at 18 hong kong dollars. they're selling them at 16 hong kong dollars each. that is about $3.9 billion in u.s. money. if they announce this -- if they had announced at last week they would have been able to raise as much. it is one of the benefits. thanks for that. its best is ramping up year for initial public offerings and 2010 that there is one glitch. overseas companies have almost evaporated. shery ahn is joining us with the latest. >> there are more than 100 listings here in hong kong but there is only one long -- only one non-chinese company. that is the worst annual tally in five years. the value of foreign ipos has fallen every year since 2011. about 1/5 in hong kong, not anymore. this is a huge blow to hong kong, which has tried to rival new york and london as a global financial center. >> they lost alibaba as well. >> that is one of the example. they were a $25 billion ipo and they went to new york. is sayinging director that hong kong has lost momentum, and if hong kong has lost their competitive edge, they won't even be able to rely on the china

curious that it was the only foreign company to list in hong kong this year. o the fact listingg kong's environment has really dampened in recent years. da, majore pra commodity producers, they are not looking at hong kong as the entry point to china, they are looking to other markets where they get a much better return entire valuations. increasingly kong is growing closer to china. that is concern there, hong kong may lose out. a lot of issues here. fallenue of ipos has every year since 2011. >> where are they going? >> they are going to new york, the new york stock exchange -- alibaba did that. not change the rules for its ownership structure. >> having this rather strict guidelines in place? >> the securities and futures commission had a role in that as well. led thisman international push over the past 10 years. he seems to believe that the exchange will do a little bit more to bring in foreign companies. in recent years, they used hong kong after entry point to the chinese market. connect, ifanghai at all? >> the shanghai connect program -- it seems to be

the markets in hong kong. tradingung kai started -- resumed trading and it is up 2%, unaffected by that corruption trial. some analysts saying that it was only because only one other was convicted. citic taking a look at securities. they are trying to sell about -- it is losing ground today, but it is now the world fourth largest security firm by market value. let's take a look at how the markets are doing overall this monday morning. look at this. the market here in asia in green, in positive territory. we're looking at the 200 rising 2.1%. crude has rebounded. they have gained the most in more than two years. it has been fluctuating a bit today but it is in positive territory. lia's energy and mining shares leading gains. index of 3/10 of a percent because the south korean economy says it is expecting to have 3.8% next year. the shanghai composite up 2.4%. at one point earlier today, they had been trading in the highest level since 2010. were innese stocks between positive and negative territory all morning.

shanghai is losing enthusiasm for the connection and hong kong. -- in hong kong. return to the top story. the beginning of the end of the democracy street protests. the police moved into the streets in the admiralty district. they cleared protesters and barricades. there were scuffles and rs. -- and arrests. tell us what you have seen today. is calm now, there here at the protest site. the government offices will reopen after being closed this morning after the police action in this area. we heard from the secretary of security begin to the press a short while ago. he said the process were on the verge of getting out of control and that the government will not tolerate violent action. is making a push to clear protesters off of roads. protesters had occupied those last night. between --hed clashes yesterday. this morning, the police made a renewed effort to clear the protesters off of the road. fleeing to as were grassy area and the police pushed them along one of the walkways that you see behind me and back onto the road and the main protest area. and,d see some

we have the story on hong kong and political clashes in beijing.ee of spain's biggest papers had new editors. we have that story >>> we explore a noisy place in the world of journalism, the online comments sections, known as the home of the trolls. and we examine the output of the news media in japan, since the disaster of the fukushima nuclear plant >>> and starting with nick muirhead from tunis with a look at tunisia's most revolutionary news media. expectations were eye. tunisia was where the arab spring got its start. the question is have the expectations been met since the fall of president ben ali. >>> ask tunisians what are the biggest changes since the fall of president ben ali, and they'll tell you it's media freedom. you can see it on the news stands, on the airwaves, online. tunisia is talking. >> translation: the public realm erupted with people who once didn't have the right to express themselves freely, and who finally came to bring a different rhetoric to whether or not existed in the past. >> translation: we can see all political op

police move into hong kong's protest site. a new savings plan china takes steps to insure bank deposits. >> breaking news is coming through at the moment. it's the official numbers coming through. the index came in slightly below analysis. today has been all about police in the nto protest site admiralty district in hong kong. the streets have been cleared or are being cleared around these government offices. give us an update what is going n right now. >> this is the area that protestors were fleing from this morning. you can probably see the last of the cleanup here, police cleaning up remains of belong thags belonged to protestors from this area where they had been overnight. you can probably see this tway traffic now flowing along this road. this is actually one of the reasons that kicked off the action that we saw last night and this morning. protestors had converged in this area and taken over this road. police had been in confrontations with them yesterday. e saw pepper spray being used. in the tend police did leave mos

