rishaad: measurable running us sharples joining us from melbourne. we are talking about the nikkei, with japan's biggest newsgroup buying the financial times. sources are telling us it took years of preparation. the nikkei finally got a chance to diversify outside of the home market and gain gravitas in the english-speaking world. it was a tight race with other suitors vying for the company. in fact the competition was so close that the home page was reporting the german group as the leading bidder after nikkei announced the deal. pearson fired the starting gun when the ceo believed a long, ittly project to transform into a digital first platform was beginning to bear fruit. as toave raised questions whether japanese companies pay too much for overseas acquisitions. nikkei is paying five times what the "washington post" fetched. with insurance has agreed to by the american insurer -- life insurance has agreed to buy the american insurer. the company is running other japanese insurers that are spending abroad to counter the shrinking domestic market an

rishaad: robin joining us from melbourne. let's do all things htc. also under pressure.t share being eaten up by rivals. struggling to find the right market response. they have tried all sorts of thing. an" lasttried "iron m year. we talked about samsung struggling against apple. htc is struggling against first-your smart phone makers. profits over turn the last four quarters. we know that it's actually in the red. we are looking at these unorthodox numbers for the second quarter we have a graphic that shows you that sales were down more than 15% from the second quarter of last year. 18% from the first quarter. just underloss of $170 million u.s. the stoxx are trading. rish, look at that. it is almost trading at the less level. --is below the book now you book fell you -- book value out there. rishaad: investors love it. david: they slashed that number almost in half, from 136, they brought the price down to 70. it shows you what is the focus of the company. you are looking at the competitive landscape. they did not want to get into the low-end spectrum of the market bec

from our get guest. joining us live from melbourne. what is going on here in your view?uest: i would agree with that supply scenario. oss ae seeing it acr lot of commodities. no doubt, ate guys levels, the high cost in gold will be feeling the pinch. one thing helping them out, here goldstria, austrian prices. the dip in the u.s. gold price, 15-20%,good dip of making things a little more uncomfortable. dollar'sthe aussie fall does protect the aussie mi ners. bottom falling out of the gold market? it can't just be down to dollar strength. there must be more to it. mark: it is a tricky one. that's a lot of sentiment comes into gold. at this stage, it has mostly been negative. there has been a headwind in the gold market. the expectation of interest rates going up. sometime later in the year. the market is positioning for that. still selling there. i think the bigger driver is the u.s. economic the back drop. looking at jobs data. interest rate adjustments. on the other side of the equation, some story around chinese gold holdings, a little lower than expected. that may hav

bloomberg news energy reporter david cerner joins us from melbourne.y fund and why the government is changing how it is being invested. angie, the clean energy finance corporation, that was set up under the previous australian government. it's got access to about 10 billion australian dollars, and the idea is it would fund investments in emerging renewable technology. about one quarter of its investment so far has related to wind power, and that has drawn contention from current prime minister tony abbott. ministers have said that they sent a letter to the corporation outlining new investment priorities. they don't want to see any more investment in wind. they say the fund should be focused on solar and on emerging and new renewable technologies. it is worth noting also that tony abbott said his government has a clear plan for the clean energy fund. it wants to close it down eventually. he thinks that if technologies are viable, they will be able to in the usual market. angie: i guess this is why critics are saying that tony abbott is waging a war on w

used to be "happy wife, happy life." new research from all still you may support that. scientist at melbourne university studied the same group of people 14 years and found that, exercising every day, meeting neighbors, having a drink a day and having a good job all contribute to your happiness. and if you're a man, get married. but if you're a woman, don't. apparently having kids is a recipe for disaster. >> one of the conundrums is it seems to lower their happiness. horace: "why did i have these kids?" the most important factor, money is not everything. it is something, though. coming up, a d.c. icon celebrating a milestone. horace: this weekend marks a milestone for the georgetown blues club blues alley. it has been open 50 years. it is planning a special concert at the strathmore music center and special guest performances. sam ford looks back at the country visions to history. ♪ sam: it is a sound heard around the world. >> in our own backyard. sam: it is the oldest continuously operating jazz supper club in the nation. some greats perform here adorning the walls. >> that album is killin

melbourne and karachi. >> the director of an organization joins us from los angeles. thank you for being with us. i understand you are coming from a protest at the saudi consulate. is the movement gaining traction. . >> yes thank you for having me yes. this, of course, you can see this all around the world. you know although it was destroyed many years ago, but today, what you see from the terrorist organizations, you see two things killing and destruction. this started. within the saudis and others attacked medina - one of the holy cities of islam, they killed so many people. then they destroyed this historical cemetery regarded by the prophet as a respected place. and the prophet, his wives and family members the grandson is buried there. and other great personalities of islam and companions are buried there. >> there are multiple sites of concern, many that have been destroyed. the argument for saudi government is that the country sees millions come every year and they need the space to accommodate the huge crowds of tourists. what do you say to that? >> this is not a good excuse of they can e

use of talaq as a divorce. al jazeera, new delhi. >> they printed everything from guns to shoes. now 3d printers are making replicas of body parts. it is being pioneered by a medical staff in australia. from melbourne andrew thomas explains. >> caked in this powder is the latest innovation in 3d presenting replica body parts. designs based on ct scans of people, which are created in the computer. it builds a block of powder in thousands of incremental sweeps. in the first sweep one-tenth of a millimeter of each sweep it begins to form. >> we have the face and neck, and it's arriving out of the pattern. it's very eerie and very amazing. >> actual rep mr. replicas can be used to training doctors. >> it's great having the cadavers to have that three-d aspect. having that practical aspect in your text book. i suppose it could be less than what we want. >> cadavers are rare and expensive, and in some cultures they're taboo. >> there are some religious that frown on these on the use of cadaver for training. >> this is actually a mix of bodies parts based on scans of different people. a modern model frankenstein. so this isn't the start of being able to print something that could be given life. andrew tho