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so nintendo and kddi having less than spectacular earnings reports. >> looking at the earnings schedule, there are more big names due out hear today. but in terms of currencies the yen holding relatively steady still against the dollar toy, yes,indeed it is. let's have a look at some of the currency pairs as well. as you mentioned, there dollar/yen coming up 72.82-87. the dollar is holding pretty steady, getting a bit of a boost after the fed meeting which wrapped up on wednesday. it's kept monetary policy unchanged. moving on to the euro/yen, coming up there 103.54-55. it does remain vulnerable to debt and bond yield levels across the eurozone as ratings agencies have downgraded econom rionsnd that's hurt e euro. you touched on earnings schedule in japan, let me touch on a few key 1s. canon, fannic, hitachi construction machinery, a major exporter of construction machinery to china. and due to slowing growth as well as tensions between japan and china, a lot of analysts will want to see how those numbers come up. pack to you. >> the nikkei and topix both in the positive, ramin medicale

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nintendo released its earnings report after the bell. it lowered its operating profit forecast on the strong yen and tough competition from smart phones. south korea closed in the red despite improved results from lg electronics. energy majors took the shine out of the australian market, finishing at a one-week low. india is closed for a holiday. ross, back to you. >> here in europe, warning that clouds are darkening over the german economy. this after its index fell unexpectedly in october. well below economist's expectations. the current conditions gauge also below estimates at 107.3. the business expectations index steady, 93.2. also the latest pmi readings out of the eurozone signal there's no respite in sight. all the three main indicators were below analyst expectations in october. much of that due to the weaker readings in germany. robert joins us for more. rob, this data that we've got out this morning, what is that pointing to in terms of hard economic numbers, growth figures? >> well, still negative, basically. the eurozone is

nintendo is investigating. a spokesman confirms to the wall street journal the plant makes parts used in the videogame console set to launch november 18th in time for the holidays. prescriptions without permission are being probed. the nation's second largest drug store chain, cvs, is under investigation for allegedly re- filling prescriptions and then billing insurance companies for those medications despite customers never ordering the drugs. cvs is also accused of enrolling customers in an automatic prescription renewal program without their consent. cvs maintains that they require customers to give permission before a prescription is refilled. a popular sunscreen is being recalled after some users have caught on fire. some spray-on ultra mist sunscreens by banana boat are being taken off the market. the company says the lotion can catch on fire when exposed to open flames. 5 burn cases have been reported. 20 million bottles of the sunscreen have been sold since 2010. in corporate earnings, mcdonald's missed

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a factor in weaker forecast but japane japanese co japanese corporations have seen the likes of nintendo. a lot of focus there on sales in china as well as the stronger yen. a lot of earnings coming up next week in autos and financials as well as the bank of japan meeting. back to you. >> thank you very much for the update. politicians are making cautious efforts to boost trade with japan. members of the european parliament are calling for free trade talks but setting strict conditions. they voted thursday to clear the way for talks on an economic part partnership agreement. nay said they will suspend negotiations if there's no progress. members of the european parliament says japan has not done enough to remove trade barriers. that's all for now. here is a look at some of the latest market figures. >>> japanese researchers are using something that's got their blood pumping. they did it another a significantly lower cost. researchers tested 9,600 kinds of compounds on stem cells. they wanted to see which one was the most efficient for growing heart muscle. they found that one organic com

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nintendo, and kddi, the second biggest mobile phone operator and along with softbank it carries apple's iphone. a lot of focus there. we'll see how earnings both in the u.s. and japan play out for stocks. yuko, back to you. >> thanks always, ramin, at the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the chinese economy has been losing steam. the pace of growth slowed down to 7.4% between july and september from a year earlier. was that the seventh straight quarter of slower growth. what's happening to the chinese economy? >> reporter: the shopping district is located in the heart of beijing. people hearsay they used to hear from them. >> translator: they say consumption is expanding, but i don't think the overall economy is that good. >> translator: our company made a lot of money last year, but not this year. our managers are telling us to cut the costs down. >> reporter: the city of dongguan in the coastal region is home to factories making clothes for overseas markets. surprisingly, a business is booming in this town. rows and rows of sewing machines are on sale at this machinery store and came from ne

