we had a really nights dinner with the port of shanghai. they've will want to come over and open up a port. shanghai is the largest port in the world one the things i like about china i've said it here in the states we do a lot of talking in china they get it done. and pete and jim has fantastically pictures of projects they've finished we learn now they spend more money in 70 santa in would month then we do in a year i thought it was a great opportunity for the port we had great meetings and i think hopefully, we'll really, really build on maritime at the port of san francisco we're all in and dedicated we've got all the partners and be stables so i want to have jim and peter come up. clearly there's a commitment thank you. >> next commissioner porter with the port as commissioner adams said we've had a long but good trip in shanghai we covered the spectrum of the political world china sf has promoted by a shrink and in san francisco the new office and the state covered and on the last day we met that the commerce division and saw the new

the shanghai composite advancing. this is what you have. 10% gain in some cases, but we are seeing big drops for the panda fireworks. shanghai, 1% advancing. petrochina, one of the star performers today. we have hutchinson whampoa down in the session. a big decliner. this is because we have thomas at making that $5.7 billion investment. hutchinson when polo, delaying an ipo of its retail arm, from what we understand. biggestlee catching unit. rustic look at what is happening in terms of the chinese pmi data. we know usually there is a significant impact when we see negative numbers out of china. it suggests less commodity consumption from the world's second-biggest economy. the australian dollar today is down marginally. around $.90, $.91. had,iday, this is what we $.90. we are going to keep a close watch on that reaction. you see, as this pmi number came out, as we look at the intraday chart, this is what we've got. it has been steadily declining. you see the sharp drop when the pmi figure from china came out. we will watch this closely. t

it is kind of cool, industrial, chic, old shanghai.rter could not resist poking around. >> you could not believe how many jagged edges there are. now how do i get down? this is going to be the boardwalk along the want to the river in the new dream center complex. you will have to use your imagination. or chili for dreamworks, that is the job that they are in. dreamworks,ly for that is the job they are in. all of this will be renovated by the time the dream center opens. a similar transformation is happening here. nearby neighborhoods have been razed. all that is left is a loan shop selling cigarettes. lone shop selling cigarettes. >> i will be here another two months at most and then i will have to move. there is nobody left. i have all moved out. >> worries not about the health of china's investment-driven growth. >> developers are having problems in china. but there is a reason for it. i think the property prices were getting crazy. the ug as you work with think you can afford and do not get yourself in a hot water, you are fine. >>

thank you very much the bidding for us live from shanghai. chinese e commerce time i leave out the group has decided to hole his long awaited ipo in the united states the decision ends months of speculation at the hong kong listing did not push through last year. right now i try to be a nyse in order to ask that could come and win something. what can i say i could raise up to fifteen in interest on the scene this ipo and that would be the highest profile pretty often seems facebook sixteen b and dominance in twenty twelve this is seen as the second wave of major chinese in and i killed when a boy and gina not combine the two other key in that for this one for us these things i bought a set on its website might consider any future h macy. so at times investors can share in its growth. well santa many hong kong was dampened by a rising tensions in ukraine held the losses would have to buy a rebound in shanghai market the ship's bell today that by ten cents ahead of its annual results due on wednesday this number was also partly due to audit of

as beijing shanghai and want to know. the results showed that among one of the one hundred twenty years on the capital city. over the perspective of looking three million us report that ninety thousand us dollars for buying out seventy percent and prefer to buy parking area for five hundred to one thousand square feet. compared to cap the people living in shanghai entire budget for comfort they can compete in the p r i p to serve and not understand i will rant and to oversee the conversion of heart disease and how the budget higher than four hundred ninety thousand dollars. over twenty percent of budget to four hundred nineteen hundred twenty thousand dollars. nearly seventy percent of the above is from eight hundred twenty thousand cold winter in between dollars. compared to people in beijing or shanghai present in them and wonder what did you get in the fine houses. i think the average housing price until about two hundred dollars a square foot the priceline and sixty percent of the increasing in shanghai. want a local

