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ee electr electrocutions are mostly to blame for deaths. health officials say malaria could compound the disaster in the coming weeks. the floods are also taking a financial toll. finance ministry estimates the waters have caused $6 billion in damage. two pakistani cricketers have been found guilty of conspiracy to accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat. the two players threw parts of last year's test match between england and pakistan. sentencing is wednesday. both players could spend up to seven years in prison. there may be new trouble at japan's crippled nuclear plan...

We're looking at a kpcommodity meltdown as well. gold had its worst week since 1983. and silver prices falling an incredibly 26% this week. mining stocks took a beating on concern about slowing demand. banks bounced back a bit from yesterday's sell-off, but the sector's still down almost 30% this week. in better news, mcdonald's gained after bumping its dividend. and it looks like a run by nike's got legs. strong earnings again last quarter means the athletic apparel maker has not posted a quarterly loss since 2002. that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball". b...

horn of africa. the united nations says it has received half of the $2.5 billion it needs to tackle the crisis. china says it is slowing down its bullet trains and stopping new construction because of an accident that killed last month that killed at least 40 people. the accident was blamed on design flaws on equipment. and syrian troop -- efforts are growing to end the crackdown. under scored the urgency of the situation there. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news leader. "world business today" starts right now. good morning cnn london. >> and a very good friday ...

it. police in norway will interview anders breivik today. he's in solitary confinement in a prison near oslo. meanwhile police have called off the search for more victims of the shooting rampage on utoya island. 68 people were killed. a formal inquiry into britain's phone-hacking scandals began in london. a woman who worked with the now depuck news of the world tabloid after her daughter's murder now says her phone was hacked. sara payne had defended the tabloid, even writing the last edition, and calling it a force for good. there's been some break for the rain-soaked korean p...

Watch it. >> i think you're probably right. i think i'm going to have to watch it. we should be watching it for our jobs. pauline? >> exactly. >> cheesy. there yohave it. >> right. let's take another look at the european stock market. this is how things are faring almost two hours into the trading session. and we've got some of these losses being exacerbated. as you can see, the only one still holding into the green is the zurich smi up by about 0.25%. those are some of the things that have investors focused on at the moment. pauline? >> nina, markets here in asia finished mostly lower this se...