. >> sponsored by toshiba satellite series. leading innovation. >> much more ahead on the kron 4 morning news. 6:53 a.m. as we take a live look outside at the growing back up on the bay bridge. wuhan where it if nava upheave the all know all elected week l of don betterton become pregnant that i'll buy him parking if they will live long live the good smell of >> we need to highs in low eighties for the inland spots. in looks like a pretty good weekend on tap. >> i have some very exciting news. prince harry is actually coming to california. he is going to take apache helicopter training courses. not a lot of details have been released just yet. we do not that he will be arriving in the next few months. once we have a complete itinerary will be sure to bring it to you. >> much more ahead on the kron 4 morning news. here's a live look along the creek. we will be right back. hohokaedged june at john roberts of that fit cash from of if you're fashionable tondos bath >> which regulates all of wall street. dallas jones is dallas again

taketa pharmaceutical purchased a swiss firm for about $13 billion followed by toshiba. analysts say as a domestic market is being hit by the economic downturn and is shri shrinking along with the population, japanese are trying to -- through the acquisition of foreign firms taking advantage of the strong yen. >>> the thai resort city of pataya was once famous for its beautiful beach which lured tourists from around the world. but rising sea levels have washed away much of the sand. the tourism is washing away too. >> reporter: pattaya is a village close to bangkok. it's a magnet for foreign tourists seeking fun, sea, marine sports, and night life. a nice breeze and the beach. pattaya is very enjoyable. this is pattya beach today. narrow in many places. and that's not even at high tide. the beach is eaten away at the rate of two meters a year. sometimes the sea has washed away sand leaving the roots of trees unearthed. locals use ropes to stop the trees from falling down. 50 years ago, this beach was 35 meters wide. some studies predict that if nothing is done to hold th

. >> sponsored by toshiba's satellite series, leading innovation. >>> in sports, the giants look to theirig acquisition to break them out of their doldrums against the cubs. meanwhile, the diamondbacks continue leading overall. did the giants drop another game? we have the answers. the bay area -- a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden gate. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. >>> giants fans, my producer suggested that i should warn you that the following video you may find disturbing. off 3rd and king street, they arrive there by any means possible. packed crowd, cubs in town for the giants, they say this went 446 feet beyond the left field bleaches, almost to the coke bottle sign. it wa

. >> sponsored by toshiba's satellite series, leading innovation. >>> in sports, the giants look to theirig acquisition to break them out of their doldrums against the cubs. meanwhile, the diamondbacks continue leading overall. did the giants drop another game? we have the answers. Ñoxw >>> giants fans, my producer suggested that i should warn you that the foowing video you may find disturbing. off 3rd and king street, they arrive there by any means possible. packed crowd, cubs in town for the giants, they say this went 446 feet beyond the left field bleaches, almost to the coke bottle sign. it was 1-0. 3-1 in the seventh. soto gets it into left field, two more runs come in to score, it's 5-1. rally caps, okay. did it help? no. carlos beltran strands his fifth and sixth runners tonight, grounding out the third. he's got four rbi in 18 games and the giants lose another 15- 2. meantime, diamondbacks and the rockies, and the d'backs, they continue to be hot. look at upton flashing the letter, making a great play in foul territory in left field. that robs tulowitzki. in the fifth, it's 3-2 ar

taketa pharmaceutical purchased a swiss firm for about $13 billion followed by toshiba. analysts say as a domestic market is being hit by the economic downturn and is shri shrinking along with the population, japanese are trying to -- through the acquisition of foreign firms taking advantage of the strong yen. >>> the thai resort city of pataya was once famous for its beautiful beach which lured tourists from around the world. but rising sea levels have washed away much of the sand. the tourism is washing away too. >> reporter: pattaya is a village close to bangkok. it's a magnet for foreign tourists seeking fun, sea, marine sports, and night life. a nice breeze and the beach. pattaya is very enjoyable. this is pattya beach today. narrow in many places. and that's not even at high tide. the beach is eaten away at the rate of two meters a year. sometimes the sea has washed away sand leaving the roots of trees unearthed. locals use ropes to stop the trees from falling down. 50 years ago, this beach was 35 meters wide. some studies predict that if nothing is done to hold th