: what protestors in hong kong did did was completely illegal. the congress hong government has the right to restore social stability and order. >> police plan to push ahead with the removal operation to reopen occupied roads. activists have been blocking the roads since september. >>> let's now go to nhk world in hong kong. he's watching the events unfold there. >> reporter: operations have just begun at the main site of the protest. many police are removing barricades. before the operation started, an official read a court order banning sit-ins. after they cleared the streets subject to the order, police started removing the protestor's tents and barricades around the government headquarters. some of the student demonstrators stood there. promotion continues with protestors calling for a true general election. the clearing of the site is underway, and tensions are running high. nhk world, hong kong. >> many students began in early september boycotting their classes. they're upset over a decision by leaders in beijing that blocked pro-democracy

and also hong kong as a city is kind of a law-abiding city. it's a very tiny area.very beginning, no matter what, the occupy central movement, we are occupy but it's with peace and love. very law-abiding. all kinds of issues coupled together. i think so far, has not spilled over across the territory into the mainland china. very much contained within the tiny area in hong kong. >>> the growing row between china and the uk over plans by a group of british parliamentarians. today, the chinese foreign ministry said it would not allow any foreign countries to interfere in its internal affairs. >> translator: the people from the british parliament's foreign affairs committee do not want to go to hong kong for a normal friendly visit, but to carry out a so-called investigation on chinese territory. we do not need any foreign lawmakers to carry out probes. i hope they can clearly see this basic reality. >>> let's move on. the captain of the costa concordia cruise ship is giving his first testimony about the ship wreck off an italian island that killed 32 people in 2012. fr

hong kong police have been cracking down on pro-democracy protesters.ours ago, police removed barricades built by protesters. they used batons and pepper spray to push back demonstrators who surrounded government headquarters and blocked another major road. at least 40 people have been arrested. >>> u.s. president obama has a series of meetings planned monday to discuss ferguson, missouri. he's scheduled to speak with his cabinet to review programs that fund police departments. he's also set to meet with civil rights leaders and community leaders for ways to rebuild trust with police. >>> in syria, the u.s.-led coalition has stepped up air strikes against the city of raqqah. observers say at least 30 air strikes targeted the city saturday night. isis uses raqqah for training, weapons depots and barracks for its fighters. >>> those fighters have made strong gains throughout syria and also iraq. right now, isis militants control wide arias west of baghdad, and the iraqi government is determined to keep them from capturing the capital city. jer mauna karac

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our anna coren joins us now live from hong kong.is more than just employer mistreatment. just detail for us the constant abuse that she is alleging. >> reporter: yeah, this is a woman who claims that she was tortured by her employer, a 44-year-old mother of two, from hong kong, who -- she worked for some six months. it was during that time that she says she was beaten, she was hit, he had a vacuum cleaner nozzle shoved in her mouth where her teeth were broken. she was beaten with a mop, with a coat hanger, a ruler, a ladder, he would hit her with his fists. the sort of abuse we've been hearing over the course of the day, now that she has taken the stand in the court behind me, is horrific, completely inhumane. certainly speaking to the activists, the people who are supporting her, say that so many women, and it is predominantly women, 300,000 domestic helpers from the philippines and indonesia working here in hong kong, that these women are sick and tired of being treated as slaves and second class citizens. so they are hoping her c

live from hong kong with the details. this hour,nd that at 6:00 here in london, and this hour has been targeted as a key deadline for the protesters in hong kong. yes, where hearing police that now announcing protesters and others who should not be in the area should be leaving immediately. they have announcing this at regular intervals for the last hour. they said able start clearing this site very soon, maybe in the next five minutes. what has happened today is that part of the protest site was covered by an injunction in that part was cleared this morning by some people who are authorized by the company to do so and they were watched by bailiffs who were surveying the area. no resistance from protesters there but now they have moved on to the main protest site. this area is not covered by an injunction but authorities did say that when they clear the outer parts they would also take the opportunity to declare this part as well -- this main part which goes all the way down this hide way. -- highway. protesters have been

