forty two year rule of colonel gadhafi the arab world's longest serving leader meantime in yemen reuters continue to clash with government supporters in the capital sanaa with gunfire on the streets and trouble too in bahrain but the opposition there is preparing for talks with authorities after a deadly clashes with the.

the reuters university of michigan index read 75 this month-- its highest level in eight months. >> today federal regulators filed civil charges against three former executives at indy mack bank. former c.e.o. michael perry and two financial officers were charged with misleading investors about the health of andy mac's finances. sour home loans led to indy mac's collapse in 2008. still ahead, we'll see if tonight's market monitor guest is still bearish on the u.s. market. he's frank cochrane president of investment timing consultants. >> susie: the world's growing appetite for food is sending grain prices through the roof. investors are taking a closer look at those grain commodities and wondering just how to cash in. as diane eastabrook reports, many are doing it through mutual funds and exchange traded funds or e.t.f.'s. >> susie: the world's growing >> reporter: fortunes are made and lost in chicago's futures trading pits. and with grain prices on a tear, veteran futures trader scott shellady says it's been a stomach churning time. >> you have to stay on your toes because it's a much m

someone with reuters news agency saw what appeared to be a working model of the unreleased ipad 2. it happened at a joint news conference between apple and news corp. reuters say an apple source confirmed the new ipad's existence but said the final model could have other features. >> that's right. they just announced a new online newspaper for ipad users. so maybe that's where they saw it. >> ipad 2. sounds like a movie, little sneak peek. i like it. >> bigger and better. >>> 4:46. wikileaks a nobel peace prize winner? why one lawmaker says the company deserves one of the world's heist honors. >>> plus, fireworks, family and food. it is all part of the lunar new year celebration. this is important. what you shouldn't do today that could bring you bad luck. >>> and a shocking secret behind the smile. why a historian thinks mona lisa is really a man. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in prison. >>> for the second time in less than two years charles manson has been caught with a cell phone in prison. guards found the phone january 6. he was charged with violating prison rules but not charged with a cr

the reuters news agency said it has received confirmation from two auto industry insiders that german cmake volkswagen and a russian group has agreed on a joint venture to produce 300,000 cars per year in russia. while both firms have yet to confirm the deal, volkswagen did an ounce late last year that was in advanced talks with the russians. the joint venture will reportedly make a range of volkswagen brands, including the jetta and other models. industry analysts predict rapid growth in the russian markets and expected to overtake germany as the largest producer of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in europe by the year 2018. hthe government of ivory coast said it has seized a number of foreign banks after the shutdown operations are in the country. reuters news agency says that local branches of soc gen and bnp will be reopened as nationalized banks. it is the latest move in the standoff with the international community. the incumbent leader refuses to step down, although the u.n.- backed election commission says it lost last november's presidential paul. the ivory coast

marketing budget and laughed when we found out how much they are charging, but it was not the funny pair reuter it was frustrating. -- it was not that funny. it was frustrated. i want to lend my support to this legislation. >> any other members of the public who wish to speak headline up. >> i support this ordinance. i am here on behalf of the green business manager. they help small and medium-sized businesses go green and improved efficiency. i would like to deliver a practical letter to the yellow pages, but before i do, let me say we are in full support of reducing unnecessary waste in san francisco while helping businesses reach their target audiences more efficiently. phone books provide an important service, but the internet will forever change the way consumers interact with businesses. i believe your industry has experienced temporary myopia caused by interferences in the technology rounds. sources disappeared when cars were introduced and they were no longer an -- horse carriages disappeared when cars were introduced and they were no longer relevant. the same is happening with yellow p

the letter i submitted this morning was more on code approval to a reuter -- code approval. they have another almost 200 feet. there seems to be an indication that for a lead certification and they need to do this. i believe the building is 50 years old, so much as outlined, we want to work here. we are not looking to stop this project. we are not looking to kill what has been of great project, but they never reach out to us. we did have some problems with the notices. we have a situation where the comments came out two weeks ago, and the staff report came out to days ago. now you are being asked to approve one of the substantial projects where we had only three days to review the staff report, so i am here to ask that we slow this down a little. i think we can come up with a project that is going to be very similar to what we have but not have the impact specifically on our property. it is going to cut off the access to the applause of that is already there. we talked about the terminals, and this is going to be so tight that the passageway to the plaza is going to be basic

