representatives from some 130 nations including ministers from 22 countries gathered for the fao conference in rome. the delegates agreed to work together and boost production of grains to stem surging prices. they also discussed ways to raise transparency in agricultural markets to limit volatility in food prices. some people have voiced concerns about the effectiveness of the meeting. no ministers attended from the u.s., even though the nation is one of the world's biggest farm producers. chinese ministers were also absent from the meeting, although the country has become a bigger food importer in recent years. the meeting came amid the recent severe drought in the united states that is causing a surge on food prices. >> apple is expected to introduce a smaller version of the ipad in california next week. the invitations say we have got a little more to show you. apple has close to a 70% share but rivals amazon and google are gaining after introducing 7 inch tablet pcs. they are a little smaller and can be held with one hand. meanwhile, microsoft is trying to boost its market share with l

plus an event thursday at fao schwartz for facebook gifts- a feature allowing users to send gifts to friends. google cancelled its flashy android event in the big apple. but still revealed its nexus 10 tablet and nexus 4 smartphone on its website. the 7 inch tablet sells as low as $199 dollars. u-b-s, struggling since the start of the financial crisis some four years, is reportedly set to cut as many as 10,000 employees and up to 15 lines of business in an effort to right itself. the move by the swiss bank is one of the more dramatic seen from chief executive sergio ermotti and will likely come from u-b-s's investment bank which has more than 16,000 employees. the official announcement is expected later today when the bank reports its third quarter results. merger is shaking up the publishing industry. penguin and random house are hooking up as the pairs corporate parent companies pearson of britain and bertelsmann of germany join businesses. critics are concerned it could lead to higher book prices. while other say the combination will create a force against internet retailers such

representatives from 130 nations including ministers from 22 countries gathered for the fao conference in rome. the delegates agreed to work together and boost production of grain surging prices and agreed to discuss ways to raise transparency and agricultural markets to limit volatility in food prices. some people voiced concerns about the effectiveness of the meeting. no ministers attended from the u.s. even though the nation is one of the biggest farm producers. chinese ministers were also absent from the meeting although the country has become a bigger food importer in recent years. the meeting came amid the recent severe drought in the united states causing a surge in food prices. let's check on the markets for this wednesday morning. u.s. stock prices ended higher supported by recent favorable economic data and strong earnings from companies. the dow jones average ended .95% higher. to see how all of that is affecting stock prices near japan we go to ramin at the tokyo stock exchange. we have been focusing on data and earnings so far this week. tell us how japanese stocks are rea

. >> the chairman's point was reinforced this week by the fab@fab@fab@fab@fab@fab@fab@fao@ a b@rriefab@fat unquote dozens of heavily armed men. >> question. given the facts that have come out since the september 11th benghazi attacks, can it be sad with certainty that there was adequate forewarning of the security gaps but inadequate follow through by the department of state mort? >> that is the only conclusion you can take from it. plenty of warning, they wanted more police protection for the embassy and it was not given. in fact they had virtually nothing. they took away the plane that was standing by to take them out, in case of emergency. absolutely it was a disgrace, frankly. >> right they considered that facility it wasn't even a consulate and somehow it didn't merit getting the same kind of security which is why you had that ridiculous statement by this woman. there is now an investigation headed by thomas pickerring, a career diplomat, respected, goes back to the reagan years. what we have to find out is how far up the chain did the request for security go? who denied it and on

before the formal presentation is made in the next fao months, we wanted to let you know that we are proposing programming and improvements to the plaza. >> today it is a beloved destination for visitors we know that it is vice sited by 23,000 people on saturdays between 8:00 a.m. and 1 p.m. that means that many more thousands are visiting very early shoppers at 7:00 a.m. and visitor and shoppers after 2:00 p.m. >> 7 to 10,000 ferry passengers a day traverse across the ferry plaza more if the giants make it to the world series. it is a hectic place, it is a delivery zone for the ferry plaza and also a service vehicle area for boats, golden gate ferries and the building behind here on the black of the plaza and also a drop off for passengers and it is for ferry building deliveries. we receive over 250 deliveries a day. people are amused that we don't have a ferry at the building. and we have a lot of water and pilings underneath. when we show you the formal plan, throughout our formal planning process our mandate was to bring more people to the water front and create a multipurpose pl

gornmentawyers say the wells fao policed prof over pele and corrateesults over corrate integtyin handg out the me loans for its part t bank issd a statement saying it believes it acted as prudent and responsible lender and vowed to vigorously doe depend itself against this lawsuit. >>> president obama is still out on the campaign trail tonight fresh from the fundraising trip to san francisco. president left bay area this morning with 4 million dollars roughly added to the campaign stash. once in ohio the president attended campaign rally at ohio state university where he your nored supporters to get out th votand directed them buses to give tem res to rly ting locations. new poll there shows the president lead narrowing in this key battle ground state. he hold as 51-47 percent lead among likely ohio vote engineers well the president is now being attacked for failing to mention the gas crisis during his bay area visit yesterday. state republican blame liberal i washinon a sacrameo r drivgrice abe 40 a gaon dav has details of this latest political attack. >> 3 gas stations that the busy

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fao chief economist and federated investor chief equity market strategy phil orlando. how are you? >> i'm fine. >> we've been going on for 20 years i think. >> feels like that. >> what's your number today? >> 120. we were discussing it earlier. we're very close to consensus. there isn't a lot that suggests the labor market has changed very much and that's why we're all with the recent trend. >> my forecast 120 for the jobs and participation rate somewhere around 42%. which should bring the unemployment rate down to about 5. are you looking for 5? >> the participation rate at the start -- >> 42% seasonal factors. election factors. >> demographics. don't forget, we have the baby boomer age which is actually a true factor. >> are you forecasting 5.9? >> probably not. >> i bet you we get 7.9, don't you think? >> today? >> eventually, yeah, but not today. >> is that a conspiracy theory? >> exactly what it is. we're at 8.1. >> is this obama metrics? a special gauge for the metrics? >> phil, you're talking hundreds of thousands of jobs where you finally get down to this net number and the

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