tim brant will have a big game with the ravens. >> women having secret relationships with men in prisonat are the risks and do the women have any regrets? >> ovechkin. he scores. >> two washington capitals have made the squad of the all-star. this will be the great 's fifth trip there. >> mike green is on the injured list until the first of february, at least. >> tim brant has the rest of the morning's sports. >> good morning. tgif. divisional playoffs in the national football league. in baltimore, the ravens are gearing up for houston. guys like ray lewis know they are running out of time for another super bowl ring. >> we have been in the playoffs. getting here is not good enough anymore. everybody knows their expectations. we are expected to make the playoffs but we want the ultimate goal, the super bowl. >> the capitals will play the tampa bay lightning. the wizards will be looking for their second win in philadelphia. have a great day, everybody. >> thank you. same to you. it's 38 degrees in woodbrige this morning. the news continues at 5:30. >> still ahead in the next half- hour,

tim brant has an idea coming up. >> personal side of the oscar- winning actress angelina jolie . brad pitt said that he was going to quit acting by 50. >> i will ask him tonight. >> a daytime exclusive. when your kids ask that you used to wear blood around your neck -- >> i will say that i did. >>> pounding up the middle. the ball is taken off by west virginia back the other way. >> in the seasonal bowl games the teams kept in managing to raise the bar. last night is was the west virginia. the title or broken numerous records. 70-33 was the score. >> that is a be datdown. the tigers led 17-14 after the first quarter. >> tim brant has the rest of sports. >> the georgetown team knew that marquette was coming to town last night with intentions of upsetting them. i don't think they expected to be down 17 points in the second half. they battled back from 17. tied at 68, clark takes it into his own hands to the bucket. clark had 26. it was tied at 70. thompson becomes a hero. what tim. -- watch him. 11 straight wins for georgetown. we will see and if there's enough development from the

watching abc7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson, maureen bunyan, chief meteorologist doug hill, and tim brant. this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> we continue with a look at the safety of americans at home. >> homeland security director janet napolitano said in her state of the nation address that border protection is helping. illegal border crossings are down 53%. she said there are plans to expand the tsa airport program. >> consumer income is on the rise, but many people are not spending the extra money. personal income rose 0.5% in december but spending was unchanged. the workers saved four out of every $100 after-tax. it>> the longtime california home of gerald ford is for sale. the but the home in 1978 and is located on a golf course with five bedrooms, six bathrooms spot among bathtubs,-- spa bathtubs, and a phone with the presidential seal. >> a pair of louisa county va. schools opened first time since the earthquake in august. it closed an elementary and middle school. the five-day week will resume, but they will be in mobile classrooms. it was easy to forget about that, and

tambrands -- tmim brant talked to joe paterno recently. >> i had a couple of chances.ht, why? is it an ego trip? i figured i would stay. >> joe paterno was 85. a matchup of the nhl. what a game earlier today between the capitals and the pink ones. -- penguins. alex ovechkin sheets and scores. -- shoots and scores. evgeni malkin gets the puck to neal. he finds the back of the nets. the capitals lose 4-3. home at the horizon center against the celtics. first quarter late in the game, the wizards are down by five. the wizards are down by three. the celtics are just a better team. they are a veteran team. garnett had 17. the celtics went 100-94. the lady terps lost a heartbreaker today. the final 80-72. >> is it too soon to say maybe next year? >> you can go there. >> thank you very much, we will be right back. >> this picture is a rainbow over the potomac. take a look at it. our forecast for tomorrow, 45 to 54 a day time high. we have a freezing rain advisory for tonight for most of the area. no snow at site. >> a roller-coaster winter. >> thank you so much for joining

watching abc7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson, maureen bunyan, meteorologist doug hill, and tim brant sports. this is abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >> a design flaw in the new world trade center project could hurt the time. >> they will build 5 temporary loading days before ground. the price tag sitting at $3.80 billion. they should be moving in by early 2015. >> the occupy encampment will be able to stay at least for now. the federal government must notify the occupy in canada and head of time but they intend to clear mcpherson square. that is the site of the camp. this decision means the protesters will have the opportunity to challenge their eviction. mayor vincent gray has urged park police to clear the park citing public health concerns. >> maryland gov. martin o'malley is taking a stand in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. he proposed the bill in front of the senate judiciary committee today saying the bill offers legal protections to children of gay couples. a similar bill stalled in the house on part because of the religious concerns. this year's bill offers additiona

. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson doug hill, and tim brant sports. >> today president obama made his pick to run the consumer bureau. a came after senators blocked the nomination in december. the president stood his ground and back his pick. >> now is the time to do everything we can to protect consumers to prevent financial crises like the one we banter from ever happening again. that starts with letting richard do his job. >> 44 senators rejected the nomination. it is not over his credentials but the powers given to the new agency. gop leaders try to find out if his appointment was illegal. >>> a federal judge in new orleans has ordered a temporary halt of payments from a compensation fund. they require 6% of settlement money be set aside for hundreds of plaintiffs attorneys. they are trying to reformulate payments and comply with the order. >> 7 is on your side as it appears america's love for coffee and doughnuts is withstanding a recession. they announce they're going to double locations over the next 20 years. there are currently about 7000 the condone

watching abc7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson, maureen bunyan, meteorologist doug hill, and tim brantur side. >> a telephone a glitch could mean a one-day delay in unemployment checks. >> for several days, but people collecting unemployment were unable to call in to verify the state law. they have the option of checking in online or visiting an unemployment office >> helping to bring up the property values of apple stores. the real estate website zillow says they are the most valuable change in the west more than $47,000 worth of merchandise per square foot is worldwide giving them almost the same value per square foot as the white house. the next most about evil chain, tiffany, taking in 40% less than apple. >> the sale of tablets and e- readers surged over the holidays. the number of americans owning one of doubled and the surge was due in part to lower prices from competitors to the apple ipad. >> the space shuttle discovery will soon have a permanent home in virginia. it will be taking its final destination and is scheduled to arrive at dulles on the back of a boeing 737 in april.

brant stedecker enjoys the early season at victory. nadal and djokobvic, the australian open. we go to the third. djokovic, winds up that big forehand. taking the third six-two. the pounding of the groundstroke continues. that sales what. gives nadal a tie break. nadal giving in to fa tigue. djokovic the serve for the match. in 5 hours, 53 minutes, the longest grand slam final in history takes the australian open 70-5. that was a great match. please stay with us. one more check on the weather.

tim brant over the years has had numerous interviews with joe turner.down with him two years ago and he had this to say. >> you once told me that you would coach as long as you feel good. >> yeah. >> the fire is still burning isn't it? >> yeah, not to sound cornball, but i really enjoy it. it is hard to describe to people who have not been there but when you run out on the sideline when you have a big- time football game, there are things going around, the state the first down, -- u. syncyou sneak the first down, it is fun. i don't know if i would do it -- i don't know what i would do if i did not have it. i don't like the alternative. >> joe paterno is 85 years old. the georgetown hoyas had their hands full with a team on paper that they should have handled easily but they play the game on the court. georgetown on the break finishing strong. rutgers up by 2. carter that is good. he made the final six points of the game for georgetown, including three free throws. georgetown hangs on to win a tough one 52-50. maryland playing in philadelphia against tem

you can't have a brant new dog walker train a new one. it lowers the threshold for dog walkers into the regulated cat combore from walking four or more dogs to two or more dogs. i got feedback that it would be unfair to distinguish dog walkers and require only those walking four or more at a time to get a permanent, so it has been lowered to two. in terms of publishing the names of people who violate the ordinance. that will be limited to people who violate the ordinance three or four times in a 12-month period. in other words, serial violators. the big popic of discussion is the number of taugs. there has been a debate between six and eight for a while. the legislation compromises at seven, but i welcome feedback today for people to expression their issues on that. and i look forward to hearing from my colleagues to see what they think about it. i will note that the golden gametime national recreation area and presidio trust have contacted me. they are going to be implementing their own dog walker legislation, and they end to cap the num

