today on "the boss" michael wu in hong kong has to deal with the rising pries of key ingredients andarah kur ran is handing over power to a new executive. >>> previously on "the boss," rink under wu. michael wu took a gamble on hospital catering. >> a lot of people said to me don't do hospital catering because all you get are complaints. >> reporter: and sarah curran took a gamble. >> once you get it right, the volumes you can sell. >> reporter: five years ago she launched my wardrobe. early this year, relaunch eed womenswear, and now sarah curran is taking on menswear. >> i think it's a mavis opportunity. i don't think the market has even tipped toward plentying their passions for shopping online, so i do believe the potential for menswear online is incredible. >> reporter: to tap in on it, she's brought in troy munns. >> they take it away, money over it. actually this is what i want to buy. >> yeah. >> reporter: as the new head of menswear, troy will oversee its direction, tone, and content. >> i think it's keeping, that yes, i can wear, that i'm not going to look at how it plays.

as michael wu's expansion plans take shape, richard quest goes for a visit with "the boss." >> and ifou have any comments on any of these stories you see on the show, including "the boss," of course, you can get in touch with the whole team on your facebook page. let us know your thoughts. >>> well, that's it for this edition of "world business today." i'm nina dos santos in london. >> and i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. we'll be back. "world one" is next, though, with more on the volcanic ash cloud affecting german airspace.

the death was blamed on empress and the emperor got rid of her and made madam wu the new empress.she killed a couple of her own sons in her rise to power, and she managed to kill of a great part of the tong mobility that stood in the way of her rise to power. it didn't do much for women's empowerment, unfortunately, in china. there's actually a plaque somewhere in the forbidden city that warns against women and politics after the experience of the evil empress wu. the reason i tell the story is the contrast, you a couple of big revolts in 15 '20s. there's a thing called a revolt against the great emperor charles the fifth. they fought a civil war in essence for a few years. the emperor one. defeated his enemies. there's a similar civil war in france where 30 years later understood the 14th again, they fought a very bloody civil war. making defeated his aristocratic those but in both of those cases are remarkable charles the fifth and limit the 14th basically pardoned their noble opponents and they go back to their estate and live happily ever after. if this had been china, the emp

the death was blamed on the empress and the emperor got rid of her and made madame wu the new empress. she killed a couple of her own sun is in her rise to power and she managed to kill off a great part of the tongue nobility that stood in her way. it didn't do much for women's empowerment in china. there is a plaque in the forbidden city that warns against women and politics after the experience of the evil empress wu. the reason i tell this story is to contrast that to stories from europe. you had a couple big revolts. in the 1520s there is a revolt against the emperor charles v. they fought a civil war for a few years. the emperor won of the few -- defeated his enemies. a civil war in france. cxxx years later under reena nadler. they fought a bloody civil war and the canes defeated his aristocratic foes. in both ofking defeated his aristocratic foes. in both of those cases it is remarkable a part and their nobles and lived happily ever after. of this was china the emperor would have killed aristocratic opponents. and every lineage of them to make sure the rope of dissent was broken

wu died at the hospital later. police are sending this case to the district attorney's office. >>> the nurse's struck at oakland hospital is over now. the nurses went back this morning at 5:00 after a five- day strike. they pick keted over changes in their healthcare. they want their employer to contribute to their premiums. they've been working without a contract since july. >>> the city's transit agency will hold the first of a series of meetings for cab drivers at 12:30 today. another meeting is set for 5:30 tonight. the drivers are angry about new credit card surcharges and possible televisions running ads in the back of each cab. other town hall meetings will be held tomorrow and next monday. >>> 8:35. hours ago, the mississippi river crested in memphis tennessee, just inches away from an all-time record. holly ferfer is live in memphis is explain what's next for the people who are hoping the levees hold back the water. >> reporter: good morning. the army corps of engineerses say the levees are holding. they d

