customs union is a very simple formula. we seem and -- we need the same level of customs with these two countries, and we have internal discussions to adopt these duties and protect them. it is an easy foreign -- is not that easy. and now we have agreed with them that most of the duties would be accepted on the same level as russia agreed before. all our talks with the wto members led us to a certain level of customs. the customs within the customs union will be at the same level. if we start working within the customs union from january the first, and the problem is that kazakhstan and byelorussia negotiated the same level with other russian members. for russia, it is not the problem to access the boat of. it will be more problems for kazakhstan and no rust -- bel erus. for russia, there is no level to access the wto. >> you had discussed that with others at the wto, because you recall, there were statements after the original statement, throwing doubt on the possibility of your coming in with the customs union as a whole.

a customs union. -- and kazastan, the creating of a customs union. people are observing and. we said, ok, if you do not want us to be within the wto as soon as possible, then we will create a customs union which will be enforced in january the first, 2010, and then we will synchronize accession along with the two and other countries. even making that announcement, president and prime minister said that our strategic aim is to become a member of the the boat of. -- of the wto. and then how to achieve this? and when we met in st. petersburg with mr. kirk, we said we had four issues left. let's find compromises. but if you want us to always do something and the american administration does not change the position, it is not a compromise. it is not the right way to work with russians. if you find something always, a special deal to make china a member of the wto, you have a different approaches to different countries like the ukraine, why don't you speak with us and find a real compromise which would be i

>>rachid: we have already now approached the gcc to establish a customs union between egypt and the gcc- this is under consideration at the moment >>reporter: and while growth next year in most of the gulf is expected to be stagnant, the egyptian economy is still expected to grow at over 4.5% >>o'sullivan: they are clearly going to be looking for markets like egypt because of the size of the market and because of the growth. >>reporter: the result is, according to egypt's finance minister, increasing interest from gcc investors. >>ghali: investors are coming back - they are beginning to poke around. we have seen some spending. so it is coming back. >>reporter: savola is just one example. >>klaiby: we are today putting a new investment of around 400 million dollars over the coming three years to expand our sugar industry and our full integration from the farming until the productivity for the market. >>reporter: the chairman of one of egypt's largest investment banks believes the relationship will only strengthen over time. >>saba: i think it's going to keep growing and growing and growi

longer can we >>> when he noticed a bank robbery in progress an alert bank customer springs into action. the wisconsin credit union security cameras show the suspect handing a note saying he has a gun and wants money. the guy in the yellow shirt goes to work. he runs up, tackles the robber and holds him down until the police arrive. >>> a legally insane killer who escaped during a mental hospital field trip to the county fair has been recaptured tonight. phillip arnold poll was caught walking near a road, the same deputy that arrested him after another escape back in 1991, caught him today. the authorities said it was a race against time to find the patient before his medication ran out of his system. he killed an elderly woman in 1987. the police are questioning why a criminally insane man was allowed to go on an outing to the county fair. >> this is a situation that in my opinion should not have happened i'll be asking the state legislature and governor and department of health sciences to change laws so this doesn't happen again. >> the governor of washington state says she is gravely concerned and has launched

customers. banks are starting debit card rewards programs to encourage the use of the cards. one credit union account that awards interest for using the debit card. overdraft fees are the would've for some banks. southwest airlines continues to fly with unauthorized parts. >> the maker of grand theft of video games is expecting its third quarter loss. the sales plunged. sales for the quarter topped analyst estimates. they are willing to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit. the lawsuit is because it did not say that there were some sex scenes on the video game. the faa is giving southwest airlines until christmas eve to replace the airline's that do not pose a safety risk for passengers even though they are not federally certified. financial shares leading the decline. some investors talking about more losses ahead for the banking industry. the bloomberg index fell for maryland. legg mason falling even though the company may be an acquisition target. citigroup raising its ratings on shares to buy and citing a positive risk/reward picture. i am reporting for wbal tv 11 news. >> there is no doub

union baptist church on druid hill avenue in west baltimore. bge teamed up with the office of home energy program and the upton community association to help qualifying customers assistance. bge wants to be proactive. they want their customers to be ready for the cold weather and not wait until they are in a crisis to take action. workers talked to customers about ways to save on bills and ways to pay it. >> very important in this day and age when prices are high, customers need that extra help to get over the hump. to pay utility bills. we here today to assist them a little. >> reporter: new eligibility guidelines, to qualify a household of one has a gross income of about $1,500. a household of two, a gross income of about $2,100. a household of three has about $2,600. tiki johnson hopes by applying for help early she can get her family safely through the winter months. >> the recession going on, it's a lot of problems and a lot of families and people can't afford, people losing out on jobs. it's a lot of things that would help provide, like, more food on the table for my children. >> reporter: sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> if you didn't make it to the energ

the banking experience has taken a hit and customer service has taken a huge hit, which is why people are going to the smaller banks and to credit unions pay attention. >> there you go. all right, thanks so much. now from finance to facts. spend your money wisely. >>> new york fashion week wrapped up the other day and we got a back stage peak at the glamorous life of a fashion magazine editor. >>> assii'm the senior fashion editor. fashion week is where all the designers flock to show their collections for the next season. so new york fashion week, it's my job to be out there and to find the new trends that we'll be using and shooting. so three three components to fashion week. there's the back stage, there's the runway itself and then there's the social part of it. back stage is very important. it's a place where i find the new models. what are we doing today is this. >> bringing a little more of the tom boy out of these girls. >> today there's a combination of a downtown eye and either this kind of blush or some of the girls we're just pinching. >> reporter: i'm going to counsel my new favorite model. >> do you get nervous before you