tim brant called the game. maryland hangs on to win, 73-69.outside, and he drains the 3 cutting the lead. at 8 seconds to go, brown has said, cannot find anyone. throws it up at the buzzer, no dice. uva wins, 61-60. pittsburgh hosting georgetown. baseline sticks the jumper, 50-44 pittsburgh. less than four minutes to go, patterson penetrates, the dish the light out. they went 72-60. pittsburgh is 11-0 at home. towson posting unc-wilmington. the tigers. the press, of the slam. towson finally breaks their 41- game losing streak, winning 66- 61, it was the longest drought in n.c.a.a. history. statistics have a funny way of putting things in perspective. dogwood sitting on top of the major leader board he has come away with the trophy. it a good omen, considering his play at the golf championship tiger woods with the birdie attempt. curve's it right into the cup. tiger goes to 10 under par. 18th hole, keep doing it, tiger since the birdie putt. he finishes six under 66, tied for the lead at 11 under par. hometown lot of the prime-time stage, ashle

slowly heading higher but still makes in today's trade light sweet is struggling to take off while brant is adding a dollar per barrel. higher led by banking stocks investors are waiting for the e.u. finance ministers decision on the terms of a greek debt restructuring deal they're ready to accept the footsie is adding a point three percent of the dax is losing over over a quarter of a percent here in russia the markets. the markets have lost their previous games and are trading in the red at the r.t.s. is losing point three percent the my xix is point seven percent down and here the top movers on the line six russia's largest oil company has slipped into the red despite strong the world prices bank is losing almost half a percent after rising one percent at the start of the session and the lender has completed acquisition of the dollars investment and mobile operator m.t.s. is around thirty percent of the way. european leaders are meeting on monday to discuss a long term plan to tackle the region's debt crisis say it's the massive debt write down for greece that could put yourself back

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the alpha type for risk this hour in the w t i's at around ninety nine and a half dollars a barrel brant is that more than one hundred eleven dollars. an hour into equities european indices started the trading session higher after on monday the e.u. leaders agreed to boost fiscal integration german unemployment data is being released this hour both the footsie and the dax are at more than one percent. and here in moscow the markets are on a positive note tracking be upbeat sentiment in asia and now in europe the r.t.s. is up more than one of the how for sound while the my six is gaining around want to see. and the biggest movers on the my sixes very bank is higher on ease concerns about the euro debt crisis energy majors are also higher with rosneft almost one percent in the block and russia's biggest drugstore chain thirty six point six is among the top gainers that's in the news that it plans to open a drug discount chain to boost sales. stronger while is pushing the russian currency higher against the dollar however the ruble is still lower to the euro. the dollar's also lower against

prices right now on light sweet is currently trading at ninety eight dollars per barrel while the brant blend is that of one hundred ten dollars of the three on cents per barrel crude prices of course heading higher after that all apart against iran now let's take a look at the u.s. markets which i have slipped into negative territory agree that traders dominate in trading over in europe markets closed in the black the case benchmarks up in the higher producer by gains for banks and oil stocks but most in very basters observing that stocks in greece as well here in russia the markets are also closed both the ideas and the why stocks end of the trading session on the positive note but they are they are starting over one and a half percent secular governments hope movers on the my sites russia's largest oil company of rolls that recovered from earlier losses and managed to gain one and a half percent this burbank which was operating on the day there then managed to escape the negative territory and from point one percent. to ask came around the end of the day over one percent and the blac

increases risk appetite now this hour what we're seeing is yet again above one hundred dollars per barrel brant is above one hundred twenty. now european indices the stuff the e.u. leaders agreed on monday evening to boost school integration germany's unemployment data came out a few hours ago presently surprised investors fell to the lowest level since the creation of the euro zone although the same sophistic rose to a record high of the euro zone for the eurozone as a whole now this hour both of them about more than point eight percent. here in moscow pretty much the same picture as we've seen the previous hours m i six is up by around one percent around to take a look at what's moving the. financial shares including. gaining energy majors up also. so up ross nafta is up one point two percent this hour russia's biggest drugstore chain thirty six point six is among top gainers that's on news their plans to open a drug discount trying to boost. the been seen will be back around fifty five minutes time with an update also that. this is all to see live from your headlines now russia's foreign min

