this is from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> traders here in frankfurt were very happy to hear the newsut the german foreign trade, but it was not enough to pull the market into a positive close. instead, the market got worse and worse as the day wore on. there was increasingly nervousness that surfaced again over the european sovereign debt crisis. specifically, people are looking at spain and the nervousness there was expressed in rising yields. that is a falling bond prices of spanish sovereign debt. and there was not that good economic news from china and from the united states. important customer countries for those german exporters. so all that made for a pretty poor start into this post-easter week. >> thank you for the firm of frankfurt. let's take a closer look is some of the latest numbers. in frankfurt, the dax closed -- where is it? seems to be missing. well, we seem to have some technical problems. so we will continue on with some other german news. >> here in germany, the new pirate party and a libertarian free democrats are riding high in opinion polls but analysts say ci

the mood on the frankfurt floor. traders and here know the world economy may cool down, but they trust the strength of the german economy. a few companies have to do investments, and this should raise the profits of other companies. the dax was also pushed by new corporate numbers. general electric reporting and earnings that were better than expected. this gave a boost to shares, not only in the usa. >> that is from frankfurt. the dax up more than 1%. the eurostoxx 50 also coming in with positive results. across the atlantic, in the late trading, about the 13,000-point level. looking good. >> alright. stay with us. we will have more on that crucial court ruling. >> do you not hate it when those videos you want to watch are blocked? get ready for more of that. >> welcome back. we start with bad news for fans of the online via sharing website you to hear in germany. >> a german court ruled that youtube must act to stop users from illegally uploading videos. it ordered youtube to install filters to block content. the c

our correspondent sent us this summary from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> after the unexpected rally at the beginning of this week when the dax went up by 4% on monday and tuesday, the traders here on the frankfurt floor took a break, but the dax was also driven down by new concerns concerning the debt crisis in europe. italy might fail to reach its goals in the household policy. also, there are no worries about spain. there will be an option of going on on thursday, and investors are really fearing that spain might have to pay high yields. >> we said in frankfurt for a closer look at wednesday's numbers. the dax gave up about 1/4% -- up about 1%. across the atlantic on wall street, the dow at this hour down by just over 0.4% at 13,060 points. the euro up a tad against the dollar trading at a value of $ 1.3128. well, what happens to the records of phone calls made here in germany? evidently, not what the law demands. >> that is right. there's a political showdown in the making here. the european union says all phone calls should be stored for six months for security reasons. >> but g

we began in frankfurt for germany's blue-chip dax ended the day well in positive territory. across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials at the moment at 13,092, and in currency markets, the euro trading for $ 1.3228. >> things are looking up for the u.s. economy. the federal reserve expects growth next year to hit almost 3% and unemployment to decline gradually. >> but chairman ben bernanke says the fed will not hesitate to help the american economy if help is needed. the fed pointed to the depressing housing sector and global financial uncertainty as factors weighing on growth. it also expects inflation to remain low and plans to keep interest rates at the current exceptionally low levels until at least 2014. >> staying in the u.s., the republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is expected to quit the race. insiders say he plans to end his campaign on may 1. >> he had vowed to stay in the race until the republican national convention this summer, but the former speaker of the house suffered another round in heavy losses in five primary contests on tuesday. gingrich

sylvia has the latest in frankfurt. the real focus as we look at the increase to debt gdp forecast for the end of 2012, i suppose that the question here is whether the ecb sort of switches its policy settings from in history it set policy for a weak germany. whether it can set policy more for the weak peripheral. >> reporter: well, the bottom line is i think at the moment, the ecb's not going to finish anything. i think the markets might not like to hear that, but the ball is firmly in the court somewhere else. brussels, berlin, paris, amsterdam, the ecb has flushed the money markets with cheap money two three, $1 trillion. money into the market. not to mention the other nonthree-year ltros and the standard procedures. the eurozone money market is a wash with money. lowered interest rates twice, we've still got a bond purchasing program that's dormant but could be reactivated. we've got a covered bond purchasing program, the ecb's done for the time being. of course, talking about exit strategies is premature, probably f

