this man speaking on the statements monday we thought it was one of the menace of the cannula taipei international exhibition prize in the fiction category. he was also the chairman of the construction company. he said that nothing compared to send some to keep meant when he received creamier narration for his back the graphic annual prize for his latest fiction them among them into the race so hot so cold. according to a t i'd be around forty thousand books are published annually in thailand this year he received hundred twenty fivensn category and three hundred and seventy one submissions in the nonfiction category the winners were selected for each category one and two winners in the nonfiction category was to be secured at the institute of technology of the academia seneca yourself on your travel into an ounce and the thomas prefecture in sichuan province of tying up to documented disgusted truck and eight issues in the village is falling the award ceremony of the ten teams national exhibition prize. the event organizer also announced that he can your week's edition would take pl

between russian federation actually and taiwan and is being assigned here in taipei. that doesn't mean the media star. all the flights because the heat has to be followed by a commercial negotiation but you are all busy. nobody said it concerned and interested what i call her that in. in the coming months. hopefully that will will will see the first flight and now i'll be happy to report to you that if the hwy use the direct flight from taipei to moscow it will take no more than eight or nine our city depending on the full kit called columbus to take fullest now. now applied to neil moscow icy and now as it indeed you must to meet the one up and ate a ton i am hours plus. three hours of flight to hong kong with a solo to vietnam to the island to tokyo. and then a couple hours so far as the little mover years and so it makes me a little more me a lot more convenient for many people and how would you think the aviation agreement will help to enhance the meat on the stand the nicest among the business community but also the money or to people what to make it easy for exa

between all the members including had that all five russian and chinese taipei knits. sue as far as we talked about tight tee hee there is a for instance to pack it in nineteen ninety called the epa and held the wt all this how we can as several years afterward after paying the right to sign up. of course we don't talk to for the future not but the of course not to weep and that there is it possible that he'll blowing paris and in many areas including that. so i think it's will be beneficial for both sad because our trade with taiwan also will be. i mean that would allow what it meant that we are facing. of course and we have been talking all called to lead changes to know the navy today and though we also understand that taiwan's first lady the mother on to lead team has let the cloud gate dance troupe go to russia. and you know i believe the first time was in the year two thousand ten and then the you know sir we do know what like to see more of the cool toy educational exchanges in the years ahead he did not necessarily at such a level. but though what do you see yo

it's college and not not dream big challenge because taiwan the taipei specially at this into a well known as i've told her that yes sometimes i try and eat with pleasure that the taiwanese to afford especially dumb excuse. and also me and yen. and last but sometimes a kiev reviews see a single day can switch them out or put another one realli cant use of the medici me live to moscow merely confined to pull it off well almost every icon shield the world. and finally if you're speaking to people back home in russia and some of them is thinking of coming to town one to visit. or maybe to work on coast mp will be some of the recommendations were fights that you would hope that. we did not then invites not a condition which just an explanation is that it's safe to use for emily. ian and i but today it is only one thing that you cannot imagine how i feel on the god man who has the guts to climb it. i did it for russians it's a little bit. i'm a little copy to my views which we are not used to because russia is not surrounded by what is it so we end up in ireland though had that sinking th

and the hat in taipei i only use the us. about fourteen hours working hours see out of tiny post baby i have plans already in the airport in haiti by using pc crazy idea and the utilities tool e vents need me know what i can be released. so i am actually a small but still feel a spanking. i fill me say anything because it means the top for my next ten years and for my sil's my carry on i can fly at two pm on it in a campy and cannot be accepted and the you know nifty and for pretty pitiful for all the stress of noodles you will fall as the case is still time for myself. so is re elected at it this week who reached his use only serve as a very you know excellent example of somebody who's a working mother trying to balance to your obligations at work and also the responsibilities his family. i think a lot of people look up to the canteen and we need to take another break on the program will be right back. i know. welcome back to today's world and feel the calm while those on the coast to wheat wool will continue our discussion

