call this toll-free number now. >>> from cnn london, i'm charles hodson.come back to "world business today." quick look at the european stock market. positive session. still green arrows across the board. up by more than 1%. zurich is up the least much just over 1%. decent gains for the zee tra dax. decent amount of corporate views seems to be feeding it. it's perhaps more the corporate news flow than the political news flow. markets are waiting to see what will happen in italy. meanwhile in asia, stock markets ended tuesday's sessions with mixed results. the nikkei was down by 1.25% after exporters lost ground about the strong yen or lower. i think the 78 is not bad. the big market mover was the camera maker olympus and shares tumbled 29% after the company revealed it hid heavy losses in securities investments. hong kong hang seng ended flat despite gains in the banking sector. as for the asx 200 in australia, that finished half a percent higher. in terms of wall street, we're looking at a mixed open after the dow rallied on monday. alison kosik is at the

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. >>> good morning from cnn london, i'm charles hodson, this is "world business today." here are our top stories on monday, november 7th. as the greek prime minister george papandreou prepares to bow out of politics, the focus shifts to italy, can silvio berlusconi's political career survive another parliamentary vote? >>> tourism in thailand takes a knock as business travelers and holidaymakers cancel their trips. we look at the areas still safe to visit. >>> and civil war in libya left the country's economy in tatters. could islamic banking be the solution to its financial problems? of course somebody said 50 odd years ago, a week was a long time in politics. he wasn't kidding. this time last week, europe looked if it had pulled back from ruin. then there was news on a greek referendum and that brought on a week of turmoil and that sink feeling was back as far as the markets were concerned. this man, the greek prime minister george papandreou has agreed to step aside. now the spotlight is on italy where the political future of silvio berlusconi hangs in the balance. we

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i'm charles hodson. >>> good afternoon from hong kong. you're watching "world business today." >>> police are moving protesters out of new york's zuccotti park. >>> australian prime minister wants to lift a ban on uranium imports to india. it may be economically sound, but it's also politically sensitive. >>> and the world's richest man tells us why there's always opportunity in the midst of crisis. >>> but first. >> the whole world is watching! the whole world is watching! the whole world is watching! >> you're looking at new video shot in new york just a short time ago. occupy wall street protesters began chanting at police and putting up resistance after officers moved in to evict them from zuccotti park in the middle of the night. a tweet the new york mayor michael bloomberg said the evacuation is only temporary and protesters can return after the park is cleared. the park has been a tent city since protesters moved in back in october. poppy harlow joins us live from the park. tell us what's going on. >> i've been here for about 2 1/2

i'm charles hodson. tuesday, the first of november. >>> the greek bailout is now in the hands of the greek people at great risk to the euro-zone debt. >>> mf global is forced to declare bankruptcy protection. >>> weakness in europe and the united states spreads to china, slowing down the factories pow iring the world's second largest economy. >>> well, a new trading day has just begun in europe. we're expecting and getting losses, but we'll have prices in a moment as soon as they're reasonable. they've slipped for the second day in in a row following the u.s. market slide on monday's trading. japan and australia failed to bring any support. our business analyst has more. hi, remy. >> hi, charles. firsts let's turn to china. official data released yesterday shows china's pmi came in at 50.4 for china. this new growth is near a three-year low. sluggish demand pulled down production and export orders there. also today, the reserve bank of australia cut its benchmark interest rate, the cash rate from 4.75% t

charles hodson, futures are up.ll you there is a lot of hope that at some point here they've got to figure out the eu mess and really be clear about how they will fix europe's debt problem, charles. >> i think you're right. you've hit the nail on the head. this is the absolute major question. really all the way around the world. as you said we've got some reasonably good news out of the real economy in the united states over the weekend and might get more in terms of the jobs market. but basically those are side issues compared to this issue of where is this european debt crisis going? in particular, european leaders, are they going to be able to get on top of it because they've been slow in getting ahead of it. it seems to have overtaken them making what feels like belated efforts to get ahead of it. talking about some progress made behind the scenes, even speculation 30% of european sovereign bonds could be underwritten in effect by governments but we really need to see exactly what is going to happen. meanwhile,