we start in frankfurt, where the dax closed significantly down, almost 3%, 6784.o stoxx 50 leading the way on the decline, 2398. the euro right now -- dow jones first, down almost 1%1%3,082. the euro down, $1.3138. >> the five multinational oil giant said have petrol stations here constitute an oligopoly. >> the competition authority has opened an investigation into whether the main refiners have been hampering the independent filling stations. >> each year, it is the same game. in early spring, fuel prices go through the roof. bed at 1.70 euros, their higher than ever before. drivers are angry. politicians are once again arguing over the causes and possible solutions. across the continent how the situation is similar. in some european countries, drivers are shelling out even more. currently, drivers in italy are paying as much as 1.90 a leader. in britain, up to 1.80 euros. the highest gas prices in europe are in all real-rich norway. the prices topped 2 euros due to high tech unfriendly taxes. so even that -- heidi eco- friendly taxes. the oil giant said faced h

we start in frankfurt, where the dax closed significantly down, almost 3%, 6784.o stoxx 50 leading the way on the decline, 2398. the euro right now -- dow jones first, down almost 1%1%3,082. the euro down, $1.3138. >> the five multinational oil giant said have petrol stations here constitute an oligopoly. >> the competition authority has opened an investigation into whether the main refiners have been hampering the independent filling stations. >> each year, it is the same game. in early spring, fuel prices go through the roof. bed at 1.70 euros, their higher than ever before. drivers are angry. politicians are once again arguing over the causes and possible solutions. across the continent how the situation is similar. in some european countries, drivers are shelling out even more. currently, drivers in italy are paying as much as 1.90 a leader. in britain, up to 1.80 euros. the highest gas prices in europe are in all real-rich norway. the prices topped 2 euros due to high tech unfriendly taxes. so even that -- heidi eco- friendly taxes. the oil giant said faced h

. >> let's turn to the markets now keeping our correspondent sent us this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> at the end, the dax managed a plus. it was not a smooth the road until that point. italy borrow fresh money. it was at the cost of higher interest rates. and it was not a smooth up turning process either. there were some fears for a while. in yen, the interest rates looked ok, and -- onion yen, the interest rates looked ok. also contributing to the positive result at the end, hopes for better economic and corporate news from abroad. >> that is frankfurt. the world has a peak at market numbers now. the dax close up over 1%. across the atlantic, the dow jones is now trading at over 12,978 and the hero is trading at $1.3893. sony corp. confirmed on thursday that it will cut 10,000 jobs as an effort to make the company profitable again. >> the new ceo and president's kazuo hirai pledged to revive the ailing electronics entertainment company. >> sony's court tv business has been turning a loss -- core tv business has been turning a loss for years. but they confirmed it would r

we have the summary from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> at the end of a roller coaster drive, german shares a again have losses. these losses are the result of new worries about spain, the economy and spain is in general. the government has been able to sell new bonds relatively successfully, which has been taken quite positively, but at the middle of the session in frankfurt, spanish shares went down sharply. especially banking shares dragged down the main madrid index to the lowest level since three years, and this also dragged the market's down. >> let's take a look at the market numbers. the dax down 0.9%. the eurostoxx 50 much worse, down. and across the atlantic, a trading for the dow jones at 12,918. the euro trading at the value of $1.4929. germany's biggest automaker is on the move. vw has introduced a new member to its supervisory board. >> the man who has a firm hold on the volkswagen. now he is adding his wife to the mix. >> as you can see from the order of business, i have proposed deep supervisory board selects -- i have proposed the supervisory board select my wife. >>