i use ten nam off the chinese taipei. he is already use not to freeze time. the main michael and many other advancements in the international arena. this is solely used for the lone pine. but golf course. please seek him for the observer very soon. of course. maybe someday. the members they don't use this early kicking off fingers crossed and like you sick of seeing the keywords of meaningful participation. before able to be part of this ipo assembly in the feature this early hour this ability we increase our voices can be heard. and though we'll still going back to the eco you experience the dead teen day you have seen the civil aviation. no industry or sector for over four decades. what does the first trip to denver for you to go to ikea. this is for some time. i hadn't done a whole can of that are mostly all bundled up in a sippy with fussy. of course oprah's for the fist two time all of our always standing in the front door of aikido. i cannot carry it so a is almost impossible for me she called me and dennis are tying finality. i can't be thinking hey wh

. >> in taipei, colorful fireworks lit up the taipei 101 building after the clock struck midnight. >>> japanese traditionally mark midnight on new year's eve by gathering at shrines and temples. worshippers have been flocking to a major shrine in tokyo to pray for good luck for the coming year. the sound of a drum resinated throughout michi shrine at midnight. this is the cue for worshipers to begin prayers and throw monetary offerings. many japanese visit temples and shrines during the first few days of the new year. >> translator: my dream is to play an important role abroad, so i want to study english hard. >> translator: it's best if everyone can promote peace and be healthy. >> worshipers usually buy good luck charms. they also write their wishes on wooden plaques. they expect about 3 million visitors between wednesday and friday. >>> another new year tradition in japan involves billions of postcards and stamps. workers left the post office in central tokyo after a ceremony to start deliveries of the cards. some of them wore uniforms from more than a century ago. where japan's mo

people's attention since the birth is a report that tells you more about to the big attraction of taipei zoo. all three and i hope all as of late that the anger on him to get the look on rue you. she was only in the u two minus two thousand and thirteen when the husband and two crowns a nice lunch and then i'm free herons kyneton and the gang that draws out the truth from the chinese mainland in late two thousand and six at the rose nineteen artists and events for its ceremonial told that the panda cub or something to be named deep inside the main is the choice of more than haul them all seen the naming ceremony. it means she is getting hits shelves and also reflects the run began. all team on the pots been signed state lines for the first time we've had to working mother it wasn't going to be in silence for three days of debate he could open our eyes to see some of the quota for this calling. maybe another three weeks to carry her hearing. owns the chaos that keep as asked is who you can sign the scrolls stronger kuwait's come to fight the grounds of st laurence which is more than thirt

here you see celebrations in taipei. >> in moscow security was tight in red square. the fireworks blasting over the cathedral were spectacular. big ben rang in the new year in london. they are not just fireworks. it was a multisensory display, it also included peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles. >> the affordable care act goes in effect on january 1st. hundreds of thousands can use their coverage. the supreme court suspended the family planning. most key provisions will roll out on wednesday. >> today americans who have been forced to go without insurance can visit healthcare.gov, and enrol in affordable new plan, that starts today. >> that was barack obama on october 1st, when the nation's insurance exchanges went live. what's now. for individuals the next big milestone is new year's day, when the bulk of the health reforms take effect, the earliest day for coverage to kick in if you purchased insurance on the new markets. the uninsured have three months to get covered. yet there are some other maimer provisions of the health law that roll

somebody is on a moped in taipei. watch what happens. he clipped the car. watch what happens after. keeps his hand on the throttle, he goes and the bike keeps going. >> he was trying to hang on to the handle bars and in doing so, he was revving the throttle. >> he didn't anticipate the car stopping in the middle of the intersection and it caught him off guard, got out of control new york one seemed to care he got out of control. >> speaking of out of control, this comes to us from london. this guy is on his bicycle. he was going home from work, it was a rainy night in the london streets, and he said he was following what london transportation suggests, they suggest rideing in the middle o the road if there are potholes. this is in london, so you're riding on the opposite side of the road. as you can hear, some guy on a moped doesn't like it. >> [ bleep ]. >> he's asking him why he's riding in the middle of the road. the guy can pass on the right. watch what he does instead. >> there's potholes on the side. why don't you overtake me one of these spots? >> kicked him. >> he was able t

