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Ed nusbaum. a disappointing picture here. >> clearly. the european business leaders are depressed about the future of their businesses and the economy overall. >> what about the prospects of if you like a meltdown, the worst case scenario? that seems to be quite real if the numbers are to be believed. >> business leaders have the lowest confidence level since the peak of the financial crisis in 2009. on the other hand, they see solutions out there if politicians are willing to take the tough act...

Youll see a vastly different picture. healthy over a day. this is it over the year. its trending down pretty much all of 2011. down by as you see now 22.5%. actually finished down by about 25%. that made it one of the worst performing indices of 2011. individual foreign investors will be able to buy indian stocks but only starting january 15th. well follow that story when it does happen, charles. looking at the comments. a lot of analysts are saying dont expect too much because its been such an ...

the government of south sue dan gained control of a remote village that was attacked over the weekend. some 4,000 army and police reinforcements have reportedly been sent to aville raj. theyre fighting over grazing land. the u.s. republican party presidential race is about to get ready over iowa. candidates have been campaigning for weeks and tuesday night voters will take part in what is being called caucuses. they are a few hundred in formal get-togethers where people take the candid...

They remain overall confident in their economy, but it isnt going up or down. its staying moderate. russia, were seeing concerns about the political uncertainty and causing business leaders to be nervous about their economy goog forward. >> what business leaders care about motte is profitability. are we going to see companies struggle to make good earnings in to 2012? >> it depends where you are. continuing profits in the u.s. and china and brazil and concerns about profits in russia and other c...