on the frankfurt for our use to good news from the german automobile industry.n the last little while, there have been increased worries that maybe even boom markets like in north america and china could cool down, so it was very welcome news which bmw presented here on its recent sales successes. that also propelled volkswagen up on the list of leading share gainers this day. further good corporate news, and there was the impression that the european central bank would also not let up in its support of crisis countries like spain here in the eurozone. it all helped the situation here. >> let's have a look as some market numbers now. the dax closed of words at about 1% to 6674. the euro stoxx 50 closed up almost 1%, 2341. the dow jones is currently going up almost 1%, 12,817. the euro is trading for $1.31. >> of vladimir putin has made his final speech to parliament as russian prime minister. he is due to be inaugurated as president next month. >> your appeal for unity among political parties. he referred to the recent elections in the wave of protests, saying r

them and no prices guessing what was laying down at least in frankfurt today. here is our markets reporter. >> the bad news from the solar energy sector put some of the shares of this sector heavily under pressure. for example, shares in phoenix solar temporarily lost after 30% -- up to 30% of their value. the bad news of the solar energy companies reminds the market how risk-averse creditors still are, how reluctant when it comes to risking their investments. which also has to do with the fact that the problems of the eurozone are far from being solved. wednesday, spain plans to borrow fresh money from the capital markets. ahead of this, many people here speculated whether this will go smoothly or not. >> let's take a closer look at the market numbers. we start in frankfurt with the dax down over 1% there. losing the gains from yesterday. your stocks 50 moving lower as well. hefty losses there. over in new york, the dow jones is currently trading down as well, not as heavily at 13,179. the euro taking a hit at $ 1.3230. pakistan's government announced a drasti

. >> after losses, optimism took control again here on the frankfurt floor.s happened for several reasons. on the one hand, investor confidence in germany rose surprisingly. spain has been able to sell more bonds than expected, in an amount of more than 3 billion euros. last but not least, u.s. companies reported results that have been far better than expected. numbers coming from coca-cola and goldman sox gave a boost to shares and help to the dax turning. >> stefan wolff in frankfurt. checking up the market numbers for you on what was a surprising day. the dax doing wonders, up well over 2.5%. still below 7000. the euro stoxx 50 closing up even further, 2367. to new york, the dow jones is currently following suit, up 1.5%. over 13,000 points. the european trading in positive territory, $1.3142. back to that story we mentioned. the bank of spain has confirmed that the country fell back into recession in the first quarter of 2012. as we just heard, in another effort to save the country, the spanish government has sold off a massive chunk of short-term debt. >

here is our frankfurt correspondent conrad. >> the unemployment rate in the eurozone is on the recordh. this feels concerns on the markets that the large austerity measures which have been introduced in the eurozone might have muffle the the economy is too much. that is why nearly for the whole trading day here in frankfurt, the market really did not get into gear. but there also were a few signs of hope. signs which pushed the stock market of birds in the very last hour of trading. these signs came from china and from the united states, where the manufacturing sectors are doing better than anticipated. and this fuels hope that demand for german goods and services from china and from the united states might soon increase again. >> here in germany, opposition leaders have lashed out at switzerland in a dispute over taxes and banking secrecy. the criticism comes as berlin pushes for a role in monitoring its own citizens hidden assets across the border. it is harming bilateral relations. the swiss government says it will arrest three german officials for buying stolen information on germ

move up to the north here at roughly 25 to 30 miles per hour, we believe, it will cross over east frankfurtoad headed to the josie lane area and to the east, preston road, 289 and it will pass west of preston headed north and in 20 minutes or so --. >> and folks know park. >> park is right here. so this is west plano into he problem and north carrollton this is the danger zone with severe thunderstorm here, strong rotation, rotation that is increasing in intensity which means we could see a developing tornado here and it is tracking off to the northeast at 25 miles per hour. >> that is moving to 121, and frisco if it continues. and following the severe weather at dallas-ft. worth airport there are inspections for hail damage with a number of flight delays and flight detours moved away from the dfw airport so if you know a loved one coming into the airport the flight could have been detoured into airports outside the squall line. >> we have a severe weather situation continuing across north texas and a squall line and ahead of the squall line we have rotating thunderstorms, the super cell th