looking pretty good going into the weekend to go to tokyo up to sixteen there by sunday so let's seven taipei getting into the mid twenties ethan in shanghai while above your average dairy by the end of the weekend. unfortunately this is not lasting long. by monday the next called surge is coming in in ten teachers staff will again be back in radar and below average. once again the below average and chilly weather take a look at what's going on here and to the americas with the school from grade here and this just brought devastation across the southeast. this picture out of atlanta georgia and all of the state of georgia under a state of emergency right now because road to discover nice equipment not there to deal with it there's been numerous wrecks of several deaths because people are just down the cars for hours on end and it's still chilly out here on peoples is being advised to stay home. i press has conceded that dominate good news we are seeing a warming trend over the next several days rain now accused him of a high of sixteen unfortunately fire weather down here towards the south al

figure skating championship which can lead others athletes from asia africa america and go see ana in taipei dentist and incomes of grafton gully of bullfighting free skating it's a program on monday destiny to programs in toronto canada under the supervision of the famous coach lori nichol who worked with top athletes as programs are great especially his free program to the music of shostakovich. dennis is a talented singer skinner he can convey the idea to the audience. among the poems remind the dentist and has a silver medalist of the wood chip to chip was all rock and gilliam said that the vancouver than picks in the world cup two thousand tend to change his approach to figure skating. nothing in the same time obama has also worked with nikolai most of the train to moscow he made a good program to disarm. once upon a time in america movie with his morning nap. and i'm supposed to humanize that i needed to extend figure skating coaches believed in a figure skater switch of their best at the sochi olympics for the latest news is that three got the dogs cuts out that stevie got kate said a

wellies the next several days temperature is absolutely fantastic to do so saying i am twenty three taipei in the mid twenties tokyo to go add up the night in by monday. by tuesday on the other hand things will be cooling down with the next shot of cold air. nazir look over towards europe only to have a storm system moving across italy flash flood watches in effect for u s didn't even move off that was the balkans in the bbc some eighty km car wins with his wealth severe stronger storms continue to erupt. tennessee take a look over towards the british isles. oh this is the pulpit storm system and deftly will be topical for here because you are even looking at flooding the last waltz after weeks and yet another shot of all on the seasonal weather on favorable weather at the very least some twenty to forty millimeters of rain can be sealed it with uk parts of ireland the pacific a with about one or thirty kilometers per hour rate your vehicle so definitely very serious storm system the watch for the next twenty four hours paris with some rain showers if the cold spot on the map is kiev and m

warm air along the western periphery of it so temperatures are on the rise in shanghai hong kong taipei bbc in the mid to high teens to go and tidy up to eight in tokyo at eleven here on thursday to buy some from saturday beginning at about sixteen degrees unfortunately it doesn't last very long no see saw fact that does go up the next class of corners and come in by sunday and ten truthfully back down to read around average indian below average meanwhile into the year we have another storm system coming in across the british isles they're down to the iberian peninsula all on this upfront leery of this ilk twenty to forty millimeters of rainfall is expected for a lot of you with this and busy beaver is a messy whether humans but still flaunt their higher elevations the matter training clear skies for now but that system is also coming in from the west so that can be lasting very long and then five it was the east into eastern europe are talking about ukrainian enough to force western russia since knowing your forecast ef minus nine only free on cnn moscow would minus thirteen and snowy

