our correspondent there reports now. >> the attack in mumbai in august 2003 was the victim. bombs were planted inside two taxis. one detonated as -- at the city's main jewelry market at the height of the business hour, leaving behind a trail of destruction. the second at the city's main landmark. it was the gateway of india. more than 50 people were killed and nearly 180 wounded. last week, a special anti-terror court convicted this man, his wife, and usherethis person of planting the bombs. they stood in court as the judge handed them the death penalty. all three have pleaded not guilty and are expected to appeal against the sentence. their trial took place in high security and under a powerful anti-terrorism law that no longer exists. prosecutors argued that the bombings were carefully planned and were an act of extreme brutality. all three deserved the harsh sentence, they said. the bombings were said to be in retaliation for an dead-muslim riots in a certain state in 2002. all three are also said to be members of a certain band pakistani military group, also accused of c

three dians convicted of the 2003 mumbai attac get the ath penalty. eping watch on uncle sam. why are russian submares patrolng off of the west coast? comi up lar, and jumping off rocks into the sea be saved? it can,ay the organizers of a new pursuit. she became a symbol of hope, but now australia mourns h passing. hello. the american sretary of state s warned erita that the u.s. will take action against the afric nation if it does not st supporting militantin somalia. somaliasbattling islamic exemists thinks -- thought to be linked al qaeda. she met somia's president today in kenya. from there, our eastfrica correspondent. >> anmark of respect for those killed duri a terrorism attk 12 years ago in central nrobi. the american embassy was bombed. the ctims wereostly canyons. -- kenyans. the.s. secretary of state believes tt the threat remains. >> it an oprtunity to rew our resolve to do all we can to ensure that these attacks do not kemore innocent lives inhe future. >> america sa tt the insurgen tryingo topp somalia' government islinked to qaeda. the gro wants to impose strict

three indians convicted of the 2003 mumbai tax get the death penalty. keeping watch on on -- on call sam -- uncle sam. coming up later for you, can jumping off rocks into the sea be safe? it sure it can, says the organizer of a new coastal pursuit. mourning the passing of sam the koala. hello to the u.s. secretary of state has publicly warned eritrea that the u.s. will take action against the country if it does not stop supporting militants in somalia. hillary clinton promises to expand help for somalia's week interim governments, threatened by al qaeda-linked terrorists. she met somalia's president today in kenya. >> a mark of respect for those killed during a terror attack 11 years ago in central nairobi. the american embassy was bombed, and the victims were mostly canyons. that attack was blamed on al qaeda. the american secretary of state believes threats of terrorism remain. >> it is an opportunity to renew our resolve. we need to ensure that these attacks do not take more innocent lives in the future. >> america says that the insurgents trying to

>> mumbai. >> jimmy: half the audience is from mumbai. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i'm going toabout it. >> jimmy: so conservatism, that's what you're saying. >> here's the deal, yeah. no, it's about how republicans got in power and they forg what being conservative was all about. you know, we say elect us and we're going to balance the budget. but over the past eight years, we took a $155 billion surplus, turned it into a $1.5 trillion deficit. spending that much money's not conservative. engaging in military adventurism is not conservative. we forgot that being conservative is supposed to be about shing restraint, and we didn't do that well over the past eight years. >> jimmy: do you think obama is being conservative? >> no! >> jimmy: no. >> listen, it's actually, it's actually sort of a split decision. on foreign policy, he's shown a lot of restraint. i think he's being more of a realist than george w. bush was on the international stage. but domestically, we're running out of money. even the president admitwe're out of money. that's not a good thing. >> jimmy: it's not a goo

the group has all -- also been accused of last year's mumbai attacks, leading to increased tension. >> hillary clinton accused eritrea of funding somalia's terror group, saying that the u.s. intends to take action if they do not stop. she met with the head of the somali transitional government in kenya. >> there could be a haven in somalia that attract al qaeda and other terrorist actors and the threat to the united states. >> 13 years after, the democratic republic of congo prokhorov relations. near the border town of goma, the president told the congolese leader that it would never again be a base for the militia that destabilized its neighbor. the u.s. senate voted to confirm judge sotomayor as the first hispanic supreme court justice. 60 approved, 31 voted against. she is 55, the first obama supreme court nominee. human rights watch condemned hamas for rocket attacks on israel, saying it is a war crime, and they called on the group to publicly renounce the attacks. as the week came to a close, reports that the leader of the taliban and pakistan had been killed. the government does