we start in frankfurt but the -- with the dax. the eurostoxx 50. the dow jones is currently trading at 14,037, better than yesterday. the euro down at $1.39. let's look at the other news from around the world. right leader of italy's's party has resigned over a fraud scandal. he is facing allegations he used taxpayer money to pay for holidays for his children and renovations to his villa. >> a greenpeace ship has sailed to the north sea to take air and water samples. the french energy giant has also sent experts to that platform to assess the safety situation. >> the german nobel laureate has hit back at what he calls a campaign of critics, of his accusing israel of plotting a war. >> the 84-year-old drew sharp criticism that the prime minister netanyahu has described as "shameful." >> is here that he wrote the poem that has sparked debate. >> the overarching theme is that people and not looking at the content of the poem. they are just launching a campaign against me, seeing my reputation is damaged forever, etc., etc.. >> in a poem he says that i

. >> nerves are on edge at the frankfurt stock exchange. the socialists win in the first round of the french election is not calming nerves. >> hollande is expected to win the runoff. they worked well together, which has been good for your. hollande has said he would make changes. that is a sign of france going its own way. >> and the latest growth forecast did nothing to lift the gloom. spain has now officially slipped into recession. the country's economy has contracted 0.4% in the first three months of 2012. that followed a 3% drop in the fourth quarter last year. >> now to look at the market numbers. the dax as well over 3% on monday. eurostoxx 50 in negative territory. across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials also down. at the euro is trading for $1.31. >> argentina is looking to nationalize the spanish oil giant. spain wants european and other global leaders to impose sanctions on westbury's. >> -- beuonos aires. -- buenose aires. >> the eu foreign ministers suggested some solutions to the conflict. >> politicians have been disc

we have this report on one firm from frankfurt. >> surprised and pleased for investors -- a stellar first quarter. profits up by almost 40%. there were increases across the product range and across regions in the world. dieter expects more this year than the year before. they expect a higher profit. not least because of the olympic games coming up in london and the european football championship in ukraine and poland. a plus of about 5%. that is a lot. many shares losing. some say not dramatic because of gains last week. others point to spain going into recession. >> right. let's take a look at some of the market numbers and. the dax closed the day more than 0.5% down. the u.s. market down sharply. across the atlantic, we have the markets for you, and the dow jones down 0.3%. the euro roughly flat against the dollar. temperatures here in germany reached 30 degrees celsius over the weekend. >> while most sunshine-star europeans embraced the warming climate, it may be a breeding ground for mosquitoes. >> meet the asian-type mosquito. it can transmit a number of dangerous diseases to humans

let's have a look at the numbers starting in frankfurt. the dax has locked in gains. eurostoxx 50 closing higher at 23.01. the dow jones trading higher at 12,958 points. and the euro stronger against the u.s. dollar. sudanese warplanes have bombed the u.n. peace mission during clashes with south sudan. 2 missiles struck a camp. know you win personnel -- >> sources say that no united nations personnel were hurt. the u.s. has condemned the attack and the japanese prime minister says he is concerned about the escalation of fighting between sudan and south sudan. >> we demand that south sudan withdraw immediately. we demanded that both sides engaged in negotiations to solve all the outstanding problems, including border disputes. use and violence to achieve self interest is unacceptable -- using violence to achieve self interest is unacceptable. the german government strongly condemns this. >> the german chancellor has been hosting berlin's third summit on integration. she invited 100 people from all over the country. >> the discussions are aimed at better integrating the

patricia has the latest out of frankfurt. >> absolutely, ross. they fall the fastest rate in the last three months. what we're seeing is the leading indicators, sentiment indicators are starting to rise at a slower pace and pmi starting to fall at a faster pace. so not very good. of course the day itself was revised to the up side, however, it is the new orders down quite substantially, but also the new exports orders now down for the mint consecutive month and now at a level we haven't seen since 2008 and 2009. so at least the manufacturing sector there certainly some weakness to the scene for determine any. and that despite our leading indicators actually still holding up quite nicely. employment situation looks very good, very perky. now, a couple of questions going forward. a, what does the march pmi data really mean for the april numbers because we know that the order component really gives you an indication of what to expect next month. and the big question or big elephant in the room still is germany going to face a mini recession, yea or