hong kong tumbled more than 2.5%, its worst single-day loss since february. and weak chinese data is putting some pressure on major benchmarks in europe as you can see there, all of them are in negative territory. london is leading the pack lower down by three quarters of a percent. oil related shares are being sold on falling crude oil prices. >>> well a government survey suggests japan's economy is recovering at a moderate pace. it shows japanese companies have increased their capital investment over the past six quarters. finance ministry officials surveyed more than 31,000 businesses. they say the company's end of july to september period invested about $80 billion in plants and equipment. that's up 5.5% from the same period last year. producers of smartphone components ramped up output capacity while real estate developers invested in commercial and office buildings. the survey also shows that sales rose nearly 3% year-on-year. that's the fifth straight quarterly rise. pretax profits were up 7.6%. and that marks the 11th consecutive increase. >>> however

it's over the election of hong kong's leader for 2017. china, which ultimately governs the region, says a committee will nominate two to three candidates. pro democracy campaigners say that amounts to vetting, it's not democratic, it's not a free election. the camps have been in three districts of hong kong. that's the mong kok. now we're talking about admiralty, and it leaves just causeway bay. we can get more from babita sharma. is it fair to say this really is it, they're clearing out the last vestiges? >> absolutely, david. it's been an incredible few hours here. the authorities always told us that today was going to be d-day for the protesters. they said no matter what happens, they are going to clear this main protest site. i'm currently on a bridge just overlooking admiralty, where you were showing those live pictures there. because what has actually happened in the course of today is it all began at 10:00 this morning when bailiffs enforced a court order enabling them to remove barricades from the surrounding areas just down the s

there is a verdict in the biggest corruption trial ever in hong kong.onaire thomas hook accused of paying million in bribes to an official. we'll bring you the results after this. >>> hong kong business tycoon thomas kwok has been found guilty in the city's biggest corruption trial ever. the real estate developer was accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to a former government official who has also been found guilty. jurors acquitted kwok's brother raymond of all charges. the kwoks head up the multibillion development company shkp, which is responsible for many of hong kong's high-rise buildings. we learn more. >> reporter: batman scales the ifc towering over hong kong in "the dark knight." it's an architectural stamp of wealth and power. it isn't really surprising the producers chose ifc as the backdrop for that dramatic scene. it's one of the most famous buildings on the hong kong skyline, and it's also one of the three tallest. all three of those tallest buildings were built by the property company founded by the kwok brothers. indeed, the

official has weighed in and warned china not to forcibly supress demonstrators in hong kong. the u.s. secretary of state daniel russell spoke to the senate foreign relations committee. >> it's far from over and a mistake to under estimate the resolve and determination of the hong kong people. the chinese know that the world is watching. and this matters. it has a reputational cost to them. >> russell argued people in hong kong should embrace a more open election system. he says it will help legitimize the appointment. officials in beijing says there has been foreign interference in the process. some chinese says the u.s. government is providing financial assistance to the protesters. russell later told reporters it's clear hong kong residents voluntarily launched the campaign. he criticized the chinese government for holding what he calls a nasty view that the protesters were instigated from outside. >>> investors are pouring in to the u.s. dollar. they feel it will pay off well. you have the details. what's going on? >> i do. investors feel it is a good time to buy the dolla

as babita sharma reports. >> reporter: life has resumed in hong kong.ns in the heart of hong kong's financial district has reopened to traffic. looking at the scene here, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the umbrella revolution didn't take place. but take a closer look and you might just spot the odd discarded metal railing, a sign of the protest movement. and a closer look at this tiny sign that says so much. we will be back. that is the question on everybody's lips here today. what will become of political reforms in hong kong and what is the future of the pro democracy movement? >> babita sharma there in hong kong. >>> officials in bangladesh say the oil slick created when a barge sank is now 50 kilometers long. local residents have been mobilized to collect the oil. the area is home to the world's largest mangrove forest. the authorities say the spill could threaten a sanctuary for dolphins and the habitat for the royal bengal tigers. >>> stay with us here on msnbc msnbc. reckless, foolish, and too keen to make an impression. just part of the mal

