frankfurt saw more gold, and frankfurt recovered from being too down to have three in the second half. benedict had an -- 86th minute point, and the purple patch continued with an away win over stuttgart. they have raised hopes that they could rejoin the european elite at the end of the season, qualifying for the champions league. >> stuttgart look to attack the start. to break the deadlock. in good form -- the visitors took the lead before halftime. was at the keeper before finishing the move. and plenty to smile about. stuttgart struggled to create chances with early equalizer. there were no such troubles in the 73rd moment met -- minute. a second goal would steal victory. stuttgart, as for they celebrate their fourth win in a row. >> around up of the bundesliga results so far. they salvaged a point in frankfurt. wolfsburg also drilled. freiberg picked up a rare three points. and on friday -- an impressive wind here -- win. the dortmund and bayern game is still underway. that leaves the table looking like this at the moment. will be following in dortmund anxiously right now. they co

felix frankfurter had come down to preside and officiate and he asked frankfurter to return that evening to discuss a very important matter. they spent two hours in the oval study upstairs not to be confused with the oval office it was adjacent to the bedroom where he spent most of his time. it was the first time roosevelt had ever talked with anybody about the question of running again. there was no record that at the end roosevelt asked frankfurter to please write a memo and bring it to him immediately. he said the also led to to request a memo that the librarian of congress that was appointed but picture this. here is the president of the united states. he is seeking advice for s. supreme court justice who is not a politician and this is true the fdr's way but these two men of us off for the surest and clearest window on this question and it might seek there so important and it's a tired the. he decided to run because of the war. he knew the country was ready to head to bolster great britain in the meantime and he thought only he could do that. he looked around for another democrat wh

frankfurt a top of the group. frankfurt is a victory in france means they are the group winner and through to the knockout stages. the israelis host bird though in their final game. ux in the final game. euro league basketball group a thriller. fought back in the second. putting the french club of by three. this dunk. this connection from beyond the arc. this will go down to the wire. freeseconds left made both throws. held on 62-61 to strengthen their grip on fourth place. french rugby club will remain in the heineken cup police the year. -- for at least another year. had landnch alliance to create a rival petition due to criteria and money distribution but in this -- english clubs now appear isolated. k, biathlondual 20 world cup opener. contrast and fortune for the frenchman, he won in emphatic style at the swedish resort. all 20ng champion, targets good across the line nearly two minutes ahead of his nearest rival. the austrian did enough to finish second. mr. just once at the shooting just once at the shootin

beginning in frankfurt were germany's dax ended the trading day at 9405. euro stoxx 50, however, lost .2% . across the atlantic, dow jones industrials currently at 16,000 86, slightly negative territory there. on currency markets, the euro is trading for $one point 3584 -- $1.3584. >> the first drop in the eurozone jobless rate in 2.5 years. >> the number of people out of work remains near record highs in the with 20 million registered last month, and there is still a big divide between the euro zone economies. spain and greece's unemployment rates are nearly five times higher than that of germany. >> to france now, where the country is debating a controversial bill that cracks down on prostitution but spares sex workers by penalizing the people who buy sex rather than those who sell it. >> the bill, which was proposed by the governing socialist party there, marks a new departure in the country's efforts to combat the sex trade. >> on the outskirts of paris, this area is notorious for prostitution. brothels are already illegal, as is pending and soliciting

blackberry stock, speaking of which in frankfurt, down about 1%. also in the telecom sector, geoff cutmore is speak to go telecom italia's marco patulona

we bought in frankfurt there let's take a closer look at this market numbers in detail starting in frankfurt with the dax which was down by point two nine percent closing at nine thousand seven. the euro stocks fifty was also down down a bit more get more than half a percent to thirty fifty two. over in new york the dow jones industrial average is trading right now had more than thirty percent of the fifteen thousand six hundred even. and the euro down versus the dollar one thirty forty two. remove over the sport now and germany's bundesliga where bavarian giants fc by and munich are on the verge of having yet another record today set a record for the most points and four the fewest goals conceded and taking the league title last year and they won the german cup and the way for the champions league two. now they're looking to equal a streak of games without defeat one which has stood for more than thirty years it would appear that by and really test while opponents of this he is the record folks. a win this week and would match the bundesliga pence to thirty six successive matches without de

it was blast in a church ceremony in frankfurt i mean. a church ceremony was the more intimate one will be off the list them one to touch the hearts and emotional and existential. it has been feuding with it the all the houses had their partnership blessed during a religious service. that's been possible in the state of hesse and since two thousand to. it was conducted by local pastor that we signage. she gives couples like the older houses an official certificates of their union is recognized under church law. but her attitude isn't shared by all of her colleagues. some lutheran clergy want same blessings and weddings between a man and a woman kept separate just within our state organization are huge variety of parishes and creeks. in his parish. it's completely normal. there are others who struggle with the issue and you have to account to be a twenty five of time. one of those parishes especially for an hour's drive north of frankfurt. a bob papa is the pastor here. he's a member of the church decision making body the sign up. he says