in shanghai, they are becoming ever but for the film industry.ng china is expected to become more important for moviemaking and watching. our chinese correspondent is there. the original dream team. andasia, it is katzenberg li. >> is a chance to create a one-of-a-kind entertainment center here in the heart of shanghai. >> is an answer to the disneyland? >> it is complementary and they do not compete. the perception is that katzenberg is doing what he did when he left disney and created dreamworks. he is taking on disney and surrounding himself with industry heavy hitters. but you could not find better partners to work with. we share one vision. >> that is to transform the industrial site into broadway and hollywood for china. we are in a derelict cement factory and it is going to be dreamworks cost center in asia. center in asia. we could not resist poking around. >> you cannot believe how many jagged edges there are. this is going to be the boardwalk along the river in the new complex. you are going to have to use your imagination. fortunately

you have a shares in shanghai. kai, a big property developer in hong kong, earnings down eight percent, which is why you see the stop being bid down at this point, just above 96 hong kong dollars a share. most --is one of the party leaders meeting in beijing for their annual session of parliament. this year, talks were dominated by a cooling economy and rising concerns about the environment. tom, manufacturing pmi over the weekend fell slightly. is that a sign of the reaction of weakening growth? is a bit of both. at pmi trajectory came in 50.2, down from 50.5 in january. so it is still slightly above the 50 mark, which is improving from deteriorating conditions. deceleration in the manufacturing sector. the big question is is this to do with february, which this year had the chinese new year holiday, or is it a reflection -- a reflection of genuine problems in the manufacturing sector? pmi?at is the reaction to has rebranded to past 55 from the record low of 53 in january. theome evidence that in domestic economy,

standing by the board with an updated now is the market's wrapped up thursday and it seems like shanghai still above two thousand and eight. but the mess in action. those numbers but those numbers could affect some other regional markets but in the middle of this he acted with mount allison morning as i mentioned that the members did not stop chinese mainland shares from the meeting region on the front bench behind composite was in bed by one percent. we were playing in two thousand level i was getting heavy with fun i guess it is reported that time is big for tenders will be the first subjects of a pilot preferred stocks but what good is what i'd like to cook the program as he is coming week we can read up on the link was also sad that two of the big four banks have already bought the new tooling for the program. this is not being good thing come from the button was enough to send banking stocks higher across the board to conduct some not banking on top when it's going to bomb the bank was a tough winner among its peers at about three point three percent and is funded by the ethical tre

shanghai, though, did outperform the region. the advance followed an announcement that china plans to further promote urbanization policies. in fact the shanghai composite was up nearly 1% there, 2,023 at the close. shares of real estate and railway companies were in demand. beijing plans a major expansion of its transport networks and urban infrastructure under the plan. here in japan the nikkei average fell nearly 0.4%, 14,277. that's the fourth straight session of losses now. pretty broad range of shares were sold, as the yen's strength continued to weigh on overall sentiment. and in taiwan one of the markets did show gains today, up just over 0.1%, 8,700. investor sentiment got a boost from growing expectations that the country's financial regulators may ease day trading rules. >>> well, authorities in shanghai have ordered japanese cameramaker nikon to approve after-sale services. they took the step after a tv consumer show reported complaints about defective products. city officials also ordered nikon to stop selling its d

shanghai composite fell as investors were concerned about the possibility of more corporate bond defaults. india's sensex index jumped 1.89% to 21,919. renewing its record high for a second straight day. an improvement in the rupee's weakness is boosting hopes that the stron inflationary pressure may ease. that's because of an expected drop in the cost of importing oil. now japan's been promoting the use of renewable energy. now a government panel has approved a draft plan for setting new prices that power companies used to buy the energy generated by business firms and households. under the law that went into effect two years ago, utilities are required to buy electricity produced by companies and households using renewable sources of energy. officials on the industry ministry commission say the costs of installing solar panels and other power production

