they are responding to an intervention by g-7 members. with that the nikkei recovered to the 9,000 level this morning on expectations that the agreement could stop a further appreciation in the yen. the nikkei is now just closed the morning session at 9120. it is up 1.7%. and that's the equivalent of 158 points. topix closed 821, up 11 points and that's 1.3%. over in the foreign exchange market, dollar yen is currently trading at the mid 81 yen level. before the mark opened the yen was changing hands at the low 79 level and then rose two yen within the first half hour of trading. keep in mind, the yen had just hit the historic high of 76.25 on thursday morning. so, for now, we are seeing the affects of intervention with the yen back up above 81. now, the g-7 agreement has so far brought the yen's level close to what it was before the earthquake struck last friday. as for trading today, there are two key factors markets are watching for. the first being how effective the g-7 agreement will be in stopping the yen's appreciation and second,

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welcome to the business update now finance ministers from the g. seven group of the world's richest nations have agreed to step into currency markets to try and control japan's volatile currency well it's the first time in more than a decade that the g seven have jointly intervened in the money markets on wednesday began to hit its highest level against the dollar since the second world war strengthening to seventy six and a quarter in the u.s. trading but it fell back later sessions it's currently trading at around eighty two dollars analysts say a quarter of a good effort by the world's biggest economies would have a bigger impact than the japanese central back acting alone but meanwhile the bank of japan injected another thirty seven billion dollars into the markets on friday best to try and shore up confidence and ensure liquidity to paris central bank has already injected nearly seven hundred billion dollars into the country's financial sector. let's now see how the markets are performing in reaction to the g seven intervention to curb the yen

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announcement of the g. seven countries the it started trading at eighty one so you see the huge jump eighty one dollars to a yes to the investment world certainly very very reactionary to this if we recall the analysts are saying now that japan's effort japan has invested about six hundred eighty eight billion that's not enough they need the help of the entire world in order to combat this because volatility is very high and definitely stock markets going up and down every single day depending on the news on be a situation in the crisis hit area the crisis of japan so definitely again reactionary mode still money going to be pouring it into japan we wonder whether this will stabilize the markets on the in the long term but definitely for now it is helping to keep the yen coming down a bit retreating a little bit that's helping the japanese government at this point in time we'll have more on that in a few minutes in the business update. turned out other stories we're covering here on r t the un security coun

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thank you rory finance ministers from the g. seven a group of the world's richest nations have agreed to step into currency markets and try to control japan's volatile currency and the first time in a decade of the g. seven i jointly and civilians in the money markets on wednesday the yen hit its highest level against the dollar since world war two strengthening to seventy six and a quarter in u.s. trading but it fell back in later sessions only trading at around eighty two dollars the stick lining sharply analysts say a coordinated effort by the world's biggest economies would have a bigger impact than the japanese central bank acting alone while the bank of japan injected another thirty seven billion dollars into market on friday to try and shore up confidence and ensure liquidity japan's central bank has already injected hundreds of billions of dollars into the country's financial sector a. second look at how asia's markets were performing on friday reaction to g seven intervention to curb the yen saw japanese shares jump of

russia starts producing over ellen g. it would have to roll secretaries part but for the for us for us so it's rather question whether the group needs. its cares or more russia is planning to sell as first person to year bond in thirteen years that's despite funding costs approaching the highest levels in a year in comparison with the debt maturing sooner. but the move which is the first russian since the one thousand nine hundred eight the fault is only aimed at the state. subjects deputy finance minister. said the state wants to provide a benchmark for russian companies seeking longer in the u.s. dollar and insisted the state had no attracting. analysts say the russian car market could become the sixth largest in twenty twenty by twenty with sales of four million cars a year the market grew seventy seven percent in the first two months of this year boosted by a scrap of program the cash for clunkers program and with the wider economy benefiting from higher oil prices one bunch of young outlined the growth potential and

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get started on the whole grain you're missing with your favorite big g cereals.sure to look for the white check. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> pink slips are going out to warn teachers of possible layoffs. educators and parents are rallying today to support governor brown's spending levels to maintain levels. >>> you know at 6:30 this morning, while many people were just waking up or getting ready for work, the california teachers association was having a press conference to discuss how this day was going to unfold. today actually is the deadline for school districts to issue preliminary pink slips. now some administrators will also get them. there will be rallies throughout the day in santa clara, burlingame, oakland and here in san bruno where we are at 4:00. the superintendent of schools will be here. take the new haven school district in union city. a small district, 60 pink slips have been issued. in a larger district like oakland, 540 layoff notices were sent out. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because w

so we're going to markets we start with asia traditionally this week reaction to the g. seven since inventions began saw japanese share jumped three percent while the currency itself tumbled investors were also showing some optimism that the radiation leakage could be contained and that for the sheema nuclear plant stock markets elsewhere they are also gaining and saying up point one percent. u.s. markets are up before a third straight session as tensions in livio this leading to cool down as a good positive move in the industrial companies are some of the biggest gainers this hour with caterpillar and general electric putting on more than two percent in europe the markets are also on the rise with investors appreciating improvements and world stock into more of the markets utilities and miners are leading the way in london while b.m.w. are up to one office and on the back. here in russia both the us yes and the nice x end of this very volatile week on a positive note with a wave of buying some of those in europe and the u.s. so look at some of these start. banks were th