here are the numbers and they don't look good in frankfurt there was some profit taking after stocks were trading at record highs on tuesday they settle the day about three tenths of a percent lower in frankfurt and there were a little bit deeper and the red for the euro stocks fifty over in new york the dow jones industrial average is still currently trading and is about unchanged at fifteen thousand six hundred and thirty eight. as for the euro dollar it's currently trending lower trading for one dollar thirty four seventy two i will add to this consideration for business start ups is finally to get customers to notice or product and while imitation is said to be the best form of flattery big companies are protective of their corporate identity yet and one street vendor in thailand is learning that lesson the hard way after a global player notice some striking similarity. the woman sailor has been perfecting his own school fee for years. it turns out some footy. his nickname is known as coffee status gold star mom. another coffee maker with a similar name is nelson used by his lego

german shipmaker was the biggest single decliner in frankfurt after releasing a weak outlook. tokyo's nikkei surged, closing at a three-week high. china shanghai deposit advanced .8 of a percent. lowest close in five weeks, indonesia central bank lifted its key rate, bank indonesia is trying to gain strength on the news. moving on to currencies, the dollar is keeping its upward momentum against the yen. dollar/yen right now>> get all news and insight every day here on "newsline." >>> britain's foreign secretary says he's optimistic about reaching a deal on iran's nuclear program. negotiators from iran and six world powers have been trying to find common ground. william hague says only minor differences separate the two sides. hague delivered an update in the house of commons. he briefed members on talks in geneva that ended over the weekend. >> an agreement has to be clear and detailed, cover all aspects of iran's program and give assurance to the whole world that the threat of nuclear proliferation in iran is fully addressed. such a deal is on the table, and there's no doubt

the european central bank is meeting in frankfurt.cted to hold rates steady despite intense pressure to cut interest rates because of

granted if the market reaction now output abundantly about sentosa this report from the frankfurt stock exchange standard and poor's certainly gave the people here in the frankfurt school or food for discussion and food for thought the netherlands losing their top non trading certainly not good news for the people here germany is the only really big country economically in the eurozone still with the aaa and their two minor countries as well so not good news in total. but the analysis the optimism that showing on spain that was good news so that counteract that the dutch news. the dax was able to register a new record high climbed over nine thousand four hundred points for the first time in its twenty five year history. certainly the high level. still the result of lots of support from the central banks around the world but also from the coalition agreement between the conservatives here in germany and the social democrats some critical points here but lots of praise from the investors as well. max and qantas harassment is a quick look at the numbers for you now beginning in front of th

two stocks time warner cable up 1.7% in frankfurt.t appear to have a quote for charter communications. >>> on the agenda in the united states today, we've got no economic data, but there are another pair of fed officials speaking. the kansas city fed president, esther george, this morning, and the fed governor, dan tarulo this afternoon. and foot locker, petsmart and ann, which is the parent of ann taylor, reporting earnings. u.s. futures right now suggesting a mild tick higher at the open. the dow is currently ten points above fair value, the nasdaq around two points above fair value and the s&p 500 is around about a point above fair value. the dow yesterday up 109 to a new record above 16,000. the s&p, of course, up 14 1/2 points. the nikkei, though, today was only up around about 0.1%. check in on the bond markets. the yield currently on the ten-year's been around 2.78%. that's where we are. slight tick lower yesterday. treasuries were sort of had a two-way swing, really. the philly fed offsetting decent weekly jobless claims. else

and that was on standby for us now from the frankfurt stock exchange in his quick look at the numbers for you now we start in frankfurt germany's dax and ended the day at nine thousand one hundred and sixteen banks that operate if the book is added to the eurozone shares at fifty and it lacks it. t fifty four across the atlantic trading is still up and running and the dow jones and cast rails at the moment and fifteen thousand nine hundred and thirty four while the euro the moment stands as one used on out. almost thirty five cents with getting that right. they were the red bag over the break. eye. ew. for him. i can i know none of us think we need to get some eats and peanut sauce. i love that. what a piece. next time you hear. the eight hundred and sixty munich in the womb in may the cost of tickets to the wound through. mm mm the match i was starting with the gender politics almost two months of the social democrats disappointing result and the german general elections members of the spd are debating the county's future course at the mill pond to congress and liked the cover in sta