the shanghai composite off 0.2% and the s&p/asx 200 off 0.5%.rkets down, as well today. the cac 40 and the xetra dax down 1% off 0.8% on the ftse. what about our guests today? here is roadway cap ooh some of the thoughts we've had on the channel. >> the end basically is really quite a lot in the last, especially ukraine price. obviously, the flow, stay defensive at the moment. so you have the problems in the ukraine and spilling over in the end. but also, at the same time, we have seen weak data and weak pmis in china, as well. it's to go along on the dip commodity surge. >> i think you're will say already seeing that would be associated with tensions. and i think you are seeing the periphery in particular from those tensions. you've obviously got relatively nice yields at the same time and under the umbrella of the ecb safety net. i think you're also seeing that. >> if i can make money from italian banks trading up through value, i can make 50%, you know, on my money or more, then why wouldn't i do that? yes, in three years' time, no balance sh

thank you very much even for us from shanghai. we are looking at similar sentiment in hong kong avoid deep cuts were broad based buying shore as in macau casino stocks as some are now speculating that he feels he might rally cutting people are as tight as federally inflation grew at its slowest pace in thirteen months and in the meantime telecom stocks retreated following the trough. each animal while the company's chairman said the company plans to cut prices with four g services has a knicks went down by one point eight percent by the end of the day at twenty two thousand two hundred and sixty four points. metal stocks also tumbled following insight into large commodity prices. now let's get more t tell us of trading actions in hong kong from serving a direct tie dinner sunday night so it was more than a case of monday blues the hong kong markets can wrap up back in action at peace. surely hong kong shares were punished today as they reacted for the first time two week china trade either in the east over the weekend some analyst

the shanghai down 3% on that data. australia is down .9%. the dax is up .20%.e is up 1%. the start of a brand new week, posted jobs data on friday. what are investors to do? we'll give you a recap of the thoughts we've already had. >>> basically japan has been softs for some time. we think this exposes to yen weakness. the position very lightly held in the markets at the moment. so that combines with the rebound that we're getting in the u.s. data. we think argues very much for dollar/yen moving higher from a trade that's not so much a higher trade as others out there. >>> we are much more comfortable with the impact of policy rates on hold for a long period of time. hence they are switching from one to the other. they are committed to keeping rates on hold as they taper, which means that as the economy recovers, one would expect the longer yields rise in the u.s. faster than the front data. >>> we are not seeing libya particularly coming back. ukraine is an issue for gas, lesser for crude. at the moment, it's more a probability to see it upwards than downwards

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arguably one of their biggest parks and resorts investments in shanghai.ies still see on a relative basis a lot better growth in china. you are starting to see more media and entertainment companies really lay some significant investments down. >> especially rum zero. apparently with animated films, ands easier to dub them, jeffrey katzenberg has got an in , so he is working with private equity firms, so he can go around some cultural rules and really get some movies out there. >> that's right. one of the biggest challenges for hollywood studios it's -- is tohard to get movies and tiny studios. and dreamworks animation's strategy is to go in and coproduce a certain number of films with its chinese partner employing chinese actors and animators and really a certain percentage of the film will be produced in china, which allows the film to show in china and get around some of these limitations. >> he is not stupid. he knows what he is doing. >> thanks so much. coming up, the 2016 presidential race is quite a ways off, but we're talking about it. ♪ >> all rig

there will be 400 animators working in shanghai by the end of next year.y will launch "kung fu panda 3," next year. i asked him what the strategy would be, and he says this center will rival the west end in london and also broadway in new york. >> we are making movies here in china for china, for export to the rest of the world. in order for it to be exported, it has to be of the highest quality. this is within < handful of years, going to be the number one movie market in the world, so we think it is a great center for us to attract great artists in china, and we think it could be a world-class competitive studio. jeffrey katzenberg is going to say that. he is the guy putting all the money behind it. what do analysts think? a huge undertaking in a country that over the last two years has been known for these vacant cities, giant, massive buildings to replicate new york >> paris, and no one is in them. what kind of risk is this? thingy say the same always. they cannot afford not to be here. again because of the potential. for the moviem operators here, the