it's close enough that even a group of people the meeting at the house and cooking contest back in taipei and out in the south island fish and sycamore table group behind the attack could not be ascertained. in this coming month not see this made an impressive debut and only come into the elections is now trying to make and mop and a massive politics has popped i definitely need the money tiki awful tonight in the lead in the coming months to the hockey said the project dates this list of candidates for the upcoming general elections identity to get my dvd of the daddy of them said the country should have better options other than the building contest and the main opposition to the agenda by d b c when you get the iraqis and four cents and the visions in my mind was done with the huge disaster hits. the issue is that his body is also running a campaign to lighten its support base. gavin said remember tonight the eonmobil i'm giving you my son and a and b g eight summit. and he has some anytime. this time they might come true. the wellington police said in a tale of eleven said he won't ru

president might until today taipei scotland compile and temple on lunar new year's day to pay its respects and distribute red envelopes at knit night the temple pull toward the national sport in freakin year. according to the temple taiwan will have better fortune this year than

taipei up to twenty shanghai seventeen sunny skies as well. so start to see that for the locals range ours coming through. only six expected for you. on saturday unless they took over towards the americas was going on here right now. another several low pressure systems we are keeping an eye on both them creating winter weather first. this one downpours the gulf of mexico and well this far south you wouldn't expect fill the gap that has been snowing over the waters hearing even into new orleans even reporting some spill over to houston freezing rain causing on numerous some flight delays and cancellations even reports of power outages out here the good news this will taper off but then as the keepers off this next system in alberta clipper comes in from the norfolk is to bring widespread still fought on some gusty winds across the lakes here and then fall behind that another blast of this artic air they'll be coming in irenaeus and toddled minus four three or higher on your friday but by saturday and sunday it's going to feel more like martine

defense secretary taipei hill said he was content as delays in hunting the material over the eu and bought the other saying that disarmament brown says syria has come to know when this than five percent of its most dangerous chemicals. here is claiming that the delays that due to security concerns has asked for special equipment to carry out the job. the us described as the months as we bounce memory. denmark's government has collapsed with the withdrawal of the small potty over disputes about the sale of state and six i met david henderson has quit the cabinet and also resigned as head of the socialist people's conti. he comes in response to government plans to sell a stake in a state holiday in antigua to the u s investment bank goldman sachs jimmy says he will act to protect consumers from soaring electricity prices bills have been going up steadily to pay for the massive expansion of renewable here. energy ministers that my copy of his told parliament that support for the shift from nuclear energy is essential as nice as legislating to keep electricity prices down is the most effective

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the manila via twenty seven abc partly cloudy skies here least on a saturday five of their toys or taipei from rain showers in your forecasting their shanghai with a new low starting bid of tokyo state drive with a high of nine here going to weaken us to go to the americas in an orderly around this week we're talking about the blast of arctic air record low temperatures or conversely going into the weekend. talk of a record warm temperatures in the same areas believe it or not because we look at this big world wages of warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico on ahead of this a low pressure system that can be bringing some rain showers the risk of thunderstorms with this off with a mix precipitation across the western great lakes and still fulfill north of this warm front. but for the most part are to see a significant warm up some rain showers that is if you it's a severe thunderstorms to do wad office especially on saturday along the eastern seaboard you see few super self and gusty winds even corneal possibly coming out of this the other problem is you get widespread rain showers. th

thx the visitors are flocking to a zoo in taipei to see the first panda cub born in taiwan. the black and white tom murray is now six months old and full of life the outcome. named the new ones i was born in july at the zoo. her parents were sent as gifts from china to taiwan in two thousand and eight. and the fans have been able to view video and photos of that going against are all busy with and shortly after her birth. the was allowed to be over at ocean city for the first time on monday. i did it. annie's he hopes that the us nine cc be available to the mtc. last weekend. i see it. the city officials estimate that since the star attraction. who brings in about sixteen million dollars in sales that and that concludes who knew him as his line for the shower and she knows you. it was. the us our children should you choose to compete to introduce you to come together in the beauty of form and content to wear to four hundred year history earth begins to me it's ideal to brighten the day. on particular concern to create an exclusive for serving and teaching. it's the weekend t

