sima, modi,what was the one things you saw in this report you can't overlook. >> microsoft earnings beat expectations thanks to strong demand for its cloud services. coo kevin turner says quote we continue to take share from our competitors by delivering the devices and services our customers need as they transition to the cloud. so it's microsoft's efforts to gain more traction in the cloud. that was one of the factors that helped the software giant this quarter. tyler. >> money from the cloud, pennies from heaven. sima, thank you very much. >>> microsoft though has a lot more than just earnings to focus on, including a pending $7 billion hardware acquisition and the search for a new chief executive officer. josh lipton has more. >> reporter: as soon as steve balmer announced last august that he would step down as microsoft's ceo, investors started to focus on who would replace him. >> whoever comes in is going to have to choose where to focus. >> reporter: walter pritchard, citi's software analyst, says the issue for microsoft isn't so much about a person but rather a very important pr

sima moti, what's the one take away you saw in this report? >> reporter: when it comes to yahoo!, the key metric analysts look at is display ad revenue. the amount of money yahoo! makes from selling display ads. that number was down year-over-year. analysts say that probably was due to rising competition from other internet giants like google. display revenue has been something that ceo has been working on since she became ceo in 2012, but those efforts don't seem to have been paying off this quarter. with that said there were some bright spots in this report. search revenue up 8%. paid collision excluding korea up. >>> changing now to emerging markets, currencies have been under pressure this past week. tonight turkey's central bankers are holding an emergency meeting to prop up the currency after its sharp decline. michelle cabrera joins us now from istanbul with more. michelle, over to you. >> reporter: hey there, susie. extraordinary moves by the turkish central bank tonight. they raised all their major lending rates between 4 and 5%. consider that in the united states when w

. >> sima modi reporting from nasdaq for us tonight. >>> joining us now to talk more about intel and what to expect from other tech companies when they report their earnings next week is kim forrest, senior equity analyst at for the pitt capital group. what was your take on intel? you just heard the report. do you agree? >> i do. i was surprised to see they beat on earnings. that hasn't happened in awhile. they also had very good margins. and i think most of the penny miss was in the below the operating line, probably in taxes, and maybe a little bit of spending and r and d. but i don't think it was that big of a deal, the earnings miss. and it was a good mix of revenue from pcs, the server group, and even newer chips that are going into tablets. >> has intel been nimble enough in adjusting to a new environment? >> no. and they were punished accordingly. a couple of years ago when it was pretty clear that the consumer pc market was going to crater in favor of more mobile devices, it took them a very long time to come out with products and technologies that were exciting enough to be

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seem sima mody is live. >> talk about a comeback. stocks staging a turnaround. a better than expected report. napping a four-day losing streak, the nasdaq erased all of month's losses. look for data on whole sale infla inflation and earning from bank of america. nasdaq up 69 yesterday. other news, viacom plans to launch a customized kids tv channel. my nick jr. based on parents' taste with on demand access to shows like dora the explorer. parents can choose from themes such as get creative, word play and shuts off after a certain time period. children can rate shows by clicking on a smiley or frowny face. something to look out for. >> thank you. i miss dora. my kids are too old for that now. >>> way back on monday tesla was concerned about home chargers. the devices which juice up the cars, they could overheat. tesla made an official announcement wednesday saying it would replace devices new york recall per se, certainly not of the cars. it sold 7,000 model ss in the last quarter, one-fifth more than tesla expected to sell. elon musk said a car the rest of us ca

good evening, sima. >> good evening, larry, and happy new year, a new year and new selloff, kicking off the first trading day of 2014 with a big drop, a decline for the dow, the s&p lost about 16 points, the nasdaq drops about a percent, we'll get to that in a second. first, look at the big news in the commodity space. wti crude moving lower, gold shares starting off the new year bright as metals begin to show signs of new life. and will it last? that is the question, now thanks to the big move in gold, it was one of the best performing stocks on the s&p 500, posting a gain, but technology was one of the worst performing sectors, investors took a risk on the trading, shares moving lower on the analysts' concerns. take a look at apple shares, down 1.4%, back to the overall markets, this was a first-time stocks decline in the trading session of the year since 2008. and in 2008, larry, if i may remind you, we did end the year lower, back to you. >> yeah, okay, i hate these old wives' tales, i just hate them. if she is right, that i hate old wives's tales, i think this is a gift. a complete

they were to try to engage alex salmond for a much more abrasive character, that would play to alex simas. in a funny sort of way although there have been slight grumbles about it, i think most people involved in the better together after think he is rather clever. there isn't that much joy in a moment in the opinion polls. is not much support for independence much about 30, 33%. >> that's true. the big caveat is that alex salmond has been here before in elections to the scottish parliament were basic of all system was rigged to try and ensure that you could never have a majority and he defeat the system and he defied the polls. they would say we are not in the independence campaign is no worse than what we were in elections, so just been here before. the second thing to say is i think they are trying to kind of diffuse many of the crunchy issues. we've had alex salmond to say don't worry, don't worry we will stay in european gini. over, we can keep stores but don't worry, we'll stick at the same television programs. in other words, to try to play down the enormously of the events. that m

sima? >> this is being described as one of the most brutal attacks against foreign nationals.ponded by stepping up its skrurt directive by declaring a wide city in the area where the attack took place, which basically means only essential staff can make essential trips in and out of this. when it comes at a time when nato-led troops are drawing down, well under way and many analysts say this may be the time that the afghan people will need more foreign assistance and help than ever before. back to you, christie. >> thank you. >>> let's get to india now with the death of a socialite spark controversy. >> christie, a private affair that turned ugly on twitter and now the woman at the center of it is dead. socialites and her high-profile husband, the indian politician. really the main stay of dehli's social circles. but on wednesday she accused her husband of having an affair with the pakistani journalist and she also told her friends that she was depressed and two days later her body was found in this uber luxury hotel. doctors said she had an unnatural and sudden death. but the

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