annette joins us from the forum in frankfurt with more.te, the good news, i finish the computer. >> very, very good, ross. well, and my good news is that the annika, the ceo of sab was the first woman who was award the prize of being the first european banker of the year and she has steered her bank quite stable and steadily through the crisis and has an impressive track record of getting banks through worst crisis which has seen since the second world war. take a listen to what she had to say about growth outlook in the eurozone and about her bank being dependent, as well, on the european neighbors. >> we cover mainly german large corporates and they, of course, not only grow in the eurozone, they have a lot of business in asia why and also in the united states. and i think if you look at the world today, you can say slowly but steadily getting out of the crisis, asia is growing. you can find pockets of growth at the moment. >> are you planning on increasing your dividend payout which a lot of investors would like you to do? >> it's a bit

annette is with us in frankfurt. what's going on with the core market, then? >> well, the core market germany is doing okay. but the problem for bmw is europe. they have sold 482,000 cars only in the third quarter. they're just 50,000 cars more but at the same time, revenues down compared tlooft year's third quarter and that is because the company is, as well, engaging in prize awards with their competitor. it's not only technology costs for new models they would like to sell us, of course, that story, but it is as well, the sales margin. that is spooking investors. compared to daimler, they're still in a sweet spot when it comes to the ibet margin for the car sector. daimler had a margin of 7.3%. bmw now is having 9% while volkswagen's audi is the best in class carmaker here with 9.4 had%. so all in all, revenues were coming in slightly less than expected. overall ibid was better than expected, you about there, as well, there might be some currency effects because they have a lot of things, a lot 06 sales in the united states. with that, back over to you. >>

for more on that, annette is with us in frankfurt. they don't like people saying they have expected surpluses of the eurozone, annette. >> not really. but if you're looking at the euro set figures, then you see that germany has to expect a surplus for the eurozone. they're having a surplus for the rest of the world, i.e. china as well as united states. so that whole imbalance thing within the eurozone, that really makes sense. so then it comes to really -- if you look at the numbers, and those numbers now for the third quarter are most likely going down very well in berlin and not too well in brussels and as well in washington. because as far as first time i can remember is that growth is supported by household government spending and very importantly, i have to stress that capital spending of german companies because during the run up to the elections, we heard a lot of companies complaining about high energy produces, insecurities, when it comes to tax hikes, and a lot of companies did want to spend inside germany, but they were thr

we're checking on shares of microsoft in frankfurt right now.her, 0.44% or 12 cents. are on the ross wk, back to you. >> they still have a bit of time to find a replacement. jackie, stay there. i don't know if you know how the tune goes, if you like cina colatas and getting caught in the rain. on our website, you can find out why aging coconuts are something to worry about. the problem is the coconut trees are getting older and not growing any new ones. supply is now being outstripped by demand. it's a big thing. apparently one in five filipino res reliant on one way or another on coconut trees for their income and their livelyhoods. i know in l.a., coconut water is a big deal. has it migrated to new york? >> i have one bottle of coconut water sitting in my fridge. i haven't really had the nerve to try it yet, so it's still sitting there. now that you're telling me it could be made from aged coconut webs i think i'm probably going to throw it out. >> i'm not sure how long coconut water stays good for when it's out of the shell. >> i'm on not sur

frankfurt and paris also ended the trading day in the green. the u.s. is celebrating veterans day. we are seeing losses around wall street. could end upones to date even higher. we will take a look at other headlines now starting with the u.k. justall the excitement, return tohis recent profit, they reported over 16 million euros worth of earnings through september thanks in part to cutting costs. the regional airline has already cut thousands of jobs this year. easier for to get american shoppers to buy online as amazon entered the partnership with the struggling u.s. postal service. immediately effect in the new york and los angeles areas. the rest of the country that following year. the ceo says the number one. stir for five years citing a tougher than expected market for electric vehicles. they have already sold over 120,000 electric cars in the past five years. or than any other manufacturer. -- more than any other manufacturer. and new products for online shoppers just in time for the holidays during a german company has unveiled a royal baby look- alike chris and george -- c

blackberry stock, speaking of which in frankfurt, down about 1%.eoff cutmore is speak to go telecom italia's marco patulona later today. that interview will be exclusive at 1300 cet. >>> also numericable trading at 26.55 after issuing at 24.80. another ipo in london, merlin entertainment, this is the entertainer of madam tussauds. it has begun trading on the british stock market, priced it initial listing at 3 pounds 15 pence per share. they closed the offering early because of strong demand. they sold a 3% stake. they've raised 957 million pounds. the current price 3 pound 42. and until now, twitter has shown little interest in expanding into china. through the market, is it simply too big to ignore? it hadn't been allowed into china. julia woods has more on asia's expanding social scene. >> the nsta is filing twitter singled out some of its asian competitions, namely japan's line, south korea's kakao all of which are growing rapidly and had strong user numbers. any analysis of this sector needs a deeper dive on the social networking ladder that i