the reuters news agency said it has received confirmation from two auto industry insiders that german carmaker volkswagen and a russian group has agreed on a joint venture to produce 300,000 cars per year in russia. while both firms have yet to confirm the deal, volkswagen did an ounce late last year that was in advanced talks with the russians. the joint venture will reportedly make a range of volkswagen brands, including the jetta and other models. industry analysts predict rapid growth in the russian markets and expected to overtake germany as the largest producer of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in europe by the year 2018. the government of ivory coast said it has seized a number of foreign banks after the shutdown operations are in the country. reuters news agency says that local branches of soc gen and bnp will be reopened as nationalized banks. it is the latest move in the standoff with the international community. the incumbent leader refuses to step down, although the u.n.- backed election commission says it lost last november's presidential paul. the ivory coa

it started at a bank of america on reuter avenue in livermore about 2:30 p.m. these are surveillance pictures of the suspect when a man left the bank he was seen headed on 580 toward oakland. he was briefly locked down due to the incident. the suspect is described as a white or light skinned male, 6 ft. tall approximately 180 lbs.. the two men were arraigned on felony vandalism charges in marin county this morning. if they're accused of spray painting graffiti on the front of the pizza orgasmic restaurant. the two arrested are associated with extreme pizza which is another pizza restaurant located a block away. here's what the owner of the vandalize pizza restaurant had to say. >> the baby sit to my stomach, none of us can rubber heads around what has happened. why someone has worked for me for seven years i think a lot had to do with the alcohol. nothing justifies what happened. >> so upset after all the work and effort you put in here to come here and everything is great. it was really sad. we're getting people here, people make mistakes we nobody is perfect.

reuters news service says saudi arabia has increased output by 8% to 9 million barrels a day. the german telecommunications giant reports a surprising fourth quarter loss in 2010 because of special taxes and fierce competition. net profits came in at 1.7 billion euro the company said the negative numbers do not reflect overall performance and say that profits will stabilize again this year. >> in the past, the foreign subsidiaries have been a reliable source of profit for the concern. that is no longer the case. losses in greece coupled with the restructuring of the human resources division cost the company 1.9 billion euros. telekom is losing customers to rivals in the united states. >> we need to expand and improve our high-speed internet and cell phone networks and improve our image with customers. we need to broaden our range of telephones. we have not included the iphone. that has driven customers away. >> the mobile internet operations have grown. now almost 60% of mobile customers use the smart phone. tablets are a growing market. the company wants to make sure customer

we followed via "reuters" that confirmed he was freed an hour and a half later. >> he was released. he didn't directly go to the family company. he went to the hunter -- the hunter's square after that to protest. he's really involved with egypt. >> reporter: wael ghonim's second cousin attends santa clara university. we spoke to her this morning. she said she's -- she's trying to follow in her cousin's footsteps. >> someone who was born there, i would give anything to be there. my father is there. we were protesting in san francisco to show our solid airty to the people of egypt. >> reporter: ghonim was one of the first people who called for this protest in cairo. this video was posted on youtube which worried family members because it followed a crowd of young men on the street and we them dragging him off. a google's spokesperson couldn't confirm if the video was authentic. we asked if he's -- if he was freed. they confirmed he was. and we understand he's protesting in egypt this afternoon. jade her hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> life is returning to somewhat normal in egypt.

"reuters"-- "reuters" is reporting that he was released. he's one of the administrators of the facebook page who organized the anti-government protest in egypt. it's thought he was arrested for taking part in a protest in cairo on january 28th. >> he was declared missing after he failed to meet with his brother as planned. he was in cairo since january 23rd. we want to show you this video posted on youtube which show as group of four men following a crowd of young men on the street and then grabbing a man resembling him and dragging him down the street. a google spokesperson us he couldn't confirm that the internet video was authentic. as i mentioned minutes ago, we spoke to his cousin who lives in freemont -- fremont. >> she has to say thank you. hopefully, he's all right -- [inaudible] >> reporter: the eck eck heads the -- eck eck heads the market -- the exec heads up the marketing department. we contacted google but we've not heard back from a spokesperson yet. but his family says he's released and he's taken to the streets to protest wa

ravaged by anti-government protests sparked by the uprisings in tunisia and egypt at least two hundred reuters reported killed by the military in libya. the european union scrambles to help it in the waves of north african immigrants as politicians and experts sound doubtful whether multicultural different is viable for you. pulling the strings wiki leaks has revealed the u.s. has been spying on top nato officials in using pressure the distance the alliance and russia. also this week set foot on moscow twice in the the it was just a mock up of things over the virtual germany will bring a real mission to the red planet one step closer. forty five. with this cake scott the sport now. hello welcome to the sports news and here are the headlines. hauled in the league one side lation orients not try late equaliser to take all singular fifth round replay in the english f.a. cup quarter final against manchester united they see the window. while total to thaw spent lot of has not started by loses in her first final since august this new born power lines with me asking secures have thirteenth three a ti