which in turn increases risk appetite this hour w c i is well above one hundred dollars per barrel brant is at one hundred twelve. because he is now european indices are still upbeat after the e.u. leaders agreed on monday evening to boost fiscal integration germany's unemployment data also came out a few hours ago presently surprising investors have fell to the lowest level since the creation of the euro zone the footsie is up point eight percent the dax one percent. and in russia another one was seventeen minutes to go on the clock for both the out years under my six and they're up one point nine ten point eight percent respectively secular what's moving in the my six which is lower than the r.t.s. because of the strengthening of the group banking shares include bank which are up one point three percent shares are up by. just the knowledge there's a very high oil prices as we've seen and the largest the drugstore chain thirty six point six is among the top again it's up almost two percent on news of plans to open a drug discount chain to boost sales. and other news russia's economic ex

which is expected to boost demand light sweet is getting close to one hundred three dollars a barrel brant has gone over one hundred thirteen. quick check on the stock markets now luxury goods are doing well of the swatch group revealed better than expected sales for last year. has put on five percent in paris the foot over a percent frankfurt over. the markets here in moscow also on the rise as we move towards the evening is up almost three percent the most six foremost to this hour. and now the biggest movers on the my six majors or on the rise paul to post stronger crude oil is up around two percent truck make a commercial is also gaining reported a forty percent increase in sales for twenty eleven retailer seven continents however is among the many losers following rick. the parent company plans to buy back twenty five percent of its shares at a record low price. last year was turbulent for the russian stock markets they lost a real twenty percent of their value some experts believe this you could be just as bird from v t b capital explain some of the major risk factors for that to hap

embargo bronze exports comes into force in july this hour that hundred ninety nine dollars a barrel brant is up one hundred eleven. and now on to equities asia started the week with losses for many in mainland china on monday is the first day back after the lunar new year holiday and investors are disappointed with continued tight monetary and fiscal policy in china and tokyo exports are suffering from a stronger yeah and toyota is down almost one percent and hong kong the hang seng is shedding three quarters of a percent. and here in moscow the market started monday's trading session in the red the r.t.s. is shedding a third of a percent this hour the my six is down around the corner of a percent in the first hour of trade. looking ahead that the trading week u.s. economic growth figures released a late friday were very disappointing douglas' role from world says that may have a knock on effect although generally the sentiment is rather positive. even with your correction i think the market will still see some shift from oil and gas names into a banking stocks and maybe after a bit of a

is that under ninety nine dollars a barrel brant is edging closer to one hundred and eleven dollars. and now on to the equities and asia are there in the red this hour the main drag is these series of s. and p. downgrade the major european economies including france and austria and stole that talks in greece tokyo's nikkei is down more than one and a half percent this hour with the financials alz the main loser and in hong kong the hang seng is shedding roughly one percent. and the russian markets have opened sharply in the red on this and b. downgrades both the r.t.s. and the my socks are currently losing around one percent which. the russian stock market lost twenty percent last year in defiance of its longstanding correlation with the oil price which games twenty five percent chris weaker from troika dialog says this year russia's equity markets will close we monitor the european debt crisis rather than follow the crude. the equity market is moving much more with the global trend rather than the oil price but that's only the case so long as your price remains above and the accepta

consumer credit data from the united states light sweet as close to one hundred three dollars a barrel brant is at around one hundred thirteen a half dollars. and now on to equities banking shares are pushing european indices higher the footsies gaining around one percent and germany the dax is up more than two and a half percent but investors must still be very worried about their future if on monday they bought for by. euro's worth of german bonds with a negative yield meeting bet in asset that's guaranteed to make no money and the markets here in moscow were quite upbeat the r.t.s. is up almost two and a half percent this hour the my six is putting on one and two thirds of a percent. now on to the biggest movers on the y. six or oil majors are on the rise supported by strong group crude lukoil is up over two percent financials are also gaining with russia's biggest lender sabera bank three percent in the black and retailer seven continent is among the main over losers this hour following reports that its parent company plans to buy back twenty five percent of its shares at a record low pr