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another united flight inbound from frankfurt, germany was struck by lightning not once but twice. diane dwyer was on board. >> you were watching lightning from the ground, we were watching from the air, it was spooky. then bam, it got hit once, the whole plane shook. about a minute and a half later, bam, hit again. i talked to the flight attendant. she said at this point the plane will be grounded, check it out for electrical problems. >> reporter: 61 regional flights were cancelled last night. this morning, sfo has no delays. they got that backlog up and running without causing much incompetent convenience to the passengers, at least not this morning. on 880, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> rain or shine, time to take you to the ballgame. the gates open up for thousands of pumped up giants fans to roll in for the home opener. all three weekend games sold out. stephanie chuang is live where earlier there were concerns the recent weather may dampen the excitement. i'll put you on the spot. what's your forecast? >> reporter: first of all, the weather gods must be giants fans. as

it comes to the city only every two years, where art takes over the streets of frankfurt in an industrial light showcase. train stations and city hall are transformed into a futuristic metropolitan area. over 10,000 visitors are expected to join for both interactive and decorative displays. pretty nice there. >>> chess masters in china play with some heavy-duty pawns. 32 cars served as the pieces in a larger-than-life chinese chess game. playing on a giant board drawn on the ground, two competitors dressed as ancient soldiers directed the cars into position. after about 90 minutes of play, the match ended in a draw. >>> finally, in india, an unlikely friendship is winning the hearts of locals. a stray dog and a monkey have turned a local hospital's yard into their personal playground. usually rivals, the two animals are seen as an example of peace. it sparked some kind of hope, that if they can get along, so can all of us. let this be a lesson to you, bill. >> like a stray dog and a monkey. you'd think the monkey would be like the stray. >> yeah, true, that is a good point. >> but it's go

they used to police the border crossing the frankfurt, but now, they are constantly on the move as partf a joint german/polish effort to crack down on cross- border crime. >> we are on the lookout for weapons and drugs. we usually pull the cards over a service stations so that we can search the more fairly. -- more thoroughly. >> since the open border policy was extended to poland, car theft has risen considerably on the german-polish border. two tractors used to be parked at this yard, but now they are gone. that is a loss of 80,000 euros for their former owner. dam it to 3/4 of an hour. one did not have enough fuel in the tank, so they siphoned some out of the other -- >> it took 3/4 of an hour. >> the perpetrators are still at large, and it was not the first time thieves have targeted this small town on the border. >> we all benefit from the open border. with a% of my customers are foolish, but why can the area not be controlled for 14 days every now and then, or even just two days? >> they have joined forces to do just that. for the next year, they will work this same beat together

our correspondent is at the frankfurt stock exchange. >> this post-easter week was a difficult one from beginning. traders did not go into it with a very good feeling. indeed, there were some good pieces of news, especially from some big worldwide corporations in between, but in the course of the weekend especially at the end, the year-old sovereign debt crisis was suddenly back -- the euro sovereign debt crisis was suddenly back. the worries centered on italy and especially on spain. the bond prices of both countries went down. the yields went up. traders feel that there is a further escalation of the euro sovereign debt crisis coming, despite all the central bank money that has been poured into the market. they feel that the austerity and the reform measures might in the end not be successful. >> and that we chinese growth data we mentioned also played a part in what was a disappointing day on global exchanges. the dax lost well over 2% on friday, closing at about 65,000 points but the -- the euro stoxx 50 closed down 2.5%. the dow jones is down by about 0.5%. the euro is trading down