taipei is twenty five doesn't know he's been playing in northeastern japan but that didn't build any doubts the sunshine tour record last year by winning twenty four teams in the know will be completed this season with no assets as at he led his team to its first title in the japan series. is it going to school with them. i want new york yankees become world champions. so i hope my kitchen contribute to the team's victory the yankees signed him under any system that allowed japanese players who are not free agent to get to see contacts with major the cause our second signing with the yankees made lions in the us media like as i celebrate his big decision to leave japan to join that any ski runs until mikey now as well yes he had seen ten of the nineteen nineties is that at that time as a state of mind before hand. cheated on saturday. both teams the headlines spots across the news to the next thing you know times wrote a long long article said. the ntc said the stanton that seems to turn seven. the team contains ten am. i seem to think of her candidacy is not a team conducts. i have

this is a big horse in taipei. new year's is friday, and january 31. ?> its 56 past the hour which means we are "on the markets." a couple of big movers in today's session we want to highlight a mother first is coach. shares are falling after coach missed its quarterly profit and revenue estimate. it said holiday sales at its north american stores were the worst in 13 years. warren buffett has found an unlikely advisor. who is the young protÉge? let ring in no up. bring in noah. she is in charge of many of them. , and she has chairchai been gaining a lot of responsibility. she joined the company. my colleague and i spoke with buffett a little bit about tracy and her evolving role and really said she thinks like he does. for that reason he trusts her to be his eyes and ears in this sprawling business empire he has over the last four plus that date. >> she was voted most likely to in high billionaire school, and there are some who say her idea of fun, reading through regulatory filings, is not the same as everyone else's. >> we spoke to some of her friends

this is a big horse in taipei.is friday, and january 31. ♪ >> its 56 past the hour which means we are "on the markets." a couple of big movers in today's session we want to highlight a mother first is coach. shares are falling after coach missed its quarterly profit and revenue estimate. it said holiday sales at its north american stores were the worst in 13 years. shares ofo watching norfolk southern, shares of the railroad operator operating at an all-time high. the company's fourth-quarter profits exceeded estimates on strong demand for the shipment of crude oil. it is another consequence of the oil boom in the u.s. let's take a look at what is happening to crude oil. it is rising today perhaps on speculation that the cold weather we are having could cause an increase in demand for heating oil. let's look at the broader market -- they are little changed at this hour. the focus is on earnings season perhaps. some market makers are taking a hiatus in davos. let's bring it back to the weather. we are only three wee

rollen heights is known as little taipei. the lettering on the side of the bank is in both chinese and english. once again. the gunmen push their way into the bank. they use a shotgun to intimidate everyone inside. one of the men jumps the count er counter. he heads for the vault while the other two men threaten to shoot anyone who makes a move. as with their previous heist, the men keep a close watch on the time. in three minutes, they are gone with $67,000. the men are making sure o to hit banks that are close to los angeles freeways and they are choosing targets by first checking out the layout of the interior of the banks. they want to make sure they can get in and out as quickly as possible. the fbi says in this photo one of the men is caught on camera checking out a bank. >> sometimes they would case nine or ten banks in one day looking around for banks that they thought were easy to control. >> one of the men is armed with a 12 gauge shotgun because one gunman left shotgun shells at the scene of the crime, they know wh

here are celebrations in the capital taipei. in moscow security was tight.orks were spectacular over the cathedral. >> big ben rang in the new year. those aren't any fireworks, it's a multisensory display with peach snow, edible confetti and orange-scented bubbles. >> it's the largest fireworks show launched from a structure for the past two deg aids. the seattle space needle welcomed the new year with a blast of cover. allen schauffler takes us to the top for the difficult work behind the high altitude show. >> this fireworks setup takes a special workplace approach. buckle up. keep i don't remember eyes on the job. >> you don't look down. if you do, you hit veterinary go. focus on what you can do. >> we know how to handle explosives, now we have to handle them six feet off the ground. >> a 12 person crew works for three days for one of the world's largest fireworks display launched from the building. >> it's a special challenge, facing pyrotech nick charges where they accentuate the architecture of the tower guilt for the 1962 world spare. >> with a struct