the production house behind has a theater due to open in 2017 and shanghai., restaurants, and performance venues. >> glaxosmithkline. experimental cancer vaccine failed. it is the second time the medicine failed in advanced tests against cancer. they will continue to study the treatment and a small group of patients. and hsbc.n jpmorgan and hsbc will be -- with local lenders on the sale of a 15% stake of national commercial bank. >> number six, tesla. arizona considering lifting the ban on sales of the vehicle and the state. the fives one of states in contention for tesla to build its giga factory plant. that is estimated to create thousands of jobs. makerontract electronics reported a loss, misting -- missing analyst estimates. they expect to recover from the loss of the business with blackberry. >> starbucks, the coffee chain is going big on food. they will it -- big on booze. menuafter the 4:00 p.m. had some success in about 40 stores. it has interesting snacks like bacon wrapped --. that sounds good. number three. guess. after forecast -- shares plunged a

disney already has plans to announce disney's shanghai there. it will be the first theme park on the mainland. sony, the company is developing a tv series for its play station. it will be called powers, based on a comic book series with that same name. >>> coming up on aljazeera america. 18,000 students getting set for origami. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters and here are your headlines at this hour. president obama threatening new sanctions in the wake of russia's take over of crimea. speaking at the white house a few minutes ago, he said is that he assigned an executive order allowing sanctions to be imposed on an entire sector of the russian economy x. negotiated crimea's leaders that were elected. >>> a possible site of debris of the malaysian airplane, putting it off of the australian coast in the indian ocean. the search so far has been called off for the day. >> i'm meteorologist, dave warren, today, eastern daylight time. the sun right over the equator, and that is the start of spring. the equinox happens today, 12:

the average person in shanghai made all of about $1800 a year. by the time he came to america in 2002, that had risen to about $4000 a year. and today, it stands at about 13,000 dollars a year on average. and that is just in shanghai. of course, across china there are great disparities as well. and one thing we talked about before coming in here, and hopefully we will talk about today, is the broad effort to try to address those disparities in china, which is a real priority for yao. he was the first true chinese nba star. there had been other players in the nba, but if you followed his career, you know he was the top draft pick in 2002, drafted by the houston rockets. and in his eight seasons, he appeared in the nba all-stars every year. yeah average 19 points a game with nine rebounds and at least two blocked shots per game. >> nine. >> nine? >> i was going by your contract. >> i would never get it wrong. [laughter] >> i stand corrected. he is now the owner of the shanghai sharks, which is the first professional team that he played for for the

that is just in shanghai. across china there are great disparities as well, and one thing we talked about before coming in here and hopefully we will talk about today is the broad effort to try to address those disparities in china, which is a real priority for yao. he was the first true chinese nba star. there had been other chinese born players in the nba, but if you followed his career you know he was the top draft pick in 2002, drafted by the houston rockets. in his eight nba system -- seasons, he appeared in the nba all-star game all eight years. he averaged 19 points a game with nine rebounds. nine is a contract. he sat out one year because of an injury. >> [indiscernible] [laughter] >> i stand corrected. he is the owner of the shanghai sharks, the first professional team he played for for a few years before the rockets drafted him. his philanthropy and public engagement ranges on a wide range of issues from environmental protection, including protecting sharks and the shark fin, rhinos and elephants. hi

investors bought shares of companies that are linked to shanghai's free trade zone.hat's due to reports regulators may further relax restrictions in that zone. senior officials of japan and australia are holding talks on a free trade deal wednesday. they're aiming to hammer out a basic economic partnership agreement by early next month. japan's agriculture minister stressed his hope to make progress in the negotiations. >> translator: we will try to reach an agreement that will be beneficial for both countries. we will make an effort to work out a compromise through various talks. >> he will meet australian trade and investment minister andrew robb in tokyo. they want to pave the way for prime minister tony abbott's visit to japan in april. but the two countries still have to narrow their differences. the focus of the upcoming talks will be on the tariffs that japan levies on imported beef. >>> trading on the tokyo stock market has remained lackluster so far this year but in 2013 the nikkei surged more than 50%. that pushed up the total amount of financial assets hel

