank you. Oregon has officially shut down its online Healthcare Exchange after weeks of trying to fix its bulky glitchy system. Today the state turned off its cover oregon website. Oregon residents who will now use the federal healthcare. Gov site. Oregon is the first state to make such a switch. Coming up, a new crop of measles outbreak. The worst in 18 years and it may be spreading. And controversy over how ireland deals with refugees looking for asylum. Why some say the system is like prison. [ grunting ] im taking off, but, uh, dont worry. Im gonna leave the tv on for you. And if anything happens, dont forget about the new xfinity my account app. You can troubleshoot technical is
Ukraines Deputy Foreign minister told the United Nations today that he fears an russian invasion of his country is immanent. His remarks come after the cit y of slovenesk all of this takes place and the situation become morse tense. Barnaby phillips has more. Reporter the skiein the skya helicopter was exploded after it was taking off. The pilot survived. A helicopter crashed. There were firemen, four fire engines. You can see the smoke is probably still billowing. Reporter another explosion, a police roadblock, one report said that a grenade was flown from a passing vehicle. The police say seven people were injured. Over the board in southwestern Russia Military exercises continue. The size and scope of the exercise aalarm the yo Ukrainian Government and many governments in the west. At a volunteer camp, they are learning new skills. There are some 100 ukrainian men here, most not prepared to show their faces in the current uncertainty, but they say theyre preparing for a russian inva
Oil resources ahead of key parliamentary elections plus. Im rob in los angeles with a report of turning 60 and how this clean energy is growing. North korea will be more isolated if it continues with its nuclear program. That is the warning from u. S. President barack obama. He also says he must live up to International Obligation and abandon weapons areas knowledge arsenol and its an effort to improve relations between south korea and japan and harry is in seoul and we have been listening to both leaders there and north korea has been quite the pressing issue. Thats right, both leaders gave time in the Opening Statements of north korea. Obviously its one of the key issues of any american president visiting here would speak with his opposite number in south korea about their needing 30,000 troops here stationed in south korea. President obama after officialing unwavering commitments to the security of this country. A couple of other issues i should just get to first. He spoke of his ow