banks are having to dish out more money to protect their leaders...a look at the rising premiums for boardroom insurance and what it means for shareholders. last several markets sections to in the past week last full week of trading in september the good news did not continue this didn't talk a sell-off continued stop from the highs of once the market action of last week to lows on friday we saw better in a 2% sell-off. him into the last week of september is surprising to see stock still in positive territory for the s&p five printer. given the fact september is traditionally one of the worst months in coming up this week and that we are getting off of each fund added that will test the market especially home prices which we are going to delve into that in just a few minutes and jobs on friday and as a big one. looking for those grains used to bloom here all expectations are the jobs numbers are going to prove to you to be awful but hoping that plan prices may start moving lower. this week, we get an another update on where home prices stand... and critics say we could be seeing artificial pri

the world's second- largest economy is uer new management and prime ministerukio hatoma has put boardrooms on noti that consumers are now at the head of the line >> we're retning power to the people! >> reporter:n other words, le pork barrel projects d corporate tax eaks. more cash r families, like ildcare subsidieand free high schl tuition. >> it's basically a shift demand from the rporate sector, household sector. we do pect positive impact from private consumption. buimpact on g.d.p. is probably nothg in 2010, because public demand wildecline. >> repter: joblessness is at a record nearly 6%. stead of throwing money at more roads andridges, the usual presiption for unemploynt, hatoyama is taking a page from president obama' environment-centric stimul plan. >> ( transled ): the auto industry used to be the pill of the japaneseconomy, but from now on, newndustries will he drive growth. similato president obama's proposal, weill have our own reen new deal.' >> repter: if hatoyama makes good on hiword, renewables will surgerom 2% of the energy pie, to 10%. >> ( translated ):reating new indus

what part of thidea of the leadership of lessons from the battle field to the boardroom? >> guest: to think that i think my last book i talk about how the world had changedince the collapse of the soviet union, all the factors of globalization, new rising powers and many other things. and how we didn't get it. we weren't adapting. leaders didn't understand and that was the cause of a lot of problems we're having. almost every facet of society. and as i was going through that book tour i was hearing from people that they were noticing that leadership didn't understand this world i was talking about. and that you were asking me why. and it'd been abrogated sort get it sorted pazienza, yeah, your ship is leadership. the principles are the same. the new world doesn't require anything differently. but i got so much i decided to say our people doing things differently, does this world require different approaches to leadership? so that was the first angle on the book. and i found as look to leaders that were succeeding where everybody else or most everybody else is failing, i f

the death of a forest, the the birth of big profits, dreaded by conservationists but treasured by boardrooms sarawak in malaysian borneo is the world's biggest exporter of tropical timber. this is an industry worth $2 billion a year and according to some, profit has taken the place of protection as the rain forests have virtually disappeared. it's made fortunes for some and led to widespread allegations of corruption. >> it is in fact public knowledge, i mean in sarawak mber concession or a parcel of land for oil palm plantation, money has to exchange hands, you know? the so-called undertable money. >> without transparency, it's difficult to know for sure. sarawak doesn't reveal details of the concessions given or revenue generated. it all comes under the leadership of the state's powerful chief minister, abdul taib bin mahmud. >> he's the only one who give licenses so in that nse of course even from the concessions that we can see. >> the government he making money carving sarawak into lucrative logging concession. they maintain most of this region, 70% of it, are still forests and most of

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history tells us that these women will move on to be leaders in corporate boardrooms, right?s of businesses. are they aware of their position, their power today, and in the future? >> absolutely. i think -- i think the women who touched on that most directly was united nations ambassador susan rice, who said that, of course, you know, in their current capacities they have a huge influence over policy and the future direction of this country, but, you know, beyond that, they're going to have an impact on all other areas -- >> yeah. >> -- of their professional life. and, you know, history has shown us, as you said, that when you leave the white house, you take that power and that influence with you to other areas of your professional life. so, you know, this is only the beginning. and this is the first time that we've seen so many african-american women serving at this level, having this access. >> and how about that, cynthia, on cue, cynthia rice -- susan rice, i'm sorry, susan rice speaking right now at the white house briefing. perfect, couldn't have been better. cynthia gor

