we will speak with the novartis to ceo at 7:30 a.m. u.k. time. let's get our top stories this morning, tom metcalf has the details on european bank earnings, laura wright with all of the latest drama when it comes to elon musk's deal with twitter. juliette saly has a wrap of markets in asia, and russ matheson with the latest on ukraine. earnings fast and thick. in just the past hour we had hsbc, ubs and santander. tom, i know over the past 15 minutes you have been poring through results. what have we learned? tom: ubs and hsbc comfortably eat -- beat expectations bid there was a big beat on net profit but also the provisions hsbc makes for loans. pretty comfortable and that was driving results. dani: thank you very much, tom metcalf. in about 30 minutes we will have a conversation with the cfo of santander. onto the big story, twitter and elon musk, agreeing to buy the company for $44 billion. it would be one of the biggest leveraged buyout deals in history, taking the 16-year-old social networking platform private. joining us as a laura wright,

novartis also having a fairly good day.tor has had a solid session today and let out into other areas of the sector. we've seen novartis trading up as it confirms plans for significant cost savings in terms of the organizational structure. airbus down around .5% into the close. the reason is we are seeing a situation where maybe we will see a ramp-up to 350 which is a wide-body, maybe the ramp of that will be delayed. the reason why it will be delayed is the macro backdrop looking less rosy despite the fact that the recovery in global travel, this is an aircraft that will be operated -- you have this increasingly acrimonious battle with qatar airways. the ceo there taking a strong line against airbus and that relationship become increasingly acrimonious. that is why potentially this ramp is not going to happen. kriti: it is so interesting to mention airbus. we will dig into that. i want to talk about what is happening on a sector basis. we are starting to see similar moves to what you are seeing in the european side. the s&

novartis reporting results this morning.solid sales, profit growth, sara eisen joins us with a special guest. >> good morning. i'm delighted to welcome the ceo of novartis. good to see you good 5% revenue growth. that's pretty much what the market expected. what are you telling investors going forward will be the big growth driver for this company >> hey, sara great to see you a couple things on our story first six big growth drivers, we talked about them in the past, they're all firing on all cylinders. there's a medicine for cardiovascular disease, so we have six big growth drivers to power us, and they emerging is the pipe did not line, about over 20 assets which we think have multibillion dollar potential. as we continue to demonstrate quarter on quarter that kind of growth, we'll be able to generate the rerating that the company deserves. >> then there's santos, the generic business, all sorts of strategic options. where are you on that? and where is the business as it relates to getting back to a normal healthcare envi

novartis has a gene therapy that could help but it cost $2.1 million. that is why she held a fundraiser luncheon yesterday. >> it is 24/7 begging for money, thinking what else can we do to raise the money? the amount is unimaginable. kumasi: the story has mobilized many generous people worldwide to donate, but family still need more to meet their goal. reggie: some of the very area's best-known musicians came together for a benefit concert to help the people of ukraine. napa valley concert was held at the expo yesterday. the consul general of ukraine is in san francisco and was there and spoke to the crowd. >> if freedom has a name right now, it's name is ukraine. the ukrainian flag is the flag of freedom. i wish everyone of you to keep focusing on ukraine, not lose attention, not get tired of the war, and to act for ukraine. if it means supporting through humanitarian aid, do it. if it means going and fighting, do it. if it be providing what you can come and do it. reggie: all the money raised is going to two nonprofits. kumasi: a crowd came together i

gene therapy developed by novartis could potentially save her life, but it is one of the most expensiveren't lives in the bay area but held a fundraiser luncheon at a polish church in san jose today. in 24/7 hassle it's 24/7 running and begging for money waking up each day and thinking what else can we do to to raise the money the amount is unimaginable king of story has mobilized many generous people worldwide into donating but the family is still far short of their goal. all right one last check of the weather and looking ahead to the rest of the week spencer. is it just me or did the temperatures get a little bit hotter from yesterday? it's not just you. well, actually today was a little cooler than yesterday, but it's going to get hotter midweek for sure. here's a look at our forecast features and you can see that although it'll be breezy and cool tomorrow. some are like warming is coming our way by mid week and the heat will peak on thursday with inland temperatures in the 90s for tonight. we'll just see a lot of clouds passing by and in the morning hours. maybe an isolated. sprink

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