authorities generally agree it is on the rise in australia. new south wales police have arrested around 25 people in the last two years. >> is it likely in order to combat this sort of activity that companies will need to install anti-fraud measures that may create a crisis for them? >> anti-fraud measures need to be dealt with in three areas. there is the financial institutions, who would bear most of the risks and costs around credit card and bank card fraud. in the main, they seem to be rolling out technological processes that make this more difficult. they are also rolling out software and alert systems. they will contact individuals about, when they see a suspicious transaction on their credit card statements, almost in real time as that is happening. merchants also need to play their part. as was allegedly the case in sydney, the machines were were the data was collected. legitimate merchants had their machines tampered with or adjusted so that the credit card information was collected and transmitted to the criminal organizations. merch

it is good news from australia. i couldn't tell you what is going to happen tomorrow because it is just all over the place, but fingers crossed, we'll get a little bit more stability. >> we'll just be happy and grant this good news when we can. kylie merit from australia. thanks so much. we'll talk to you later. >>> up next, a developing and dangerous situation in several cities across britain. we'll have a live report from birmingham where the violence appears to be spreading. do stay with us for that and a whole lot more. but not in my ne. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're throwing away misperceptions about natural gas vehicles. more of the vehicles that fuel our lives use clean american natural gas today. it costs about 40 percent less than gasoline, so why aren't we using it even more? start a conversation about using more natural gas vehicles in your community. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million

hicks in australia? >> there is some support for david hicks in australia. he is a shy man. he does not appear in public often. he did appear at a festival a few months ago to talk about his book. at the end of his talk, he received a standing ovation. that was criticized, especially by right-wing commentators. they think that rather than concentrating on the five years he spent at guantanamo bay, where he claims he was treated unfairly and inhumanely, that people should focus on the activities that got him there. he is a polarizing figure in australia. there is some support on the left. the australian greens have said this is a political show trial. amongst the right, he is a bit of a hate figure. >> 66 years after the end of the second world war, russia and japan have yet to sign a peace treaty. the sticking point is islands. the countries are slowly becoming intertwined as japan relies on russian gas. for 40 years, the southern part of the island was a part of the japanese empire. a report on its tragic history. >> the japanese are back. this time, as traders, not invader

>> it's my understanding he's an attorney in good standing in australia and an investment banker in australial history. >> reporter: as to whether there's any other connection between him and the family in australia, we have this intriguing bit of information. the e-mail address that was contained in the ransom note used the name of a character in a james cla develop novel called tie pan and the character in this book was a business rival to who took out his opponents through all kinds of means, including extortion. is there a connection? police are looking into that. if they know, they're not saying. >> susan candiotti with the latest. thank you very much. >>> campaign trails and political rhetoric. yes, everyone it's that time of year begin. but did presidential hopeful, governor rick perry go too far using the word treason? don't go anywhere. have i got a surprise for you! [ barks ] yeah, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman announcing ] new beneful healt

shanghai down around three quarters and australia down towards 1%. one market to mention, in south korea, finishing up 6% today. charles, it was closed yesterday. it missed out on the big rally catching up today. led partly by samsung up by the announcement by google buying motorola last night, charles. >>> back to europe. investors will be watching closely as the french president nicolas sarkozy hosts angela merkel later today. talks start at 2:00 p.m. gmt in paris. close to a fiscal union is expected to top the agenda as the two leaders grapple with the blocked sovereign debt crisis. one means of dealing with that crisis will not be an the agenda. we're talking about the proposed euro zone bond. more on that in a moment. also on investors' radar will be the euro zone second quarter gdp. that's out in a little while. it's widely expected to be miserable, less than half the 0.8% growth figure that we saw in the previous quarter. one other important number that we have out today, germany releasing its gdp reading for the second quarter. it is 0.1%. ba

