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Showing him and others posing over the bodies of dead afghans. those are the headlines. "world business today" starts right now. hello again. good morning from cnn london. i'm charles hodson. >> and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i'm pauline chiou. this is "world business today." the top stories on thursday, march 24th. portugal's prime minister quits as parliament votes down plans to tighten austerity measures. now an eu bailout looms. >> japan's devastating earthquake continues to disrupt the global supply chain. we look at why it can be harder to get ahold of a toyota car or an ipad 2...

Shutting down its sleeve porthr louisiana, plant. we are seeing ripple effects. nissan, honda and ford are saying their u.s. production is not affected yet. one bright spot, japan says it will resume production of its prius in japan on monday. toyota resuming its production on the preis. >> ok prius. >> it's an issue on wall street, not just folks buying or needing that car fix, yeah? clr exactly. it kurt hurt their bottom line. i'm talking about earnings. and we'll certainly see the details in april when the next earnings season rolls around. think about it. if they're not selling cars and tr...

With the ipad 2, you think it is tough to get one now, it could get tougher because certain components are made only in japan, like the battery and the flash memory. and then, of course, the automakers. we talked about them before. nissan, honda, toyota, those production facilities are affected. toyota is saying its supplies in the u.s. are generally good, but the fact is many car parts, they come from japan. and in fact there is a report that toyota is delaying the launch of its prius minivan in japan and then you seat ripple effect go even further to the u.s. where gm is temporarily shutting...

>> that's good. i appreciate that. i thank all 570 -- how many of them? >> 557. >> i'm dyslexic. >> i with will say if one tomahawk goes off course and hits wherever it is, al-megrahi is staying -- i'm allowed to speak my mind. this is not libya. they say liberal arts education is earth less and steve jobs disagree. greg, you said there there was a meeting and then said jobs made his comments at the same meeting. no, jobs made his comments at the unveiling of the ipad 2. >> if only you could direct that to the person who wrote that. >> i can't because he is not on tv. >> i just give credit whe...

Names. toe sheesh ba, sony, texas instruments, these are companies that make computer chips, that make chips for our cell phones, make televisions, computer tablets and video games. we could see shortages in these items because of the temporary shutdowns in japan because of safety reasons. the apple's ipad 2 may face delays in production, components like batteries, flash memory units, those are made in japan, too, for ipad 2. this could affect consumers in the coming months. >> fewer products being made. does that mean prices are going up? >> reporter: that very well could happen. it depends o...