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    FBN’s Diane Macedo breaks down the stories moving the markets ahead of the trading day.

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Everyone I'm -- -- -- we have earnings in from McDonald's the fast food giant is reporting a profit of one dollar 38 cents a share that tops the estimate for a dollar 33.

Revenue was also -- at six point 95 billion dollars the estimate there was for six point 89 billion.

Shares of Google meanwhile are higher in the pre market after the Internet search giant's fourth quarter earnings also beat expectations.

After the bell Google reported an adjusted profit of ten dollars 65 cents a share topping the estimate for ten dollars 42 cents.

While revenue excluding advertising expenses totaled eleven point 34 billion dollars.

Falling short of expectations.

The latest results include Motorola mobility which Google acquired in -- so they don't compare directly to the prior year.

But the company does say advertisers spent more money online this year to attract shoppers over the last holiday season.

Now was a mixed bag for united technologies' fourth quarter the diversified manufacturer made an adjusted profit.

Of one dollar four cents a share a penny above the estimates but revenue of sixteen point 44 billion dollars missed the estimate for sixteen point 62 billion.

Looking ahead united tech reaffirmed its expectations for -- -- thirteen.

Forecasting earnings of five dollars and 85 cents to six dollars fifteen cents a share analysts expect six dollars four cents.

And CEOs world leaders and power brokers are gathering in Davos Switzerland.

The 43 annual meeting of the world economic form our own -- claimant is there with a preview now of what's ahead.

Good organ from Davos Switzerland where team Fox Business -- made -- all the way up to this tiny Swiss village.

But top of the -- for a huge -- it's the World Economic Forum.

In Davos Switzerland a huge meeting of the minds and you can see from the -- here.

That mega corporations want to see and be seen you can see why some.

2500.

Different participants not to mention coming from a hundred different countries.

Fifty world leaders 900.

CEOs okay so who's here.

Everyone from the CEO of Coca-Cola.

To SAP.

We have General Electric Merc Medtronic Citigroup Nissan -- -- IMAX Bain and company India's Mahendra.

Research in -- Blackberry China's H and -- JPMorgan Chase and so much more and of course speaking of Microsoft.

Bill Gates now up the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation yes don't miss by my interview right here on Fox Business that's Friday.

We're gonna have all of these leaders and so much worse so stay tuned.

We'll see you later.

Will do -- that -- claim in live from Dallas thankless.

Let's take a look at the market now we've had a fairly flat trading day Dow futures are down three the S and -- down to and the nasdaq's up.

By one and a half.

And taking a look at commodities oil and gold have also been mixed meanwhile a new study shows FaceBook can actually make you miserable.

Lawrence in an -- has more on that from the newsroom -- And wealthiest looks like the highlight real right you know -- -- good pictures and your selves and all of things that you do that seem fun even if they're not and for people who don't post but like Tim you -- pictures and your vacation then.

Your love prospects and their work accomplishments.

Pretty jealous if not miserable lonely and envious that according to German researchers they say one in three people felt that way.

And for those who who watching don't post themselves they feel the worst and more inclined to -- FaceBook altogether so get off the social site and that of course not good for FaceBook.

Did you just when you're on fabulous vacation instead of making -- failure on -- them.

-- and I don't put anything up that -- -- -- on FaceBook but I am.

I yeah I try to avoid posting things on -- myself fluent you know each -- -- so -- a little bragging.

I have heard anybody we're gonna sit -- emerging cellar but thanks to -- -- we have earnings and now from US Airways the carrier's reported an adjusted profit of 26 cents a share that tops the estimate for nineteen cents.

Revenue came in at 3.3 billion dollars the estimate there was for 3.2 eight billion dollars.

Recapping McDonald's -- the easiest and little while ago but they -- that are in with earnings of a dollar 38.

That's -- yesterday for a dollar 33 revenue came minutes six point 95 billion dollars the estimate there six point 89 billion.

US -- -- were also up point 3% in the fourth quarter and European sales.

We're down point 6%.

Let's take a look at commodities now as I mentioned oil and gold were mixed for most of the morning we saw -- in the green now they're back in mixed territory gold is down.

By twenty cents trading at 1693.

Announced.

Oil though still holding onto the green there up by just three cents and 96 dollars and down.

Imus in the morning continues right now on Fox Business giving you the -- about.

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