the credit rating agencies which can make it difficult for them to go out and get business because koppell wants to be ensured by a trust company that may not be able to pay their bills. how is a credit known industry? at the we've seen a little bit of stability as far as creating a lot of the volatility roundels downgrades occurred in much of last year into this year will have seen a relatively benign catastrophe loss season in conjunction with an approved in the global equity market that has helped to restore confidence to the financial well-being of insurance companies in the capital bases. have you seen those been upgraded again? the reality is credit rating agencies take a fair amount of time to review the french position of insurance companies and making sure is sustainable employment and the financial well-being. us to look at property and casualty insurance a minted a relatively quiet hurricane season this year relatively quiet last year as well. still a little bit for me go of premiums up about 4%. personally as far as the hurricane season is concerned that has a number of weeks a

selling the stock swap post so much highs brave battle along with the sea is the performance trust koppell powers at the cme group. banks. still to come summer ticket sales ring in a record ...raising the bar for the cooler months...can they deliver...that's later on. but first...we're checking the scorecard with one of our regular stock pickers...we'll see how he did...after the break. we have seen some gains in the market over the past six months in fact that s&p 500 has in this high in the last 11 months. he helps run management. welcome back. some ice picks you were on march just weeks after the market hit this most recent bottom. to look at the results here each of these showing double-digit moles pull down double digits higher still holding? certainly when it are set we continue to hold increase government demand is likely to continue to drive the business as well as commercial adoption it will be one that we'd like to and up and take profits take position off is not so much that there's a fundamental probably would rather put money in stocks like aluminum that is as business as oppo

six italian soldiers and 10 civilians dead and a suicide pact koppel. militants allegedly behind many attacks killed in a police raid. also, turn the page in the marketing -- but will losing adverts takeoff. actor michael caine on the warpath in the streets of south london in his latest role as a vigilante pensioner. it is midday in london, 3:00 p.m. in moscow and 7:00 a.m. in washington where barack obama will abandon plans to install a missile defense system in poland and the czech republic to repel potential attacks from iran. according to "the wall street journal " " the decision was made at the assessment of iran dr. law arrangement -- missile program was not as feared. moscow opposed it. could this harold a new chapter? first, this report. >> an iranian missile test -- fears about iran's potential for developing long-range missiles and capping them with nuclear warheads lay behind the bush administration's plans for the missile defense system. the project was to involve 10 intercepted missiles in poland. -- tan interceptor missiles. agreed to by t

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ted koppel actually defended me. he felt sorr for me. i felt like a kid who met the bully in the schoolyard, getting kicked in the teeth. buthe dropout rate is -- the black, hispanic dropout rate is a national catastrophe. is something which would be considered a societal emgency in any white suburban district. it's about 50 percent in all our major cities. the cities have very clever ways of fudging theumbers. so in some cities, chicago is one for example, with all respect to the new education seetary who supposedly worked a miracle in chicago, you know, they pretend that they have reduced th dropout rate care what they do and a lot of these cities is at they create very -- they play very clever number names to disguise -- i want to join how they do it. >> ht: but he is saying they are out at 50%. >> guest: give him credit for that. so i apologize, yes. glad he's being candid. it is about 50% across the board for minority kids. >>ost: in major school dishes or in philadelphia wrecks. >> guest: know, and all the major school districts th

sides and to pursue that comprehensive peace agreement is the best way for america to demonstrate koppelbsolute is that the corn coffin many of her and has states and therefore we are going to do all we can to persuade a and encourage the parties themselves to make that agreement. the united states cannot make it, the arab nations cannot make. it is up to the palestinians and israelis. and to that end, we expect both sides, not just one side, but both sides to begin actively engaged and willing to work for that resolution. .. >> let me just reassure you. we're going to continue to do all that we can, working with everyone involved, but most particularly the palestinians and israelis to reach a comprehensive peace agreement that we think is in the best interest of those countries. >> madam secretary, as a last question, i would like to ask you about another question that you know very well from your personal experience. i would only put that question to you as secretary of state because many are concerned that it actually has implications with foreign policy. >> nice try, strobe. [laughte