reuters reported in the village of new waidrat riot police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of 2,000 people. in yemen protests have been under way for four days in response to calls by opposition groups. thousands gathered in the capital sanaa. they're demanding the immediate resignation of president ali abdullah saleh. his supporters clashed with demonstrators, and more than ten people were reportedly injured. meanwhile, thousands of iranian reformists took to the streets on monday following the success of anti-government protests in egypt and tunisia. reports say dozens have been arrested. witnesses say thousands of people gathered in squares in central tehran chanting "death to the dictator" among other slogans. riot police used teargas to disperse the demonstrators. the iranian leadership has praised the uprising in egypt which ousted pro-u.s. president hosni mubarak as an event comparable to the 1979 revolution in iran. but the leadership is cracking down on domestic dissent. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has expressed support for opposition protesters rallying in iran

reuters and other news agencies say the violence started when security forces tried to disperse 3,000 demonstrators in the southern city of adden on thursday. reports say one person was killed mane injured. in the capital, government supporters attacked thousands of protesters and at least 40 people reportedly injured. the president who has been in power more than 30 years already declared that he'll not run in the 2013 presidential election. however, protesters continue to demand that he resign immediately. >>> in bahrain, the mail tear is taking control of the capitol manama. tanks were deployed after a predawn police assault on anti-government demonstrators. security forces stormed a camp of protesters at pearl square in the capital. they fired teargas and beat demonstrators who were demanding political reform. the health ministry says three people were killed and over 230 injured in the crackdown. about 1,000 people gathered around a hospital where the injured were taken for treatment. >> translator: we fell asleep because it was 3:00 a.m. then the military started to attack. sold

the reuters/university of michigan survey's final february reading rose to 77.5, showing that so far consumers are weathering higher gas prices. the u.s. economy picked up steam as last year came to a close, but it didn't grow as fast as originally thought. revised fourth-quarter g.d.p. numbers released today by the commerce department show expansion at 2.8%. and the u.s. treasury is asking u.s. banks to keep a close eye on accounts held by senior libyan political officials. it wants to head off any chance of the libyan people's money being looted. still ahead, what threat does the oil price spike pose to stocks? we talk with "market monitor" marshall front, of front barnett associates. also we meet the family behind chicago's giron books and learn how they're battling the big bookstores and winning. a landmark vote in wisconsin drastically cuts the bargaining power of state workers. republicans in the state assembly pushed the measure, saying it was necessary to balance the budget. and that vote is being closely followed in washington. that's where republicans and democrats are spar

thomson reuters tracks 28 retailers, and says their january same-store sales were up far better than expected-- over 4%, on average. the trustee overseeing the liquidation of bernie madoff's business claims j.p. morgan chase likely knew about the ponzi scheme for years, but did nothing about it. he's suing for over $6 billion, and says the bank collected billions in fees on madoff's accounts. the suit was filed in december but only unsealed today. chase had fought to keep it confidential. the bank denies the allegations. it says, "j.p. morgan did not know about or in any way become a party to the fraud orchestrated by bernard madoff" >> realistically, there is no other source to get this many people for that cost. >> tom: still ahead, why careerbuilder keeps spending millions of dollars to advertise during the super bowl, and what it gets in return. egypt's beleaguered president hosni mubarak says he's fed up and ready to step down, but he fears doing that would result in more chaos in his country. even as he spoke, the fight for egypt's future went on in the streets of cairo. violen

. >> tom: according to reuters, another idea that may come tomorrow is to create an insurance fund, like the fdic insurance for bank deposits. it would act like a type of government guarantee for mortgage-backed securities. whatever changes the obama administration proposes and congress okays, mortgage experts predict they'll be phased in over many years to avoid disrupting the mortgage market. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's nbr newswheel. the blue chip winning streak comes to an end, as the dow closes lower for the first time in nine sessions, off ten points. the nasdaq and s&p rose one point each. trading volume spiked to one billion shares on the big board, and 2.5 billion on the nasdaq. weekly jobless claims hit their lowest level in 2 1/2 years. first time claims fell to 383,000 last week. economists say the weekly rate needs to drop another 8,000 to see a significant drop in unemployment. and another vacancy at the federal reserve-- kevin warsh is resigning from the bank's board at the end of march. during the financial crisis, warsh played a key role, helping arrange

