My apologies. We seem to have some technical issues. Lets recap this morning some of the headlines. Desktop computers are not dead. A rallying call from meg whit man as the hpcoe tells cnbc exclusively a turn around plan is on track but admits there is still work to do. We have to continue to innovate and you can discover the innovation engine is alive and well at hp. A lot of heavy lifting ahead. The eurozone finance ministers outline a political bargain to wind down troubled banks that fail to agree on the crucial issues of sharing costs. Hes confident that a deal can be done before christmas. We can now see the outline uls of a compromise and im quite optimistic that next week we can finalize it. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. All right. We have the latest data coming out from the iea, their report just coming out. Highlights of this, theyre talking about the wti spread, which we have looked at. It was around 17. 55 a b
President. It is official and definitive former italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is a convicted criminal. Just an hour ago, the sentence was reached. That will probably end up meaning house arrest or community service. After a threeday hearing, the judges rejected the media mogul turned politicians appeal. The judges referred a ban on berlusconi from Holding Public office for five years to a milan court for review. Lets get more from rome. Is this the end or the beginning of berlusconis colorful political life . Not necessarily. We do not know the link of the ban on his Public Office. That has to be recalculated. And then this is a Crucial Point it has to be ratified by parliament, where we would expect that berlusconis supporters would put up a last ditch attempt to save their leader. Thats the first point. The second is that while he has been told he cannot sit in parliament or a government, he can still lead his party. He even hinted at that saying before the verdict was ann
Well, first up, a twoday meeting of eu leaders has been drawing to a close in brussels, and there have been some serious and divisive issues on the agenda. Not least, the question of if the eu should abandon its arms embargo in syria and start providing military support to the rebel forces fighting against the regime of bashar al assad. Both britain and france say the time has come to get more involved. It is a position that could lead to a major rift in the eu. He is prepared to go it alone. The french president was unequivocal in his comments over farming Syrian Rebels, with or without his partners. There could be one or two countries who want to block this move because they are reluctant. And i cannot speak for any other country than france. France will accept its responsibilities. Britain has also indicated it would consider forming the rebels, but there is resistance from others. Consider farming the rebels. I am against it. I do not think you can solve a conflict by delivering we
Problems. After years of negotiable 3 negotiation problems, croatia hopes to become the 20th state, but it remains controversial. Croatia is not doing enough to fight corruption according to some. Others are critical because crimes committed decades ago remain unsolved. When croatia was part of yugoslavia, dozens of croats in exile were murdered. Many believe the secret police were behind the killings. For 33 years, this woman and her eldest daughter have been making a trip to the Main Cemetery in frankfurt to visit the grave of their late husband and father. They say he was murdered in 1980 by the yugoslavian secret service, but the murderer has yet to be brought to justice. I do not wish them dead, but i wish them justice, that they may be punished. After the funeral in 1980, she was left to raise five children alone. At that time, croatia was part of yugoslavia, and many were living in west germany as guest workers. A political struggle raged between rightwing nationalists and the y
Negotiation problems, croatia hopes to become the 20th state, but it remains controversial. Croatia is not doing enough to fight corruption according to some. Others are critical because crimes committed decades ago remain unsolved. When croatia was part of yugoslavia, dozens of croats in exile were murdered. Many believe the secret police were behind the killings. For 33 years, this woman and her eldest daughter have been making a trip to the Main Cemetery in frankfurt to visit the grave of their late husband and father. They say he was murdered in 1980 by the yugoslavian secret service, but the murderer has yet to be brought to justice. I do not wish them dead, but i wish them justice, that they may be punished. After the funeral in 1980, she was left to raise five children alone. At that time, croatia was part of yugoslavia, and many were living in west germany as guest workers. A political struggle raged between rightwing nationalists and the yugoslavian authorities. Many croatians