taking first place, melbourne, australia.e report found the city had one of the most efficient transport systems as well as a vibrant and safe social scene. i guess if you've been out to a party, you easily get home. in second place, we have vienna in austria with one of the lowest reportable crime rates of any capital city. bringing in the third place, and this is a city that used to be ranked first, vancouver in canada. the standout there, health care and education services. seven of the top ten cities are, would you believe, in either australia or canada. the other end of the list, the least is papua new guinea, bangladesh and the capital of zimbabwe. >> so australia and canada pretty much take care of the top ten spots between them. what i'm interested to know is which country is the top in each region? i'm assuming the united kingdom doesn't come the top of the list because our weather is, frankly speaking, usually atrocious. >> i'm not going to argue with that. you're absolute lit right. we know vienna is the topic in e

new research in australia says watching just one hour of tv a day after age 25 cuts about 22 minutes off your life. so what can you do about that besides turn the tv off? don't do that. researchers say 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day will add three years back to your life. >>> all right. it was in a featured film. now tourists are flocking to it. the bay area spot that is catching a lot of people's attention. >>> from the cbs 5 weather center in san francisco, welcome to your summertime in the bay area. we have the fog socked in at the coast in the golden gate bridge. the effect this will have on your wednesday as eyewitness news continues right here on cbs 5. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, hollywood. more people are >>> a popular bay area spot is attracting attention these days thanks to this hollywood movie. more people are visiting muir woods in marin county after it appeared to be shown in the movie "rise of the "planet of the apes"." the scene was actually filmed somewhere else. but until this summer the park had about 4,000 visitors a day and now the park rangers say they have seen some d

as we say in australia, he's a "bugger" to perform.on't know, can i say that on american television? >> reporter: i think you can say that, yes. >> it means something slightly different in our culture. but it's very, very exposing. and i found the process of rehearsing it, it was a bit like doing a clowning workshop. not that we were trying to get up there and be funny. but in a way that you've to get up there and risk doing nothing. >> reporter: you both have active film careers. is there a difference in acting between the films and what you're doing now in uncle vanya? >> what you find working in film is you spend a day doing some menial, terribly dull activity. he scratches his head, he yawns and gets out of bed, walks to the show-- that is three quarters of the day in film land. and of course that is slightly reductive. all put together it can be fantastic. but in terms of acting itself, nothing for me is as wonderful or frankly as nourishing as doing film, as doing theater. theater gives back to you because you get to do the big t

industries such as aluminium, steel, glass and many others >>reporter: the cyclones and floods that hit australia this year took a massive toll and the countryis still counting the costs. >>the damage has been done and we believe that queensland will fall up short by about 30 million tons of coal production, >>reporter: and an innovative solution to india's problems with plastic waste. >>what's interesting is that now it's not a question of okay, it's green therefore we must, it's a question of actually economically it makes more sense to do that. >>reporter: hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. the emirate of abu dhabi, capital of the uae is in the process of building the region's largest industrial zone. it will be served by a vast new port and the country's first railway network, but is itthe right time in the global economic cycle for such ambitious plans? >>reporter: last november the first ship arrived at abu dhabi's port khalifa. it's not fully open for business yet but when finished it will

australia markets having a strong day. australia in bear territory, about 20% down from its peaks.ing up again today, a very, very sensitive to commodity prices and the outlook for the global economy and ben bernanke saying lower interest rates are going to be remaining for some time, certainly helping the outlook for the global economy to get over its current weakness. there is a rally there again. not convincing. a lot like europe, we have a long way to go before we're out of this black patch, nina. >> all eyes on the u.s. session when stocks get trading over there later today. one day after wall street's biggest loss of the year, yesterday the dow jones industrial average posted its biggest gain of the year. that was on tuesday. it closed up 430 points or nearly 4% at the end of trading. the nasdaq for its part jumped more than 5%. when it comes to the broader s&p 500 index, that gained nearly 4.75%. alison kosic takes us through the bumpy ride. >> the dow had wild swings moving 200 points higher and falling 200 points in a matter of minutes at one point during the day. at the c

