jim goldman, and let me bring in jim faucet from securities. what is your take on this s? >> well, jim outlined it well. device shipments were poor, and the investments have disclosed were smaller. going forward the outlook and once again jim characterized it pretty well is what about people were looking for. >> right. would you commit new capital to research in motion right now? >> no, i would not, because as the growth matures in the u.s., most of the growth is coming internationally, and i think that in western europe particularly, so we are close to saturation. >> all right. leave it there. jim, good to have you on the program, and james faucett joining us on research in motion. back to our guest who is waiting patiently, and my apologies to the ceo and president of campbell company, douglas conant who was talking about how the make the company more flexibility, and do you think that the part of the white house the bring people together to create new jobs, how does that happen with the flexible workplaces? >> well, i think that the -- what the white house is doing is i

jim goldman joins us with a look at what wall street is expecting from the blackberry maker. >> thisnteresting report if only it comes at a time when smartphone competition is hot and research in motion is having trouble holding its own. the street is looking $1.27 on $3.3 billion in revenue. guidance for the first quarter should be flat, 1.22 on $3.2 billion. rimm devices shipped and new subscriptions look for 4.4 million new subs. rimm is in an unusual place right now that might not be truly appreciated by investors at large. the company did take a hit on the apple verizon speculation but rimm is doing just fine even accelerating market anticipation in the face of iphone already. >> they're kind of carving out a niche in the iphone wannabes. even in consumer, you know, kind of lower cost and more of a main stream phone. i think they're holding their own. >> smartphone growth continues solid, at least for the leaders in the sector. apple and rimm enjoy the momentum and nokia continues to do okay. motorola, palm continue to fight for scraps. overall, industry growth is very strong an

jim goldman is here with the latest on that. >> happy monday to you. will they or won't they? has backed itself into a diplomatic and financial corner with little choice except to leave the chinese market since there's little chance that the government there will back down and google continues to demand that search censorship is a deal-breaker. backing oust of china seems to carry huge consequences, google trying to tap the 300 million chinese web surfers, but in the four years that google has been operating in china, the company has seen little to show for it, $300 million to $350 million in revenue. about 1.5% of google's total global revenue. the company is down about 5% on all the chinese controversial, while the chinese company baidu. possibly to apiece the chinese government. unlikely that yahoo stands to make any gains, either, having its own problems with china. and quickly running to google's defense early on. google's ceo eric schmidt knows the world is watching and waiting for his company's decision. >> there's a huge debate about how powerful these tools are agains