wikileaks founder julian assange may not have any damaging information about the bank, according to reuters that's contrary to comments he made as recently as last month. the bank has been bracing for some kind of story from wikileaks for months. investors breathed a sigh of relief. today, b. of a. was the only one of the big four u.s. banks to finish in positive territory. >> susie: what do the new york mets, bernie madoff and the stock market have in common? tonight's "market monitor" connects the dots. he's eric schurenberg, editor in chief at cbs moneywatch. >> everybody knows that one of the biggest victims of the madoff scandal was sterling equities, the company that owns the new york mets. but according to a lawsuit filed last week by the madoff bankruptcy trustee, sterling should have seen it coming. the suit says sterling's own financial advisers repeatedly warned that madoff's returns were fishy, but were ignored. sterling partners fred wilpon and saul katz deny they could have know madoff was a crook, but there's nothing new about investors hearing only what they want to hear. be

reuters says deutsche boerse c.e.o. reto francioni would chair the new venture. but there could be a wrinkle involving the c.m.e. group, the world's top derivatives exchange group. fox reports the c.m.e. may make a hostile bid for n.y.s.e. euronext. the exchange told us it doesn't comment on rumors. tarp special inspector general neil barofsky has resigned, effective march 31. the program's money invested in banks, automakers and housing companies during the financial crisis. barofsky's prosecuted waste, fraud and abuse in it. and the re-opening of the egyptian stock market has been delayed again, until at least sunday. it was expected to re-open wednesday. the exchange has been closed since january 27, the start of the protests that led to the resignation of president hosni mubarak. >> reporter: i'm erika miller. coming up this valentines day, i'll take you behind the scenes at the diamond district with the c.e.o. of blue nile, the online jewelry site. >> susie: 18 u.s. banks have failed so far this year, and all were small, community banks. local banks are the

from reuters a question for both ministers do you agree that it's time to consider a more united nations sanctions against iran over its nuclear program and is there a date set for a promise to come and visit to russia this year. we haven't set a date yet for the promise of visit the promised mr lavrov able to discuss this this afternoon obviously we're working on a date that is suitable to that of the president of russia so i know the date is not set yet but a lot of work is going on on that. and on the question of around. i do think it is important given the breakdown in the talks that took place in geneva in december in istanbul in january in which iran's said holy unrealistic preconditions i do think it will be important to intensify the peaceful and legitimate pressure around to negotiate in good faith about its nuclear program. the three plus three nations have worked together closely on this and of course we will want to continue to do so and i think it's fair to say there's a good deal of discussion to be had. only a three plus three about how we take this forward and about how w

numbers and the final february reading on consumer sentiment from reuters and the university of michigan. also tomorrow, "market monitor" guest marshall front on the investment implications of rising oil prices. he's chief investment officer at front barnett associates. the walt disney company is looking to spread a little togetherness, so it's bought the children's social network togetherville. the site is aimed at kids aged 6 to 10 as a place to play games, see videos, even send messages to their friends. this is disney's third purchase of an established social networking site, after buying playdom and tapulous last year. >> tom: the i.r.s. is giving taxpayers a bit of a break. the agency is changing how it goes after people who owe money, doubling the size of the tax bill that will trigger a lien. the new amount is $10,000, up from $5,000. the i.r.s. has come under fire for hounding taxpayers, especially in cases where the recession left them with little or no money to pay tax bills. >> susie: when it comes to the spending fight on capitol hill, tonight's commentator thinks the way la

can reuters change the world, and i just want to finish with a draft of the peace i sent about this. i have a literary irish aunt, a fiery fan who once dismissed the question with a snort of derision signed an irish. writers don't have to change the world. sure, it's changing fast enough anyway. they should try to slow it down instead or maybe make it go backwards. [laughter] so considering this response i slightly reformulated the question when did people stop believing writers should or could change the world because of to the 19th century in europe this was an automatic assumption part of the indictment project central to the idea of progress. knowledge is power, said francis bacon. in 1820 the poet who i've written about could still hopefully say poets and philosophers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. i have to tell you the leader poet said well, that makes writers sound rather like secret policemen. but the exact contemporary, humphry davy sue i mentioned had a different view and this is something i want to leave you with pity it wasn't writers, but maybe it was

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seeing this one a six year old save real world win by only one hundred's of a second german felix you reuter having to settle for second while french and it's almost blondin rounded out the podium. now carlos checa has been riding bikes professionally since one thousand nine hundred ninety three but the thirty eight year old showed he's still got the skills and the competitive desire the spaniard setting a new superbikes lap record at the famous for the plot and circuit and securing pole for the season opener check it seemingly enjoys racing in victoria having won on the circuit last year the former model g.p. rider calm and collected riding his dick cuddy this time of just over one minute and thirty seconds around the track and a record that was good enough to push reigning superbikes world champion max biagi back to second place sylvia i'm going to all the will start from third check out the looking forward to improving on the third place overall finish from last year. some of our stories can be found on you tube on a channel called artsy sport news but will be more sport lessons hours fro