australia and canada do as well. where your residence matters. it's not like you're just voting for a national candidate and we have a substantial amount of mobility. but other societies manage, and of course you are going to find some people that will slip between the cracks and includes homeless people and may include some others. and what they do in most of these countries is they have a set of categories that are valid excuses and that of course includes being ill, traveling, some of the same excuses we have now that are requirements if you are going to do a vote by mail. those are disappearing in many places as we move towards no excuses, absentee voting. but that's a trend once again in one area where fred and i agree where it's troubling. you know, i don't want to trivialalize voting. unlike fred, i believe if you have mandatory attendance in the polls and the experience of other countries suggest it enhances the notion of voting. it becomes a civic duty and that's a good thing. but vote by mail which is the same as filling out a publisher

under the deal signed a week ago, australia will send up to 800 asylum seekers to malaysia. in return, it will take 4,000 refugees from malaysia whose status has been verified. the australian government hopes the new deal with help deter both people. but it is not being welcomed by everyone. >> the ink is scarcely dry on this deal before another boat arrives. i am doubtful this is going to stop the boats. >> human rights organizations have also criticized the deal. reasoning that malaysia never ratified on refugees. >>> and finally, anyone who has young children knows how hard it can be to get them to eat healthily. mothers are taking inspiration from fun foods from japan. the food is cut into faces and shapes to capture the children's imaginations. >> reporter: this class taking place in jakarta teaches mothers how to make cute character lunches for their children. it starts by making an example. >> reporter: there's a reason these mothers are trying so hard to learn. they are worried about their children's diets. many kids in indonesia buy cheap snacks and instant noodles

a baby hack on australia's gold coast. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. i'm lynn berry. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. today we begin with panic point. standard & poor's historic downgrade of the nation's credit rating triggered a stomach-churning plunge on wall street monday. the roller coaster ride of uncertainty continued overnight as asian stocks clawed back to close above their lowest levels. u.s. market futures have fluctuated between up and down. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: in his first reaction since standard & poor's downgraded u.s. bonds late friday, president obama rejected the double-a plus rating. >> no matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a triple-a country. >> reporter: u.s. stock markets dropped sickeningly. the dow losing 5.55%. the s&p 500, 6.66%. the nasdaq off 6.9%, the biggest drop in years. gold was up to an all-time high, $1,700, a sign investors are scared. by last

and heading on down to australia, australia also saw losses of about 1.5% here.hat was, of course, due to manufacturing data. mining stocks fell too. rio tinto. nearly 2% down here. also the reserve bank of australia and rba decided to keep the cash interest rate steady at 4.75%. that did lend a little bit of support to the markets here, andrew. >> just a little. ramy imocencio, business nachlt charles. >>> we did have a bit of an earlier round on u.s. market. out of the gate the stocks were up by 1% following the debt deal. manufacturing report that we mentioned sent the markets downward and set up a negative finish. strongly negative for the dow, but the nasdaq and the s&p 500 down by half a percent. look ahead to the u.s. futures, tuesday isn't shaping up to be much better. opening with the markets with a loss of about 60 points for the dow, 15 for the nasdaq and 9 for the s&p 500. so, again, it looks as if the globe has it. even though it looks as though we may be out of it in terms of the debt deal, andrew. >> absolutely. at least there's not going to be a d

it said it would shed 1,000 jobs in australia and launch two new airlines in asia. the ceo of qantas alan joyce say the latest profits only underline the need for changes. earlier i spoke to joyce and asked him why the restructure was needed when the profits were rising so sharply. >> you've described qantas' earnings as very solid but also further proof that qantas must change. on face value those two statements look contradictory. can you explain what you mean by that? >> well, andrew, we have a portfolio of assets in the group, some of which are doing exceptionally well like jetstar, qantas domestic, freight and frequent flier. in the case of most of those assets they made record profits. for our qantas international business, it's taken a hit as a result of the high fuel price and the high australian dollar, and it did lose $216 million in the year just closed. and that business needs structural changes, significant change because the other parts of the business cannot keep on supporting it. so that's why great overall results, but this underlying problem were o