were actually in the boardroom saying, the executive committee saying you have to stop this. this cannot be allowed to gon. his close friend was thumping the table saying, out there is an iceberg and w are going straig at it. believe in the titanic swerved. agn and again they were borrowing moley, losing money and they knethey had these three meetings. lay had the documents. we are going to go bust and we e going to down with $600 billion in debts. you canuy scandavia with that. they couldn't possibly have paid it bac there were these three warnings in front of me and when i came to write it, ts was my part. itma gid jump. i remember saying three things. three times they were ignored. it was probably the worst triple sinc st. peter denied christ's but that is what a ghostwriter is supposed to do. he is supposed to gather these things together and make them kind of come alive. now, the book made the "nework times" list after fiveays. and i he it will continue. it is a good book. larry was unbelievably brave. i mean, he really spilled the beans. i was always saying are you sure

they were actually in the board room, not the boardroom, the executive committee sing, you up to stop this. this cannot be allowed to go on. his ) saying out tre is an iceberg and we are going straight at it. even the titanics worked. and again and again they were boowing money, losinmoney and i knew they had ác things together and make them kind of come alive. now, the book made th"new york times" list after five days. i hope it will continue. it is a good boo larry was unbelievably brave. i mean, he really spilled the beans. i was always saying to him, are you sure you want to say that? he would say thats what happened and that is what we are going to say. at the end of it and i suppose it is a testimony to the book and in a sense it is a testimony to the book, he picked five of th mt important people and lehman brot@ers, the biggest brains ithe corporation who had helped him and you he had verified things with and each one of them read the book from cover to cover and not one of them made one serious change. not one. and he had told a story that was not only spectacularly truthful,

it's not to say that this is a great thing, it's just that the psychology within the boardroom and theecutives feel their own businesses are doing better -- a lot of ceos would say the market is ahead of its self, and we are not sure we can keep up with the market. now that sentiment seems to be changing. >> you have such a sunny disposition. >> you say the psychology changed, but doesn't that have to go hand and hand -- >> well, every time we are here we are talking about how to fix the financial system. there are 101 things that we need to do before we can create sustainable change. i don't want to suggest that the sentiment or psychological change is sustainable. i think we need to have serious financial reforms that needs to take place to make this a sustainable system. >> i am known as multilateral madeline. what do you think about the g-20 and what is happening -- >> we still have to fix the system. the banks are the under pinings of the environment. why the psychology is better, i am unclear. i am not sure the sentiment should be pushed this way. we need to fix the banks. they m

who approved the politicians wrong when they say all this activism and the rest was crafted in a boardroom street. the activism is not on astroturf as they like to put it. it is something that started at their kitchen tables and living room. it was born out of a cent -- of urgency about future. it was underwritten by you, not a public relations firm in washington. why did you do it? why did you and millions travel to the mall or wait in line at town halls from one end of the country to the other in the august heat? because you believe as i do that there is something special about america. you worried that week -- we may be one more bailout away, one more form away from losing our way as a nation, of the people, for the people, and by the people. these words have been building for a long time, even before last year postelection. they have reached a new level in recent months. as soon as democrats in congress decided to move forward with health care plan that would put the government in charge of one sixth of our economy, it which would lead to the same kind of denial and rationing we have s

they were actually in the board room, not the boardroom, the exute committee saying, you up to stop this. this cannot be allowed to go on. his ) saying out there is an iceberg and we are goi straight at it. even the titanics worked. anagain and again they were boowing money, losing money and i knew they had these three meetings. larry have the documents were they wer we are going to go down with $600 billion in debt. you can buy scandinavia with that and they couldn't possibly have paid it back. there were these three warnings in front of me and when i came to write it, this was my part. i had to make it jump. i remember saying three tngs, three times they were ignored. it was probably the worst trled since st. peter denied christ's but that is what a ghostwriter is supposed to do. we are supposed to gather tse things together and make them kind of come alive. now, the book made the "n york times" list after five days. i hope it will continue. it is a good book. larry was unbelievably brave. i mean, he really slled the beans. i was always sayi to him, are you sure you want to say that? h

you prove politicians are wrong when they say all this activism is crafted somehow in a boardroom.roots activism is not astroturf as they like to put it. it is something that started at your kitchen tables and living rooms, born out of this sense of urgency. it was underwritten by you not a public relations firm here in washington. [applause] so why did you do it? why did you and millions of others traveled to the mall or wait in lines from one end in the country to another? you believe, as i do, there is something special about america and you worry we may be one more bailout or so-called reform away from losing our way as a nation for the people, and by the people. these worries have been building for a long time but they have reached a new level in recent months. as soon as democrats decided to move forward with a plan that would put the government in charge of one sixth of our economy and would lead to the same kinds of rationing that we have seen in every other country that has adopted a similar system, the american people rose up. rather than address the concerns of all of yo