. >>> and a special surprise in taipei.ts of a nation. ,,,,,, i wish you were too. >> mike: good evening >>> under >> joe: >>> a south carolina near the trumbull exit. everything is free-flowing. we are seeing delays once you hit mckey. a full look at your morning traffic coming up. >>> [ music ] >>> disney's "frozen" heated up the box office listening after its debut. grabbed the top spot, raking in more than $20 million in its 7th week in theater. worldwide it earned $600 million. this is disney's second highest- grossing release behind "the lion king." . >>> "the wolf of wall street," and "american hustle" rounded out the top 5. >>> people flocked to the zoo to get their first look at a giant panda cub. >> the baby was born about 6 months ago, shielded from the public until now. she's now old enough to climb on to logs under her mother's supervision. the first offspring of two panadas that china donated to taiwan back in 2008. she's got her big boy pants on. got her big boy pants on. >> panda cub is a cute one. >>> the n

. >> we're offering transportation from san francisco to china and to taipei on a 777.ou will see more of that growth from us as we take advantage of the power house hub. >> it's the first phase of terminal e's overall. phase 2 will be completed in the summer of 2015. abc7 news. today sfo is offering a sneak-peek of the terminal. that's from noon to five. abc7 news is sponsoring it. tickets are free but tickets are required to get one. we have a link on our website under "see it on tv." >> lisa argen has seen a little bit of it already. did you stay cool? >> very cool. very posh. kind of makes it a different experience. >> takes the sting out of traveling. >> we will have to go international now. good morning, everyone. looking at live doppler 7hd where we have plenty of cloud cover this morning. that's keeping the temperatures up all around the bay. so mainly in the 40s. san francisco, though, and the coast, balmy 50s out there. the how clouds will thin out and we will look for hazy conditions for a spare-the-air day today. we had one last saturday. win a week without

proposed agreement between cooperation between the american institute in taiwan, a.i.t., and the taipei economic and cultural representative office in the united states, tecro, concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. the agreement, i am also pleased to transmit my written approval, authorization and determination concerning the agreement and an unclassified nuclear proliferation assessment statement, npas, concerning the agreement. in accordance with sections 123 of the act, as amended by title 12 of the foreign affairs reform and restructuring act of 1998, public law 105-277, a classified annex to the npas prepared by the secretary of state in consultation with the director of national intelligence summarizing relevant classified information, will be submitted to the congress separately. the joint memorandum submitted to me by the secretaries of state and energy and a letter from the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission, nrc -- n.r.c., stating the abuse of the commission are also enclosed. an aben dumb to the npas with a comprehensive analysis of the control system in taiw

. >> we're offering transportation from san francisco to china and to taipei on a 777. you will see more of that growth from us as we take advantage of the power house hub. >> it's the first phase of terminal e's overall. phase 2 will be completed in the summer of 2015. abc7 news. today sfo is offering a sneak-peek of the terminal. that's from noon to five. abc7 news is sponsoring it. admission is free, but tickets are required to get one. we have a link on our website under "see it on tv." that would be interesting. i wonder who will be using the yoga room? not me. i would not be in the mood for that. >> it could be very popular. we are lacking at a pretty start to the day. it would look nicer even if we got some rain in here and perhaps we are going to see some changes in the seven-day outlook. here's a live look at the doppler hd. cloud cover with some of you this morning but as we go through the afternoon it continues to get filtered, the sunshine, thin out and we will begin to see more sunshine around the by. san jose very nice with temperatures really on the mild

shares of htc lifted in taipei fell a third after losing market .hare samsung reports tomorrow.hailand have stepped up their campaign against the government had at the plant to siege bangkok. the leaders say they will cut power and water to official buildings on the so-called shutdown in. government workers getting to their offices. the electoral commission has proposed delays. the indian prime minister has confirmed that he will step down this summer after a decade in power. >> i am not going to be a candidate for the prime minister ship if you were to come back into power. gandhi has outstanding credentials. hope the party will take this position at an appropriate time. >> myanmar's gradual reforms have brought rocketing economic growth. as the country strides into the future, some are being left behind. she is bringing in changes to an old trade. they are finding it hard to peddle. >> i do not have a normal income. sometimes i have more or less. mostly i only earn enough to beat for a day. more difficult than before. we have to drive the rickshaw among the cars. we need to su

