here german companies like daimler, commerzbank and siemens foster the development of engineers, managers or marketing experts with high potential from africa. lucy murina was one of the first twenty participants. three years after taking part in the program, she tells us how she has been able to make use of this experience back home. lucy mutinda works out every morning for 40 minutes. she never misses a day. when she lived in germany, she regularly went to the gym. but now she's got a job in management and doesn't have much time. >> the days i don't do the work out, i feel like my head is clogged up. but once i do it in the morning, i shower and get ready for work i feel fresh to face >> these cd's are souvenirs of her time in germany. hannover for one year. after securing an educational scholarship, she completed an internship at the german auto parts company continental. lucy says she appreciated the value placed on order and punctuality in germany -- she could depend on things. at least most of the time. >> one day, i had trouble with the water in my apartment. i couldn't believe tha

in germany, the deutsche bank and commerzbank among the day's best. >> we stick in frankfurt were the blue-chip dax was higher on the day, 1.25% higher. it was a similar story for the euro stoxx 50. in new york, trading is still under way for the dow jones industrial average, currently little change. for the euro against the dollar, declining, $1.2260. british bank hsbc says it is expecting a $2 billion hit from scandals over money laundering and miss selling of investment products, but that is not putting that much of the debt in the firm's profits. >> net profit fell just 8% to about $8.5 billion in the first half of the year. earlier this month, hsbc admitted that it failed to apply rules against money- laundering. clients were allowed to move funds from countries like mexico and iran into the u.s. without proper checks bit of a u.s. senate report said that ultimately benefited drug dealers and terrorists. >> france's call for an emergency meeting at the u.n. this year on syria. the diplomatic deadlock that the security council remains as a fighting rages on, especially in the nort