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hit. the president of yemen's 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 he's going to visit the home of his great great great grandfather. i'm zain vergee in london. "world business today" starts now. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. and a very good morning to you from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos and this is "world business today." from sink...

They provide the institutions to take greater risks than they otherwise would. this is before and during the implementation of tarp. does that mean the success of the program, which will repay all by $20 billion or $25 bil billi billion, could that mean the failure of the system? >> you cannot take a look at the big picture until you look at tarp entirely. when the government came out in 2008 and 2009 and say the largest banks will not fail. it helped save the financial system. it gave the banks the incentive to take greater risks. we are in a very dangerous place right now. these banks are st...

Our panel, david brooks, e.j.dionne, andrea mitchell and maria bartiromo who celebrated her 20th year in washington. congratulations. >> thank you. >> first takes from everybody. what has changed after this dramatic week? >> i think the republicans may tire of doing faceplants, so i think the modern concessions that exist may have had a little manhood injection. they need to stand up to the tea party and be a little more modern party, or more realistic party. >> i think the era of the tea party is over. we wasted 12 to 15 billi$15 bil political action that was designed to win by intimidation. ...

They announced a 15abili$15 bil loss and got rid of their chairman, their ceo, actually. they are down by 80% since the march 11th earthquake and tsunami, dropping as i said by another 9% today. looking at the broader markets, the nikkei finishing off sharply. the nikkei down by 1.5%. here in hong kong, the index down more than 2%, shanghai almost 3%. we had numbers out on a managers purchasing index showing it's slowing down, that the factories are not asking for as much. there are more indications there may be a bit of a slow down going on there. australia down nearly 2% as well. in the u.s....