. >> reporter: it's now wednesday morning in australia and this young heiress is finally breathing a sigh of relief. >> i'm pretty sure we think we've got him. >> we're feeling good. >> no doubt. >> reporter: 18-year-old madeleine pulver believes australian authorities found the man who broke into her home and strap what she thought was a collar bomb to her neck. remarkably, the arrest went down almost 10,000 miles away in louisville, kentucky. investigators collared and charged this australian businessman, 50-year-old paul doug peters. they arrested the father of three here at his exwichl's house. one of his daughters, the same age at madeleine. >> on behalf of maddie and the entire family, we are enormously relieved that an arrest has been made. >> r rorter: maddie's or deal began august 3rd. she was home alone in sydney that afternoon, studying for an exam. around 2:15, a masked man entered her room, carrying a baseball bat. according to just released court documents, he told her, "it is down and no one needs to get hurt." he had a black box with him and forced the box against her

is there a difference in the junk, you know, in australia versus north america?i thought there would be, but there's not. we had a guy from ottawa in canada go to sydney and spend a few months working in the trucks in australia and he said, brian, it's the same junk in every single city. >> reporter: they get some pretty weird stuff, from john wayne's actual personal bible to a truckload of denture molds. a defused world war ii bomb. a trophy from a nudist colony. 50 garden gnomes. even this live kitten tucked away inside a fridge. and 18,000 cans of expired sardines. though they didn't take a picture of that one. >> thank you for calling 1-800-got-junk. >> reporter: scuddermore showed us the call center. 9:00 a.m., and the phones are ringing off the hook. have you gotten any weird calls? >> definitely. a lady said if you can pick up a cat. i know we don't do that. >> reporter: australian calls go to this section. >> they can fit quite a bit in there when they stack it all up, nice and tight. >> reporter: where people with australian accents give them a local fee

australia was up.arkets closed as we've been seeing, europe has taken a sharper turn for the worse, going to roll on along the globe. the fed meets today, a big meeting. if you want to comment on any of the stories we're covering here at "world business today" get in touch with the whole team on our facebook page, faceback.com/wbt. for now we'll say good-bye. thanks for watching, i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. >> i'm charles hodson? lond london.

-- extradition back to australia. >> and you're watching youth day on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, back from the campaign trail, president obama's battle bus takes the road for a swing through the midwest. >> and snow storms wreak havoc in new zealand as the country's north island experiences some of the coldest weather in decades. some of the largest wind turbines in the world are being installed in northwest england. they now have a dozen wind farms offshore, all part of the government's strive for green energy. it's a huge engineering challenge as our science correspondent reports. >> in belfast, in the ship yard where they built the titanic, another giant project. this one meant to help revolutionize how we get our power. the task right now, to maneuver these massive wind turbines. carefully and slowly and load them onto a ship. most wind farms are built on land, these turbines will be stuck out at sea. the hope is they'll be -- there will be fewer objections. this is just one blade of one of the largest wind turbine

and in australia a police have freed a young woman trapped in a own home with a bomb reportedly attached to her neck he called the police from a house on the wealthy neighborhood in sydney a bomb squad worked for nearly ten hours to remove the device is gone is told to remain calm to avoid an explosion and some reports suggest that it may have been an attempt to hold the teenage girl to ransom. back with a recap of today's main stories we are short in about seven it's now in the meantime the latest from the world of business with marina.