and the positive performance in shanghai lent support to the rest of the region. the bench mark shanghai composite rose 0.9%, 2,066. its highest close in about three weeks. a private survey showing that chinese manufacturing activity in march contracted for a third straight month failed to disappoint investors. some were hopeful the government may provide stimulus to prop up the economy while others hunted for bargains following the recent market weakness. here in tokyo the nikkei average climbed 1.8% roughly to 14,475. the index rebounded from a sharp loss at the end of last week. export related issues were in demand as a weak yen lifted overall sentiment. and in taiwan the taiex index rose 0.3%, 8,605. investors speculated that government-backed funds were buying stocks to help support the market. still many investors were cautious about the violence between taiwanese police and protesters. >>> the operator of the tokyo stock exchange has consolidated derivatives trading and shifted it to osaka. the aim is to make trading more competitive as the business expands

this is going to bring some precipitation down towards shanghai.round beijing you have this low developing more of a separate one. flurries are expected there for you and then over towards north korea. both of these combined will continue to push east. much of mainland japan by wednesday, you're looking at some sort of rainfall. a little too warm for snow in honshu but i do think that hokkaido you could see about 5 to 10 centimeters of accumulation out of this. so tokyo, high of 10 on tuesday. over insured shanghai, up to 11. south to the tropics, 20s and 30s for most of you. in to europe, western europe, we have been dealing with day in and day out these back-to-back lows. it does look like there's going to be a break in the future. right now we do have one here and this is bringing some really high wind advisories across much of spain over towards france, even a separate system moving over towards italy with some thunderstorms. but by tuesday into wednesday, this low is going to taper off, high pressure will be building in. right now london we ha

prices in one challenge and it was zero point five percent and those in shanghai is ten point four percent. the increase in decline in many cities when compared with the same month last year. the chinese economy has been showing signs of a slowdown recently the manufacturing index has fallen for three consecutive months. the latest and trudged on speculation that china's slow economic growth may be behind the small increases in this housing crisis. now single again i might be the case. i know south. it's an outrage and kill the bill went there with my showed you my good morning in keeping an eye on the storm heading to what the philippines. what's the latest. the morning cafe and we are tracking the storm system the waters are anymore and it formed a tropical depression of their lottery is crazy so the philippines this was going to be steadily moving into two wars the westerly direction of getting in the southeastern coast of the philippines into next seventy two hours bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms this. any developments. i expected it with this tropical depression but its not be a

shanghai, 15 on your tuesday. tie pay up to 22. and down towards the tropics into the 30s there for you. now, as we take a look over towards the americas what we have going on off towards the north is another system moving through the northern rockies. this is going to play a big factor in to possibly a large system later on this week, off towards the east. rate now, it's over here towards idaho, montana, wyoming, you've been seeing some reports of flooding out here because you have some warming temperatures, some rainfall, rapid snow melt. higher elevations, still some snowfall but that's going to bring that wintry mix across the northern plains into the western great lakes going through your tuesday. and even over towards wednesday. but later on, like i said, there's a risk over here because we have another low coming in from the south these can merge and definitely bring some foul weather. ahead of that low there's some warming temperatures behind it. some cooling temperatures. so chicago, yes, 14 here on your monday. oklahoma c