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shun ishibe, nhk world, hong kong. >> it's time now for a check of the weather. people on the big island of hawaii are bundling up as some areas >> it is a typical event but the cold air is really frosty today. we have seen the mercury drop down to minus 23.3 degrees across hokeida. the moisture is carried all the way across japan and squeezed here in the backbone mountains of japan as very heavy snowfall. we, in fact, have a reported accumulation of snowfall death at 180 centimetres. out here across the america s we have a couple of storm systems pulling away from eastern locations but still creating some severe thunderstorms. in fact, the low pressure sit system sitting over ohio, we have this cold front stretching into florida, we have report of 160 millimeters of rainfall that fell over parts of northern florida, an ongog story with patches of heavy rainfall as well as slight risks of severe thunderstorms for you in the carolinas. out here across the great lakes region we have snow in the forecast. rain will gradually turn to snow. the traveling will be hinde

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votes being counted after record turn out at the poles and kasmeed and penthouse to prison and the hong konglionaire sent to jail for corruption. ♪ we begin in syria with thousands of people trapped by fighting could soon get much-needed aid, the world health organization has approval to deliver supplys to parts of aleppo and damascus and diseases on the rise in the areas as dana reports and a warning you may find some pictures in her report disturbing. >> reporter: hygiene-related disease on the rise in syria, this girl diagnosed with a parasite infection spread by flies. according to doctors cases like these show how the crumbling healthcare system and the worsening living conditions especially in rebel-held areas are affecting people. >> translator: we have no pe pestsides and there is no hygiene. >> reporter: lack of water in easter guta surrounding the government siege and the problem of contaminated water is not confined to rule damascus and across syria the world health organization reported 6500 of tyfoid and hepatitis is a problem. >> and a problem in damascus area lately and damage

the stakes are being raised in hong kong between protesters and the government. one of the most prominent faces of the movement is now on a hunger strike with two other students and say they won't stop until the government responds to their demands for a free election. their action comes after some of the worst violence to hit the protests in weeks. our senior international correspondent ivan watson joins us live from hong kong with the latest. it's past 3:00 p.m. where you are. this has gone on for almost two months. what's new today? >> well, we're just getting news of an announcement by three of the founders of the occupy central movement. they have released a press release, giving a press conference any minute now and they they basically announced what they'll do is plan to hand themselves over to the hong kong police at 3:00 p.m. local time on wednesday. there are no indications that the police are actually searching for these three individuals. though the authorities here have said that this sit-in this protest move s illegal. what's more important about th

this is what hong kong has to look forward to. >> samuel chu, he's just back from hong kong, good to see you again. good to talk to you. thank you. >> thank you. >> protests against a tax on tap water. people in ireland are furious. now they have folks from detroit in their fight. and then we have david shuster in for ali velshi in "real money." >> wait until you hear about the deal in congress that could mean cuts to your benefits. >>> and nort north korea calls this an act of war. teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? >> in the wake of embarrassing incidents, the nfl is calling for tough standards for anyone associated with the league who violates the new rules. >> reporter: after admitting his mistakes in handling the ray rice incident, commissioner roger goodell promised improvement to the league's policy. goodell revealed what he calls a revised and strengthened policy, which was approved by all 32 leagu

he jones us from hong kong. andy, i have to give you perhaps. called this way back in september. you were looking for oil to plummet to $60 a barrel. what did you see that led you to that call? >> well, i saw china's energy demand kind of fell in august. so that effectively the overall economic picture of japanese over investments. china is kind of a growth and energy. and eventually oil price has to catch up with the coal price in china. basically, energy supply, two-thirds is coal. the coal is down 60%. so i expect oil eventually to come down 60%, too. >> 60% from here or do you think that these prices were not far from what ud called from that $60 drop? >> yeah. it's about $60. i think $60 is probably comfortable with the coal price in china. >> andy, what's so interesting about this is so many people have assumed that this was a supply issue, that the united states has gotten much better at drilling. that we've been able to get much more oil out of the ground than we ever expected. you're saying the reason for this plummet is a demand situat

