still ahead, we talk with the
head of the tel aviv stock
exchange about how the political
uprisings in the mideast are
affecting business in israel.
>> susie: ford motor was the hot
topic here at the new york stock
exchange today.
from the start of trading and
the ringing of the bell, ford's
c.e.o. was touting the auto
maker's new growth plan:
ford will boost global sales by
50% in the next four years;
one-third of the company's sales
will come from asia;
small vehicles will account for
55% of total sales by 2020;
and the vehicle maker told
analysts it'll cut its debt by
$2.5 billion by the end of this
month.
earlier today, i talked about
those expansion plans with
c.e.o. alan mulally.
my first question-- who's going
to buy all those cars?
>> when you look at the
automobile industry and the
consumer demand for cars, last
year it was about 74 million
vehicles worldwide.
in 2020 it's going to be 112
million because you have so many
countries now that are at place
now where they're...