geoff cutmore joins us from frankfurt. got a picture from el-erian the other day of that hideous skup temperature behi sculpture behind you. who did you commission to build that monstrosity behind you, do you know? and the design -- the euro never had a chance when you designed that ugly -- what is that? it's an e? is it a dollar sign? anyway, tell us about the ecb and the boa. >> yeah. the problem is, joe, most of those european artists are dead. i think fortunately the person that created this one is still around. but since i last spoke to you, they have at least patched up some of the broken stars, some of those uncomfortable with being in the single currency who have broken some of the stars on this euro symbol. it's very much about the euro today, as well opinion i guess anybody who is interested in the euro/dollar rate has been watching what the ecb is going to do today very closely. the expectation was that there will not be any change in official interest rates. that's not to say that there isn't pressure. the refe

frankfurt battled back to draw 3 . past hoffenheim. stuttgart.a win in that leaves the table looking like this after 13 matches. byron munich are seven points clear of rivals. --was a good weekend for they strengthened their grip on the last champions league. hoffenheim have slipped down to 14th. better.not faring much freiburg can breathe easier after their second win in three games. us.that's all from stay with dw for more news and updates. thanks for watching. >> tongs to form a grand coalition dominated the political discussion in germany throughout the week. almost a month into the negotiations, the conservative reminded the social democrats of .he need to compromise >> the sbd has to stop putting in orders that the people of germany have to pay for. >> the parties made common ground on a number of on contentious areas like foreign policy. there was a deal on quotas for women in leadership positions in germany. of 2016, 1/3 of the position should be filled by women. it was also a breakthrough on health care financing, where there

in saturday postulate match, i'm frankfurt fell. victory putd-fought them back in first place, but dortmund are just a point behind . in the bottom half, augsburg jumped to 13th place. friberg moved up a notch -- freiburg moved up a notch. sky watchers in parts of the united states, southern europe, and africa had the chance to witness a stunning spectacle today. the rare hybrid solar eclipse was first visible over the atlantic, east florida. later, partial phases were visible from solar -- southern europe. a total eclipse could be seen from africa. the last quinces could be seen from somalia just a little while ago. could best glimpses seen from somalia just a little while ago. at its peak, the sun was blocked out for a full minute. some amazing pictures. that is all for this edition of the "journal." for an in-depth look at all of our top stories, go to dw.de. thanks for watching. >> there was anger in germany this week amid allegations of widespread u.s. spying on the german government. media reports claimed the u.s. embassy in b

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losses for the frankfurt market up. now the decline came after industrial output in france turned out to be weaker in september than many economists had expected. tokyo's nikkei shed 1%. t >>> four out of five major japanese trading houses have posted strong net profit gains in the first half of this fiscal year. they've benefited from the yen's decline. mitsubishi corporation reported a year on year increase of more than 30% in yen terms in the sixth month through september. three others showed sharp decreases. the company is not all that worried about a slowdown in the chinese economy. >> translator: we think the price of coal has already bottomed out. and it's going to rise gradually in the future. >> the substantial first-half profit gains are also attributed to business in grain and other food-related transaction as well as auto sales in asia. >>> japanese lawmakers are summoning the head of mizuho bank before a panel. they're going to be questioning him about loans his bank made to gang members. the house of repre

frankfurt's dax gaining by .8%. paris's cac 40 is up by .65%. prepared marks for yellen suggested the u.s. economy needs to be supported by the fetd's stimulus policy. also asian markets climbed higher. tokyo's nikkea surged more than 2% to nearly a six-month high. india's main index rose more than 20%. 20,399. it god a boost from comments by the reserve bank of india governor who said it will carry out a bond purchase next week. the gains were tripled after october's key inflation figure rose 7% from a year earlier. >>> japanese have seen public works projects go up all around them. they're seeing new buildings and infrastructure. those investments have helped the economy grow in the latest quarter but not quite at the same pace as earlier in the year. the cabinet office says gross domestic product rose .5% in real terms in the july to september period, translating to 1.9% down from 3.8% in the previous quarter. those investments in public works shot up 6.5%. the government is spending more and more and reconstruction in northeastern japan as w

frankfurt losing a touch, by .2 of a percent. french spirits group gave up almost 10%. company said a sales slowdown in china is likely to hurt its profit. asia markets finished mixed. tokyo's nikkei fell after its recent run-up. indonesia down 2.3%, the lowest level in more than two months. this is fuelling fears about capital outflows from the country to a fresh low since march 2009. investor worries escalated after poor results in government bond auctions. dollar/yen, 101.45, and this does come before the economic data out of the u.s. later on tuesday. among them, consumer confidence numbers from november. euro/yen, 137.46 at this hour. >>> representatives from japan, china, and south korea have kicked off their third round of negotiations for their three-way trade agreement. japan's chief delegate says he hopes the four-day talks in tokyo will be fruitful and lead to further negotiations next year. >> this framework among japan, china, korea should play a significant role in that context of the asian pacific p trade and investment. >> japanese officials plan to urge

