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lowell mcadams will be a guest on "squawk on the street" later this morning. >>> blackberry will offero windows phones. >>> palo alto networks earn 10 cents a share for the serebrakiais second quarter. hsbc reported a 9% increase in annual pre-tax profit for 2013. that was below expectations. stock off a little. netflix shares are lower but 4.24.2 andrew? >> i imagine reed hastings is probably not paying that much. >> because he's on board. >> he's on board with the transaction. >> you can call me cynical all the time. deep down, that's a really -- that's a sick thought you just -- i don't know where you come up with this stuff. >> i don't know how much he paid. >> you think it's a token fee to get him on board? >> it's a long-term deal. it's 180 degree turn. if it's so expensive it would be difficult. >> it couldn't be that he realizes i'm gobbling up all your -- this is only fair i do this, thank you, mr. roberts, for letting me do this for so long. you don't think it had something to do with that? >> that's what i think, too. >> you're welcome. >> thank you, mr. roberts. >>> coming

potential consolidation in the works and the topic we discussed with the chairman and ceo of verizon lowell mcadamon't know if that's something that, "a," is going to happen or, "b," he would necessarily want to happen. price competition is also, of course, something happening brought to you primarily by the fourth competitor t-mobile, you are looking at it here. you can see the stock is down a bit. most analysts and also a couple of money managers i spoke to this morning responding more or less positively to the 2014 guidance on net additions of subscribers. because they would note for the last few quarters t-mobile had been somewhat conservative on that and then beat it as we all know. but they actually put a pretty decent number out there in terms of 2014 implying to some that they're very confident they can continue to win business from -- well, from who? is it at&t? is it sprint? is it verizon? we shall see. but there's a look at t-mobile. by the way, almost, that price is kind of where the old at&t deal was. >> wow. >> maybe a bit above it. >> you do wonder what will happen. of course, we co