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japanese companies are feeling the pinch of weaker earnings that includes sharp and videogame maker nintendo both are in the red this hour on wall street overnight stocks ended a lower for a second day in a row here the closing figures same old disappointing earnings the u.s. fed reserve kept interest rates on change on the currency market what we're seeing there. is that the dollar showing strength against the single currency at the moment the ruble closed wednesday higher to the currency basket will bring you fresh figures in less than an hour and over and over russia what we saw is equities ended ones these trading session mixed the my success slipped into red in the last hour of trade and at the movement let's see what rudy is doing it's snapping out of its longest losing streak in five months and not despite the fact that we're about to face the biggest surplus and for years the united states is about to become the world's leader on oil production the seven percent jump in u.s. low production this year is the biggest and six decades thanks to high prices and new drilling methods and in

certainly on the nikkei of feeling the pinch from their weak earnings and that includes sharp and nintendo on wall street overnight stocks ended lower for a second day in a row as pretty much same old disappointing earnings the u.s. fed reserve kept the interest rates unchanged little said it would keep buying about twenty five billion dollars worth of mortgage backed securities the market is really ramped up and more trouble for u.s. banks the united states is suing bank of america for one billion dollars the justice department has alleged the bank committed fraud by selling defective mortgages to the states those toxic mortgages were brought by government backed mortgage finance firms fannie mae and freddie mac. this scheme has allegedly resulted in about a billion dollar a losses for taxpayers and in countless disclosures foreclosures i should say this is the latest in a series of similar cases and that's the latest. on the business desk coming up next to archie we talked to a french politician and and an outspoken anti e.u. advocate of francois a solution new who talks about the proble

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sharp and a video game maker nintendo on the wall street overnight stocks ended lower for a second day in a row pretty much same old disappointing earnings the u.s. had reserved kept the interest rate rates unchanged on the ones they said it would keep buying forty billion dollars worth of mortgage backed securities firm on you to make sure that happens but there was no market reaction only adding more trouble for u.s. banks the united states is now suing bank of america for one billion dollars the justice department has alleged that the bank committed fraud by selling defective mortgages to the state those toxic mortgages were brought by government backed fannie mae and freddie the scheme cost taxpayers more than one billion dollars in losses and led to countless foreclosures and that this is the latest in a series of similar a lawsuits and that's all the latest from the business desk after a short break it's the eccentric max kaiser and his latest report. what will change when america picks its pressed it made muslim rage walking the run times wrote pushing china drescher as occupier

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nikkei are feeling the pinch of their weaker earnings that includes a sharp and a video game maker nintendo over on wall street overnight stocks and a lower hair the closing numbers on the screen for a second day in a row pretty much same old a disappointing earnings the u.s. had reserved kept the interest rates unchanged and to achieve that it said it would keep buying forty billion dollars worth of mortgage backed securities per month the markets didn't have much of a reaction to the need and more trouble for the u.s. banks the united states is suing bank of america for one billion dollars the justice department has alleged the bank for men. fraud by selling mortgages to the states those toxic mortgages were bought by government backed mortgage finance firms fannie mae and freddie mac. the scheme has allegedly resulted in more than one billion dollars of taxpayer and the losses and countless foreclosures. and on the currency market will we saying there is the dollar is showing some strange thing against the opium currency at the moment as you can see the russian ruble longs wednesday clos