many indians like gayatri goswami of mumbai expressed outrage. she writes -- "the detention was shameful. the u.s. shoulapologize. they better." but others were much more understanding. one indian man implored his countrymen. wake up, india. wake up. it's time for tight security. i would appreciate it if india takes similar actions against each and every person who enters and exits india. >>> and another sign tonight that the global recession seems to be ending. at least the worst of it. japan, the world's second largest economy, announced today that its economy grew at an annual rate of 3.7% in the second quarter. helped along by an increase in exports to china. you'll recall that the economies of germany and france also rebounded during the last quarter. despite all of this though, stock markets fell sharply around the world today. >>> and now to the middle east ident hosni mubarak is in washington for high-level talks with obama administration officials. and america has a lot riding on mubarak. the united states gives some $2 billion a year to

mumbai -- the worst affected in india where 11 of the country's 15 swine flu deaths occurred. a leading member of khmer rouge there ruled cambodia in the 1970's asked for harshest punishment at his trial for war crimes of murder. he tells the united nations- backed tribunal that he accepted responsibility for the sorrow and suffering of the 1 million cambodian people who lost husbands and wives. militants in northern afghanistan attacked a government building, killing a district police chief and at least one of his offices. the assault happened in the province where violence has increased in recent months. reports say the attackers struck before dawn with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. starting a long gun battle. erin is here, so it is that time. we can look ahead to your business report. there are figures coming out -- a statement coming out of the fed in new york. >> the interest rate decision. but all expectations is it they will not do anything. they will be zero of the moment. >> but the context is more important. >> it is what ben bernanke, the u.s. fed chairm

mumbai has seen 11 of the country's 15 deaths of swine flu. >> some of the british relatives of those who died in the lockerbie bombing welcomed reports that the libian man responsible for the attacks may be released. the view of victims' families in america were very different. the bbc found he was likely to be freed in days because he has terminal prostrate government. the decision hasn't yet been made. >> the bomb which blew up pan am flight 103 claimed more lives than any other act of terrorism in modern brittish history. the man convicted of the atros i did -- atrocity is serving a live sentenceer near glasgow. he is also terminally ill with prostrate cancer and desperate to spend what time he has left at home with his family. a prospect strongly opposed by many relatives of those killed in the bombing. >> you don't allow someone who has murdered, through premeditated murder of 270 innocent people, and let them walk away from their prison term. sorry. just not -- it's just not just, and it's not fair. >> i am really absolutely dumbfounded at the idea the scottish government would

with more than 13 million people, mumbai is india's biggest city. yesterday's decision marks the first time that a major city in india closed all of its schools and movie theaters. the move was prompted by a rising number ofr$bxyÖeáu cases and deaths. the number of reported cases in india stands at around 1,200. at least 2,100 people are reported to have died. however, with a population of over 1 billion people, the percentage of cases in india is low in compare to countries // $ elsewhere. some have blamed aggressive coverage of the outbreak by the media for creating an atmosphere of alarm. >>> to try to make sense of the global swine flu pandemic, just how dangerous it really is, we've invited back dr. martin blaser to join us tonight. he is the past president of the infectious disease society of america and is the chair of the department of medicine at new york university school of medicine. as we just heard, the swine flu is spreading quite rapidly around the world. but the global death count, which right now i believe is at 1,500, remains relat

in dia sentenced two men a a wom to dea today forheir roles ithe 2003 terror tack in the city of mumbai. in that attack two taxis blew u wiin minutes of one another, killing 52people. investigators y the three were members the lashkarytibia, banned militant gro that has also bn blamed for the attacks in mumbai that killed 106 ople late lt year. lawyers for ose sentence today said they uld appeal. death sentences in india are rarely carried o. >>> this was ather deadly day for u.s.orces in afghanistan, as casuties in tat war rise sharply. e u.s. military said four marines wereilled when a adside bomb struck their vehicle western afghanistan. in the six da of this month, at ast 15 western tros have been kild in afghanistan. >>> in the middle east today, a ominent human rights group said thousands of rockets fired from the gaza strip into israe re unlawful and unjustifi, and aunt to war crimes by the hamas leadership in gaa. those attack culnated in the three-week war agait hamas that began late last decber. in his port,uman rights watch said hamas should plicly anunce the rocket attac and