on the whole, what is the big opinion like in hong kong?ow much support do the protesters now have? >> well, it is worth making that point, lucy. all along, these have been overwhelmingly peaceful protests. the main site has the air of a sort of festival. a kind of canyon of skyscrapers is how it's been described. there are speeches, debates. there's artwork on display. and in many ways, this has been, in all senses, a peaceful campaign of civil disobedience, but there have been around the edges, particularly as the authorities have tried to clear some of the sites elsewhere in the city, these outbreaks of violence. public opinion, i think it's fair to say, is waning. this was always a divided city. there were many who from the start felt these protests were futile. they were very unlikely to win any sort of concessions from beijing. but as they've dragged on, as more people have been inconvenienced, i think the support is ebbing further. >> john, thanks for the update from hong kong and for more on what's happening in hong kong, do go to o

that is the hong kong way. everybody becomes an engineer or mathematician, doctors, just professionals, so you can have a good life. i started off doing a lot of math. i liked math. i started studying engineering. >> you went on to boarding school in massachusetts. how did that happen? one bedroom apartment, boarding school in massachusetts. >> by the time i was thinking of my education, the higher education, my family is already in a middle income family. my father studied english at night, and accumulated some wealth. he invested in the silk business. he said, have you thought about what your are going to study? i said, probably engineering. he said, hong kong really isn't great in engineering. have you ever though about going overseas? that's when it piqued my interest. i wanted to go to the ivy league. if you go to one of those, it enhances your chances of getting into the ivy league quite a bit. i went to prep school. >> that must've been quite a transition, hong kong to massachusetts prep school. >> i wen

we start with papers focusing on the protests in hong kong. returning to normal in certain areas. >> yesterday, police started reopening block areas near the government headquarters. there is a photo on the front page of "the wall street journal." police officers forcefully removing protesters from that area. hong kong pro-democracy protests cleared from the occupied areas. interesting to see how the regional press is reacting. china daily is very factual on their front page. it talks about how the protest camps are cleared up around the hong kong government offices. in its editorial, china daily applauds police officers in hong kong for finally clearing the illegal occupy central campaign p a china daily has been opposed to this movement. this spells defeat for the umbrealla revolution. the occupy movement has torn the social fabric apart. a hong kong-based paper, the south china daily post was supporting the movement until it turned violent. in its editorial it agrees that hong kong where scars from oo ccupy that will not heal overnight. it

china has blocked a group of british lawmakers from entering hong kong. they were planning to study the political and economic situation in the territory. >> the highest debate and important matter that should have your again consideration. >> members of britain's foreign affairs committee were hoping to fly out on a fact-finding mission later this month. the visit would mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the joint declaration. that document paved the way for britain to hand hong kong back to china. but the chinese embassy in london refused to issue visas. the chinese government is acting in an confrontational manner. >> this is the most worried thing about this is they seem to be saying the joint declaration now has no vaa will validity whatsoever. >> a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said it's china's sovereign right to decide who is allowed to enter hong kong. >> translator: if the british lawmakers insist on trying to visit we consider it a confrontation. >> she said china and britain many times that it opposes the trip. the u.s. govern

they are calling for a democratic election for hong kong's next chief executive in 2017. we'll keep monitoring the situation there in hong kong and bring you details as they come to us. we take you now to stockholm. three japanese-born scientists have been handed one of the world's most prestigious honors. they have been presented with their nobel prizes in physics. they earned the work for l.e.d.s. professor akasaki, professor hiroshi amano and professor nakamuru of the university of santa barbara share the honor. >> you have been awarded the nobel prize in physics for your invention of efficient blue light emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy saving white light sources. ♪ >> swedish king carl gustav awarded the medals to the scientists. a member of the nobel committee praised them for their efforts in creating gall yant crystal which allowed for the development of blue leds. the three winners attended a banquet after the ceremony. >> our friend wanted his prize to be awarded based on the invention or discovery in physicses that joined the preceding year h

he still is on the streets of hong kong. he joins us now live with the latest ivan, what is the situation? obviously behind you no people, just barricades. >> reporter: that's right. natalie, we were here as you saw in the segment filming last night where you had these confrontations, the police facing off against the demonstrators. as you can see, the highway there is now open. there is actually no police presence to speak of and no demonstrators either. as for the main protest encampment it is still very much in place. the demonstrators retreated after they tried to barricade the entrance to the government headquarters, and they are still in their encampment this. is just a small piece of it. you can see some of the hundreds of tents that are spread out over this area. basically what the police have shown, now on two occasions within the last week is when they want to, they can very quickly and very effectively clear out thousands of demonstrators and clear out the makeshift barricades they put together and clearly at this