weighing against those worries about iran that we've been discussing in a previous bull terms meanwhile brant is below just below one hundred ten dollars per barrel. so you look at the opening picture in the u.s. and the markets there are flat to negative early trading as investors worry that a greece debt deal may fall through pretty much the same picture over in europe for the same reason as greece and as private creditors continue to negotiate over the terms of a hoped for that swap deal in britain the forces down one percent the dax a one point one percent with commerzbank being one of the biggest losers and siemens is also losing after putting a drop in fiscal first quarter profit. is the closing picture in russia how the arts yes my six ended percent and point seven percent down what we saw is a banking and energy stocks among the main losers lukoil notably down one point eight percent the company is planning to invest more than one billion dollars in its oil rich trips to top field in siberia however chemicals make a cut on the was among the biggest gainers of the day up almost two per

international monetary fund warns of a twenty to thirty percent price spike if they are disrupted brant burns is trading over one hundred and eleven dollars a barrel while just under one hundred dollars. european markets are down and by banks and mining stocks because footsie is losing just. just under half a percent while germany's dax is slightly in the red rewritten to down one point three percent and shares of american barclays are losing over one percent here in russia markets have picked up slightly but are continuing to trade in the red losing over a quarter of a percent while the my six is flat let's say the biggest movers on the lies express is losing marginally the positive start of the day helped by news about its privatization energy majors are losing ground despite strong oil and gas is down around two thirds of a percent. continues to slump the metal giant has increased production by seven percent in two thousand and eleven. currencies the ruble is lowered to the dollar amid weakening global demand for risk. some profit taking ahead of the weekend however the rest because

seeing is light sweet now below one hundred dollars a barrel was still up one dollar ten cents and brant is at hundred eleven dollars seventy eight cents per barrel. u.s. stocks are negative slightly this out within a half a percent with the main the concerns raised by u.s. consumer confidence retreating in january on the worries about income prospects. in europe markets that will soon be using most of this the just well thought of a percent that's off the you need is a. monday evening to boost the school integration germany's unemployment data came out also today i am pleasantly surprising to investors and fell to the lowest level since the creation of euro zone all the same for the sick rose to a record high for the eurozone as a whole this hour as i mentioned for you the fact that not just point three percent well we saw them up more than one percent so just an hour ago. this is the closing picture in moscow in the r.t.s. and my sex managed to maintain gains at the close up to two percent for the r.t.s. my six one point two percent was the stronger ruble now financial shares were stro

built into the oil price from now on at the moment is that more than ninety nine dollars a barrel brant is topping one hundred eleven dollars. and to now and to equities in asia are there in the red the sour the main drag is a series of s. and p. downgrade of major european economies including france and austria and stalled debt talks in greece tokyo's nikkei is down less than one of a half percent of the sour but the financial sector is the biggest loser in hong kong the hang seng is shedding roughly one percent. and the brush the markets are trading sharply down on s. and p. downgrade both the r.t.s. and the my six are currently losing around one percent. and now on to the main movers on the my six the sour energy majors are performing on stronger oil prices the largest private oil company lube oil is shedding three quarters of a percent oil pipeline operator trans nafta manages to stay in the block sustaining last week's momentum banking stocks are hurting though this bear bag more than half a percent of the bread. the russian stock market lost twenty percent last last year in defian

the us economy boosting oil demand this hour w t i is just under one hundred one dollars per barrel brant is at one hundred and twelve. there of the markets are also following that u.s. effort was a decision now in the markets they're expecting the potential strength of the u.s. economy to benefit those across the ocean both the footsie added actually up more than one percent the south. caucasus and russia also continuing their climb the odds he has is above fifteen thousand and five good fifty fifty one hundred and fifty points to be exact not more than the two point three percent highest point since november my six also up more than one percent second to what's moving the my sex abuse the metals demand is pushing minus seven dollars lost some ground but it's still up almost three point one percent so this is our number of good steel is also strong banking stocks continue to rally improving sentiment about the euro zone's debt crisis putting the. bank leading is up more than three percent that's out. now finally currencies ruble is slightly lower versus the euro but it's much stronger ve