frankfurt declining .3 of a percent. asian shares declined. shanghai lost 1.8% after china did not provide details on its economic policies. tokyo's nikkei average shed more than a .1 of a percent. in mumbai, 20,194, weight down by rising inflation figures. india's cpi rose by 10% in october. also, industrial output fell short of market expectations. moving on to currencies, the dollar is changing hands at 99.54. analysts say traders are waiting for a confirmation hearing of janet yellen on thursday. they'll be monitoring whether she'll mention anything about the fed's monetary policy. euro/yen right around 133.51. >>> nissan motor has opened a new plant in central mexico as part of the automaker's plan to expand production for the north and south american markets. >> today marks the beginning of a new chapter in nissan's success story in mexico. >> this is nissan's third plant in mexico and will raise its annual output in the country to more than 850,000 units. the new plant is expected to serve as nissan's new production platform for north a

frankfurt is looking like this in light of that. it's up by .2 of a percent, london also gaining .2 of a percent. similar gains for the paris market. asia pacific region got a boost from hopes for financial sector reforms. hong kong's index closed as a ten-month high. tokyo's nikkei lost .4 of a percent, though. shares in thailand got a lift from the central bank's decision to cut its key rate. investors thought the rate cut would support the country's lackluster growth. the set index jumped to 1,373. moving on to currencies now, the euro is climbing against the yen after news about the german coalition right around 138.39. and that is a level we really haven't seen in more than four years. the dollar is moving higher against the yen. dollar/yen at 101.74 roughly. traders are waiting for the release of u.s. economic data. >>> a japanese oil exploration firm will build a facility that ensures stable supplies of imported lng as regional demand has been soaring. japan petroleum exploration executives announced on wednesday that the new

london is down by .2%, seeing slight gains at this hour for frankfurt's market, while paris's cac 40 is declining by about .2%. among the major movers, german lender commerce bank surged 10% after announcing a net profit rise for the third quarter. most asian markets closed lower with the nikkea falling .75%. indonesia ended .8%. that's as private consumption in the country grew faster than expected in the third quarter. in malaysia the main benchmark rose to 1,806 before the country decided to keep its key rate unchanged as many analysts had been expecting. >>> honda motor invited the media to its new plant near tokyo. the company built the factory as other japanese automakers are shifting production overseas. the new plant began production in july. honda executives say the plant is the most efficient among their factories. it has compact welding machines and also uses a technology that enables a shorter painting process. >> translator: japanese automakers should continue to improve technologies at domestic plants. this one will help japan to continue serve as a leading production p

frankfurt gaining 0.4% while paris is up by nearly 1%. budget carrier -- british budget carrier easy jet and the world's biggest staffing agency adeco were among the major gainers. tokyo's nikkei rosed 0.8%. thailand's index gained 1.4% on signs of easing political tensions over a parliamentary debate on a controversial amnesty bill. critics say the bill is aimed at the prime minister to return home. moving on to currencies, the euro is recovering in lost ground earlier in the week. euro/dollar is now currently changing hands at 1.3523. investors are closely watching to confirm whether the european central bank will give any signal on a future rate cut at this thursday's policy meeting. analysts say the euro is unlikely to fall until market players i remember request the ecb's stance. meanwhile dollar/yen is at 98.58. >>> a japanese railway operator is making inroads into thailand. east japan railway company has secured a contract for a new train line in bangkok. east japan railway will team up with toshiba and a trading house. the railwa

london is down by 0.2% while frankfurt is declining almost 0.2% as well. paris's cac 40 is up by a little more than 0.1%. asian markets finished mixed. tokyo got a boost. the nikkei closed up about 0.1%. also a weaker australian dollar helped to push up local shares. sydney climbed almost 1%. the biggest decliner in the asia-pacific region, the s.e.t. index fell 1.2% to the lowest point in more than two months. it extended its losing streak to four straight sessions amid jitters over political uncertainty. >>> well, japan is trying to gain an economic foothold in central europe. and one country in the region, hungary, is ready to talk. the prime minister has high hopes that japan could help provide the hungarian economy. nhk world's jun takahashi has more. >> reporter: they attended a seminar in tokyo with a group of business leaders. he called on japanese executives to invest in his country. >> lowistically and geographically, hungary is a key point of the european civilization and the european business community. >> reporter: europe's debt crisis added t

frankfurt gaining by 0.6% while the london market is up 0.4%. investors are waiting for some key data, including germany's economic sentiment survey as well as the latest minutes of the federal reserve's october policy meeting. both of them slated for release later this week. most markets ended higher. the shanghai composite surged nearly 3%. the advance led by shares expected to benefit from economic reform policies. the hang seng climbed to its highest close since february. in singapore, the index inched higher to 3,203 with the help of upbeat data. the country's exports for october unexpectedly rose after eight consecutive months of decline. in terms of currencies, dollar/yen right now at 100.10. analysts say market players are adjusting their positions after the dollar approached the mid-100-yen level late last week. euro/yen right around 135.22. >>> well, competition among some 50,000 convenience stores in japan is intensifying. 40 years ago the first convenience store in the country opened for business. the biggest and oldest of them, 7-el

