vodafone will stick to their dividend increase. i believe that at & t can increase its dividend but it will be very modest. switching to the energy companies, we have a big waiting there have the ability to increase their dividend in this environment. they have the ability to increase those dividend. i expect them to be conservative. >> that's good enough for us. >> we're going to leave it there. brian mcmahon, ceo. that is a very interesting pick. and also the stake in verizon. >> they are one of the most global. i warn ability a lot of the european guys. >> i think their business is changing. talked about the your peeps. 7% yield. >> coming up, we are continuing to break down the testimony on the hill. stay tuned to find out how deep his ties are to the very people he testified against. more straight ahead. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] you're the boss of your life. in charge of long weekends and longer retirements. ♪ ask your financial professional how lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ how lincoln financial

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vodafone shares sharing a network. nokia has plans to stage a comeback to the smartphone market.ee full touch screen hand sets hoping to gain bigger share in the emerging markets. also the drinks giant to invest over $1.5 billion in scotch whiskey production over the next five years. >> great way to end on the scotch whiskey production. let's go on a tour of the best emerging and frontier stocks for your portfolio. joining us, tim seymour, founding of emerging money.com. and david reed el, president of the reidel research group. interesting name, i think tim has called it the costco of latin america. priced smart a san diego company doing business all outside the u.s. why do you like them? they're down 3% year-to-date. >> but they're great. look at the longer term chart. absolute on a tear for the last few years. they just reported this morning 16% same store sales year-to-date. this is absolutely the costco of central america and the caribbean. great consumer play here. >> the valuation, this stock compared to its peers not cheap at all. >> that's okay. i'll take that valuation

spent a good many years of his career as a senior executive for vodafone.volved in vodafone's international activities. a number of executives--has been a member of the executive committee g s m association which is the largest international wireless association. spend some time since his retirement teaching at the harvard business school and he is about to undertake teaching assignments at the business school. he is a man of considerable experience in the international communications arena. it will prove to be something valuable from our point of view. we are embarking -- >> my time is expired but i am concerned about whether the learning curve in the few months before the december conference and i will let somebody asked that question. at this time i recognize mr. markey. >> thank you. [inaudible] >> the inventor of the world wide web urge us to, quote, make sure the web itself is a blank sheet, a blank canvas, something that does not constrain the innovation. the wonderful thing about the internet, no one needs to ask permission to innovate, to get their

remember this has to do with that retrospective tax amendment that came in which impacts deals like the vodafoneransaction and created a furor among investors. we already heard from some global foreign players talking about investing in india, ikea will remember putting in 1.5 billion jour billion, coca-cola is talk about another 5 billion invested. the mood is turning around but we've seen this happen in the last couple of months in india where we've seen this policy back and forth if the prime minister can translate his message into action that's a big deal as far as markets and investors are concerned. back to you. >>> let's just remind you what's on the agenda in asia. household spending, jobs and cpi released at 1:30 then industrial output and in malaysia gauge of inflation with the latest ppi reading. >> i'll be glued to the screen for that one. newscorp board has approved a plan to split the media conglomerate into two units. what does that say about the future of the newspaper business. leapt us know. shoot us an e-mail as worldwide@cnbc.com or tweet us. reach us directly at kelly evans.

very significant -- it spun off into a company called air tough which eventually was acquired by vodafonepent a good many years of his career as a senior executive. he spent about five years in the united kingdom and in the netherlands involve invodaphone's extensive international activities. he has been a member of the executive committee of the gsm association. he has spent some time since his retirement teaching at the harvard business school, and he is about to undertake teaching assignments at ucla business school. it is a man of very considerable experience, that in the international communications arena, i think it will prove to be something that is very valuable from our point of view. there will be a learning curve. we are embarking now on terms of helping it. >> i am worried or concerned about whether the learning curve in the few months before the december conference, and i will let somebody else ask that question. at this time, i recognize mr. markey. [unintelligible] >> tim currently, the inventor of the world wide web, urged us to make sure the web itself is a blank canvas,