members of the lashkary tibia, a banned militant group that has also been blamed for the attacks in mumbai that killed 106 people late last year. lawyers for those sentenced today said they would appeal. death sentences in india are rarely carried out. >>> this was another deadly day for u.s. forces in afghanistan, as casualties in that war rise sharply. the u.s. military said four marines were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in western afghanistan. in the six days of this month, at least 15 western troops have been killed in afghanistan. >>> in the middle east today, a prominent human rights group said thousands of rockets fired from the gaza strip into israel were unlawful and unjustified, and amount to war crimes by the hamas leadership in gaza. those attacks culminated in the three-week war against hamas that began late last december. in his report, human rights watch said hamas should publicly announce the rocket attacks and punish those responsible. three israeli civilians were killed by rocket fire. and human rights watch said hamas also put palestines at great list

equation using annoy pod and takes only a new yorker just nine hours of work to earn an ipod but in mumbai is takes 57,000 years. it is incredible. jamie, you read the equation. does that make sense to you? >> i'm annoyed by the equation. do you know how much easier it would have been if he had chosen something from the dollar menu? you know what i mean just and do you realize i live in new york and it costs me two big macks to take a cab here today. i'm not talking about the crazy formula, i just had a really fat cab driver. >> greg: isn't this the best shining example of america's prosperity, the quickness by which we can earn a big mack. >> good to know that you can take a break after every 12 minutes and go, that's a big mack, just earned it, right. >> bill, it takes you three days to earn a mcnugget so this has to bother you when you see that people can afford big macs. >> i'm concerned we are no longer giving jamie car service, he is taking a cab, sorry about that, buddy. >> that would cost about 17 big macs. >> brazil is lower this year than it was last year consideration that means

officls say mumbai is in a state that has seen 11 othe country's 15 deaths. israi government is funding a call otheir locales. there were inoduced to help 19th century explorers acrs vast areas of arab land, but ere are now at least 1 million, damaging vegetatioand infrastructu. animal welfare groups favor insteaa drug to make the camels and fertile- infertile. good ratin are vital for any tv show, but howar should pruce is there to make sure their progra days of the to the host of crime so in brazil iseing investigad by polic they think he ma have ordered five murders just to be first with the story. >> this was the crimerogram that police say usedo arrive at the scene of killings even before they did. back the studio, thtv presenter d local polician would leadhe way in denouncing the level of violence in the state, but policesay as well as reporting crime, he was instigating it as well, ordering at least five the killings featured on the pgram. the athorities allege he was involved in ug traffickingnd wanted to get d of his rivals, whilalso boosting h tv ra

could animatione bollywood's next big expor we have is report from mumbai. >> the quirkynternational icon is headed bollywood. this is jt one of the many original worksartoon neork s selected. five outf the 10 entries me fromndia. animation isaking its way to the center stage. >> today, and 10% of our contt is indian and animaon. having said that,t is dubbed in local lauages which makes it relevant. >> today the indian animation industry is valued at nearly $460 milln, a majory of that money mes from foreign companies. very little is generated from local companies and most of tt coent appears in advertisements. rarely do indian companieset involved at the idea stage. stories like this one are re. this animatoralso believes in finding your own style. he ent most of the time workin in advertisements and does n outsource work. according to hm, a larg number of animation hools around the country are doing me harm than good with stents not being encouraged to think for themselv. >> if i do a full wee course in typing, i learn ping. i do n learn english. we need toocus on learning english.

six americans were among the 164 people killed in the attacks in mumbai in november of 2008. three americans were among the 54 killed in the attack on the marriott hotel in islamabad in september of 2008. so, if 9/11 happened in a web 1.0 world, terrorists are certainly in a web 2.0 world, now. and, many of the technological tools that expedite communication today were in their infancy or didn't even exist in 2001. so, therefore, more than just hardware, we need new thinking. when we add a prominent former computer hacker to our homeland security advisory council, as i just did, it helps us understand our own weakness, that could be exploited by our adversaries. and the threats we face are by their very nature asymmetrical and terrorism has become privatized violence and not related by links to an army or sovereign state and we often hear this is what our globalized era looks like but what is most saliently about today's environment is that it is also networked. and in a network world, information true an false moves everywhere, all the time. and, in that network world, every

