and allianz says it's not feeling the impact of sandy yet.er reiterates its 2012 targets. >>> priceline has agreed to buy rival kayak for $1.8 billion in cash and stock. the deal comes just months after kayak had it own initial public offering. $40 a share in cash and stock, 29% premium to thursday's closing price and 54% in kayak's listing price. >> winter storm in the u.s. has dumped over a foot of snow over parts of the northeast that were just hammered by super storm sandy. new jersey and new york have been particularly hard hit by the storm. lead to go knock-on effects in neighboring states including massachusetts, connecticut, and rhode island. and also furthering the you power outages that have plagued the area now for several weeks. >> and from today, drivers in new york city have to check their number plates before they pump gas. the mayor says based on license plates ending in odd or even numbers, drivers will be allowed to fill their tanks on alternative days. three quarters of gas stations remain closed due to super storm sandy. a

. >> german insurance giant allianz has exceeded third quarter expectations with a rise in profits.espite natural disasters like super-storm sandy, they have reason overoptimism. the hurricane caused billions of euros of damage as it struck the east coast of the united states last week, but they firmly believe they will be meeting profit targets for 2012. >> was the longest-running dispute in the history of the world trade organization, but what came to be known as the banana war has been declared over. the head of the wto has declared the dispute resolved. >> the original complaint was started by toaster -- back in 1991 in the conflict took over two decades to sort out -- the complaint was started by costa rica. >> the vast majority of bananas are produced on a massive scale by u.s. multinational companies. the fruit is a vital export for countries like coaster rica, colombia, ecuador. only 12% of the bananas consumer actually grown there. 18% come from africa, the caribbean, and the pacific. on tall now they have received preferential treatment with prices above global markets rea