. >> people here in the frankfurt floor did not jump for joy. it was not like that. but the coalition agreement between the conservative parties and the spd was greeted with some relief and led to a new record high in the dax. people said unpleasant surprises were not part of the package, and that was good news. they also liked to hear that there would be no tax hikes in the next two years. a little skeptical that would be indeed successful if the economy went south, for example. and they were not at all agreeable with the statutory minimum wage across the board. this could cost jobs, -- cost jobs, they said. the best share in the dax, ironically, was a share because of this minimum wage. competitors may have to engage in paying low-paid employees more, hurting their competitiveness. the deutsche post gained more than 3%. >> a quick look at numbers. dax ended the session up. similar picture for the euro stoxx 50. wall street is still trading. dow jones industrials currently flat. the euro, after hitting a four- year high on wednesday, stands at 1.3567 beer -- 1.3567.

annette is joining us from frankfurt with the details. is there any debate about whether the spd will want to sign off on this? >> well, actually, there is a lot of rumor that the social democrat party members are not really happy with such a thing as a grand coalition. there is still a risk that they might say no and that would be it. but i really think that this is not a likely scenario because the party leaders of the social democrats are really campaigning all over the country in order to convince party members to say yes to the grand coalition. because they now have something to show off, at least. looking at the minimum wage agreement of 80 to 50 to be introduced from 2015 onward, that is actually really something towards the social democrats insisted on. at the other side we have something which is net positive for the christian democrats. this is no tax hikes with a grand coalition. so there is something in for everybody among politicians in berlin. so what is not to like about it? what is not on to like about it is that we'll mos

frankfurt is up by 0.1%. gains in london by 0.4%. paris's cac 40 is gaining nearly 0.2%. >>> well, u.s. trade representative michael froman is urging those to make quick decisions. froman gave a speech at the annual business conference that opened in washington on thursday. >> but this is the moment for all the tpp countries to demonstrate that they have the political will to get it done. all eyes are on japan. >> froman was asked by a participant in the conference whether the tpp member nations would be able to reach an agreement by the end of the year. he responded by saying the negotiations would remain tough, even if the participants extended the target date. froman stressed that now is the time to wrap up the talks. ministers from the member nations are expected to meet again next month. >>> and south korea is one of the countries showing interest in joining the tpp talks. government officials held the first public hearing on the free trade deal in seoul. about 200 people participated. they included trade experts as well as citi

a bit different story today with frankfurt's dax down 0.4%. this after closing above the key 9,200 level for the first time ever the previous day. paris's cac 40 down by about 1%. asian markets finished mixed. chinese markets finished lower. the shanghai composite shed about 0.2% while tokyo's nikkei fell 0.25%. >>> japanese price farmers renewed called demanding that the government take more time to review a subsidy program that's set up for them. the policy was implemented 40 years ago to stop rice prices from falling. about 700 rice producers and agricultural cooperative officials gathered in tokyo. lawmakers from the governing coalition also attended the meeting. >> translator: this is a major turnaround of rice policy. the government should deal with it thoroughly and cautiously in order to prevent confusion among producers. >> now, the government aims to make the agricultural sector more competitive by ending the subsidy program by fiscal 2018. it also plans to sharply slash subsidies for farmers who take part in acreage reduction starti

they have never been here in frankfurt, kentucky.t's an obscure office complex, it's known as building 12, and it's kind of hard to find. but this is where we were this morning. i wanted to go to kentucky to find out how this is working. president obama last week in a speech in boston, massachusetts, talked about what was unfolding in the state of kentucky, and said that pretty much this is the model. well, let me tell you something. this is the man right here, who is making it happen in the state of kentucky. this is the man who understands the vision, and is making health care a reality for kentucky residents. i sat down with the governor of kentucky today, steve beshear. governor beshear has been a big part of obama care's success in the state. as soon as the law was passed, he saw the vision. they got to work on the infrastructure for the exchange. they're up and running and it's working. he's cut through all the negative misinformation, and all of the lies that have been out there about obama care, and clearly explained to us to

