there are dissonance from mainland china living in hong kong. there is that protection. the problem is that the media in hong kong is owned primarily by businesses who have business concerns in mainland china. there is a certain amount of self-censorship. different people college different things, and people debate how bad it is -- different people call it a different things, and people debate how bad it is, but a lot of journalists complain that they are told to town it down on certain things. >> finally, what is global voices on line and a global network initiative? >> they are two very different things despite both being called global. global voice as online is an and medianal blockegger network. the idea is that there are people all over the world using the internet to talk about all kinds of very interesting things, and when we started in 2004, the idea was, look, there are all these people in the middle east and africa, asia, talking about things happening in their country that the media is now reporting on because the media can only report so much, but it is reall

we are seeing hong kong and mainland china shares trading in the negative. shanghai major blue chips down about 0.28%. shenzhen down 1.06% currently. >> companies in japan have been taking a range of measures to prepare for power shortages expected this summer. one key initiative is the renting of power generators. >> major japanese beverage maker owns this plant in central japan. the management rented more than 10 power generators, anticipating a shortage of electricity in the summer. it uses lactic acid bacteria in most products. blackouts would have a devastating effect on outputs because it requires careful temperature control. >> translator: we decided to rent the generators because they were available immediately. we wanted to have a backup plan in place as early as possible. because we have no idea what to expect. >> demand for power generators is rapidly growing. a construction equipment rental firm has been working to obtain them. since the march 11th natural disaster, it's received inquiries about generators. the firm doesn't have enough to meet th

mainland china shares are currently down about half a percent, where as hong kong is down nearly 1% this thursday morning. >>> two months after the march 11th earthquake and snatsunami, attention is drawn to the future course of the jap dmeanese econ. we focus on japan's business outlook. first up is the material maker of torrey industries. >> he took the position as company head in june of last year. he has made clear he has no intention of letting the march disaster alter his long-term management strategy. >> translator: we will expand or businesses and growth regions such as china. as for our growth business domain, we will exed up and down sales of environment-related products. the disaster has not changed our management strategy. >> reporter: nearly half the company's $18.5 billion in steals are based on overseas business. t torrey has advanced clothing materials to resin used for electrical appliances to various car parts and materials. it's also attracting worldwide attention for its water pure sighing technology. a fine meshed membrane is the key to making seawater and other nonc

further in toward the west here across mainland china, very, very dry and hot. in fact, all the heat you can see rising all the way up into beijing. 34 degrees and it's going to be a clear day so dangerous heat here and also in chong ching the same thing 34 degrees. make sure to stay in the shade as much as possible. we'll be seeing typhoon rain across taipei as well as manila and tokyo as well on saturday. all right. let's take a look into north america. another storm pushing in across the u.s./canada border here, significant rain in southern bc as well as alberta and then thunderstorms coming down the central plains reaching down into the south. it's going to be producing severe weather for the same places that have been hit all week and were hit the weekend as well by those devastating deadly tornadoes. we haven't even got rid of the last storm system yet. it's still clinging on to the eastern seaboard here. we'll see rain all along the coast and then more severe weather from the mid-atlantic up into southern new england and then we have that new area to watc

they're a big pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong every year, there are dissidents from mainland china living in hong kong. so there is that protection. the problem is that the media in hong kong is owned primarily by business concerns who have business interests in mainland china. so a lot of, you know, there's a certain amount of kind of self-censorship or, you you kno, different people call it different things, and people debate how bad it is, but there are a lot of journalists in hong kong who complain that their editor told them not to pursue a particular story because the publisher, you know, has a concern, you know, has some other business in beijing and might not get a license, you know? so kind of told to tone it down on certain things. >> host: and finally, rebecca mackinnon, what is global voices online and the global network initiative, and what's your involvement? >> guest: okay. well, they're two very different things despite both being called global. global voices online is an international bloggers and citizen media network that i founded along with a dear friend and ca

there are dissidents from mainland china living in hong kong, so there is that protection. the problem is that the media in hong kong is owned primarily by business concerns who have business interests in mainland china, so a lot of it, you know there's a certain amount of kind of self-censorship or different people call it different things. people debate how bad it is but there are a lot of journalists in hong kong who complained that their editor told them not to pursue a particular story because publishers you now have concerns, have some other businesses in beijing and my not get a license you know so to kind of tone it down on certain things. >> host: finally rebecca mackinnon what and what is local voices on line and global network initiative and what is your involvement? >> guest: okay there are two different things. global voices on line is an international bloggers media network that i found it along with a dear friend and colleague of mine when i was up at havard on the center for internet society and the idea is you know there are people all over the world using

profit in the fiscal fourth quarter hong kong shares move slower as mainland reactor hiking reserve requirements by the people's bank of china. and finally here in moscow the markets will start trading in about two hours time both my six and the r.t. has closed heavily in the red on wednesday on thursday energy stocks lost almost three percent during the day and lower commodity prices. russia's need to be found has overcome the country's largest lenders burbank by the world of bonds danger from corporate clients last year however the data included the results of a subsidiary speed to be twenty four and b. to be northwest. by all other means for bond is still under reachable by in the local market players. all majors have been the first to get hit by the latest selloff in the russian markets whether michael stein from of. the prospect of a change of the news flow makes the buying opportunity. we believe that russian worlds in specific. are well positioned to benefit from a number of things happening in the marketplace both these games have underperformed the russian market substantially over the past couple of weeks in additi

