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you can help us stuff a truck, a whole bunch of trucks, by donating to the capital area food bank. care has more onan you help by make a phone call. >> that's right. we have the folk here from the capital area food bank. they have been answering the phone all morning long here and we definitely do need people's help. nicole durant is with the capital area food bank. she manages the volunteer program. give us an idea how people can help out. sometime they think well, i can't make it down to a giant location. what can people do it help out. >> there are a number of did you have rent ways to help out. they can call the phone bank number, call us at capital area food bank or yoko very -- or donate online. >> give us an idea what the status is. need has grown. our agency has already in h. a 5% -- had a 25% increase in the need. >> people can donate up until 10:00 here today. they are manning the phones. but we are at the different locations until 11:00 tonight. you can hear the phones are ringing now. but again, nonper,able -- nonperishable food items is what they are crossing at all of the ons. if you

phase one focuses on the stress tests and capital ratios already issued by the fed. they require american bankswith more than $50 billion in assets to show they can meet a risk- based capital ratio of 5%. phase two is based on the fed's adaptation of the "basel three" international banking standards. those rules are expected in 2019. they boost capital ratios to 7%, and add additional surcharges for the biggest banks. the fed is taking public comment on the proposals until march 31. >> i came to realize that they really wanted jobs, good jobs. >> suzanne: still ahead-- how one coffee company helps small farmers in africa by rethinking the way they do business. our series "conscious capital" continues. >> tom: it was supposed to be the biggest deal of the year. now, it's the biggest dud of a deal in a decade. in deciding to end its effort to buy t-mobile, at&t claimed not completing the merger doesn't change the reality of the wireless industry facing a capacity crunch. erika miller takes a closer look at the options left for at&t and t-mobile. >> reporter: it's no secret that we americans love

phase one focuses on the stress tests and capital ratios already issued by the fed. they require american bankswith more than $50 billion in assets to show they can meet a risk- based capital ratio of 5%. phase two is based on the fed's adaptation of the "basel three" international banking standards. those rules are expected in 2019. they boost capital ratios to 7%, and add additional surcharges for the biggest banks. the fed is taking public comment on the proposals until march 31. >> i came to realize that they really wanted jobs, good jobs. >> suzanne: still ahead-- how one coffee company helps small farmers in africa by rethinking the way they do business. our series "conscious capital" continues. >> tom: it was supposed to be the biggest deal of the year. now, it's the biggest dud of a deal in a decade. in deciding to end its effort to buy t-mobile, at&t claimed not completing the merger doesn't change the reality of the wireless industry facing a capacity crunch. erika miller takes a closer look at the options left for at&t and t-mobile. >> reporter: it's no secret that we americans love

phase one focuses on the stress tests and capital ratios already issued by the fed. they require american bankswith more than $50 billion in assets to show they can meet a risk- based capital ratio of 5%. phase two is based on the fed's adaptation of the "basel three" international banking standards. those rules are expected in 2019. they boost capital ratios to 7%, and add additional surcharges for the biggest banks. the fed is taking public comment on the proposals until march 31. >> i came to realize that they really wanted jobs, good jobs. >> suzanne: still ahead-- how one coffee company helps small farmers in africa by rethinking the way they do business. our series "conscious capital" continues. >> tom: it was supposed to be the biggest deal of the year. now, it's the biggest dud of a deal in a decade. in deciding to end its effort to buy t-mobile, at&t claimed not completing the merger doesn't change the reality of the wireless industry facing a capacity crunch. erika miller takes a closer look at the options left for at&t and t-mobile. >> reporter: it's no secret that we americans love

capital. the latest eba tests were based on tighter core capital regulations. media reports say germany's banksave the total shortfall of 10 billion euros. commerzbank reportedly has the largest core capital shortfall amounting to some 5 billion euros. at germany's number one, a bridge bank, the shortfall is said to about 3 billion euros. the cooperative bank could be 50 billion euros down. the remaining 1.5 billion euros shortfall is on the balance sheet of two state-backed regional banks. the latter claimed in october that it would manage without outside help. >> brazil's economic boom has come to a sudden end. the government said the economy was stagnant in the third quarter but up says brazilians have pared back private spending and companies that put off major investments. brazil is a major exporter. the eurozone debt crisis is making itself felt. experts agree plans of america's largest economy will be sharply lower for the year, at 3% in 2011. germany produces lots of high- tech industrial products, but when it comes to information technology, it is actually lagging behind. according to

on down. sun is coming up and temperatures were warming up out here. i'm joined by crystal with the capital area food bank and we have one of our first donation, mr. michael hill. >> he has a personal plea. >> i have a challenge to extent out to all the employees at bob- bmw and especially mr. brian blakesly. >> you're calling him out. >> make a donation,. >> this is a personal donation from you. >> from my mother and the hill family of gaithersburg, maryland. >> we have a personal challenge here. we appreciate you coming out and joining us i. >> i thank you very kindly. crystal, i want to talk to you. tell us about what a great cause this is. tell us about what you guys do year round and what we can expect today. >> the capital area food bank has been around over 30 years, serving the community, washington, d.c., prince george's countiy and northern virginia. there are over 641,000 people at risk of hunger. this is the largest food drive ever. >> how much food did you raise last year and what are we hoping to raise this year? >> we raised over 54,000 pounds laugh year and over $125,000 this year and we j

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reinstalled as the german sovereign bank fund which may help german banks to put bill the new capital requirements installed by the european union. one bank that is said to need the help, potentially, of this rescue bond is commerz. >> here are some of the closing numbers, the blue-chip dax closing higher. 2369 in new york on the dow in late trading. there they are a 12,300. euro at $1.3378. back to you. >> thank you for that, steve. secretary of state clinton says the u.s. as serious concerns about the russian parliamentary elections speaking on the sidelines of the afghanistan conference in bonn. the independent election monitors suggest there may have been electoral fraud and manipulation of voting lists. russian voters deserve people investigation. the united it russian party of medvedev and vladimir putin convincingly won, but their share of the vote fell to 50% down from 64% four years ago. >> a pulse type election meeting. president dmitry medvedev the think his team and downplayed all talk of fraud. >> united pressure party that the votes it deserves, as of these elections were honest, fair, and democratic. isupport for the p

germany's second-largest bank was able to raise a similar amount from shareholders in june with write-downs on greek sovereign debt and tougher capital rules. the italian banks did not do well in the latest round of stress tests carried out by the european banking authority. lenders say that they are considering legal action to dispute the results. they say that 65 european lenders will need to further increase their capital reserves amongst signs that the debt crisis could worsen. the italian banks have been told that they need to raise capital levels by 15 billion euros. it reported capital shortfall of 8 billion euros. we stay in italy, where thousands of workers were on strike to protest the government's planned austerity measures. the prime minister insists that the reforms are vital to avert financial disaster in the country. labor unions say that the latest package will hit individuals that are least able to shoulder the financial burden. >> the country's three biggest unions mounted a protest outside of the parliament in rome. they claimed that the government austerity measures hit workers and pensioners, leaving the rich uns