bob parker from credit suisse.ook improved across the board, as a social network got a boost from mobile advertisements and video. investors liked what they saw, rising 9% after hours. cory johnson has a breakdown of some impressive numbers. cory: facebook reporting first-quarter results, the number is super strong, $5.4 billion in revenue, operating profits of $2 billion. just about every measure from facebook improving. even as the capacious more towards mobile, this is a business that was mostly desktop. now most of the users are international, 82% of them are on mobile devices. and yet, revenues per user continue to increase. it was thought that when they moved from desktop to mobile you with you the price come down on advertising. the opposite is true. per revenue, yes, more users. there continue to add daily active users, up 5%, the fastest growth in a year. so, and acceleration of the metrics of how fast they are adding daily active users. also more people are not only using facebook every day, the percentag

bob parker still with us.the expansion of the bond buying program, at least the size of the old program goes up today, but we don't get the corporate bond buying just yet. what is the most crucial for you? bob: i actually think it is the expansion of qe, that move from 60 million to 80 million, and the expansion of the asset classes they are going to be mine. we've got a number of problems. if you are a european insurance company or pension fund, generating investment returns in a market where today we actually ,ave 14 european bond markets not eurozone, european bond markets, where we have 10-year bond yields around 15 basis points, and probably likely to stay there for the rest of this year, generating investment returns for institutional investors in europe is extremely difficult. whether it is pension funds, insurance companies, it is not surprising that there is this diversification into other asset classes. most notably, illiquid asset classes such as infrastructure, equity, where capital requirements ar

bob, thanks very much. going out near the highs, dow up 15 points. >>> stay tuned. sean parkerking about the $250 million infusion into the cancer research program around the country. we'll talk about that as well. >>> riverwood capital is ringing the bell at the big board and layne is at the nasdaq. >>> tuned for hour number two of "closing bell." see you tomorrow, kell. >>> thank you, bill. welcome to "closing bell." i'm kelly evans, a rally day across wall street. here's how we're finishing the session with the dow up 185 points, and closing above 17,900, the s&p adding 20 parts for its part, the nasdaq up 74 today. >>> we are also about to speak to billionaire tech investor sean parker about his $250 million cancer research donation. joining me here on the panel, mike santolli along with carol roth welcome. >>> and guy adami tiptoeing into the fray as well. great to see everybody. mike, i guess we're still digesting the fact that earnings are having an upside impact. >> and it's just the front edge of the earnings season. we'll only get about 18 s&p 500 companies this week,

bob parker, advisor of credit suisse asset management.ou can get all of the news relating to what is happening in the buildup to the referendum on bloomberg. hans: it will be crucial to look at the every day and every week. up next, france looks further out. the nation is selling bonds and 2016 details after the break. ♪ hans: welcome back to "on the move." reporter: brazilian lawmakers have pushed the president a step closer to impeachment after a in congress. a seven-month high on speculation rouseff will be out of. she denies wrongdoing and says impeachment would amount to a coup. according to a person with knowledge of the matter the move, along with job reductions in the americas, could come as soon as today. about 1000 employees could be affected. ws.arson tokyo rose on the ne british prime minister david cameron has defended his tax affairs department. to parliament. he told the house of commons. >> since 2010, i have not owened any shares or investments. the investigation in this way is unprecedented, but i think it is the right t