stocks in singapore, taipei set for a low open following big declines in tokyo and seoul. investors seeking safety. the yen is rising. gold at the highest price since november. we have the deficit deepening in japan. have a look at the latest trade figures. it is a day with frenetic market activity. global selloff starting in europe and the u.s. on friday. that continuing in the asia-pacific as well. servile atmosphere. >> we are following it very closely. a serious situation with these emerging market equities and assets selling off. taking investors by surprise. we are seeing developed markets now following the declines that rish talked about on wall street and in the european session friday. check out the kospi and the nikkei. significant declines for japanese equities. 2.5% today. we are watching this very closely. this is the broad-based move to the downside. no industry group appears to be spared. check out the initial trading action in singapore, malaysia and taiwan. it is early going but we will be closely watching those southeast asian markets. jakarta, for exampl

we are going to have a look at acer over in taipei. it came out with a record annual loss.t can we read into these investors knew things were bad, but they weren't expecting this, were they? >> you are right. we knew it was going to be a loss. muchpretty much said as just a few weeks ago, but they didn't expect it was going to be such a big loss. really, the reason for that is they decided to take yet another write-down. write-downs were really the theme of 2013 for acer. they wrote down a lot of their acquisitions. about 5, 6, seven years ago, they went on a big acquisition spree. they bought packard bell, gateway. it helped build up their brand, their market share. they became number two, number one for laptops over time. last year, they started writing down and writing down, all those acquisitions. they did it again a few months ago. last week, they decided to take another right down. it was for the fourth quarter ending in december. that write-down was related to materials and inventory, specifically written -- related to their previous product lines of older books, whi

stocks in singapore, taipei set for a low open following big declines in tokyo and seoul.ety. the yen is rising. gold at the highest price since november. we have the deficit deepening in japan. have a look at the latest trade figures. it is a day with frenetic market activity. gl s

the six-month-old cub unveiled today at the taipei zoo in taiwan. she spent her first few months in an incubator after injuring her leg, poor thing. she currently sleeps about 20 hours a day, wouldn't that be nice. jenna: sound good. could drive one of the driverless cars, right? >> closely protected by her overbearing mother, lively crowds of about 40 people per minute push past her enclosure to get a glimpse of the newest edition to the. >> president obama is back in washington. on his agenda, a new push to combat income inequality. is it simply to draw attention away from obamacare? that's coming up. jenna: jenna: fox news alert, a new legal action over obamacare and the individual mandate. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. welcome to the second hour of "happening now." we are live on capitol hill. wisconsin senator ron johnson is about to make good on his threat to sue the obama administration over the federal funds it gives lawmakers and their staffs to subsidize their health care coverage. wisconsin republican going after the office of person

that here you see celebrations in taipei. >> in moscow, security was tight in red square, but the fireworkslasting over the cathedral were spectacular. big ben range in the new year in london. they called it a multi-sensory display. the spectacle included peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange scented bubbles. >> for years in seattle, new year's eve reveler's watched fireworks near the space needle. setting it up is no simple task. >> that's the way it looked last night as seattle welcomed 2014, but let's rewind, go back in time and see what it took to produce this show. first of all, a talent and a stomach for high altitude work. >> you don't look down, because if you start looking down, you get vertigo. you focus on what you're doing and go to the next one. >> we know how to handle explosives, but now we have to handle them 600 feet off the ground. >> a 12 person crew works three days prepping the space needle for one of the world's largest fireworks display. >> this is a world icon struckure. >> it's a special challenge, placing charges where they'll accentuate the architecture. >