. >> reporter: calvin wu is a supervising investigator with the dmv, one of six investigators in plains clothes, looking for people like this tailgater. >> they said apparently the person who has a placard has to be here. >> and you didn't know that? >> no. >> the placard is registered to his father-in-law. and his father-in-law is in washington, d.c. right now. >> reporter: that's not going to work for the giants game today. >> no, it's not. >> reporter: strike one. >> they say i can't be using this anymore. >> reporter: strike two. whose is it? >> it's actually my fiance. >> reporter: so, you were taking a big risk today? >> yes. >> reporter: strike three. the sign warns the minimum fine is $250. but the actual cost of abusing a pack card can be 20-times that amount. >> you're looking close to $1,100. plus, if they have to go to court and they're found guilty for the misdemeanor violations, it can be up to another $3,500. or it could be six months in jail. >> reporter: and the punishment isn't just levied against the abuser. the placard holder gets fined too. last year, they seized 2,

ben wu had also just come back to beijing, where he grew up. >> i have been away for over a decade in. and never worked in china before. so i want to learn how chinese conduct business, what's the best opportunity in what industry. from monday to friday i work for mckinsey consulting. and then starting from friday night to sunday afternoon i pretty much work the whole time for my internet cafe. >> narrator: ben was using what he learned at business school in new york to create a new franchise. >> this is our first internet café in beijing. it's named time square internet café. you know, we have a new york theme here, new york skyline. we are going to have about 300 computers in this 16,000 square feet. we are going to build a ufo-like structure. we are going to have a train coming out. and underneath there's going to be a lot of lights shooting up through the glass. internet café requires a lot of money. that's why me and my chinese partner have a set of american investors. this café is going to be our first of many. we want to build a starbucks, óÑiófá >> narrator: china's booming e

raid wu con kktd in this compound north of is lack bad. thought the week we talked to many people who didn't know he was dead. this will go some way. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. >> so the terror man is now seens once again after his death in still yet more video but a different vision of osama bin laden. a match watching himself on television isolated. traps in his compound. we'll have more right after this. coldwell banker. we never stop moving. we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. aspercreme breaks the grip, with maximum-strength medicine and no embarrassing odor. break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >>> welcome back. it's considered a slice of the greatest intelligence haul from any single operation. >> it is. five videos that you're

. >> item 1, confirming the appointing of jane wu to the -- >> can you please introduce yourself to the committee, and talk about your interest in serving in this commission. >> i know you have a long agenda and i will be as brief as possible. you have a detailed by a. a couple of things i wanted to register with you. i was born in sydney, australia and have lived in japan and hong kong, and went to school for 12 years -- but i have lived in san francisco longer than any other place in my life. this is a gateway to the pacific. i love the natural beauty and also the diversity, for someone like myself who has a by cultural background. my father was a career diplomat in taiwan, and my husband, james, was near port commissioner in the city. as you have seen in my biography i have been active in the community for many years. i bring extensive and relevant experience with citibank and wells fargo. i am excited about the ports commission. i think that this is the right timing for me in terms of my life. i have my experience from the private sector, and i think that this is the right use of my

she eem soon be there in a dress designed especially for her by jason wu, the same jason wu who designedat's gorgeous. check it out. >> reporter: a one-of-a-kind. perks of being a super model. >> the lindsey dress. we're calling this the lindsey. >> it's so beautiful jason. thank you so much. >> reporter: the next time we see wixon, we're in wichita and it's prom night. >> how do you stay grounded? >> i come home. i come home and i do yoga and i cook. >> reporter: in some ways she is a normal teenager. >> is this your room? >> this is my room, but it's really messy. >> belts, necklaces. >> what is going on in here? >> reporter: in other ways, not so much. >> this is it, right? >> yeah, this is my car. >> your 16th birthday present. >> to herself. look at the license plate, wickson bought the convertalable with money she made from the miu-miu ad campaign. take a look at her closet. >> this is one of the coolest, mark jacobs. >> reporter: a dift from the designer her seflt. it's this designer dress she'll wear to the prom. >> everybody cheese. >> reporter: after a few photos with mom, ther

