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the prime minister's home. demonstrators are demanding that he step down. fifa's president says he never meant to imply that racism isn't a problem in football. earlier seth blater said players who think they've been abused during a game should shake hands with their opponent and move on. blater released a statement saying he is committed to fighting racism. president obama and australian prime minister gallard discussed troops. he announced a deployment of 2,200 marines to australia. i'm zain verjee. world business today starts now. good morning. from cnn london, i'm nina del ...

Between 4 percent and 6 percent and today was less with ftse down .7 percent and cac down 1.9 percent, and the daxs with down 1.8 percent. but, still, the banking shares, banking stocks are 2 1/2 year lows and there is not much optimism that is going to get better any time soon. on this side of the pond some say europe, and you mention it is a confidence issue, europe is not showing solidarity it should be. the greek bailout is proving to be more difficult to execute than planned with countries demanding collateral, and analysts warn that is unrealistic and holding the european countries back....

they are refusing to leave the jail until they get permission to hold their fast. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn paris, i'm nina dos santos. welcome to "world business today." the top stories this wednesday, august 17th. >> leaders of the eurozone's two top economies meet and investors are not impressed by the outcome. the world's largest economy hasn't been inspiring much confidence either. in an exclusive interview u.s. president barack obama tells us how he wants to turn that around. new evidence emerged in the "news of the wor...

Well, andrew, as you just said, the uncertainty about japan has sent other markets in asia and set to take the toll on the markets here in europe and the u.s., as well. emily ruban has the latest on these numbers. it's pretty severe, isn't it? >> it is pretty severe. both closed down on monday. investors looked to lose their nerve. let's look to europe where the markets have been open for about 20 minutes. the ftse down, the dax down and the paris and zurich also down. yesterday saw shares down. they, of course, have close ties with nissan. and japan is a major consumer of luxury goods worldwi...

We'll tell you a little bit more why in a second when we come to eads, but the dax currently up by about .6%. a bit of a reversal, but the ftse down. now, let's go back to the reason why the cac 40 is up by tha that .1%. the company that makes airbus jet liners is flying high. we're talking about shares of european aeronautic and defense, those shares are up by up more than 3.33% as you can see on that graphic. and that follows the company's announcement it returned to profit in 2010. it says the new orders have soared by more than 80%, and that in turn, has been lifting the revenues by more t...