into the oil price from now on at the moment the w t i is that more than ninety nine dollars a barrel brant is a one hundred eleven and a half dollars. the russian stock market lost twenty percent last year in defiance of its longstanding correlation with the price of oil which gained about twenty five percent chris we for dialogue says russia's equity markets this year will closely monitor the european debt crisis rather than following crude. the equity market is moving much more with the global trend rather than the oil price but that's only the case so long as your price remains above and acceptable limits for the budget which is approximately ninety dollars in terms of the deficit and below about one twenty five dollars which would then start to affect global growth so it's a background issue when we spend a lot of time talking about it but the reality is that it's much less important than how the stock market performs than what happens in europe. china's growth holds up and what the government actually does in terms of you know trying to improve the investment in the business climate w

economy boosting oil demand this hour that of each eye is that ninety nine and a half dollars a barrel brant is at around one hundred ten and the war. and the european markets are higher this hour following that two u.s. fed reserve decision that i already mentioned they expect the potential strength of the u.s. economy to benefit those across the ocean the footsie is about a third of a percent higher the dax is adding roughly the same. and the russian markets of posting strong gains the r.t.s. has come down from its highest point since last november but it's still trading around around want to have percent higher and the my sex is around half percent hard right. and now. now the biggest movers on the my sex abuse than the demand for metals is pushing the metal stocks higher severstal is now up two percent whereas new novel of the sixty you is trading almost two and a half percent higher and banking stocks continue to rally on the improved sentiment about the eurozone debt crisis with the bear bank well over two percent this hour. and now the currencies of the ruble is slightly lower to the

improved sentiment about the global economy the w t i is that almost one hundred two dollars a barrel brant is that one hundred and eleven dollars. and now on to equities european stocks are in the black following the i.m.f. decision to move to one trillion dollars the amount of money set aside for fighting the euro debt crisis in london the footsie is that around to tell you the percent germany's dax is gaining roughly the same. and that's another choppy trading day for the russian markets but they're managing to stay in the positive territory at this hour as the r.t.s. is a third of a percent higher than my sex is up to temp of a percent. and now let's see the biggest movers on the license financials are on the rise this hour with russia's biggest lender is the bear bank gaining half a percentage point of metals want to positive it's reported that fifty seven percent growth in earnings for the fourth quarter of last year and electricity producing t.g. k nine is among the main gainer somebody is that its parent company is merging its energy assets with gas problem. and speaking up. that ma

economy boosting oil demand this hour put up the try has slipped below one hundred dollars a barrel brant is at around one hundred in the house dollars now on to equities and the european markets are higher early trade following the u.s. fed reserve decision which already mentioned they expect the potential strength of the u.s. economy to benefit those across the ocean the footsie is gaining around half a percent at the moment the dax is around one percent higher. and the russian markets a posting strong gains this hour the r.t.s. has come down from reaching its highest point since last november but it's still trading almost one of a half percent higher and the my sex is around half a percent higher. and let's check the biggest movers on the my sex abuse than the demand for metals is pushing metal stocks higher obviously severus all is up almost two percent whereas noble if it's steel is trading over two percent higher and banking stocks continue to rally on improved sentiment about the euro zone's that prices with their banks up almost two percent this hour and now onto currencies the ru

stock gained last week countered concern that iran may respond to that one margaux brant blend is close to one hundred eleven dollars per barrel while trading at over ninety nine dollars per barrel now into equities asia shares advance modestly with energy firms higher following the european embargo of iranian oil exports japan's in packs up two point eight percent in the consumer electronics sectors sony is losing almost three percent of reports about its tie up with the troubled olympus and hong kong and several other asian stock markets are closed for the living new year holiday. russian markets open lower on tuesday the r.t.s. is losing point one percent in the first minutes of trading column isaacs is shedding over a quarter of a percent michael steiner about criticize that the upcoming davos economic forum a bomb a speech tell us corporate results will keep investors busy all week long. given the improved outlook for the oil price because of the around news that we saw yesterday and given the very low valuations for russia generally and the fact that many of our clients continue t

