united states. a million people are in the dark in the states of california and arizona and across the border in mexico. authorities are scrambling to restore electric service and have not yet found the cause of the power outages. traffic signals, airports and trains and water filtration plants have all been affected. authorities are asking people to boil their drinking water, limit mobile phone use and stay off the roads. and those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m kristie lu stout. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn tokyo, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this friday, september 9th. president obama announced a $400 billion stimulus planned but there s a lackluster response from global investors. and the rugby world cup is about to begin after a rough start. can it kick start new zealand s economy? and six months aft
hong kong. the new york police department says it is taking additional precautions after the new threat tied to the 9/11 anniversary this weekend. it includes more staffing, more bomb-sniffing dogs and checkpoints across the city. the critical final report on the death of this iraqi civilian in british military custody was released on thursday. the inquiry found baja mussa was brutally beaten and possibly kicked to death to british troops while he was restrained. he was being held as a suspected insurgent in iraq. interpol has been asked to issue an urgent notice for the arrest of moammar gadhafi. he s wanted for alleged crimes against humanity. much of normal life has been shut down in the southwestern united states. a million people are in the dark in the states of california and arizona and across the border in mexico. authorities are scrambling to restore electric service and have not yet found the cause of the power outages. traffic signals, airports and trains and