people see a sense of a logic in siemens wanted to generate cash with the sale of shares. -- was the day's biggest loser. people worried that the bank might be looking for fresh capital some parent of the background for that is at the height of the financial crisis, the government stepped in with billions of aid to keep above water. >> we will stay for a look at the closing numbers here in tuesday. the dax closing flat at 6934 points. the euro stocks entering lower. in new york, the dow is getting a pretty healthy rally. they closed it out at the top of the hour. the euro trading at $1.41. what is billed as the beating international fare for the wine and spirits industry finished up in duesseldorf. 36 exhibitors were showing off the latest trends in the industry. the number of visitors was up 5% this year. there was a staggering 1000 wines to sample. the world's most expensive to kill also got a lot of attention. this bottle you see selling for 2.5 million euros. -- the world's most expensive bottle of tequila got a lot of attention. >> the ivory coast is on the brink of civil war. t

people see a sense of a logic in siemens wanted to generate cash with the sale of shares. -- was the day's biggest loser. people worried that the bank might be looking for fresh capital some parent of the background for that is at the height of the financial crisis, the government stepped in with billions of aid to keep above water. >> we will stay for a look at the closing numbers here in tuesday. the dax closing flat at 6934 points. the euro stocks entering lower. in new york, the dow is getting a pretty healthy rally. they closed it out at the top of the hour. the euro trading at $1.41. what is billed as the beating international fare for the wine and spirits industry finished up in duesseldorf. 36 exhibitors were showing off the latest trends in the industry. the number of visitors was up 5% this year. there was a staggering 1000 wines to sample. the world's most expensive to kill also got a lot of attention. this bottle you see selling for 2.5 million euros. -- the world's most expensive bottle of tequila got a lot of attention. >> the ivory coast is on the brink of civil war. t

and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >> schieffer: finally today, i have spent most of my life defending the first amendment, and i'll continue to do so, but when the supreme court ruled last week that it gave a church group the right to picket at the dead soldier's funeral with a sign that said "god hates you" and "thank god for dead soldiers", i was appalled. the group believes our soldiers are dying because god is punishing america for tolerating gay people. that anyone would have the audacity to claim knowledge of god's reasoning is ridiculous. but here is the part i don't understand. the courts have long held that free speech can be limited in rare circumstances. we can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater if there is no fire because it would endanger public safety-- people might be trampled in the chaos. the first amendment has done just fine with that limit. but if that is so, why isn't public safety endangered when a mob hurls brutal abuse at an innocent citizen, who could be scarred with severe and lastin

and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. when they buried david broder of "the washington post" last week, they buried the greatest political reporter of our time, maybe any time. until he died, david was one of the few reporters still working who was here when i came to washington in 1969. and i shall never forget the first time i saw him. here just a couple of weeks, i was sent to a news conference, which turned into a shouting match. not with the news source, but among the reporters trying to shout down each other to ask a "gotcha" question. i happened to notice one reporter who had not joined in. he was just listening and writing down what the hapless official was trying to say. it was broder who i would later learn never talked when it interfered with listening. when i read his story the next day, i realized he had more information and a more complete account than any of us who had been trying to shout down each other. he had apparently pieced together the story with his own reporting before he got to the news conferenc

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and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens.>>> joining me now, the republican governor of indiana, mitch daniels, welcome back to "meet the press." well i say welcome back, because you've been here before as budget director. and in fact, it is as budget director i want to ask you something. during your confirmation hearings, we were talking about the budget shutdowns. you were talking about that you wanted to see some way to sort of change the way so that there wasn't politics being used, the government shutdowns weren't being used as political leverage and you referred to writers this way, you said so there aren't things like extraneous measures that could otherwise upset the normal appropriations process. we're watching that right now. is this the type of thing you were warning about. and are riders, are the republicans in the wrong for attaching these things right now? >> you probably think i'm paying more attention to this than i am, and your memory is a little better than mine. but i think as a general rule, it is better p

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one of those have been the shares of siemen, here on the frankfort floor mainly because of the fact that the german government decided to shut down some nuclear plants and this is what investors are now hoping that siemans as a power plant make can make profits out of this decision. >> and european stocks rebounded on thursday ahead of the g-7 finance ministers meeting called to consider the japanese crisis. and we have a check on the numbers for you. the dax closed at 6656, just over two percentage points up. the 50 on thether hand at 2786. we go over to new york where the dow jones industrial average is trading at 11,774. the euro trading for $1.4019. with the potential nuclear power plant disaster looming in japan, the future of energy sources is one of the hot topics in germany. already seven of the country's oldest nuclear power stations are being taken off the net and at the energy exchange, the market is already responding. >> one-day hike is rare at the leipzig energy exchange. when the government announced the moratorium for seven plants, the electricity prices raced ahead. trad

separate from our elective representatives and people were enormously upset when it turned out that the siemens nokia equipment was being used in iran to uncover dissident during the so-called green wave, and they were enormously upset with yahoo! helping the chinese government find dissidents that they were searching for. so i don't think this is an easy policy and i don't think there is a policy answer at all, but i think it is worth the question, and i hope that congress offers some clarity the house in a way the worst thing that could happen is that everybody muddles along thinking they know what the rules are without some kind jequirity, some hand of clarity to being produced legislative. >> looking six months, five years, ten years of sutter down the road, what are you most excited about when it comes to technology? >> the thing i'm most excited about when it comes to technology, the same thing i'm always most excited about, which is i'm excited about what happens to the society when it gets boring. these tools don't get socially interesting until they become technologically boring. it's

one of those have been the shares of siemen, here on the frankfort floor mainly because of the fact that the german government decided to shut down some nuclear plants and this is what investors are now hoping that siemans as a power plant make can make profits out of this decision. and european sto rebounded on thursday ahead of the g-7 finance ministers meeting called to consider the japanese crisis. and we have a check on the numbers for you. the dax closed at 6656, just over two percentage points up. the 50 on the other hand at 2786. we go over to new york where the dow jones industrial average is trading at 11,774. the euro trading for $1.4019. with the potential nuclear power plant disaster looming in japan, the future of energy sources is one of the hot topics in germany. already seven of the country's oldest nuclear power stations are being taken off the net and at the energy exchange, the market is already responding. >> one-day hike is rare at the leipzig energy exchange. when the government announced the moratorium for seven plants, the electricity prices raced ahead. trading

and, i believe, siemens, which is the corporation that makes the generators that were sabotaged.yes, sir. >> yes. my name's mike, and my question, observation is could america really get to listen to what you're saying? i have a feeling that the country, meaning america, has grown somewhat too tall to be able to find which foot to dance on. it seems that it's going to -- [inaudible] around for a long time until get this matter under control. could america, for instance, survive without the oil that they're going after? and can could america survive by doing a proper policy? would you not think that by targeting different groups that america judges are pernicious, potentially pernicious to the country, anticipating what they could be doing in the future? and -- >> sir, you know, we've got to limit. you've asked three questions already, so we'll answer one of those. thank you. >> if i understand correctly, you wanted to know if we could possibly change policies, is that. that -- >> he was asking about -- go ahead, one question, please. >> can america, it seems there's really no cho