frankfurt's market down about 0.25% while paris's cac 40 down 0.4%. most asian markets closed lower. nikkei down 0.3%. but chinese did show strength amid hopes for reforms in the financial system. the shanghai composite rose 0.6%. markets in india and indonesia extended earlier declines. both of them finishing down more than 1%. the downbeat performance came after the organization for economic cooperation and development cut next year's growth forecast for these economies. >>> moving on to currencies, the dollar lacks clear direction against the yen. the pair currently changing hands at 99.91. trading is stayingre sluggish ahead of the release of the fed's minutes as well as key economic data out of the u.s. now, among them, retail sales figures for october are due out. meanwhile, euro/yen is being quoted at 135.17. >>> the japanese government and ruling parties have agreed on a significant cut in a key subsidy, and that's for farmers who limit their rice production. government officials and lawmakers of the liberal democratic party plan to abolish th

have made the decision to support the region's sluggish economy the bank's board members met in frankfurt on thursday they agreed to trim the key rate by zero point two five percentage points to zero point two five percent. it was the first rate cut since may this year. the ecb has been under pressure to loosen its credit grip as the eurozone economy continues to struggle the european union projects that they cannot be in the single currency bloc is likely to shrink zero point four percent this year from last year unemployment is staying at a record high while consumer inflation has shown a sharp drop international concern is mounting over of mass death sentence handed down in bangladesh earlier this week trapped in a garrison in bangkok is falling the store so i swatched on his way his body to criticize bonds and cash after more than one hundred fifty people accused of taking part in year eight was sentenced to death the un high commissioner for human rights as a mass trial did not meet national standards. a special court in the capital got the sentence one hundred people to get anything

seventy countries but most impressive of all it's a pint with a good reputation headquarters in frankfurt twin terrors deutsche bank is a heavy hitter and planets as it seeks funding here it's used for ireland's financial sector. bought the bastards over recent years. today was gone about three hundred and thirty stops and says that between two divisions of the vine. global transaction banking which is about baby stuff and old technology and operations which has about two hundred and fifty. well we're announcing today is the prime to increase stop by seven hundred over the coming years. this building near caen tarp is where torture is going to base all that stuff going to buy its new offices here in east point to business park. tell us a little bit about what's happening in the irish economy right now the building has lain idle for four years but it's now going to be used to kyle's mom styles and joy to find workers. the iga face stiff competition for this project purposely going to say which countries are going to win the beach are going to use the important thing is that this one this t

joe showed me the knits in frankfurt for a sample the couple has confirmed that the essential few friends to a small spring and the staff perhaps for her mortgage holidays today but what does it mean for that. the wider irish economy. while the rate cuts wasn't done by the european central bank to help irish mortgage holders so that they were frankly at the last thing on their minds what has happened here is that they have moved to the inflation figures and inflation figures have been tumbling over the past couple of months. normally we would think low inflation slowing isn't a good thing yes normally it is but inflation has gone too although i'm not being interpreted as a sign that the economy in the day you are installing it again just always thought it was getting back going again they are trying now to help the economy by pushing more money. whatever money is left i look into the real economy by cutting interest rates to a quarter of one percent the lowest interest rate that the european central bank has ever said how's the policy rage on. remember they have only one that interest rat

kiera of the frankfurt stock exchange traders pm. that's the price is like the cops in the wind and the teen section further on the earnings season does not go too well the menu that's the price is two and to trade as some very careful watching the hulk milk so that companies which are rather pessimistic these days this track down the back so which fell under nine thousand points before recovering again. and let's look at exactly where the deck speed and up to date another slight smoltz by about four percent nine thousand and fifty four the exact number the euro stocks fifty the leading companies here in the eurozone and three thousandand twenty one was the closing number down by almost five cents. i've been to deal with the dow jones is only up to the innocence of the fifteen thousand seven hundred and sixty four points the euro is trading for one us to look to the full fifty flights up in a cave in positive character set. while we ever take a short one minute break but when we come back for some dry is of far right here in europe.

i'm trying frankfurt fell two will start on friday dormant hammered stuttgart six one. i might take a look at the standings and by i mean its hard fought victory put them back in first place but only are just a point behind followed by labour prison meant she got up and will start better frame and moved into the top half in the bottom of august or jump to thirteenth place. freiburg move up a notch hundred berth in the relegation zone. i lounged by the rain the bottom despite their win over labour. sky watchers in parts of the united states' southern europe and africa had a chance to win is a stunning spectacle today the rare hybrid solar eclipse this person visible over the atlantic east of florida. later a partial phases were also visible from southern europe. a total eclipse could be seen in parts of africa. last glance this could be caught from somalia just a little while ago. i think that is a peak in central gaza on the sun was blocked down for more than one next. it's an amazing pictures that. that's all for this edition of the journal for an in depth look at all

