ackermann, who now resigned? strange how this all has come out in bits and pieces. we know very little at this point. what we do know is that the police have determined it was a suicide. he was found dead at his home south of zurich on monday and the board at zurich insurance is saying they're going to look into the relationship between the deceased cfo and the outgoing chairman, mr. ackermann. >> what is the suggestion, there was undue -- i mean, mr. ackermann, you know, in his resignation said, look, any allegations are unfounded. do we know what the allegations are? >> we don't have specifics on that and that is what makes this story a bit bizarre at this point. because the indications are that mr. ackermann is fairly hard charging. he was ceo of deutsche bank for an extended period. it seems he saw it as his role at the company to apply pressure to executives to try to sort of energize things a bit at the company and we don't know if the implication is that that somehow is being used to imply that perhaps he

in some ways the clarity of ackermann's resignation cleared it up. but what it has left is, for investors now, is -- because before the death of the cfo, before ackermann resigned, they lost the head of two units in the last couple of years as well. there is now a great need to try to rebuild the board regardless of what happens with this investigation. and, look, ackermann has come out and said, look, i don't agree with the allegations of the family. they haven't released what the alle allegations are. we'll have to wait and find out. but clearly not great for zurich. this is a business underperforming anyway in the insurance space in europe now for about a year as well. just more problems. the thoughts with the family as well and difficult time for everyone involved with zurich. we'll have to see what happens with more investigations. as far as these markets are concerned, you rightly point out, more red behind me. 72 advancers outpaced by decliners this morning. and it follows an update yesterday. ftse 100 up .8%. trying to lose most of that today

. >> i'm tom ackermann in texas where oil is help to go fuel america's economic recovery. >> we'll have the action in sports. but should you be made aware if you are consuming them. that's next on "consider this." >> welcome back. britain will not back any military intervention in syria. germany has also ruled itself out, but france maybe willing to play a a role. the united states is not backing down ands it will continue to build international support for action in the country. >> protests are happening in egypt, despite government security forces closing masks and shutting off parts of cairo, supporters were urged to take to the streets. back to our top story, syria. i'm joined from syria. good to have you with us. what is your reaction to the no vote coming out of the u.k. parliament? >> well, we obviously are very pleased that parliament takes a stand on an issue like this. we have been calling for a very long time for political dialogue. we don't think that a military solution is at all possible in this conflict, and therefore, give more time for political dialogues to find a peac

josef ackermann has made the move after the death of his cfo.lieve that the family thinks i should take my share of the responsibility as unfounded as many allegations might be. he's the former ceo of deutsche bank. let me finally show you the action in athens today where the labor unions have begun their protest season against the civil servant job cuts. the latest we have from the troika, the rest of the eurozone, is they're going to try to force the greeks to put all their privatization assets, all that land and those companies into a holding company somewhere in europe under the legal responsibility of the eurozone so they can better get rid of those assets and sell them off to the private sector. we'll see how that flies as, of course, we go into now the third bailout potentially of greece. back to you. >> simon, thank you very much. get a check on energy and commodities. energy has been a story all week long. bertha coombs at the nymex. >> hi, carl. we're seeing a bit of profit taking here today, although oil and energy prices have held fa