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The upside, though. hong kong's hang seng the only loser. benchmarks in tokyo, shanghai and sydney all making gains today. they are, you can see the numbers there, australia up by 0.75%. the best performer here. but if you look at that, it was a reasonably flat day across the region. nina? let's turn our attention towards america now. trading over there and a choppy session on wall street on monday after weak manufacturing data and also below estimate earnings from the home improvement retailers such as lowe's. the end of the session, losses were across the board, mirroring the passing we've...

Investors' minds at the moment. here's the story in asia. australia the biggest gainer up by 0.75%. apart from that, though, it was a pretty quiet day. now, still to come on "world business today," launching into the final chapter of one phase of space history. what's next for the space shuttle "endeavour"? and the global recession has made getting a job -- a harder job in some places but not all. we'll tell you where the business buzz is these days. stay with us.

last night, the irish police received a warning about a device which would be on some form of public transport. it was discovered on a private bus just outside dublin. the passengers were evacuated and the devices made safe after about two hours. it was defused. this can is coming now three hours before the queen is supposed to touch down at the girng of a four-day states visit. this is the largest security operation in the history of the irish state. some 10,000 police and army are guarding various roots and vantage points around dublin city and beyond. there is a serious disruption...

From cnn london, i'm charles hodson. i'm andrew stevens at cnn hong kong. welcome back. you're watching "world business today." let's get a quick market update. it's a different picture on tuesday, greece's debt may be downgraded. we're looking at a reasonable bounce. there is a rumor that no more than that and we will see a deal in the next month or so that we will see something that will resolve the crisis of the greek debt. we're looking at gains behavior 0.75% to 1%. in earnings news, the emirates

Ended the day solidly higher. however, investors remain concerned about the ongoing financial issues in greece and whether the country may need another bailout. standard & poors cut greece's credit rating. at the close, the dow jones industrial average was up 46 points to 12,684. mcdonald's shares gained 0.75% after they posted better-than-expected global sales in april. the nasdaq and s&p 500 each added roughly 0.5%. oil up more than 5%, closing above $102 per barrel. that helped boost energy and industrial shares like dupont, chevron, caterpillar. gold and silver prices also climbed. citigro...