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If you look at corporate fundamentals, they are good, earnings going up fast, even surprise on the upside last quarter. you see share buy backs, m & a. on the macrosign with downward revisions of leading indicators and with the euro crisis rekindled again, you see certainly head winds. we think for greece, the restructuring that being proposed. the lengthening of the duration of debt will be the solution, which will be reached right now. there is no other solution available because real restruct...

hit. the president of yemens refused to sign a deal with opposition leaders to step down. the agreement had been brokered by make states. the ministers failed to convince fail the president. barack obama arrives in ireland today at the start of his visit to europe. as part of his trip hes going to visit the home of his great great great grandfather. im zain vergee in london. "world business today" starts now. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, im andrew stevens. and a very good m...

Emergency bailout for portugal. this of a the euro sank during todays session on concerns about the restructuring of greeces debt. rough day for some retailers. gap plunging 17% of a cutting its full year outlook citing the rising cost of cotton. arrow pastel short on sales. ann taylor with 21% jump in quarterly earnings but shares fell on shrinking margins at ann taylor. barns and noble moving the earth way, moving 30% on news that liberty media put in a 1 billion dollar take over bid for barns...

there are very high winds in the area right now. we do know the crew of three managed to escape with just minor injuries. were of course going to bring you more details of this as we learn more throughout this hour. now tonight, we begin keeping them honest, with a statement so outrageous it would be laughable except it concerns and tries to gloss over systematic killings by the regime in syria. much of those -- many of those killings caught on camera. syrias dictator, bashar al assa...

Billion package for portugal. so the work goes ahead but it does raid see serious questions about leadership at the international monetary fund. during the u.s. financial crisis this was a key organization and dominique strauss-khan was a key player to move from the g-8 structure to the go-20 to bring the added capital in to the international monetary fund and to underwrite the u.s. bailout. so the number two at the organization, john lipski, announced his resignation in office but has now staye...

Asian numbers, obviously. a down start to the week here. not a big help of what happened on wall street on friday. certainly, the uncertainty of what happens next in the euro zone and possible bailout. talk of restructuring the bank debt. creating uncertainties here. we had another blow to confidence here. goldman sachses in their portfolio. it caused japan and south korea, exporting countries. hong kong, down even more. 1.4%. shanghai, down by 1 .3%. and australia, down 1.3%. nina? >> to how th...

>> well, two comments. fully separational and functional is controlled by the imf. but some openers thought they were basically leaving their managing director out to dry, that they could move ahead without him because its such a severe charge. secondly, we had a comment from the minister of labor in greece going through the restructuring. she says that the mon unalternativety that exists in terms of major institutions like the imf, the higher the cost for a country like greece. in essence, if y...

warrant for moammar gadhafi on suspicion of committing war crimes. a national disaster devastating floods for thousands of people in the u.s. to abandon their homes. space shuttle "endeavour" is preparing for its last mission. although he is one of the most powerful men in finance, but today, the head of the international monetary fund will appear in court to answer charges of attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. right now, come niece straus-khan is accused of committing rap...

new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. lets go straight to richard roth whos been following todays developments. richard, bring us up to date. >> reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times...

expected to ask for three arrest warrants in libya. they are said to be for those against crimes against humanity. a source says leader moammar gadhafi will be among those named. those living around the mississippi river, will leave for higher ground, as homes and farmland as residents have been ordered to evacuate. and two additional floodgates have been opened on the morganza spillway. the space shuttle "endeavour" has been cleared for launch today. and weather reports indicate a...