shanghai managed to end in the positive though. here in tokyo the nikkei average down today about .1%, 14,815 for a second straight day of losses. it stayed in positive range for most of the session, but just before the close it did erase all of the earlier gains and this came after china's data was released. the day's total value posted a fresh low for this year. meanwhile the shanghai composite climbed over 1%, finishing at 2,019. investors are hopeful the chinese government will beef up regulations on its financial system. that's based on comments from premier li at the end of the people's congress. in sydney the s&p asx finished up higher .5%, 5,412. the number of jobs created in australia was the most in 13 months. this gave a boost to market sentiment. >>> gold prices are surging in tokyo on worries about china's economy as well as the similar herring tensions in ukraine. gold futures rose to 4,545 yen, that works out to about $44 per graham at one point, a level not seen for nine months. gold prices are also rising in other

the pop concert organized by cutting ntp was held on march when thinking in shanghai china. to a report by adding mtv's upi it was clear to see how popular he is in china. a total of twelve artists including big benz g dragon and the un report and build up the eighteen thousand seat stadium. it was impressive to see them all singing along to keep updates. the concert will be broadcast on and on tv to over one hundred million helpful around the world on the problem was that any tea. for years have passed but we haven't forgotten the tragic incident that left the country in two years on march twenty six two thousand and the self korean warship china was sunk in waters off of the west coast of the korean peninsula and forty six sailors lost their lives that day. on wednesday march twenty six. i get a tb skin has been extended to memorial ceremony held at contagion national cemetery to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the tragic incident and an oreo ceremony was held on just remember the forty six three sailors who died in a tragic incident he was also a chance to hear stro

this eighteen thousand seat stadium on saturday with the in breaking the fourth and fourteenth in shanghai the concert was organized by adding ntini create a global television network in tiny satellite broadcast during practice. it's just what the emt workers in china. i took this lot worse for didak and sure enough the concert i've been in stanford pics here and i hope you'll visit to china more often. some die hard fans didn't give a second thought to travel and life are over ten dollars to the baby. i drove all the way from shane doan. the way for two months of this costly i'm a big fan of korean pop so i decided to wear this helmet to the concert. this is just a small glimpse into the case of race has been rapidly expanding in china and new years and a handsome didn't miss out on the chance to see their favorite person artists including big names he drank in and then are all the beer at the mercedes benz overcast with a spectacular three hour concert. and this cluster is the first of many more to come. i needed to be anti good to be. it was hosted by entergy been added to the incident

also on our radar, shanghai. the first company to default in china.ing to repay the debt. telecom has scrapped its dividend for the first time in the history of the public company. it is trying to conserve cash. the net loss was 674 million euros. the government must push for more black ownership of businesses. the south african government. >> we have made a dent. it is not enough. ♪ romeo crosses the line. it's pro-russia parliament. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." we are live from london. mario draghi spoke yesterday in frankfurt. the euro is continuing to drain -- gain traction against the u.s. dollar. euro beingbout the an island of calm yesterday. that will be severely tested. the inflationof numbers are at a pretty low level. that will provide a problem moving forward from here. once we start to see the tension in the ukrainian situation come off a little bit, will we see money going out of the euro? a number of different things are going on. the numbers are getting pretty tight. mario draghi started talking about the currency y

there's some questions about the liquidity sometimes in the shanghai market.der if just by listing here, they're trying to say, hey, we're a global company. >> why don't you ask those executives, do you wable. the wablority. as opposed to twitterority. you flagged this. you say it is the scariest thing you've read in years. hit us up. >> absolutely. story about this up on the street.com right now. this was a story that ran on msn money but i think it was from benzingo which is a news service out there. the headline is the three reasons to tap home equity to buy stocks. leveraging your house to scoop up deals in the stock market may pay off big. there's nothing scarier than that. i put that on a bubble alert. that's not what you want to hear. you don't want people -- the average guy, i should say, because sophisticated rich guys i guess can do anything. but anyone else, listen ton me here, that's just plain stupid. >> it is plain stupid. it feels like history is repeating itself. yeah, like leverage up with your house and go out and buy stocks. that suggests we

