francine: thank so much, njera. we've seen pricing of risks. let's go to the news. mark?et's start with rio tinto where the price was down as much as 9% which was the biggest fall in september of 2011 and ditched the progressive dividend policy and set out new spending cuts as it's trying to cave over the massive plunge in commodity prices that sent a profit down by 51% and the payout for 2016 won't be less than $1.10. it's held to 2015 diffident to $2.15. joining the likes of others abandoning dividends as a safeguard against the big slump. in commodity prices, the shares were higher and up by 1% today and raised the outlook for 2016 emits growth in its brand and stronger order, profit and revenue will rise at a double-digit growth rate and margin should be stable and net income rose better than expected 12% today. we're waiting for the arrival of casper rothsted who of ourse will take over as c.e.o. his tasko battle nike and become number one once again. we saw gen falling, france's second biggest bank, shares down 13% and fourth quarter profits missed estimates, earnin

let's bring in njera.: it is interesting that you are questioning why we do not see the gain in the share price that is predicted by some analysts. part of this could be that this was a well telegraphed deal. we reported yesterday that we could see an offer of 470 francs a share for syngenta from 10 china. it came -- for syngenta from chemchina. it came in as the biggest ever acquisition by a chinese firm. we got earnings from syngenta today. what this seems to be is chemchina pushing for this. we are talking about an all-cash offer here. this is a very highly leveraged company as well for chemchina. it could become the world's biggest supplier of pesticides and chemicals. lso, it is about china wanting to provide for its growing population and having control over those food sources. for syngenta of course, they get this deal. of 470'scted an offer francs a share last year. they are fewer antitrust hurdles with a visit deal. this would be more appealing to them. if you are looking at this deal, that is the

njera: they boosted profit as they ramped up deliveries of the ambings-50 model.se to 1.43 billion euros, compared with analyst forecasts. the c.f.o. of airbus will be live at 12:00 p.m. with guy johnson. peugot said it will issue new growth targets this year after it completed a restructuring program ahead of schedule amid increasing demand in the home market of europe. the carmaker said recurring operating income last year climbed to 2.73 billion euros. shares in dreamworks animation jumped in trade after the maker of the "kung fu" panda films beat estimates. the company saw growth in the tv and home businesss as it restarts its struggling movie corporation. goldman sachs confirms the executive that helped build the malaysia business left earlier this month. the departure comes with dealings of the country's state owned investment company drew public scrutiny because of the high fees the bank was paid. like it had been with goldman sachs 18 years and was mostly recently chairman of the southeast asia operations. that's the bloomberg business flash. francine? fra

anchor: it is time to check in with njera. climbing.en is they have pushed the yield on japan's tenure field below zero for the first time. that is an unprecedented low for a g7 economy. deutsche bank has become the largest lender in at least four tors to feel compelled reassure investors and employees that it has enough cash to pay debt. they are protecting the debt a gainst defaults. rioters have set fire and thrown break the police in hong kong, closing one of the city's busiest subway stations. the clash over the chinese new year holiday. toice fired warning shots contain protesters. oural news is powered by many journalists around the world. manus, anna? anna: we have numbers reported ahead of where the analysts had estimated they would come in. we have talk about job cuts. they cannot disclose the number of job cuts. they are in talks with unions on the reductions. manus: they are going to pay dividends at 2.93% a share. the estimate was for three euros a share. options forsidering the generic business. the are in a real state of