we have five hours before trading starlts on wall street and anything can happen between now and then. absolutely. the way europe s going these days, everything probably will happen between now and the opening of wall street. have a busy week ahead. the fate of the euro may overshadow the fourth quarter earnings. they kick off the day with alcoa. let s go to randy on what investors are going to be focusing on this week. no shortage of news expected. that s exactly right. the leaders of germany and france will be meeting this week. they ll be talking about how to save the euro over the next three months. the euro is at a 16-month low against the u.s. dollar. then on wednesday ms. merkel is going to be speaking with mario monti, the italian prime minister. that is in advance of italy s first bond auction of the year. that is set for friday. in its last bond auction of last year yields on its ten year debt
man has been sentenced to death. the country s court has found him guilty of working for an enemy country, meaning the united states, and spying for the cia. ven ne swale len president chaff vez mahmoud ahmadinejad is going to cuba, ecuador and nicaragua. he s hoping to shore shore up support. an american pop star surprised her fans when she announced her pregnancy to the world during the mtv video awards back in august. beyonce and her husband, jay-z, welcomed their baby girl into the world in new york on saturday. her name is blue ivy carter. the official announcement has not been made yet, but their industry friends tweeted their friends. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts now. welcome to new week of world business today. i m nina dell santos. i m andrew. in hong kong the top stories this monday, january the 9th. zbroo europe takes center stage on the markets as we have another big week for the struggling currency. new zealand t