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again, i think this man who travels back and forth between australia and the u.s. probably was aware of the 2003 case. criminals aren't really smart. they copy the actions of other criminals. i think this guy is a copy cat. he was looking for money. he tried to extort one of the richest men in australia and he's going to wind up being extradited back to australia and do a lot of jail time for this. >> clint, thank you so much for weighing in. appreciate that. >> thanks, contessa. >>> former detroit mayor admits he was plain old stupid for getting caught up in a sexting scandal and then writing a book. >>> plus shocking new video from the riots in london. >>> on wall street stocks are falling as we're looking at a slowing global economy. it looked like there's a mixed economic picture. housing is somewhat weak. but industrial production rose last month. a mixed balg, but red arrows across the board. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estat

and australia today conservatives are in power in the u.k. and civil unrest is sweeping across london i was there a connection here. i've certainly found a lot of evidence. so side and homicide both. in the us since one thousand nine hundred. and what i found really to my surprise was that when. these rates both forms obama increased dramatically. because blick and. they only dropped below us but then like levels and democrats. the subjects are staggering i couldn't believe it first brought up in data seems to one sidedly partisan to people even and i try to find every way to to disprove it and i couldn't do it i kept finding the same results no matter how right penalize the data so the so was the republicans and some other democrats. so so what that study that was before the b.b.c. found in the u.k. and australia you found the same thing here in the united states why does this happen is it is it poverty inequality or some other republican policy that increases suicide and homicide or democratic policy that decreases suicides and homicides he

and australia today conservatives are in power in the u.k. and civil unrest is sweeping across london i was there a connection here. i've certainly found a lot of evidence. so refined and homicide both. in the u.s. since ninety nine. and what i found really to my surprise. that these rates both forms obama increased dramatically. when the republicans. and they only dropped below epidemic levels when democrats tried. to fix our staggering over the years i couldn't believe it frees us up to date it seems to one sidedly hardest to people legal and i try to find every way to have to disprove it and i couldn't do it i kept writing the same result no matter how i analyze the data so the so will republicans that i'm under democrat right so so what that study that was before the b.b.c. found in the u.k. in australia you found the same thing here in the united states why does this happen is it is it top forty any quality or some other republican policy that increases suicide and homicide or democratic policy that decreases suicides and homicides here

australia also down by 4%. a very big move. commodities sensitive in australia, and commodities a leading indicator on what the thoughts are on the economy. in mumbai, the stock exchange there is still trading. it's also in negative territory. all around the globe looking bad. still the euro crisis is front and center. >> it is, indeed. as you were just saying, there isn't one market around the world that seems it is being spar spared. that global selloff started in the united states on thursday, where investors took fright over prospects of a recession it was the worst day on wall street since the financial crisis in 2008. all three major indices plunged more than 3%. this was how the numbers stood at the end of what was a truly dismal day. by the close of session, a session that many traders probably thought would never end, all this year's gains, it seems, on those three indices have been totally wiped out. >>> as it has with many of the markets across the world. many people are calling this a panic. this has been in the wor

in australia we find the people -- >> excuse me for interrupting, but when australia went to mandatory voting, they had egg 90 -- 94% rate. now it is 97%. people whose votes are spoiled, they are not filled in. the majority of those reasons i think our because of those are the people who find it hard or who are in paris to ask citizens on those things. the people who would not have gone to the pole if we had mandatory voting. i am worried about another form of depression. if we had mandatory voting, then what would be the incentive of the powers that be to enforce those laws against a non-voter. would they vote more aggressively against those who were likely to vote for them, leaving alone those who are not prone to vote for them? there is always the danger, and anytime we intervene -- there is always a danger any time we intervene. it is elements like this that are likely to lead to unexpected consequences. an effort to get up the boat seized when they realize the were on the other side. >> we have law enforcement and the administration that could enforce the civil rights laws of the

. >>> australia is asking the u.s. to extradite paul douglas peters after his arrest in kentucky last night. police in australia are saying peters is the one who strapped a fake collar bomb to the neck of a wealthy software engineer and left a note demanding money. the girl believed the bomb was real and she had it around her neck for ten terrifying had hours. the fbi says peters does have ties to the u.s. >> mr. peters was arrested without incident by our louisville fbi s.w.a.t. team at the home of his former wife. +5ahj;eé#x%z"Ñj believe peters former wife knew about this collar bomb incident or was involved in it in any way. >>> a maryland sheriff wants you to look at this surveillance video, a flash mob. if you can identify anybody, he wants to know. there's about 30 people here swarming a convenience store in germantown in the middle of the night, sunday. they helped themselves to just about everything, candy, chips, sodas, other stuff. the shoplifting spree took about a minute. >>> a much more serious appeal for

