. -- nobu.oing from chef to entrepreneur, he opened his own brand of restaurant in new york 20 years ago. backed by hollywood a-list business partner. >> when was the moment you said robert deniro and you went i trust him. raupt and he my talked about working together with partnerships. the first time he offered to me, i said no thank you, i cannot do it. then after four years, he asked me again. of course he is a big star. now i can trust him because partnerships is about trust each others. he understands my philosophies. >> that gave birth to an international business. 32 restaurants in 28 different cities. but it hasn't all been easy. sometimes i open my estaurant in alaska. maybe i didn't give up. also always i have to try my best. >> overcoming this set back not only did he go on to become a celebrity sushi master but also a las vegas hotel owner. >> so deniro asked me to -- nobu. why we not do like a nobu hotel. it comes from him. >> what happens in vegas doesn't necessarily stay in vegas.

how japan's chef nobu has a bite out of the global sushi markets.moment. ♪ >> good morning, welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." under pressures after the shoemaker posted disappointing earnings. here with more is our european business correspondent caroline hyde. there was not a single pun in that intro/ best foot forward. >> eking it down the road. worsthas a falloff, the day for the share price on record. the reason is because sales significantly missed. so that were the numbers that came out yesterday, bank of america, merrill lynch, deutsche bank, exxon, bnp paribas have sl ashed their price tag for tod's. of sales were off by .5 eight percentage point. profit down by 26%. where you are seeing the spending falling off is italy, down 8%. china, 25% of their sales are from china for luxury shoes. they had a man bag. down 4%. i was hoping you would be sporting a man bag. europe did ok. france, the spending there seems to has picked up. whether or not that is taurus spending. i wish we could see how much of this is russian purchases. fascina