lots of focus on the events in hong kong.specially protests earlier this week. >> is getting attention. the original press, china daily in mainland china is very critical of the student protesters. this is the editorial. "a mockery of democracy." the attempt to storm government headquarters resulted in chaos. the south china morning post, based in hong kong is also critical. until now they have been supportive. they are talking about how violence was never meant to be an option for the occupy protesters. it seems like a turning point has been reached. violent clashes yesterday or the worst since demonstrations began 65 days ago. the editorial blames student leaders for causing the escalation. as if they were intent on provoking trouble, that is what the article says. it says student leaders have one choice, to tell supporters it is time to go home. >> back in france we are used to seeing protests. there is an unusual group of people that has decided to take to the streets. >> the government has seen demonstrations over the ye

the hong kong government headquarters. demonstrators want the people to be able to choose their own candidates without any interference from beijing. rob mcbride reports. >> as morning rush hour approached the police moved in scattering protesters and demolishing their tents. hundreds of officers in riot gear forced the demonstrators off the road, outside the main government buildings. the morning action followed a night of the most violent clashes seen on the streets of hong kong during the two-month-long struggle. pitched battles around the main government headquarters in the admiralty district which is home to the demonstrators main occupation site. student leaders had called for a big turnout but what they said would be a new tactic, telling protesters to come prepared with goggles and masks. then they revealed they would try to paralyze the government by laying siege to all the entrances of the government headquarters. police were just as determined to break the blockade, using batten charges and pepper spray. demonst

doing shopping eating food typical hong kong tourist stuff. they go inside an elevator. they are carrying gopros. they are wearing masks. actually you guys have seen them before. it's the guy on the roof. went into that massive tower in shanghai. fascinating video where they are above the clouds. they are at it again in hong kong. this time they did something a little bit different. they find a ladder up to the roof and we are up on rooft with a great view of hong kong. they are on the china online center. it gets sneaky. they find the computer that is running. they are posting their video from hang high on the billboard on this building right on the harbor of hong kong. seal it up again and off they go. >> they could have arranged for this to be an advertisement of theirs and they make it look like it's an under cover deal. instead it's a set-up. >> i would imagine with all that technology andhat huge computer that runs it will be in some tech guy's office. that's the only thing that makes it fishy. it could be simple editing. you could superimpose that image over that

the deadline has come and gone for the protesters in hong kong to leave their camp.fficials have begun clearing some of the barricades. just party reports. >> a new beginning. activists put up signs to show they won not give up. they began clearing barricades.there was a court order to dismantle the main protest site. the police were not far behind. in order to help with the injunction, the bailiff has requested the assistance of the police. to leave immediately. resolute action if protesters refused to clear the stretch of highway. it has been occupied for the past 75 days. thousands demanded the chinese government not interfere with hong kong's elections. they insisted on having a say. beijing has not biased and the movement has waned. >> the movement is not finished yet. it is beginning another phase of the protest. >> we understand it is difficult to bring democracy to hong kong. we must fight for it. some say democracy cannot fill your stomach. >> on wednesday, thousands came out to bid farewell to the in camden site. --to the encampment site. >> afghanistan has

last of occupied hong kong in causeway bay.e 30 minutes away from the opening of trading in japan and south korea. up."re watching "first the gamble pays off -- shinzo abe a celebrates a landslide election victory. crude falls a new -- opec will maintain output levels even if it thinks further. and going for growth -- china may meet its annual target with the stroke of a pen. to you.ning let's check in on the markets this market -- this morning. we are seeing a losses extend in australia as oil hits a fresh five and half year low. the aussie dollar is weakening ahead of the fiscal review coming out in two hours stop it is at 82 u.s. cents. in new zealand, we are seeing losses following the heels of the walls treat selloff causing volatility in the markets this morning. the new zealand dollar spot strengthening 277 u.s. cents. counting down to the open in korea and japan. this is the first opportunity markets will be able to trade off the victory for shinzo abe. it pointing to a lower open this after the gyrations on wall -- dol