midsized small, company based in shanghai. it makes solar cells. of $200 million last year. was supposed to be paying $14.6 million, so it came out earlier this week and confirm that a few hours back that it can only afford to pay 600,000 of the 14 and a half million. it's not only the solar industry. it just so happens it's a solar company that owes interest at this point. a note.e out with they outlined several other industries where we could see more default, and mostly these are the sectors where you had the chinese government trying to scale down overcapacity. francine? >> in terms of wider implication, it seems a lot of margin participants say china allowing this default is a good egg. >> that's right. they have to develop the bond markets. it's a lesson learned not only for issuers but for developers. they have to re-price the credit risk. they are trying to lessen their dependence on bank lending and shadow banking. the problem now, the short term pain is that we do have a lot of highly leveraged companies in china. it has doubled and tripled the total amount of debt

the only thing we saw was a modest dip in a shanghai composite.he numbers were released and the aussie dollar took a decline. the composite is at one percent and the hang seng is moving. the aussie dollar is losing. this is an earnings report. is buoyingp and it stocks. it is leading investors to take this one with a grain of salt. we will see how beijing response. >> thank you. >> we will stick with the manufacturing scene. following the chinese pmi numbers, europe has a manufacturing sector. let's talk to david tweed. is the situation in the ukraine weighing on these numbers? >> it could be. it is too early. we expect a slight slowdown in the expansion and the place to look for any reaction to what is happening in the ukraine is in the business confidence numbers. we have the most important one in europe coming up in germany and watch out for those. it is interesting to look at what happened when consumer confidence rose back to levels that it was in 2007. that was before the financial crisis. we have numbers coming up for germany and france. th

the 25-year-old performed an extreme hand stand on the edge of this 40 story building on shanghai without a harness or a safety knelt. why you might ask? he says it's because he wants to inspire the world or just make us all very nervous. >>> bill marr, condoleezza rice and donald trump your sait. patrick's day edition of scrambled politics are next. allstate sends a check. silence. are you in good hands? a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto. like warfarin, xarelto is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to that monitoring routine. [ gps ] proceed to the designated route. n

the shanghai composite ended down by 0.7% and the shenzhen down by 0.4%. the hang seng index in hong kong slipped 1% today. over in japan, hurt by a stronger yen, the nikkei 225 suffered its second largest percentage loss this year, ended lower by over 3%. exporters, china play, utility stocks, financials and delisted shares were broadly lower. in south korea, pouring outflows continued for the fifth straight session with the kospi ending down by 0.735%. in australia had its biggest weekly fall in three months with miners and banks leading the losses. in terms of individual movers, tangseng holdings slipped 4% today after reports that the pboc demanded payments made by scanning the stock hold for its mobile devices be halted. reportedly, the central bank has issued such a notice to china citic bank which operates credit cards in cooperation with tencent and alibaba. citic and h and a-shares are both suspended this morning after losses of over 8%. that's a look out of asian markets. back to you, ross. >> thanks for that, sixuan. catch you a little later. >>

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in 2012 it lost the tip of a wing after clipping another plane on the ground in shanghai. while that wing was repaired, investigators want to know whether the repair contributed to the crash. we've talked about how eerie similar this is to air france flight 447 that disappeared over the atlantic in 2009. search crews found pieces of that quickly. it took two years to find the body of the plane on the ocean floor. that was air bus 8330. this time it's a boeing 3eing 7. now wreckage and debris is being searched for as night falls the asia. >> we'll be continuing the coverage on news 4 as well as nbcwashington.com. >>> a deadly crash in maryland, police confirm a motorcycle and suv crashed late last night on route 198 near the laurel racetrack. the biker was killed. the driver of the suv was taken to the hospital where he remains in serious condition. officers believe speed was a pack tomorrow. the motorcycle was reported stolen to howard county police earlier in the week. another motorcycle was involved but drove away after the crash. >>> yesterday police reported to the sce