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the stock sold off last month but pre-orders for nintendo's wii 2 video game console have been strong, helping improve the outlook for the video game business during the holidays. a couple of very different drinks stocks were moving in opposite directions. first, coffee roaster green mountain. it's best known for its single serve brewers. and with more competition coming to market, the stock continues struggling. shares fell 6.4 percent, taking them down to their lowest price since early august. later this month, two-thirds of wal-mart stores will stock a competitors machine that makes both hot and cold drinks. constellation brands makes its money not from coffee but from liquor and wine. shares are at an all time high, up 4.3 perce nt today. the company reported better than expected quarterly profits. business has been helped by its full control of crown imports. that company imports corona into the u.s. three of the five most actively traded exchange traded products were lower. with the s&p 500 ending essentially unchanged, the volatility exchange traded note was down 1.4 percent. a

nintendo cut profit forecast by 70% and also lowered sales fact and says it will sell the new model at200 employees will lose jobs as the company shuts down it's south korean web portal. yahoo is unable to estimate how much at this time. we'll keep you posted. last week ceo reorganizes the company. yelp making a big acquisition looking to expand overseas. today said it's buying its german counter part for $50 million. it's going to give yelp at least 13 european countries. >> take a look at broader market. stocks closed lower but nothing like yesterday's 243-point loss on the dow.3w federal reserve said we're going to expect low, low rates until 2015. so bloomberg silicon valley index closing lower as well. not too sharply. and in the tight supply of the iphone 5 markets it's been a mixed bag for likes of at and t. the companyko addedxd justo 1510 monthly contracts. in the third quarter, down from 319,000 but on the other hand few customers doled out subsidies to the likes of apple and other phone makers. the over all net income rising $23.64 billion, up less than 1%. a lot of numbers

. >> it was so easy one day i walked out of there with, you know, the video game, the nintendo wii, it of the check-point with a nintendo wii in my hand. >> nobody said anything. >> nobody said a word. >> even though you were mugging all this stuff around. >> i had that and another bag, no questions. no questions at all. martha: appalling. bill: now we know. martha: a poulg. billappalling. bill: he just upped his salary. martha: he said we weren't getting paid enough anyway so we should just steal stuff. bill: more drama for actress lindsay lohan, she was said to be involved in a heated scuffle inside of a new york city hotel room. i am shocked by this martha. over a series of cellphone photos. richard roth, new york entertainment attorney, defense attorney. good morning. >> good morning. bill: let's set the scene, it's friday/saturday night. she is with a group of friends including a congressional staffer called christian labella. things late in the night go terribly wrong. what was the issue. >> 5:00 in the morning they are back in her suite with a bunch of friends and she finds he

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gamers are waiting for nintendo's wii-u next month. games dropped 18% despite big hits.sold 11% more than last year's title. p.c. games fared a bit better. world of war craft helped soften the total game declines. the big story here is the new york rise of digital games is happening. digital totalled nearly $500 million last month about 9% as much as packaged goods. >>> zinga shares didn't benefit much because less than a third have paid to upgrade. as we head to the holiday season we will see game launches. there was one indicator of positive momentum, hardware sales in september were up from august. michelle and bill. >> thank you so much. bearish news about the video game sector do traders see upsides or do they think game retailers are the better bet. let's get the answer from brian. where is there upside game makers or retailers? >> it looks to be the retailers. you look at act vision and the releases coming out, the game retailers, a name like game stop seeing tremendous amount of bullish activity to the upside. you feel a sense that game stop is a name that could

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>> jimmy: we play nintendo wii together. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> maybe i shouldn't meet him.yeah. you never want to meet people that aren't good. but i heard -- yeah, you never know. but i met you -- and i was afraid -- >> how am i doing, dear? >> jimmy: you're phenomenal. [ cheers and applause ] you've lived up above and beyond, you're the coolest. you know i love you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: but then you, you wrote in here that you hung out in the music scene in london and there was a man with a cardigan, singing and you go, oh, that's -- that's -- >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: big effect on you. >> this was 1961-62. and i used to go to this place called eel pie island and see this band. and my girlfriend's girlfriend went out with this singer who was mick jagger. and the band was obviously the rolling stones. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but imagine this, guys. going in and seeing the stones with 20 people in the audience. and they all used sit on stools in cardigans and play. [ light laughter ] it was amazing. and i said to myself, "i can do that." [ la

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