united nations over britain s plans to send a warship and a submarine to the falkland islands, which argentina calls maldivas. and the results are in, and there s. an unexpected clean sweep for rick santorum. santorum is celebrating after winning three state contests on tuesday. the former pennsylvania senator won the colorado and minnesota caucuses and the nonbinding missouri primary. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina del santos. and from cnn hong kong, this is world business today. the top stories on wednesday, january 8th. ratings agency s&p downgrades sony after a triple whammy of economic challenges. the question is are their exporters now losing out to their south korean rivals? a license to print money. why more american towns are minting their own currencies. and europe s football clubs used to attract all the top talent in international football, but as brazil s ec