the selling of tech shares and hong kong shares move lower as mainland banks direct a hike in reserve requirements by a people's bank of china. and here in moscow the r.t.s. open time wise it's will start trading in a few moments the figures you can see on the screen are all close in the russian indices were heavily in the red wolf as day and if you start small so it was three percent during the day i mean lower commodity prices. russia's bank has overcome the country's largest lenders burbank fighting mountain safe from corporate clients last year while how well the data included the results of its subsea jurors twenty four feet to the northwest by all other means for bond to still reachable by any local market. well may just have been the cause to get hit by the latest sell off in the russian markets how rather local steinmetz criticize the prospect of a change in the news makes them a buying opportunity but we believe that russian worlds in specific lukoil and was now are well positioned to benefit from a number of things happening in the marketplace both these games have underperformed the russian market close attention

and hong kong shares move higher this hour just marginally us mainland banks we had to hike in reserve requirements on people's bank of china. and here in moscow they are chasin my it's opened up fracking u.s. stocks higher the russian indices were heavily in the red on thursday dragged down by a lot of more surprises on friday investors are not making any big moves ahead. we can turn around as they await us inflation data to out later in the day. ok let's have a look at the individual moves now energy shares are climbing after thursday's had a sell off as personal courts got this higher than it was at the close all files day banking shaz on the rise b two b. is up more than sun's as per pound is spinning on the news it may find retail business or being a parent in russia. overcome the country's largest lenders growing by the amount of funds up danger from corporate clients last year at home with the states including the results of its subsidiaries transported bank. by all other means whereby you can still reachable by any local market. well may just have been the first to get hit by the latest selloff in the russian market

selling of tech shares but hong kong was slightly high as mainland banks react to a hike in reserve requirements by the people's bank of china. european markets have risen on better than expected economy data on strong earnings results just encourage is the strongest form of all of the tax on still make us higher profit reports in the u.k. mining shares are mostly higher as commodity prices call it flew past selloff in the european session on thursday. and finally here in moscow the r.t.s. in the my six opened up tracking us stocks the russian indices were heavily in the red on thursday dragged down by lower corporate prices on friday investors are not making any big moves ahead. the weekend as they await us inflation data. in that i . have a look at some of the individual moves energy shares like climbing after heavy banking shares also on the rise. gaining on the news it may be five paragraphs retail business and russian. well may just have been the first to get hit by the latest markets however michael's time for much prospect of change and the new slow makes them a buying opportunity we believe that russian worlds in spe

mainland, japan. lingers in areas like the islands in through taiwan. looks a little bit drier for southern china as well. that will be welcome relief. however, in japan, northern areas may see a couple showers develop later on today. just quick ones. then in the southeast of asia, still talking about quite a bit of rainfall here. anywhere from the bay of bengal through the indochina peninsula, etty wet conditions. and heavy rain, too, is going to be possible in parts of northern thailand. you want to watch out for that flooding, landslides are becoming a major concern as that rain continues to pile up. tuesday's highs will show only 18 for you, those of you in tokyo. still on the cool side. chilly winds blowing in. it's nice and warm for seoul, though, at 28. also beijing still looking hot at 29 degrees. now, two-day outlook for the quake affected areas. sunny skies for tuesday and wednesday. staying largely dry. some clouds starting to move on in in the afternoon hours. for mito, you will see some showers in the morning hours before that tapers off. highs, though, will remain in the teens and t

mainland chinese shares sank to their lowest level in nearly eight months as investors unloaded stocks over concern for the financial outlook in chinabenchmarks were up overnight. hang seng gained 1%, in australia, south korea were up a little bit as well. on wall street, where we start the day, quiet as you can see. all of the arrows pointing up. could be a little of the same today as world stocks recover a bit from the data that we got yesterday here in the u.s. and i don't really see anything this morning that could send the markets significantly in either direction. but we'll get a better indication as we get closer to the opening bell. >>> 5:20. speaking of money, bart is about to spend $150,000, what they're buying and why some say it may not be the right decision. >>> also, you can now go online to send a message directly to injured giants catcher buster posey. >>> northbound 280 traffic is pretty light coming up through san jose. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and have a look at the weekend forecast straight ahead. >>> good morning, we have low clouds over us. m, it will be partly sunny, partly cloudy today. b

president there, and that was called the jasmine revolution, and so china takes all steps to prevent a jasmine revolt breaking out in the mainlandseem a little bit skiddish, and a little paranoid and they have blocked text messages with the word jasmine? >> with the chinese character jasmi jasmine, and that and a lot of other things. they canceled a international cultural jasmine festival, because it has the word jasmine in it. there were videos of the president singing an ancient song praising the jasmine flower and the beauty and pulled off of the web. >> and it is causing the prices for the jasmine plant to plummet. >> plummet, because nobody is buying them anymore. they have gone around to the flower markets, and gone around to individual flower sellers and growers and saying, yeah, don't sell these, will you? and yeah, putting a lot of pressure on them, and a lot of people were like, what? why? and the other thing that you have to put in the backdrop in addition to jasmine flowers is a crackdown on the dissidents, and bloggers. >> yes, all of them. >> and we talked about when it happened a crackdown on the foreign journalis