about the health of the global economy the w t i is one hundred one in the quarter dollars a barrel brant is topping one hundred eleven dollars and now on to equities asia first to the in this is here just to a two month high the top of the i.m.f. these the worries about the euro debt crisis by boosting to one trillion dollars the amount of money set aside to deal with the issue tokyo's nikkei is gaining one percent this hour and hong kong property shares are among the name game was pushed the hang seng to more than one of the water percent higher. and the russian markets are gaining value in the second hour of trade the r.t.s. is up almost half a percent while the my six is a third of a percent in the want. and now let's see the biggest movers on the y. six financials are on the rise this hour with russia's biggest lenders very bank gaining more than one percent oil majors b.p. a sharply down this week the company begins drilling out its first offshore project in the vietnam and electricity producer canine is among the main gainers on the news that its parent companies merging of energy

will be built into the oil price at the moment the w g i is that under ninety nine dollars a barrel brant is edging closer to one hundred eleven dollars and now onto equities in asia they're in the red this hour their main drag is a series of s. and p. downgrade of major european economies including france and austria. and sold the debt talks in greece tokyo's nikkei is down around one and a half percent the sourwood the financial sector is the biggest loser and hong kong the hang saying is shedding close to one percent. share in moscow it's less than one hour ahead of the opening bell russian markets closed in the rattled friday the r.t.s. lost almost one percent while the y. six was down just a notch seem to shango from all cvs says despite the apparent pessimism the market has a good growth potential. you should have pretty good generally i think you know there is in their own news coming from europe. but statistics from states and some of the new russian probably continue to do nicely and it's probably play roshan sue for. a lot of people with a new tune on the way with mushrooms and

monetary fund warns about twenty to thirty percent world price spike directly in exports destructed brant blend is that over one hundred eleven dollars per barrel light sweet is above one hundred. european markets are still makes this with the u.k. stocks down heavyweight barclays is weighing on the index following in european sectors south on worries over the a sovereign debt crisis mining stocks also we've got two stocks also pressuring for the fourth see b.p. shares are down one and a half percent. here in russia the markets are sitting pretty much where they started struggling for direction the r.t.s. and the my socks are down by just more point two point one percent the second was moving the my sex financials are still strong as burbank beginning point six percent energy majors are at this point high oil prices down from losing half a percent and steelmaker kerry continues to slump in the market for us with a seven percent production increase in twenty eleven. currencies now and that's pretty clearly. situation rule is pretty flat though you can say it's down versus the dollar versus

i think it's court has sentenced a man to life in order prominent turkish army and journalist brant been acquitted nineteen other suspects. disappointing and injured so his supporters who marched to where he was shot dead to protest what they see as a state conspiracy they claim to have evidence that implicates police and officials of his mit thank you turkish nationalist party scribing the us means of armenians century and genocide. rain has triggered it widespread flooding and landslides cross through destroying homes and even farm that want to know more than i'm missing an entire village was displaced from the downpour caused the local river to burst its banks but in the end the importance of cusco landslide left dozens of people stranded on the roadside authorities have warned the rain is likely to continue in the next few days. well it's been a year since arranging protests by high unemployment and corruption brought regime change in tunisia but many economic problems in the country remain unresolved especially one region which is rich in natural resources is still mired in poverty

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oil price right now on at the moment the w t i a is up more than ninety nine and dollars a barrel brant is that one hundred mil levon and a half dollars and now onto equities europe first the indices are sliding after a series of s. and p. downgrades of major european economies including france and austria the footsie is down around half percent of the first hour of trade germany's dax is shedding roughly the same. and the russian markets are trading in the red on the s. and p. downgrade both the r.t.s. and the why six are currently losing ground however sound. and now on to the main movers on the my sexists our energy majors are outperforming all the stronger world prices the largest private old company lukoil is shedding over three quarters of a percent oil pipeline operator trans nafta has slipped into bread a struggling to keep last week's momentum banking stocks are hurting with spare bank point seven percent in the red. the russian stock market lost twenty percent last year in defiance of its longstanding correlation with the oil price which actually gained twenty five percent chr