in this project, four companies, including hitachi and toshiba, employed cutting-edge technologies and created six robots in just six months. but the robots were never used. in 2006, the project disposed of the robots. >> translator: the nuclear industry had a view that robots were not capable of doing things that were easy for humans. they thought workers could do the job faster, so robots were not necessary. >> reporter: the government project had concluded that human beings could perform the same tasks and that the robots would not be useful at the site of a nuclear accident. refusing to give up on robot development, the professor saved some of the robots and displayed one at a science museum in tohoku. >> translator: the robots may not have been up to par the first time, but if we had continued our development efforts, we would have been able to improve them to be really useful at accident sites. >> reporter: until then, japan had only concentrated on developing robots that could rescue people from debris caused by natural disasters. for example, hitachi construction machinery hold

inhis project, four companies, including hitachi and toshiba, employed cutting-edge technologies and created six robots in just six months. but the robs were never used. in 2006, the project disposed of the robots. >> translator: the nuclear industry had a view that robots were not capable of doing things that were easy for humans. they thought workers could do the job faster, so robots were not necessary. >> reporter: the government project had concluded that human beings could perform the same tasks and that the robots would not be useful at the site of a nuclear accident. refusing to give up on robot development, the professor saved some of the robots and displayed one at a science museum in to nop the efrt wouave been able to improve them to be really useful at accident sites. >> reporter: until then, japan had only concentrated on developing robots that could rescue people from debris caused by natural disaster for exame, hitachi cotiacry debris with one arm and cuts it with t oerrmutt lacked the ability to perform actions requiring a more delicate touch. the machine did prove i

i would like to take this opportunity to speak to you today about the role competitions like toshibalorer vision play in developing the students with the skills necessary to participate in our programs. we at stuyvesant have found that engaging students in these competitions allows them to be creative, think broadly and critically of the world around them, work in teams, develop time management skills and take ownership of a project. no one now at stuyvesant remembers when explorer vision became part of the tenth grade research chemistry curriculum, but it was probably very close to its 1992 launch. the current chemistry teacher is samantha and has continued to use explorer vision as a powerful motivating force to develop student skills and scientific thinking. as you've heard, the explorer vision competition requires teams of students to take a current technology and push it 20 years into the future. the team balanced ideas off of each other, brought in classmates from other sections, grilled parents, consulted online sources for their choice of current technology to develop. the th

tokyo exporters are leading the losses on a stronger yen master was down around four percent and toshiba declined more than two and. here in moscow trading will begin one hour both my six had a strong session on wednesday but again around two percent the graph was mainly supported by stronger crude which managed to reach a two week high. while russian markets again in recovery were meant for higher from troika dialog believes the mid to long term trend will mostly depend on how crude performs. the market is mostly drooled by sentiments right now and right now it's absolutely unpredictable the sentiment can change just in fifteen minutes for example yesterday the markets almost ignored negative statistics on inflation from the united states but you can't say for sure that they ignore stories that they see from europe or from the early states negatives that these things today right now the market is very nervous so in short term you can't predict and i think liquidity is so good and i would expect even better liquidity in coming months so i wouldn't expect. all price at all just commodity

toshiba and hitachi, down 4 to 4.5%. the hang seng was down 1.3%.r most of the day but it fell in the last few hours of trading. the top gainer is the hong kong exchanges and clearing. it closed up more than .5%. this is the holding company for the hong kong stock exchange itself. it's in joint venture talks with the shanghai and the shengjen exchanges. the shanghai composite also down 1.6%, the biggest loser of all asian markets today. new annual housing data showed housing prices rose 4.3%. the composite itself has fallen more than 9% as anti-inflation measures have hurt growth in stocks that list on this board. the asx 200 was down 1.22%. i mentioned the $10 billion hostile bid for foster's. resource-related stocks fell on slows of growth. bhp billotin and rio tinto. >>> investors weighed the latest set of corporate results against the economic and debt concerns. alison kosik has more from the new york stock exchange. >>> stocks pulled back from early gains to end the day basically flat wednesday. a batch of upbeat retail earnings helped boost th

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that may work in the business will pick in education were toshiba a spirit of collaboration.that was the original idea of the charters. supposing a group of public school teachers were to step back and say let us create this cool and call it a charter and will take the toughest kids, will take the dropouts, pars to educate and will come back and help you. that helping isn't happening to to think that could ever happen? >> guest: i think it could happen if the unions to stop fighting charters to the nail in every way they can. ridiculous lawsuits with little things, the volunteers of harlem successful from the children's zone, the teachers union said they can't use the luncheon. little things, big things, anonymous phone calls about principals who try to supervise teachers. if the unions stop fighting you can have collaboration. and in many cases as i point out in the book, the union has stop fighting and have started to collaborate. and when that happens the reformers, some of them don't do this, the reformers have to be willing to take yes for an end to. some reformers, they