customer is going. what are your suppliers doing. what is the market like, what is work force like, if i am unionized what does the union think.if you are not constantly pulls in your world and environment and understanding where you fit and what's happening out there you are going to fail and the world has changed because even organizations that had a small environment, local or geographically small environme found out globalized. i have a story in the book about a n i met when i was giving a talk at a convention of food distributors in the midwest and he inherited from his grandfather a small food to stability company and he said when i took over this company i could draw a circle that may be included some parts or three or four stes that was my world, suppliers, customers everything. now i have suppliers a over the world, exotic food. i distribute all over the world. if you call me up and try to place an order it is done through an organization out of bangalore india that was my processing requests. he said i am globalized so a droughand political upheaval in some part of the world affects his business in the middle of the

union i com investing aggressively in the infrastructure. because they compete with each other. they are eager to build out the network ond sign out to customers and users and find key applications. search is the most fundamental, most needed application in the internet age. and it can make money. it's got a beautiful business model. so we hope that this will happen sooner rather than later. >> what happened between you and google? i know that they had a big investment. they sold it. they wanted to acquire baidu, and you said no, or what? >> i think baidu needs to be independent at this time. i think a lot of people haven't really realized the potential of this company. we started about ten years ago from scratch. and as i mentioned, four years ago when we went public, we had 40-something percent of shares and now we have more than 70%. >> huge growth. so you are expanding internationally, launching a japanese search engine in january of '08. what about the united states? are you expecting to expand here as well? >> japan is a strategic move by baidu. this is the first overseas market for us. we think we should invest for the long term. china

customers going, what are your suppliers doing. what is the market like, what is the economic condition? what is the work force? if i'm unionized what doeshe unio think? if you are not constantly parsing your world and environment and where you fit in that and what is happening i think you are going to fail, you are doomed to failure and the rld has changed because even organizations that have a small locally or geographilly smal and fire mht have found i have a story in the book about this i was giving a talk at a convention of food distributors in the midwest and he heard from his grandfather and father a small food distributing company and he said when i took over this company i could draw a circle that may be included some parts of three or four states that was my world, suppliers, customers, erything. he set now i have suppliers from all over the world, dafferent exotic food. if you call me up and try to place an order it is done throh an organization that works out of bangalore india and does my processing. he says i am globalized and so the drought in some part of the world political upheaval in some part of the world af

union square. get this. cadbury didn't have any shelf space at all. here's cadbury and whole foods. now, while whole foods carries natural and organic foods and would therefore not be a cadbury customer, the fact that such a well-performing chain like whole foods would leave cadbury off the radar screen, i find it telling. hain, on the other hand, seemed to absolutely dominate the shelves of the store of the future, which is even better than the chef of the future. here's the stats. 17 feet of celestial tea. 17 feet. 35 feet of rice dream and westsoy. that's unbelievable. 40 feet of space for earth's best. in total hain had 220 feet of shelf space at one of the most packed supermarkets in new york city. and who -- we know from the company's conference call that it sells about 40% of whole foods snack foods, a pretty fabulous position. have you had these yet, the stripes and blues? i caught a couple of them off long island the other day. there's nothing scientific about this method whatsoever. it's not representative even of all of new york city, let alone the tri-state area. but it does help us understand that buying cadbury -- here's the shelf space. cadbury. kraft is doing -- it's

union" will be right back. k. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex express >>> back now for our lightning round. we're live at the minnesota state fair. the lightning round with candy crowley, ed henry and dana barb. let me set it up. this is the front page of the paper here in minnesota, the story about the top economy here in the state and of course across the country. the health care debate coming in congress. two of the big challenges facing the president. as his approval ratings go down, some columnists are beginning to say he has fallen back to earth. charles wrote into "the washington post" on friday, what happened to president obama? his wax wings having melted being he is the man who fell to earth. for a man bho only recently bred a cult, ordinariness is a grade burden and a crushing disappointment. obama has become a politician like others. ed henr

customers. the formula is necessary that it's a very delicate balance. >> but now that balance could tip. the new occupant in the white house has been a fierce proponent of the uniony a decent wage and let folks organize. >> yeah, and getting his reasons how the company stays on top. it's part of the new cnbc documentary "the new age of walmart." david, thank you for being with us. tell us about the secret to walmart? what are they doing? >> they have improved a great deal. five years ago we got inside walmart for the first time and did a documentary called the age of walmart, and five years later we wanted to take a look at the company then. 1.4 million employees in the united states, by far the largest employer. $400 billion in revenue. it hit a rough patch in '05 and '06, '07. we focus on them in tonight's documentary, and we focus on the fact that it has improved a great deal in terms of the relationship with the customers and did a great job getting them back. given the weak economy, walmart is stronger than ever. >> what do they do that so many other companies failed to do noo they have ruthlessly efficient. when you go inside walmart you see signs of that w

credit unions are unique entities to be studied for the fact that they better perhaps than other entities in our financial services in the world align the interests of their shareholders and customers. as the gentleman from oregon said, the first point of entry for families and people who otherwise would be using informal or shady mechanisms of credit. and as my friend from new jersey points out, they're a model internationally and not just for foreign countries but for those of us who are really intent on studying how one balances prudence with the necessity for the availability of credit. with that i urge my colleagues to pass house resolution 556, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: the gentleman has no other speakers, is that correct? mr. himes: that is correct. mr. garrett: i close by thanking mr. royce for taking the lead role as republican sponsor of this legislation and also for his work in the past with regard on and on behalf of credit unions as well. and also for making the significant point that he just did, that with regard to during t