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he was born in shanghai. he immigrated to the u.s. served in the army from '42-'46. he retired as a tool and dye maker. what makes him tick? moments like sunday where he appeared in uniform not to garner attention for himself, but to show his respect for all of those runners raising money for this country's veterans. >> there was a lot of good people. there is still a lot of good people. you know that? we always here about the rapeing, killing, and they have all of that, but there is still a lot of good people that i can trust. >> it was just so touching, and i think most amazingly throughout the whole course of the race, it kept happening in waves again and again. it just makes you think that all of the runners were really wonderful to give him that kind of respect. >> that was mercury news reporter, julia, who lives two doors down. equally surprised. she said she woke up sunday morning, heard the noise outside, saw what was happening. decided to document that moment, video it on her phone for joe, and she sent it in to where she works as well. from there it took on

it lost the tip of a wing after clipping another plane on the ground in shanghai. the wing was fixed but did that contribute to the accident? nbc news aviation analyst captain john cox. >> one of the things under way is a thorough review of all of the maintenance record of the airplane and if the airplane has sustained damage in the ground incident, that is something that certainly the investigators are going to look at. >> reporter: we do know that captain was experienced, 53 years old, with 18,000 hours of flying time. when he wasn't in a real cockpit, you can find him in the advanced simulator he built at home. on a website he wrote, time to take to the next level of simulation. motion! looking for buddies to share this passion. the first officer was 27-year-old fa reek hamid with 2800 thundershowers of experience. two europeans on a passenger manifest, australian and italian, safe and sound on the ground. both reported passports stolen in thailand one to two years ago. authorities are looking into who used stolen passports to board the plane and what were they

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shanghai composite was down. yes. it's sectioned low but still the performer.ata tomorrow, pmi numbers. in all likelihood it will drop further beyond that level of a policy response, that's what the markets seem to know. some of them seem to be positioning for some stimulus. broadly, the hang seng markets were a big factor for the nikkei today and that's why it managed to generate 132 .3 gain. as you know, the dollar was stronger against the japanese yen and the factory output number that slid. and that really raises the big question of how resilient the economy is. as we head toward tomorrow and the sales tax hike that comes into effect on thursday. a big question a lot of people are degree with in an answer is whether the japanese government needs more stimulation of the sales tax hikes. that's one of the bigger ones. the other story we are monitoring closely today was the gm politics on the korean peninsula. the south responded in kind and thought that pyongyang was trying to test their missile system. so a little bit in the market with them conceiving to ta

. >> this is where we were in shanghai. >> he was a corporal in the army. every now and then he likes putting on his uniform. on sunday he thought it was inspire the runners and he was right. >> he inspired all of us. he was standing on his own with no walker and no cane in his uniform proudly. >> these two long-time friends and runners had no idea what they were a part of on sunday would become something so big. >> i didn't know it until i saw it on diane sawyer. >> it really makes you feel good. >> he still is not fully aware of what he started on sunday. you can bet the next run that goes by his house he will be there in his uniform. in san jose, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> so touching. >>> warning shots fired. next on abc7 news, russian and ukrainian forces towing the line and coming dangerously close to war. is there a sign that vladimir putin may back down? we will have details. >> and unlocking the mystery of the mind with video games. how a member of the grateful dead is helping scientists learn to train brains. >> and shipping singles across

disney back in the news again after striking a deal with the shanghai media group, to co-develop disney-brandedreleased in china and other international markets. is this a reason for the stock to go higher? >> yes. >> it is? >> when you look at the chinese markets, chinese entertainment, 2015, $148 billion industry, disney's going in and attacking that. the stock's going higher. >>> market flash here checking in with dom chu, some news involving facebook. carl icahn announces stuff on twitter. but now, he's going to turn to facebook to start disclosing some of that information as well, in addition to his website. so, in essence, the bottom line, guys, carl icahn wants you to follow him on twitter, like him on facebook and logon to his website. >> are you guys connected on li linkedin? >> no. >> are you going to write on his wall? are you going to poke him? all right, dom chu, thank you, what do you make all of these disclosures? >> nobody has used the media, social media better than carl. the media, us included. carl wants to break news, he comes on here and he tells what he's already done, and