mumbai has seen 11 of the country's 15 deaths from swine flu. >> the australian government is funding a cull of feral camels. there are at least 1 million that are damages vegetation and infrastructure. welfare groups favor instead to make them infer tile. >> how does a ship disappear near one of the busiest shipping lane in the world? the search is on for a cargo vessel last seen off the coast of france and now missing for two weeks. it may have been taken over by pirates, something unheard of in european waters. >> how can a 4,000 to know cargo ship pass through the english channel two weeks ago, and then simply disappear off the face of the earth? the coast guard received a call from the arctic sea on july 28. what they didn't know is that shed earlier been attacked and boarded in swede issue waters by gunman pretending to be swede issue police. july 23, it set off with a cargo of timber. the next day, it was boarded. the crew tied up, and the ship continued. on july 29th, went through the english channel. ships can usually be tracked by satellite using the ais identification syste

many indians likgayatri goswami of mumbai expresd outrage. she writes -- he detention was shameful. the u.s. sulapologize. they better." but others wermuch more undersnding. one indian man implored hi countrymen wake up, india. wake u it time for tight security. i would appreciate iif india takes milar actions against each and every person whenters and exits dia. >>> and another si tonight that t global recession seems to be ending. at leasthe worst of it. japan, the world's second largeseconomy, announced today that its economyrew at an annual rate of 3.7% in t cond quarter. helped along by an increase exportto china. you'll recall that the econoes ofermany and france also rebounded ring the last quarter. spite all of this though, stock markets fell srply around theorld today. >>> and now to the middle ea ident hosni mubak is in washinon for high-level talks with obama admintration officials. and amera has a lot riding on mubarak. the united stas gives some $2 billion a year to egypt,hich remains one of o most reliable arab alls. t egypt's future is murky. mubarak is now 81 yearold

but in mumbai this ye there is a joint celebration f islam's ramadan and hinduism's ganh chaturthiestivald on t same day, and each fah group celebrating with the other. duringhe festival muslims have attended prayeservices for the hindu elephant headed god ld ganesha while hind feasted at muslim households as theyat down to eatfter their day long fat. that's our progm for now. i'm bob ernethy. there's much more on our web site, including mo about senator kennedy and relign, audio and video dcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave y, music from bill and gloria gaith. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by the lilly endowmt captioned by media accesgroup at wgbh access.wgbh.orgs

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. >>> officials in india are blaming pakistani terrorists for the ten violent attacks in mumbai last week. u.s. secretary of state condoleeza rice is visiting the area hoping to ease tensions between the countries. >>> a surprising number of teens admit they cheat on tests. in fact, a study found 64% of high school students do it. teachers and students say there's a lot of pressure on teens to succeed. >>> as if 14 olympic gold medals weren't enough -- swimmer michael phelps has won a new title. "sports illustrated" named him sportsman of the year. >>> that's headlines for this week, for "teen kids news, i'm lauren. >>> most kids are able to take their health for granted. but not those who have to cope with an illness that starts when you're young and lasts a lifetime. felipe tells us what it's like to manage a life threatening disease. felipe? >> reporter: jessica, it takes a lot of responsibility. kids who have type 1 diabetes can never put it out of their mind. >> when i first found out, i couldn't believe it. i was scared. repr:ter: not lagg ag skyler found out he has a disease c

. >> the people who did 9/11 and who attacked mumbai and killed benazir bhutto are out there protected by the taliban, and we have no choice but to succeed here. >> reporter: and that will mean more fighting and casualties according to some afghan analysts. the taliban still controls about a third of helmand and as much as half the country. >> as long as you will have this vacuum, i think taliban could reemerge. >> reporter: as one u.s. commander put it, the war has just begun. jim maceda, nbc news, with u.s. troops in southern afghanistan. >>> up next here tonight, they spent years in prison for crimes they didn't commit. now it's payback time. how about a swim? i'm a little irregular today. don't you eat activia? for my little issues? summer is no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free. ♪ activia where all your cat's favorite flavors, including real carnation milk, come alive. friskies feline favorites. feed the senses. caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strik

the report is due out monday but there is a preview on mumbai "newsweek," which says that they stagedocks executions. -- of the report is due out monday but there is a preview on monday. greta: $24 million, this is a lot of money to pay for health reform advertisements. who is shelling out the money? and joining us is the managing editor for "the washington times." $24 million, who is behind these? >> of the american medical association, pharma, the trade association lobbying group for the drug companies. the service workers union and families usa. this organization has been in favor of health reform for a long time. these are groups that have banded together and they have the common purpose of supporting health reform. in general, it is to support president obama's health reform and to drum up support. >>greta: one of the places thats working with this is david axelrod's old company. >> he founded the company. they are his friends. he is featured on a website. greta: they did that to him. >> he was bought out for $2 million. he will be paid over a few years. he will get $350,000 on d