they are going to be in australia for a long time. if you want to help google stanford solar car project and that will get you to the right website. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> does it come in a convertible model? >> exactly. >> have to get the funding up for them. >> those guys are impressive. when i was in college i was dropping water balloons. let's check our weather now with meteorologist christina loren. >> we have the same major as well. we're looking good out there this morning starting to clear out a little bit of the fog in the north bay. but we told you it wasn't going to stay clear in the south bay. look what 15 minutes can do. mostly cloudy now in the city but it's not a thick layer. so it's not going to take long for the sun to burn that off. we'll see sunshine and a warm afternoon. the east bay, tri-valley region, expecting temperatures in mid-80s. let's get to the forecast. as we head throughout the day today, these visibilities will improve. particularly after 7:00 a.m. i think we're going to get rid of that fog

that led them to paul -- to peters, and then they found out he had left australia five days after this whole thing went down, and that he had flown through chicago, where they say the e-mail at was originally set up. they notified the fbi which traced him down to the home of his ex-wife in louisville, and that's where he was arrested. he had a court appearance this morning. a judge has ordered him detained. he's held entirely on these australian charges and he'll have an extradition hearing to see whether he'll be sent back to australia, which i think is a virtual certainty. that hearing will be in october. >> pete williams, thanks. >>> rick perry, officially in the race, and he is not holding any punches so far, taking shots at everyone from the president to the felt chairman. can he ride this strategy to the top of the heap? we'll talk about that. >>> also, can't remember anything from hiss geometry? maybe you were just no good at if in the first place. >>> a new study finding that some people are just born good at math. we'll see you in a few moments. >>> we're going to create a new

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, australia is pretty big. you see things, and when you see things, you want those things to happen in our great city. so what i am saying plainly is this, while the impending very expensive traffic signals that take a lot of time to get the permits and so on, in the interim it is good to contact our senior citizens. we have a large population of senior citizens. it is good to contact schools and asked how children and their parents, the difficulties they have on san jose avenue, san bruno ave, which one of you supervisors know what happens there. something like putting uthis there will save many lives. so with this type of deliberation is giving to you about the flight in technology which takes years and years to be put in practice, we need to know in the interim what really has been done to save lives, because no price can be put on a life, especially a child like. thank you very much. -- especially a child's life. supervisor campos: thank you. colleagues, this is an action item. we have a motion. motion by c

we are getting reports a bomb threat in australia.ht now we are learning that police are at the home of a young woman claiming to have an explosive device strapped to her body. police are saying the bomb may have been strapped to this 18-year-old young woman as part of an extortion plot. >> there was a device in the house. that device is being examined as we speak. we are treating the device as live until we know otherwise. certainly something we are treating very, very seriously until we know otherwise and we'll continue to do that. alisyn: we are told officials have evacuated people near by. stuart cohn is live on the phone from sydney. >> reporter: the police just finished up a press conference half-hour ago and didn't shed any more light on the situation. they say there are four police with the girl right now. two bomb squad technicians and boo negotiators. it's thought this may be an extortion attempt. the drama began unfolding 9 hours agree. she called police, they responded to a very, very rich neighborhood in the northern subu

. >> we are from australia. >> jeff brent and his 16-year-old son had to stop by. they are here from australia on a silicon valley tour and no stop is complete without a visit to the famous garage. >> it's amazing. i am blown away. it's really inspiring. >> it's hard to put that into perspective. that whole start is in somebody's garage. >> they are two of many tourist who is took pictures of the home and garage where steve jobs created the apple computer. their visit was more mandatory when they heard jobs stepped down. >> we were planning to come, but we had to make sure we got here today. it's on our must do list. >> the neighbors knew him as a young boy. they are used to strangers taking photos of the famous home across the street. >> some of the times i would go out and say would you like me to take your picture in front of the garage. they like that. >> they are true apple believers. the gadget is the offspring of the computer born in their garage. >> he had a vision, an idea. it's inspiring >> nbc bay area news. >> wouldn't it be weird? you are living in the

