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Growth, js nippon. they signed an exploration deal with qatar hoping to strike crude on qatar's northeast coast. it's the first venture in to qatar and comes with an initial investment of $100 million. up next on "mme," beyond the gulf. jordan and morocco bid to join the council. what do they have to offer the oil-rich group. we find out. and we take a look at how the persian gulf state is reenforcing its relationship with ankara.

Creates, from which you get the new entrepreneurs, that creates the source of stability both for the economy and for politics and for society more broadly. so i'm very optimistic, again, about the brics because they are helping create a vibrant middle class. >> joseph stiglitz is a former chief economist at the world bank. let's see what's going on in the european markets. we're about 90 minutes into today's trading session. it's been a mixed picture if you look at this. the cac 40 down by 0.3%, and the dax up by 0.1%. moody's has downgraded ireland's credit rating by two notches. also slapp...

From cnn london, i'm charles hobson. >> welcome back to "world business today". >> let's take another look how european markets are moving now. around about 90 minutes into the last trading session of march and the last trading session of the first quarter of 2011. very much a mixed picture. the zurich smi edging down a third of a percent. scant gains for ftse and the dax up by about a seventh of a percent. how's it looking over there, pauli pauline? >> pretty good, charles, except for the composite edging down about a percent. asia markets edging up. the nikkei gained some after manufacturing...

Falls on wednesday. for example, here we are, the ft-se up by between .5%. it was off by .7% on wednesday. so it is coming from a very low level. paris cac up by nearly 1%. smi up by .5% and the dax up by nearly 1%. now u.s. stock markets accelerated their selloff on wednesday with all three major indices closing at the lowest levels this year. so all the gains of 2011 are gone in terms of the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500. dow off by 2%. nasdaq and s&p 500 not far behind. u.s. markets do look for a higher open when trading begins later on thursday. so looks like we're seeing a bit of a bounce in ...

Evening stronger gains at the moment. we have the dax up by about 0.6%. markets in zurich enjoying a three-quarter percentage gain. ftse 100 holding steady, despite the chamber of commerce came out and cut its gdp forecast for the united king come from 1.4% to 1.9% earlier today. that market trading higher by about 0.33%. andrew? it was a bit more optimistic here, i guess, nina. certainly the easing price of oil helping some investors, all the major indices finishing in positive territory. hong kong's hang seng up by 1.7% or so. gas shares on the way up there. in japan, the nikkei up by 0.19...