. >> sponsored by toshiba satellite series. >> here i am still paying the bill. " we are back with more and a couple of minutes. hot we have a programming note to tell you about for thursday. we will be airing nbc programming. when in when a bad it a boat on but berob@robblack.com >> chagrin morning, and justine waldman la nina kron 4 news room. " we are getting some unconfirmed reports of a possible bank robbery on fitzgerald drive. we are zooming in on the exact location. police are on the scene right now. here is a stroll to drive. we believe it is a wells fargo bank. there is heavy police presence in the area. we had a caller who said there was possibly gunfire there. we'll have more information an hour later newscast and on our web site. >> it's in the bus, the royal family has welcomed a new female. camilla and prince charles adopted a puppy. does >> the dog count as it will do? >> the dow jones is wavering after earlier gains. >> take a look at the 7 day around the bay forecast. we will hit 90 by the weekend. it is looking pretty good for this weekend. >> they do for joining us.

the kron 4 to court is sponsored by toshiba satellite series, a leading innovation. learn more at t kahane >> 70 6:00 a.m.. we are focusing on the 7 day around the bay. another table be the hottest, but then what? the heat will be close to 100 degrees. get out there and enjoy it. we will lose 10 degrees score the next couple of days. enjoy the weather. made '80s for the rest of the week. >> the dow was up around 44 a good part of the trading session. of 123 points right now despite the fact is that we have a very weak news for new-home construction. the dow was up 126 and close to the 11,000 mark. >> the internet is buzzing with some sad news this morning. in touch magazine is saying that will smith and dave smith have separated. there were married for 13 years and have to extremely famous children together. a jaded and willis smith. tmz has been following this story. >> we're back with more and a couple of minutes. good morning and thank you for joining us. we are following a number of developing stories. >> in oakland, threesome version is overnight within a half-h

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. >> sponsored by toshiba satellite series. >> 9:53 a.m..re back with more of a couple of minutes. your is a live look at what the dow was doing. perhaps thomas the supply list for little girls is douglas so 0 >> awhile swiss continue on wall street. the dow has been of san down. after we are at 11,005 under 6. >> i have been researching what people are talking about on the internet. i have read several reports that many starbucks coffee houses are covered the they're out what's to prevent customers from using their laptops for long periods of time. this is aimed to encourage customers to drink their coffee indigo, to make room for more pay customers. starbucks has said that there is currently no company-wide policy regarding the availability of power outlets. that decision is left to the discretion of each store. >> that is it for this morning. we hope that you have a terrific weekend. dr. phil is coming up after the show. stay tuned for that at 10:00 a.m.. we will be back here on monday morning. we hope the have a nice weekend.

through three of the 2011 toshiba and sdk explorer -- exploravision science competition. what an extraordinary accomplishment. they're winning project, intelligence streets, reduces intersection accidents by using smart translucent film installed on windshield that receive signals from either traffic lights or satellites or this clearly demonstrates that students in the valley of south texas can become the scientists and innovators of tomorrow. we in texas are extremely proud of the discovery montessori schools dedication to academic excellence, and for creating a learning and violent for children that fostered the development of high order thinking skills, scientific discovery, exploration, and creativity. today we are fortunate to have three extraordinary individuals with us from that school. pablo vidal, soon to be a fourth grader. is a resident of mcclellan taxes but we also have the pleasure of saying that he started school at the age of three at the discovery montessori school. he is extremely passionate about science and math, and belongs to the bronx aquatics swim

and toshiba have an understanding of when the projected personnel were expected to be hired. the far because the justification and approval be posted publicly within 30 days after contract award. as of the contract constitution suicide on july 28, the deadline for publication of a justification and approval was august 27. the sec did not pose a justification and approval until some timber third. although the document was signed by four individuals as dated august 2. the investigation found a justification and approval was, in fact, not finalized until september 2, 2010, and substantial revisions were being made up to that day. we found three of the four signatories execute the signature page on august 2 before a draft even remotely close to the final version existed. we found sec's competition advocate execute the signature page on august 31. backdated his signature to august 27. she subsequently whited out the seven to make it appear that she had signed a document on august 2. the actions suggest, gave the puck the false impression that document was finalized a few days afte