the government wanted to appoint franco braga as its new minister for agriculture. quick congratulatory phone call and a few signatures and would have all been done, you think. not so. italian authorities contacted someone else, a business professor at the university of gwelth, in canada, about 7,000 kilometers away. this is the business department's web page and this man is italy's agriculture minister, the man they said would bring added value to the role. the reason for the mix-up, this man here, his man is francesco braga, pretty close to the man they actually wanted, franco braga. that's all we have time for from me. i'll be back with more business news. the opening bell on wall street and the all-important u.s. jobs number in a little over four hours from now. thanks for joining me, i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. "marketplace middle east" is next. >>> this week on "marketplace middle east," sanctions on syria, the arab league votes to impose sanctions on syria while neighboring lebanon takes a step back. we speak with the lebanese minister of trade and econo