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yoyou u cacan n adadjujustst i r yoyou u wawantnt s so o yoyoue toto w wororryry a aboboutg ththe e wrwronong mamat. ononlyly t thrhrououghgh s. ononlyly a at t onone e ofo0 slsleeeep p nunumbmberer s. >>> welcome back to cnn hong kong. i'm pauline chu. >> and i'm in cnn london. welcome back to "world business today." a quick look at european stock markets. we are now almost 90 minutes into wednesday's trading session. not too much optimism out there. another day of losses for the main eurozone markets, in particular the xetra dax off about .66%. >> charles, it was quite a different picture here for different reasons. markets finished mostly higher in the asia-pacific region. the nikkei gained about 1%. a weaker yen helped give a boost in tokyo. the dollar actually broke the 80 yen mark just briefly, which is the first time that has happened in about 6 1/2 months. that was good for exporters today. and chinese e-commerce site aliba ba's shares jumped 43% after it returned to trading on wednesday. shanghai indicated it was going to loosen property regulations of buying second homes in shanghai

yoyou u cacan n adadjujustst i r yoyou u wawantnt s so o yoyoue toto w wororryry a aboboutg ththe e wrwronong mamat. ononlyly t thrhrououghgh s. ononlyly a at t onone e ofo0 slsleeeep p nunumbmberer s. >>> sears was once the biggest retailer in america. they have been around for 119 years. they lost $2.4 billion last quarter. american companies are not on the decline. facebook rumored to be valued at $100 million. that's one example. reid hoffman invest ed in facebook along with groupon, and linked in that netted him $1.7 billion when it went public. he wrote a book. in the second part of our interview, tonight he talks about how he picks his bets. >> it's never 100%, but you basically kind of go, okay, does this person have a vision? are they an entrepreneur you would back? they are persistent, aggressive, have an understanding of the product area and is this a need for hundreds of millions of peop people. if so, take the bet. >> the person matters. you are investing in the person. earliest stage, it's the person. >> 100 million people. >> yes. >> how the heck can you tell when something is

yoyou u cacan n adadjujustst i r yoyou u wawantnt s so o yoyoue toto w wororryry a aboboutg ththe e wrwronongy y ththisis w weeee ulultitimamatete s sleleepep n. ononlyly a at t onone e ofo0 slsleeeep p nunumbmberer s. >>> we showed you the inside of new hope baptist church at the top of the program. what we didn't show was what people might have heard from the pews when a very young whitney houston was singing the gospel then. now we can. the video quality is not good, i warn you, but the beauty of it and potential of her voice shines through. watch. ♪ ♪ she had her whole life ahead of her in that video. this week, whitney houston will be back in the new hope baptist church. she's come home and surrounded by people who knew her, knew that voice, knew that child. it's our job to report on the facts of her life and sometimes those facts aren't that pleasant and haven't been this week. so many people want to remember the beauty of whitney houston's voice, they're buying her music once again. right now, there are seven whitney houston albums on the top selling. and sadly, she was short of cash w

yoyou u cacan n adadjujustst i r yoyou u wawantnt s so o yoyoue toto w wororryry a aboboutg ththe e wrwronong mamat. huhurrrry y ththisis w weeee ulultitimamatete s sleleepep n. ononlyly a at t onone e ofo0 slsleeeep p nunumbmberer s. ♪ ♪ >> whitney houston singing a song diane warren wrote, "i learned from the best" and joined by deepak chopra, best selling author of "the seven spiritual laws for success." my twitter feed just exploded after the last segment when we're talking about who may or may not be to blame for whitney houston. i feel like chaka khan did, for an addict to be dragged around the hollywood night spots before the grammys and seen openly drinking with champagne and stuff seemed to me to be utterly responsible for anyone who had known her background. i would say to twitter, to be fair, two out of every five are saying i'm right. three out of every five don't agree and think self-responsibility is the key and whitney is to blame. what do you think? >> it's very complicated. once you're an addict, you're always an addict and very difficult to control your substance abuse. the