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. >>> good morning from cnn london, i'm charles hodson. >>> and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." the top stories this thursday, september 29th. >> vote yes to say the euro. angela merkel takes the eu rescue package to the german parliament. >> while politicians rangel over the future, normal people are faced with radical new cuts. >>> and can the kindle fire set the tablet market ablaze. >>> okay. we'll start with the markets. we'll start with the asian markets today. a bit of a change here. we want to show you these pictures straight away. the hang seng index was closed for trading today. this is the reason. this is the result of typhoon nesat. it brought with it pretty strong winds, not to mention driving rain. this is the same storm that claimed some 34 lives in the philippines. it passed about 350 kilometers south of hong kong, quite a long way but not far enough to stop a severe weather warning issued resulting in the closure of schools and businesses, including the stock exchange. that was just hong kong. around the rest of

i'm manesha tank in hong kong. >> i'm charles hodson in london.you're watching cnn, the world's news leader where we don't punch each other. good-bye for now. >>> good morning to you. it is monday, september 19th this. is your "a.m. wake-up call."

for now i'm charles hodson in london. >> and i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. e you know, charles, i knew all those titles because i'm intimately acquainted with rihanna. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. good-bye for now.