let's head over to mumbai and join in with ayesha faridi. looks like a pretty quiet session for monday. >> it is. the start was very flat and stayed within a tight, narrow range. it has picked up. the auto sector giving it that leg up. the auto numbers have started trickling in. tata motors and some of the other companies. 7% notch up. retail numbers come a close second. a little lackluster in trade today. the trade deficit in economic news. it has narrowed this time around on a monthly basis. that shows some relief in the markets. that has lifted sentiment. the most bullish for the year. they see it up by 17,000.. while that is happening on one side, you have the petroleum minister, who has responded on the industries gas dispute. those stocks are resistant to the new growth we've seen. it's a good market for a monday morning. back do you have. >> thank you so much, ayesha, from mumbai. >>> looking at other numbers. manufacturing activity is on a recovery mode in china. the government's official purchasing manager index rose slightly up fro

homeland, were directly threatened by the men of noip, the people who killed benazir bhutto and launched mumbai and threatened the world. and president obama and the rest of us have explained that repeatedly. i want to draw your viewers' attention to the remarkably important events of the last week in western pakistan. the apparent death of baitullah mehsud. one of the top three or four people in the world plotting terrorism and probably directly involved in benazir bhutto's assassination this is really good news. but the most important event going on right now is the elections. and these are remarkable things and we're -- and we're very interested in how they are proceeding. >> how much of a problem would a contested election be? if one of the candidates doesn't get 50% which leads to a runoff, the election is contested and we see opinions rising on both sides, how much of a problem could that be for a country in the fragile state that afghanistan is? >> i'm not going to predict what's going to happen and give you scenarios of what we do under certain contingencies or otherwise. this is extrao

administration is if they're looking for ways to create more competitive cities to compete with the mumbaisbais, the shanghais, cities like new york and cities like newark. the challenge is when you want to do more and provide more as a government in terms of services, we have to figure out a way to pay for it. but take the reality of health care for example. right now urban hospitals are being crushed under the weight of paying for the uninsured, paying for undocumented immigrants. i've had two hospitals close in my city that sent out tsunamis in terms of waves of people that need help and need support. we've got to find a way to pay for these things because unfortunately the cost is getting passed on. >> that's the question. can you do all of that? can you relieve that crunch and just tax the wealthiest americans or do you have to extend that? >> you have to talk about or e totality. if you don't have things like tort reform or advocating prevention programs, if you start working more aggressively in the totality of the problem, you reduce the burden on the taxpayer. that's why cost contr

squeezed into less space than tech support call center employees at a mumbai cubicle farm, you know what i mine? and we became sick of our cars and tired of our cars and angry at our cars, and the pointy headed busy bodies of the environmentalist new urbanist utopian community tearian ilk blamed the victim and blamed it was the car the car forced us to live in widely scattered settlements and a wilderness of big box stores and the olive garden and if we would all just get on our segways, or hop on a trolley, and they said america could become an archipelago of cozy gulags on the portlet oregon model and everyone nestled together in a carbon-neutral and ecologically unimpactful way but cars didn't shape our existence, cars let us escape with our lives, you know? we are way this heck -- living way the heck out there in valley bottom heights and trout antler estates, because we were at war with the cities and fought rotten public schools an idiot municipal bureaucracy and rampant criminal enactment and the pointy-headed busy bodies and cars gave us our dragoons and lent us speed and mobilit

on her latest trip, she started out in mumbai, india, and now in thailand.ross, clinton's innovation guru says it's not just the medium, it's the message. >> technology in and of itself is not what's interesting and important. what's interesting and important are the goals that technology can help produce. >> reporter: during iran's recent protest, they intervened to keep twitter up and running to communicate. >> we communicate at the speed of light. >> reporter: since the inauguration, its facebook friends have increased 250%, youtube views are up 418%, and twitter up more than 600%. jill dougherty, cnn, washington. >>> i'm trying to follow that. i'm on twitter right now trying to follow her, but there's so many hillary clintons and i don't think any of them are her. >> will the real one please stand up? >>> storms forecast in the midwest this morning and this afternoon. we've got some severe weather across the nation. how about the thunderstorms yesterday in new york around noontime. rob has the travel forecast coming up. stay with us. >>> rob marciano tra