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atomic generation thirteen times by twenty thirty so there are several american companies not just g.'s that are very keen on trying to get a stake in that but as of right now india doesn't want to have another potential disaster like what they're seeing over in japan happening here especially given the fact that she isn't really being held responsible or accountable for what's happening over there so only time will tell but as you've seen since the days following the disaster g.e. stocks have been tumbling so we're going to have to wait and see what effect that has on its future plans to build nuclear reactors around the world and here in india as well. keeping you up to date with events in japan is all to use for you spoke and you can join the debate on the situation. page also has the latest videos news and analysis on this and to. story starts on facebook. well to other news now this hour in libya forces loyal to colonel gadhafi have made significant gains in their offensive against the rebels and sharing the last opposition held city in the west or so air strikes have targeted an

and g. aims to start production of the ellen g. in two thousand and sixteen and is designed to produce around fifteen million tonnes of gas per year the project needs twenty eight billion dollars of investment and the c.e.o. of the number tagged me his son says that they will soon start as soon start looking for other participants in the project we could to bring bringing in several other foreign partners into the amal project they will be able to get up to forty nine percent we now negotiating with a number of possible partners and we expect to make a final decision by the end of the year however to trial will stay as the majority shareholder in the project the analysts say that it is good that a tile was picked as it is it will only compliment the implementation of the project on this new level of corporations which hotel and never opens new heights will be global energy industry says. the natural. currently russia has only one large role in the planet circling and it's all will be planned to be able fifty percent larger than cyc

f and g under "standard and complicated cases." commissioner miguel: the rebuttal period, basically. commissioner olague: my only concern would be sometimes we need to call the project sponsor. commissioner borden: this action gives them the right to have it. commissioner olague: i am in favor of eliminating that. commissioner borden: we are eliminating f and g? >> yes. commissioner moore: i want to bring up an issue that we limit the time. are we continuing, are we talking about staying in that is it? -- staying and that is it? commissioner borden: i am sorry. i did not hear. what did you say? commissioner moore: i had put an item on the agenda about the time we're available to sit here. we have not talked about that. are we closing today for discussion, or are we keeping it open? commissioner borden: it is up to you guys. commissioner moore: 10 we discussed this at some other point, because it is getting late? commissioner olague: we can talk about it now. maybe we open it up for public comment and we talk about it afterwards? ye

and g seven countries join efforts to stabilize currency markets and bring to get back to is not seen since world war two by the border business with us in the twenty first. without you live from moscow where it's an hour just after seven pm well colonel qaddafi says he has declared an immediate cease fire and ordered a military operations to stop mr. there are reports that fighting is continuing in the eastern side of the country and france the u.k.

really what happened is the in g-8 would be ready to -- really would happen is the m.t.a. would be able to provide additional bond fund. our committee provides $103 million in additional funds. both these categories are funds that are given to the mta by formula from the state. the capitol refunding programming is of belts $38 million. the majority involves taking existing projects and returning to the authority to give other elms -- eligible property projects, backed to the social summit. -- subway. the last part of the action today is improving those reprogramming actions. so on page 60 in your packet -- oh. page 60 of your packet is a summary of the full funding planning notice. two. have a couple of things in here. it does not mean all the funds are in hand. i wanted to flag the ones on this page. the prop 1-a funds. these are all state funds. it is almost certain they will not be available. this us to do with the outgoing state budget. the state has to be able to issue bonds. the funds will be there, but the project may not be there in time. looking at a number of asp

this is our first class that we are trying to graduate in four years a-g qualified. our board has been -- we will find out what the state of the state funding is. is it just a matter of money for the district? you brought up avalos and other class work such as biology, which is a very typical class that a ninth grader might take as a requirement for two years of laboratory science. many eighth graders take the course and they are not successful. this is their introduction to a highly rigorous science course. our ninth graders, many of them come in not prepared. they can do any sort of labora tory science preparation. >> they are among our highest. our biology numbers overall is 355 students, or 14%. the aspect breakdown, the numbers are even higher, the percentage of failures. >> thank you. director mendoza. commissioner maufasmendoza: i jt wanted to share as an advocate who has expressed very strong concerns about this particular area and a day later we met with the chancellor and the president at the city college. some of the work we are going to be doing together

and according to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov who schooled to the recent meeting of the g eight foreign ministers in the clearest he says when it comes to this no fly resolution there are several stumbling points the first one is that even though it was supported by the arab league we haven't needed a concrete detailed proposal on health resolution should be no fly zone resolution should be conducted in russia strongly strongly stands against any foreign military intervention in libya more lot of gadhafi continues to regain control of the a libyan t.v. series from the opposition so it's not clear if this resolution will be rolled into any more. meanwhile color gadhafi has vowed to retake the city in benghazi within hours he's called on the rebels to surrender and said there'd be no mercy for those who don't and as his forces close in on the opposition get out himself police the situation on the ground is different to what people are seeing in the media. or out of we are dealing with something important to us from abroad i mean al qaeda terrorists leadership began to tell t

