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they were helped by tax cuts and the addition of 300,000 new wireless customers randall stephenson isonfident at&t will complete its acquisition of time warner the justice department sued to block the deal a trial is set for march shares are up 2% >>> qualcomm posting a fourth quarter loss on charges related to the u.s. tax law and an antitrust fine from the eu adjusted results beat forecast bu the company's first quarter outlook is below estimates >>> royal dutch shell says fourth quarter profits more than doubled beating forecasts. the company benefited from the surge in oil and gas prices as well as cost-cutting measures. the stock is down 1% >>> nokia reporting better than expected fourth quarter results which were boosted bay one-time patent payment by huawei while the networks business will remain weak this year, a potential increase in spending by customers could lessen the decline. up 8% for nokia. >>> pandora is cutting 5% of its work force they will also take other measures to cut costs. this comes amid intense competition in the music streaming business pandora says the mov

the ceo randall stephenson said he is confident at&t will now completed its time warner.t&t shares down 11%. time warner is about 2% lower. microsoft also reported last night a quarterly net loss due to the tax changes. the company with the $14 billion charge for the tax reform bill. a little change right now in the premarket edges lightly higher at 95.05 a share. stock up more than 40% from a year ago, maria. maria: pretty good numbers even though most of the don't care about the fourth quarter looking at 2018 to see the impact of the tax plan. lauren, over and over utah has good numbers in terms of earnings. 2018 outlook. >> driven in large part for the coming calendar year ahead by tax reform. this is something you pointed out what the fed meeting yesterday, top story in the what street journal you are having a handout for monetary policy to fiscal policy and of critical spirit i will tell you the conversations have been are maybe a bear market beginning in bonds and stocks that as yields go up you start to get a chart that looks like the yields going up and stocks goi

results topping estimates helped by tax cuts and the addition of 300,000 new wireless customers randall stephensonconfident at&t will complete its acquisition of time warner the justice department sued to block the deal a trial is set for march that's going to be a big story over the first half of 2018. >>> some other stocks to watch today or that might be interesting, a lot of this is based on results qualcomm posting a fourth quarter loss on charges related to the u.s. tax law and an antitrust fine from the eu the company's first quarter outlook is below estimates it's down 1.5% >>> paypal is trading lower after ebay announced its going with a new primary payment processor. a lot of ill litratithat ebay will go with a dutch fintech startup when the relationship with paypal ends. pa paypal's latest revenue topped estimates. >> ebay also reported fourth quarter results, revenue during the holiday period topped estimates. focus on marketing attracted more shoppers. shares are trading higher this morning. i used to love "animal house" and faber college. >> what happened it's always funny. >> when yo