tsmc says mobile phone makers are cutting back on new product launches as high-end smartphone sales slide a surge in gadget sales helped the third-quarter profit grow more than five percent. it expects big customers like apple and samsung to order fewer new hearts. here in -- new parts. here in hong kong, suspected currency manipulation. regulators are examining electronic messages between currency traders to see whether they colluded to manipulate 5.3 trillion dollars in foreign exchange trades. media reports suggest they center on a group of senior dealers and big banks coordinating activities through electronic chat rooms. the group was known as the cartel and the bandits club. that is the latest from hong kong. looking for gdp figures from china, back to you. >> i am curious which banks were involved and i am sure you will tell us later. the workplace is stressful for most if not all of us. y karaoke. some play a game call freeing. in hong kong, giving stressed- out workers a chance. >> 35 on the clock, guys. alarms are going off. did you find them? >> find the pile of beads. do you s

releases its minutes and plenty of september sales reports due from taiwan he's firms including umc, tsmc and au opt. >>> still to come, will the dollar hold the continued weakness? second hour of "worldwide exchange" right after this. >>> this is "worldwide exchange." i'm ross westgate. >>> china and japan show their unhe's with the closure stalemate, warning the u.s. too void risking a default that would upset the global economy. >>> corporate news shares of monte de paschi unveil ago birth than expected 2.5 billion euro hike to get eu approval for its bailout. >>> and the latest cost duting measures, the telecom cost cutting measure reducing head count by around 14%. >>> very good morning to you. the dow is off around 6 points. the s&p down 14 right now. the dow is some 11 points below fair value. the nasdaq is about a point below fair valuable. so all to play for, really, for the u.s. equities this morning. the dow jones 600 is justify off 0.1%. european equities is somewhat mixed. the ftse and the cac down around about 0.3% this morning. the ftse is down by retailers. so that's can f