wu. what is the procedure for the san francisco police department and the d.a. and is a public? >> it is public. there are external and internal policies for bringing forward materials that would affect the credibility of witnesses i hate -- credibility of witnesses. from the crime lab scandal -- >> situation. situation. i will use the word situation. in particular, and it is all known to the public -- this man had a conviction out of san mateo we had not learned about. we could not cross-examine on that. and that was a problem. it was a problem immediately addressed. so, i talked to a lot of other g-8's offices to find out how -- d.a.'s offices throughout the state to find out how they dealt with this. i find that a lot of offices across the state rely on that type of relationship. given the situation occurred with the crime lab, we needed to absolutely do more, and what we did is create a policy where they did, and i think it may have been cheap gas than -- chief gaston at the time were they created personnel files where they could go to the court system to learn whether this

meet chris wu. he's trying to help ease the huge pressures chinese men are under.runs courses in the art of romance. >> having your own house is deeply rooted into the minds of the people. and it's not something that one generations -- generation or two generations can change. >> but in western society, men and women would buy a plot together and set up home together. why can't they do that in china? >> i think in china when you get into a marriage, most of the time that's something that a guy has to offer. >> beijing and other chinese cities are so exciting. but it's very hard for men, obviously. >> yeah, definitely. it's really scary. >> indeed. soaring property prices have driven some men underground. i've come to a place which shows just how extreme the beijing property market has become. just take a look at this. this place is the cellar of a large apartment building and look at this. come down here. down here off this corridor there's a network of tunnels with over 100 people living down here. thanks for inviting me here. thank you. yang rents a tiny room dow

[speaking foreign language] >> my name is jade wu, a p.r. organizer. i want to first thank you, the mayor, and the supervisors for caring a lot about the welfare of the families. we wanted to tell everybody about the families in chinatown. currently we're in contact with over 400 families in chinatown who live in a s.r. room with children under 18 years old. there are about 550 children 17 and younger in s.r.o.'s. 95% of our families cannot qualify for applying to affordable housing because of the income limitation of the there's no affordable family housing. couldn't even apply to public housing. only very few families can apply for a rental subsidy programs in the city, because their monthly income is around $1,000, and that's how much it takes to rent a one-bedroom apartment in the city. so we're asking the city to support real affordable housing for families in the city of san francisco. thank you. >> so why don't ask our next speaker to please step up. >> good afternoon. my name is michael stager, a representative of a political action committee.

wu, when your department, the district attorney's office discovers an office -- an officer has been untruthful or is abusing power, do you have a policy in place for reporting this? or is there just an understanding, or how does your office deal with this? >> i also think everyone for having me here today. i could not agree more with the panelists to spoke before me. i say this to young lawyers all the time in our office. all we are is our integrity. all we are is our ability to communicate and put forth evidence to juries, and we have to rely on that. we have to rely on integrity. it is difficult when these situations happen. i was really involved with the crime lab cases and the allegations against the criminals. i've been very involved in the allegations regarding some of these search and seizure issues, and i am just now becoming involved with the cases of potential theft. and all these are allegations. what is difficult, i think, for prosecutors in our office -- we find folks to be very reactive to these situations. the response often is if officers are not being truthful, that we need to

herley is sharon wu, the chief assistant of operations in the district attorney's office. she oversees the criminal division, including the victim witness program and the alternative dispute courts. anne irwin is an attorney in the public defender's office. ms. irwin was recently involved in several of the cases involving the videotaped evidence which resulted in the dismissal of over 90 cases. you've read about those in the newspaper. and finally, we have civil rights attorney john burress. he specializes in civil actions brought against police officers for abuse of power, brutality, and wrongful death. let me remind the audience that we will have a brief q&a at the end. if you want to ask a question, just raise your hand. you'll get a card from the usher. and you can ask your question. and if you would like to address it to a particular panel member, you can do that as. i believe we are going to have a video now. it is movie time. >> this was recorded on a cellular phone by a witness who did not want to be identified. he was pulled on to the ground, face down. there was