let's look at japan, south korea, and australia. they're moving in separate directions.e have japan and australia in negative territory. but we see a shift in asian markets. the south korean market is now in positive territory. with the the u.s. futures showing that wall street may be opening in positive territory when they open for trade later today. still, there is a lot of concern and uncertainty among investors here in the region. so far, there is no fear of credit rating downgrade. but there is worry of the european debt crisis and the u.s. financial worries. as for the euro, it is folly to fresh five-month lows. they worry that the euros on debt crisis could spread. as for the commodities market, we see crude oil prices falling and gold continues to soar. it remains at record highs. as for one of the major markets here in asia, china, they are feeling the effects. although, not to many foreign firms are listed on exchanges there. -- not too many foreign firms are listed on exchanges there. >> there is concern here in china over the situation of the economies in eur

now to the news from >> still falling this new breaking story were officers in and australia where itreported a explosive device is strapped to an 18 year-old body it is happening in i suburb of sydney. it is reported a man entered the home and put the bomb on of the teen-ager's body a ransom note was attached to the girl she is part of a sidney's or richest family it is called a color obama case negotiators have been in the house over six hours of technicians are also in the house it is a major operation. >> 633 this morning police have arrested i teenager who was reported as kidnap two- door robbery at a barber shop yesterday and a state wide amber alert was issued will tran has more details >> talk about a trail beyond our of the barbershop considered the 16 year-old boy i'll little brother a turnabout at the 60 new rules also part of the plan to rob a barbershop. on midnight on tuesday they found got a phone call that he was released from the kidnapper and he was fined the honor the barbershop pad is own suspicions it turns out of the 16 year-old confessed. he was arrested along w

but sydney, australia, has a bigger problem. sharks.ens of people have been attacked in recent years. and stephanie sy reports now about how science has helped the city deal with aer if reshus neighbor. >> reporter: shark attacks have become a predictable part of summer from the u.s. coast, where there have been at least a dozen attacks this year to sydney harbor. smack dab in australia's largest city. this attack is caught on camera. fortunately, diver paul lived to tell about it. >> the shark just started shaking me. as soon as my right hand came out of the water, i noticed that it was gone. >> reporter: three attacks in three weeks spread fear in the city. >> they're calling it the shark play. a sudden surge of attacks and sightings across or coastline. >> it's a great white! >> reporter: the two other victims are surfers. >> authorities say people shouldn't panini >> reporter: sydney's waterways are prime hunting grounds for the world's three deadliest shark species. great whites, tiger and bull sharks. since a ban of commercial fis

caller: australia. if i can convict the man for a little bit, australia is the -- if i can contradict the man for a little bit, australia is the only continent that is literally surrounded by water. australia also has here, in this country, at gas stations, several other types of businesses that are taking -- what do we get from australia? guest: well, australia is a fine country. it is also a very small country, and its population is largely on the coast, because australia is primarily a desert, arid country, although they do produce a lot of wheat and are a strong agriculture country. very small population, does not have nearly the economic power of the united states. host: another tweet. alluding to the waist and the corruption and fraud. guest: a lot of it has not reached somalia because you have warlords and al qaeda operations to have kept humanitarian assistance, at united nations, other humanitarian organizations out. just recently we have managed to get humanitarian aid into somalia -- host: ho

. >> we're from australia. >> reporter: that's why they had to stop by. they're here from australia on a silicon valley tour and no stop is complete without a visit to the famous garage. >> it's just amazing. i'm completely blown away. it's really inspiring and just so hard to put that into perspective, that that all started in somebody's garage. >> reporter: they are just two of many tourists who have stopped by over the years to take picture of a home and garage where steve jobs created the apple computer. but their visit game more mandatory when they heard jobs had stepped down as apple's ceo. >> we were planning to come, but we certainly made sure we got here today. so it was on our must-see list. >> reporter: neighbors knew jobs as a young boy. they're used to strangers driving up and taking photos of the home across the street. >> some of the times i would go out and say would you like me to take your picture in front of the garage? and they like that. >> reporter: they are true believers in apple. >> he had a vision, he had an idea. it's inspiring.

