Google parent company Alphabet posts a big Q4 profit beat and launches a 20-for-1 stock split. We have a slew of European corporate earnings today, too. Spanish lender Santander records more than €2bn in quarterly profits on strong customer growth and Julius Baer reports a record-breaking full year. Swiss pharma giant Novartis is courted by a number of private equity suitors keen on its generic drugs arm Sandoz. We are also live in Kiev, as Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses NATO of having ‘played’ his country over security concerns on the east Ukrainian border.

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