prediction is if the french go ahead with this tax in august, you're just going to watch trading go to frankfurt and to london and probably to new york and the french aren't going to raise anywhere near the kind of money they're talking about. so at the end of the day it's really just an illusion that you're going to raise all this money. you're probably going to raise just a fraction of the 150. secondly, there is no evidence that i know of at least from the academic literature that a transactions tax will reduce speculation. in fact, firms like his that will be penalized, they basically -- they don't speculate. they arbitrage. you're basically going to throw all the arbitragers out of the market. what will happen is you'll have much less liquidity in the market, much harder to trade and so you'llnd end up with more volatility and to the extent you have more volatility, you're nor susceptible to the events people have criticized and you may augustment speculation because in a market with wider spreads, it may pay people to speculate. i this there is no evidence you will reduce speculation. both

is that if the french go ahead with this tax in august, you're just going to watch trading go to frankfurt, london and new york and the french aren't going to raise anywhere near the kind of money they're talking about. so at the end of the day, it's really just an illusion that you're going to raise this money. you're probably going to just raise a fraction of the 150. but suddenly, there is no evidence that i know of at least in academic literature, that transactions tax will reduce speculation. in fact, firms like his that will be penalized, they don't speculate. they arbitrage and you're basically going to throw all the arbitragers out of the market and you'll have much less liquidity in the market. much less to trade and so you'll end up with more volatility and to the extent you have more volatility, you're more susceptible to the kind of events people have criticized and you may even augment speculation because it may pay people to speculate, so i think there's no evidence that you will reduce speculation. both arguments fall on their face. >> there's a third argument that we'll get

i happened to be on a flight coming from frankfurt. my understanding was ours was the last to land here at sfo. we were hit by lightning twice. we were watching it from the air. and it was spooky. i have to say. and, bam, we got hit once. and the whole plane shook. and about a minute and a half later, bam, it hit again pip talked to a flight attendant. the plane will be grounded. they'll check it out for electrical problems. there was a quick blackout in the cockpit is my understanding. we landed safely, everyone on the plane. i have to give united kudos. they kept their calm. and we sat on the tarmac for about two hours. i learned when the lightning hits, the ground crews can't come out. they need a 10 to 20-minute window before they can bring the plane in. an interesting night in the air tonight. >> it's too dangerous for our live trucks putting up a signal. welcome back to the bay oarea, diane. she was stuck on the tarmac. >> we saw passengers tweeting saying the flights were grounded. or they took off and got hit by lightning and h

johnson and johnson's first quarter one profit beat expectations europe ended up on the back of that frankfurt hit sixty eight hundred but. the seized its word here unit footsie in london also had a good day but emerging stocks are still suffering off of foreign direct investment into china film raising contagion fears. for a second they still make a year of rows will sell for four billion dollars of view according to reports exchange rates and the euro's just going low on the greenback it comes off to the international monetary fund admitted for the first time the single currency could break of president-elect believe me of putin's pledge to balance the national budget after making some big spending promises in his election campaign our correspondent was listening to the keynote speech. well it does seem like a change of weather for the russian economy instead of spending more on state project but a person says the country should save up for the hard times and have a self-sufficient mansion and when ordered to do so hailed methods used by the former finance minister. in the years preceding th

in frankfurt are showing gains with a foot zero point four percent as a spike the fact that unemployment in europe has reached a new high an average of ten point eight percent in euro zone countries. now move over to other markets and in current seas we are seeing the euro weakening versus the dollar on that unemployment rate of ten point eight percent and the rubles barely moving against currencies reflecting the trend of the euro weakening on the dollar strengthening and therefore this is what we're seeing with the ubiquitous russian currency oil is not providing that much support of the russian ruble nor the markets because it's one of the clause in all story here countries like the u.s. and other countries like the u.k. for instance of long rumored they could release their strategic reserves of oil onto the market and therefore it's sell right now. russia as the major t. and k b p is poised to invest seven billion dollars to produce nontraditional gas in ukraine a country seeking to attract investment to exploit its shale gas reserves which it wants to use now as an alternative to ru