>> all the a from australia to kentucky? >> one of the first clues was contained in the ald ransom note because it contained an e-mail address. it turns out, this is an odd connection, is the name of a character in a james clavell novel called tie pan. it talks about an investment banker located in asia who takes out rivals by any and all means including extortion, kidnapping, you name it. be that as it may, they tracked down the computers where that message had been sent from. and then they looked for surveillance cameras to find out who was using the computer. then they found out what car that person was driving. tracked down who might have been the driver. came up with a name. found out that that person had taken a plane and flown to chicago and on to kentucky. then they started to look for any kind of records as to why he would be in kentucky. learned that he wired money to an address in louisville. turned out to be the ex-wife of mr. peters. so they sent an fbi agent out to the house. he sat outside and lo and behold, h

newspaper reports rico is suggesting six women in australia have been identified in these diplomaticles, four australians, two britons, and another from the philippines with allegedly connections to the philippines and yemen. jiabao of these women say the claims are basis -- based less. -- two of these women say the claims are baseless. with the early 1950's signing of the security alliance pact, this has damaged that. >> you are watching newsday on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, asia's population problem -- will declining birth rates have that damaging economic impact? >> and the bottom line, why the modern baby demands more. there have been violent clashes in south africa between police and supporters of the leader of the anc youth league. he is facing a party disciplinary hearing. >> it started off with peaceful protests in support of the anc youth leader. very quickly it turned ugly. the crowd tried to march on anc party headquarters. police fired stun grenades to try to get control. when that did not seem to work, they brought a water canno

korea and australia both managed to tack on some gains. japan, still under 1%, but it's a -- a lot of that has to do with the fact that investors see safety in the japanese currency. europe's market open up soon. traders are expecting a kick up on the open. >> you're watching this so closely. from your perspective, how can the u.s. government help this crisis just in the next several days, is that possible? >> reporter: you know, that's good question. probably not in the next couple of days. the concern we're talking about here in asia is about leadership. that's not just in the u.s., but also in europe, as well. on the u.s. front, it's the fear that we could see a recession. that wasn't helped by the federal reserve, indicating just yesterday that they expect at least two more years of slow growth. this is a concern for us in asia, because most economies rely on exports to the developed world for growth. in terms of what can be done, there are calls for more definitive action. we're well aware the next year is an election year in the stat

australia, finishing the week on a high note. had a good week, all in all, australia.&p closed higher for the week. >> looking at how the trading session could progress when things get started on wall street. the u.s. markets, at the moment, look set for a basically lower open when trading begins, as you can see there. the futures indicate we could see the s&p 500, the broader index, falling by about 0.8%. similar situation for the dow. but remember, some of the markets have been up and down to the tune of inexcess of 4%, from one day to the next this week. it is a very difficult market to call. and of course, volatility does reign supreme, andrew. >> i'm glad you say that, nina. take a look at this. this does say it all. this takes in the movement of the dow, from last thursday, to yesterday, this thursday. the last trading week. we start last thursday. down 513 points, 4.3%. that came after there was intervention by japan to take the strength out of the yen. and intervention by the european central bank. it was, the single worse day since 2008. a slight rally there,

. >> australia? >> australia? >> george turner marsh. >> no trees at all. people see trees in the city and think they may have been made. sand and scrub. at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1900, so if you are ever stuck in traffic in the six-lane boulevard in 19th avenue, imagine what it was like back then. >> [inaudible] i would say this is after they began to develop some homesteading entries. >> it was a large chicken ranch out there. lawson chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little races with their horses and carriages and the sea horse races