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Yesterday. we had the s&p down about .8%. the dow closed 140 points lower. overnight in asia, we had a lot of weakness in equities. it's not just this investigation that also fears of the trade war gripping investors at this point. shanghai is down 1%. the investigation was being launched in european indexes. we have the top 600 down 1.5%. so a lot of red on the screen. but u.s. futures are actually pointing a little steady now. i would say going into the u.s. open, we're pointing slightly negative. it was seen opening up 30 points lower. you know i like my stats. as stocks have struggled in e...

Analysis. i am joined by cnbc's sue herrera with breaking news from the markets. what happens today? >> we had a difficult session on wall street. we are down about 452 points now. we dipped below the negative 500 mark on the dow jones a few moments ago. we are down 464 and the s&p down about 45. the nasdaq composite is down 101. a lot of this started in the afternoon. the federal reserve as you know decided to do operation twist to try to move interest rates lower and spur demand. it wasn't that operation twist that triggered the selling. it was the statement that went along the with fed's de...

Billion. the broader s&p down about .75% because of the china tightening cycle and resource stocks taking a hit in australia. meanwhile in seoul, shares of shipbuilding were up almost 5% today. jumping on news that daewoo has won a contract for building containing vessels. we'll be asking the ceo about that deal in a few hours from now right here on "world business today." charles? well, let's recap -- well, let's recap our top story, the unrest in libya. we're hearing multiple reports that at least one government building is on fire in tripoli. anti-government demonstrations elsewhere i...

There, that's down on news that yahoo! and softbank could unwind the agreement in japan. it could give japan about $8 billion to spend. yahoo! japan up 3.5% in japan. the broader market big falls today. oil and airline companies right around the region, pretty much leading the indices lower. in the main benchmark there down as well as growth numbers, gdp numbers coming out of australia. the economy did grow about .7%. that is a little short of expectations. the s&p down about .5%. shanghai down by not so much. it has been a longer term selloff going on in shanghai. speaking of oil prices, th...