strike. thousands of public employees say they ll walk off their jobs this week as parliament prepares to vote on yet another round of austerity measures. wrnss in yemen s capital say government troops killed at least five people when they opened fire on pro democracy demonstrators. sunday s violence left eight dead and more than 50 wounded. the surge in violence is blamed on al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. a revolutionary forces commander was killed in sirte in the front line on sunday. many fear the anti-gadhafi fighters are losing the earlier momentum in the battle for moammar gadhafi s birthplace. those are the headlines from cnn, i m zain verjee. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodgson. this is world business today. the top stories on monday, october 17th. stocks rise as investors pin their hopes on a solution to europe s dead woes. a crisis of olympic proportions, how the 2004 athens games put greece on the
domestic products friday, economists are expecting an annual growth rate of 3.2%, following the 2.6% during the previous quarter. federal reserve policymakers meet to discuss interest rates and economic stimulus measures. fed chief ben bernanke and company aren t expected to raise the rate from its historically low level near zero. the u.s. fed doesn t have those concerns. it s still trying to spend more and hire new workers. we ll also get reports on how consumers are feeling and the latest feelings on the housing market with tallies of new and pending home sales. on the corporate earnings calendar, 11 of the 3000components are said to report including mcdonald s, boeing, chevron and travelers. we ll also hear from coffee chain starbucks as well as yahoo! and amazon. business leaders from around the globe ascend on davos,