felix frankfurter had been a competent of justice stone, thought that hughes was scathing in his criticism. once he got on the court, he thought he was a great gentleman. hughes continued to lead even though he was outnumbered on the court by roosevelt appointees, he had great admiration from all his colleagues, and he basically ushered in the new constitutional era, in which the court began to expand civil rights and liberties, which was something he cared dearly about, and they began to defer to congress in economic and social legislation. roosevelt never gave up. he was still mad over his defeat on the court packing plan. he was just angry as he could be. he refused to talk to some of the senators who had been instrumental in defeating him. but then he got on with the business, particularly in 1938 and 1939. he tried to get aid to the allies and great britain. it was very difficult, because he based in isolation of congress. some of those who opposed his giving aid to great britain were some of them who oppose his court packing plan as well. roosevelt was up to the challenge, and he kne

in the middle ages, when frankfurt and munich were just wide spots on the road, rothenburg was one of germany's largest cities, with a whopping population of 6,000. today, even with its crowds and overpriced souvenirs, i love this place. during rothenburg's heyday -- that was about 1200 to 1400 -- it was the intersection of two great trading routes -- prague to paris and hamburg to venice. but today, the great trade is tourism. rothenburg is a huge hit with shoppers. true, this is a great place to buy cuckoo clocks, steins, and dirndls, but see the town first. most of the buildings were built by 1400. like many medieval towns, the finest and biggest houses were built along herrengasse, named for the herren, or the wealthy class. the commoners built higgledy-piggledy farther from the center, near the walls. hanging shop signs advertise what they sold -- knives, armor, bread, whatever. rothenburg's wall, with its beefy fortifications and intimidating gates, is about a mile around and provides great views and a good orientation. rodertor is the only tower you can actually climb. it's wor

unemployment at the twelve year high the cat curls in paris is performing for worse than london and frankfurt this year otherwise six has gone over fifteen hundred offer a choppy with good news for russia traders like the pledge by the finance minister to scale back. russia can do that because crude is rising today that's one slowing the u.s. economy is recovering crude up one hundred dollars today alone is pretty good period for crude generally. supported by signs that privatization may go ahead this year as planned stronger crude is proved to put off the yesterday's five percent slump take a big piece last another percent of the government's doing it for oil spills in siberia there are two markets a rush of seeing lower trading volumes in recent weeks but reversals asset managers say it will change as we move into spring. it's come out of the holiday season to some extent we've had data we've had though encouraging early in the last ten days quite a good indication from the first round of first quarter earnings so i'm quite hopeful that post some of the spanish auction. well french auction

is by far the worst performing out of the big three bosses with frankfurt and london this year but the whole the use how the. people in the options in italy spain and france good bluechip results of boosting the bigger pool general electric profit before calls put its u.s. sales for a bigger bottom line. and pledge to cut boring has pushed to close the week over fifteen hundred there we go but it's been a testing week here in moscow. all price because rising. rising because there are only signs the u.s. economy is recovering crude pulled over one hundred for a barrel. oil privatization may go ahead this year as planned coal joins us selling a four hundred million dollars bond at seven point seven five percent as appalled call gains on higher crude the misted. may become the first firm to list on the moscow exchange after the mice exchange to school to allow about equity markets in russia have seen low trading volumes of recent weeks but reversals asset managers say will change as we move into the spring. if come out of the holiday season to some extent we've had some bad data we've had

afraid there's a bit of improvement since the morning let's get started called europe both london and frankfurt up whole four percent of the retailers like h. and m. revealed strong sales for march on the exchange rate the euro hit a well month low against the green. today don't worry spain's boring course hit record highs in the last hour the single currency is also slipped into the red on the ruble if europe's quids in russia's losing l. slipping further in the last few minutes let's check major movers in the next colossus business expected to sign a deal with exxon mobile in new york rival top nifty is flat posting a big jump in it for last year financials dragging mosco lower brant scorn on the one hundred twenty in the last few minutes as iran nukes the issue remains on resolved and staying in the sector rosiness agreed to sell all to china that's a decision ends a long lasting price dispute between the two sides bush's biggest crude producer one and a whole dollars a barrel from the price as part of its twenty year deal with this eastern part no i mean i.m.f. has improved its outlook on r