we saw how effective that was last year when terrorists attacked a hotel in mumbai. they would have faced well- trained troops, as well as australia's anti-terrorism force, so they would have had a tough time. martha: they got these guys, but how many others are there out there? >> there are concerns disaffected muslims could be tempted to join these groups. we have these five men arrested. all of them were in their 20's. the first man who was called today refused to stand in front of the judge. he refused to stand in front of him, only god. martha: quickly before you go, how did they figure this out? >> authorities were able to intercept and read some other text messages. they read some news that a suicide attack was imminent and they moved. 400 officers had 19 locations and made these arrests. martha: fantastic police work on the part of these police. thank you. trace: we have had very mild weather in the tropics so far this year, but take a look at this. two topic storms have formed in the boat -- pacific ocean. felicia and enrique. you can see coaster we got off

. >> let's switch from mumbai to the latest in the middle east. >> hey, ross. since i was last on the program, somewhere around mid-july, can most of the markets have been edging higher, with the hopes that the regional and global economies are on the road to recovery. as we focus on dubai, even though it closed down yesterday pretty much flat. it closed down less than a se t accept of a percentage point. we have seen an uptrend in the markets. stocks closely up over the last six trading sessions. that is due in part to several reports from real estate consultancy firms. even though numbers go up, they'll do so at a much slower pace and prices stabilizing in the fourth quarter of the year. all of these impacting stock numbers. carriers in the region are faring a lot better than euro europe european, u.s. or asian count counterparts. in june, demand rose compared to june of 2006. profits by air arabia is reporting profits up 10% for the second quarter of 2009 over 2008. even though these figures came in lower than analyst expectations, they're still in positive

as many of you know, the first indications of the attack necessary mumbai came by twitter.ter was used extensively by all sides in the gaz a fighting last year and there was, as the admiral said, you have to be able to know the difference. there were advanced and scoops and red herrings. this was out there and an issue of global importance. then of course we saw what happened in the aftermath of the iranian elections. so government, particularly the national security elements, cannot ignoreb& this. nick gowing, with bbc, basically says that the velocity of information in this space has so compressed the timelines for government decisionmakers to respond, they're going to have to invent new ways to address the problems. his estimate i think is on the order of three to five hours. if you don't have something on the street after a major event you run the risk of becoming irrelevant. the folks on the blogosphere and twitter, doesn't have to be accurate, the government has to be accurate. that puts enormous burden on the processes. you have to find a way to change the organizati

let's head over to india, mumbai in particular and talk to ayesha faridi for the india business report. >> thanks for that, christine. the markets are down about 1.5% for the sensex and the nifty. in fact, it's just about latching on to that 4,500 mark. 77 points down, that's the state of the nifty right now. the sensex down about almost 215 odd points. now, typically wa we are seeing in today's trade at the leg of the past week's rally, your banking stocks, auto stocks on the back of those monthly numbers and even a couple of the cement stocks, they're giving away. so the auto index, down 3.5%. the bank nifty down 2.7% and a couple of the real estate stocks is down about a full 3 odd percent. meantime, power space cut nspc. the ipo today was subscribed fully within minutes of the opening bell. in fact, oversubscribed right now about two odd times. that is bringing some bit of flurry amongst the entire power space. so nppc, the valuations are being stocked up against that. that stock has been in focus. with that, it's back to you. >> ayesha, you have a good weekend. that you can very m

. >> ayesha farther reedy live in mumbai, thank you for that. shares in china everbright securities rise more than 32% smt shanghai market debut today. everbright offered 520 million shares of 15% of its expanded capital at a price of 21.08 yuan each. it's now valued at 25.6 billion dollars or nearly 60 times its earnings in 2008. everbright's earnings were within expectations. analysts say this could be a sign in the market for new shares could be waning. and for the world's largestmaker plastic soft drink bottles have confirmed it will buy rio tinto's alcan business. amcol will buy the asian pharmaceutical and tobacco businesses. revenue, meanwhile, saw a 3.7% gauge. shares in amcor were lower today, as well. >> there were signs of a turn around in the commercial british real estate market today after a smaller than expected decline was reported by british land. the company's assets fell and the results were broadly in line with expectations. shares have been pretty flat this morning, but they have taken a bit of a turn lower in the past few m