welcome to business finance ministers from the g. seven group of the world's richest nations have agreed to step into a currency markets to try and control japan's volatile currency it's the first time in a decade that the g seven members have jointly intervened in the money markets and on wednesday the yen hit its highest level against the dollar since world war two strengthening to seventy six and a quarter in u.s. trading but it fell back in later sessions to be trading around eighty two dollars and this a native effort by the world's biggest economies would have a bigger impact than the japanese central bank acting alone meanwhile the bank of japan injected another thirty seven billion dollars into the markets on friday to try and shore up confidence and ensure liquidity japan's central bank has already injected around seven hundred billion dollars into the country's financial sector. now to discuss the japanese currency and challenges it faces let's cross to let it go from b.m.p. paraguay's with us live thank you very much for b

and g. reduction in the black sea for simply for the reason that the. issues. or so. he rushes those producing only when she would have all the secretaries part of the experts for the us was. so it's rather question whether the group needs. more. shareholders of russia's second largest mobile operators approve the six billion dollar purchase of wind teleco on the decision means when bill cohen will now be able to complete the transaction with egypt's wind because quite strong opposition from tel and or the russian operators second largest shareholder and says include a tally and mobile operator win and a controlling stake in telecom the cairo based companies with telecoms businesses in africa the middle east and asia will call notes to finalize the deal by the end of june which will make you one of the world's biggest mobile operators by number of subscribers. russia is planning to sell its first thirty year bonds in thirteen years past despite funding costs approaching their highest levels in a year in comparison with debt maturing sooner but the move which is russia

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get started on the whole grain you're missing with your favorite big g cereals.e sure to look for the white check. >>> welcome back on this saturday morning, about 8:19 right now. i just love it. it's mild. it's really nice out overall. no traffic or air rain delays or flight delays to report right now. enjoy it while you can. changes are on the way. meteorologist kristine hanson is in for lisa argen. hi, nice to see you. >> and you can see the clouds, it looks like it may be cool outside and mid to upper 60s, maybe 70 in some spots. so we have this moving you can tell it's coming in from hawaii. let's go outside. gorgeous day on the slopes. no problems getting up and down road wise. the snow is fresh and crisp and in the teens and 20s. and downtown san francisco, pretty day as i mentioned. we've got sunshine and a little bit of hazy visibility right now. but no visibility problems because of fog. we are seeing some high cloud cover just over the northern portion of the state. this system is what we saw later yesterday afternoon. throughout the overnight hours, y

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the recent meeting of the g. eight foreign ministers in the clearest he says when it comes to this no fly resolution there are several stumbling points the first one is that even though it was supported by the arab league we haven't. me the concrete detailed proposal on health this north why resolution should be a no fly zone resolution should be conducted it's not clear whether it will need the use of force in the us or strongly strongly stands against any foreign military intervention in libya more good that he continues to regain control of the only real teacher is from the opposition so it's not clear if this resolution will be relevant anymore. but i was going to his forces are closing in on the opposition that libyan leader himself believes that the situation on the ground is different to what people are saying in the media. before going to go through hoops or out we are dealing with something important to us from abroad i mean al qaeda terrorists leadership began to tell the world about contests in libya a

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get started on the whole grain you're missing with your favorite big g cereals. the white check. >> the supervisors say it's one step in the long budget cutting process. they have voted to eliminate vacation buy back for 300 of the county's highest paid employees. abc7's lawrence anthony has the story from martinez. >> i know this is tough but it's the right thing to do. >> what the supervisors did was vote to eliminate a long-standing vacation buy back policy for 300 top employees. mostly managers and supervisors not represented by a union. >> the sad thing is it's probably only the beginning of a long series of other things that we are going to need to do. >> until now managers could sell back up to one-third of their unused vacation per year. >> please do not take away this benefit. >> district attorney mark peterson told abc7 his deputies da's will be impacted. >> now they will take the vacation time and i will have to replace them with one and a half or more attorneys which will cost me additional money. >> they say the move is expected to save the strugglin

secular how asia's market reacted to that g.'s of an intervention to guard against all japanese shares jumped nearly three percent while the currency itself tumbled investors were also showing some optimism that further radiation leakage could be contained at the fukushima hong kong's hang saying closed slightly up on friday u.s. markets are up for a third straight session as tensions in libya also seem to be cooling down there's a broad positive movement sports industrial companies are some of the biggest gainers this hour with caterpillar general electric putting on more than two percent in europe markets are also on the rise of verses appreciating improvements in the world's stock and commodity markets utilities and miners and leading the way in london world dynamo and b.m.w. are up more than three percent on the decks here in russia because the r.t.s. allies expanded this is a very volatile week on a positive note the eve of buying similar to those seen in the europe and the u.s. so we'll get some of the individual stocks in