the sell out in the markets react to our reporter at the frankfurt stock exchange content is then sent us this report very few people he had anticipated that the european central bank would cut interest rates this thursday. that's why the reaction on the stock market was so intense it th on to another all time high of nearly nine thousand two hundred points. the band investors became wary again traders said the situation in the eurozone must still be very critical because the ecb to cut interest rates so surprisingly now. due to the surprise of the fact that seven backed companies really got into the background and adding to all of this came the ipo of twitter in the all no wonder that many people here are convinced that this thursday was the most eventful day at the exchange of the cia. and as i read just mention all the highs have been on the twitter debut on the new york stock exchange today in the ipo most certainly has not fallen short of expectations and shares opened at over forty five dollars and ten cents a share of seventy three percent jump from the twenty fifth elephant sha

time now for a check on how stocks are trading thirty volts joins us from the frankfurt stock exchange already we had a very big record across the pond. the sox history the dow at sixteen hundred or so scary today. the other side of the tt to casing then the guests in vista ca hiking gave me some to sell stance by saying that profits of many due to the cheap money knots to lead and then expands tried it sees which is nothing new but to use and ella decided that i see ms said she ate a huge setback to finance and marketing these words have the huge impact but the question is if i can use the net than anybody else ok but we are seeing some dreams of an impasse to do with the green light for a big deal but with no camera. the big deal scoffing that it might be a very busy day but for nokia nobody knows that no kids to our dismay today fortune on the next ordinary bond and the ag and greet with the huge majority to sell milk yet to microsoft is is mean something very special and it gets me also add that don't fall off and i can because for fourteen years his company dominated the word whit

exxon mobil up 2.2% in frankfurt. microsoft up 0.5%..5% and google up 0.5%. >>> and dan loeb revealed earlier this week that he's investing in fedex. a piling shows a stake in the package delivery giant worth $270 million. loeb took new stakes in activision and nokia. ackman slashed his stake in procter & gamble. he bought in last year and successfully pushed for change with p&g ousting the ceo bob donald. fedex, activision blizzard both up. nokia down. my director is teasing me for saying blizzard. >>> still to come on the show, brazil has weathered the storm in emerging markets better than most, but is the outlook set to be better than rival mexico? we'll compare their growth stories and the investment opportunities when we come back. as we do so, you can see right now on the european equities, it's a pretty even steven session. advancers just about outpacing decliners on the dow jones stoxx 600. textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, gl

walmart shares pretty flat in frankfurt.hink spend sg going to be big in the states over the holiday season, take a look at china. ready, set, spend. the biggest online shopping day of the year just got a whole lot bigger. alley babb ba said sales rose to $5.7 billion. that flashed last year's record. more sales from alibab than those combined in the united states. there's less days this year between thanksgiving and christmas. so how are you going to time it? >> yeah, exactly, right? i think it gives us more time to freak out about whether or not you've gotten your holiday shopping done or you've procrastinated. but i think truly when we look at the calendar, there are certain anomalies that cause certain shopping to happen earlier than at other times. hanukkah falls very, very early this year. so that percentage of shoppers, albeit smaller, will probably get the bulk of their shopping done very early. many of them have started those to celebrate hanukkah. and yes, there's fewer days this year, but most people have a budget

that is the latest from frankfurt, illinois, anita padilla, fox 32 news. back to you. will be a blur for many as they try to sort this out. anita, thank you very much. bill: coming the cold weather as you can tell there. >>> allegations of bullying rocking a big-time college football team. a live report on new accusations colling up on that. martha: plus a traffic stop with a van filled with children. this as you can see is anything but routine. it ends in gunfire and a wild chase. who is to blame for this situation when we come back? >> get out of the vehicle. get out out of the vehicle right now. open the door? [screaming] bill: some amazing pictures showing europe's most active volcano back at it erupting, what mt. etna does best, lightings up the sky over sicily. columns of ash and lava. none nearby villages in any danger or evacuations order. airplane flights restricted over the volcano. that is some action, huh? martha: so is this. bullying scandal rocking the football team at rutgers in new jersey. players claim the coach verbally abuseed him so much that he was

verizon stock in frankfurt down around 0.2%. hewlett packard up 0.2%. >>> still to come, uk home builders got hit hard after the bank of england's surprise by scrapping the lending scheme for mortgage finance. we'll look at the latest mortgage data, discuss the implications of that move and get into the latest currency moves, as well. >>> down to a five-year low against the euro today after the bank of japan governor said the japanese central bank had no plan to monetize monetary policy. he did stress japan is aimed solely at meeting its 2% inflation targets. the announcement came in october. dollar/yen meanwhile is at a six-month low against the dollar at 102.61. orich, good to see you. dollar/yen, have we finally consolidated a break above 100? >> yeah, i think so. the market was very concerned about not reaching the inflation target. and still, a lot of people or most of the participants i think believe that 2% is a very ambitious goal. but at least they see it's going in the right direction. something that is a crucial part