dieter zetsche is the chairman of daimler which is the parent company of mercedes benz, and he joins "the communicators" here at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. what's the technology that you're introducing? >> guest: well, the show here, the lawsuitest of connective -- the latest of connectivity of in the car. we have with on one hand the future direction we will take with so-called -- [inaudible] that show how you can interact with your car, all the different aspects of connectivity, the social network, navigation, all kinds in this regard. on the other hand, we have stuff which is available right now, behind me will come with -- [inaudible] which already starting now will offer our mercedes customers here in the united states a combination of many services between, again, navigation, all kinds of communication information as well as accident emergency support all in one package and all coming with the car. >> host: so, doctor, if somebody had a new mercedes, would they be able to surf the internet, make a phone call, turn on their lights at home, etc., that type of thi

dieter zetsche joins "the communicators" here at the could -- the consumer electronics show. what is the technology you are introducing? >> it is the latest of connectivity in the car. we have on the one hand future directions we will take that will show how with gestures to can interact with their car. navigation, all kinds in this regard. on the other hand, we have stopwatches available right now that will come with -- already started now what offer our mercedes customers here in the united states the combination of many services between navigation, all kinds of communication information as well as accident emergency support. the are all in one package. >> if somebody had a new mercedes, would they be able to surf the internet, make a phone call, turn on their lights at home, etc.? >> absolutely. you can surf the internet. what is special for us you can have a private internet connection for download to whatever you want to do. you can prepare at home and download it to the car a special trip you are planning. again, you have safety as well where if something goes wrong and

. >> dieter zetsche, what is more and put it be in the consumer electronic show rather than the auto show? >> just a combination of the digital world is creating a tremendous amount of new opportunity, and you only can understand a if you ultimately realize the cutting edge of technology and that is why we have our research department to be a very early trade of the new ideas and participating. that's why i do believe we are able to lead the automotive world among the new tremendous opportunities for the customers. >> do you work with partners such as google etc? >> with cooperation with apple we have specific interaction with the iphone where we could access the code of the iphone, and these days we have a new strategic agreement with google we get some exclusive development's me up to gather so as we are deep involved in technology doing basic research not lobbying on the supply year we are thin attractive partner to these companies to understand where the direction will be going. >> finally, dr. zetsche, looking ten years down the road, gives us an idea if you would of what we may

dieter zetsche joining us first here on cnbc. jack jackie?till to come on the program, credit suisse shocks the market with a big loss in the fourth quarter. so why is the ceo optimistic about business this year? we'll find out after the break. >>> after the investment bank posted a loss of over $1 billion swiss francs dragging them into a loss for the quarter. carolin has been speaking to brady dougan and joins us for more. >> reporter: this is the first quarterly loss in about three years, ross. now we knew that the fourth quarter was going to be ditch but still points out this is the worst showing of an investment bank so far. let me tell you investment banking rech nouse if you look at the underlying results still 32% below expectations of consensus, fixed income revenues fell 54% quarter on quarter. this is really a quarter to forget about and to look ahead and that's what credit suisse is doing. take a listen. >> the year has started off well for us and, in fact, the underlying roe around our business for the quarter to date is actually

. >> host: dieter zetsche is the chairman of daimler which is the parent company of mercedes-benz and he joins "the communicators" hear the consumer electronic show in las vegas. dr. zetsche what is the technology technology orange adducing? >> guest: they are showing here the latest connectivity and the cars. we have on the one hand future directions we will take with the so-called -- and all the different aspects of connectivity, the social network, navigation, all kinds in this regard. on the other hand, we have stuff which is available right now. right behind me will come with -- which is already starting now offer our mercedes customers here in the united states the combination of many services between again navigation. there are all kinds of communication and information as well as excellent emergency support. they are all in one package and they are all in this car. >> dr. zetsche if someone had a new mercedes would they be able to surf the internet, made the phonecall, turn on their lights at home etc. and that's a bit good thing? >> guest: absolutely. you can surf the interne

the share is off a bit and we saw daimler, spoke to dieter zetsche. they're going to focus in 2012 restructuring the business. investors like that, the stock up 3.7%. besides the ecb in greece we are focused on the bank of england. steve said we're expecting 50 billion pounds of more quantitative easing. if we get the risk of that is we might get more, $75 billion. that's the way investors are focusing at the moment. keep your eyes on the pound on that and we get more it may weaken. euro dollar 1.33. that was a fresh two-month high. currently at 1.3280. i'll leave you with this final point in terms of dates, the eu lawmakers say we need an agreement by february the 15th to get all the legal paperwork done. i don't necessarily believe that and the march 20th deadline there is a seven-day grace period, i understand. so actually the final deadline, the final, final, final deadline theoretically is march the 27th. back to you. >> ross, we really appreciate that information but we really want to know can you see andrew's sweater? what do you think of his s