found dead. sean ward said andy coulson hacked into phones. police are not treating the death as suspicious. a u.s. official says a meeting between the u.s. and libya at the weekend was meant to deliver one message, that moammar gadhafi must go. libya called the face-to-face talks in tunisia a first step. the u.s. says the meeting was a one-off event. the women s world cup team soaked up the limelight after bringing japan its first cup title. japan s the first asian nation with a world cup championship. those are the headlines. auto jane verjee at cnn in london. world business today starts now. a very good afternoon to you from cnn hong kong, i m alicia tank. good morning from cnn london. you re watching world business today. time to testify, news corp boss rupert murdoch, his son james and ex-news international chief rebekah brooks will prepare to face british legislators. two giants of tech as ibm powers ahead but cisco loses its way. and banks lead the los
agreement that will assurance to us. and maybe it will authorize to come back in if necessary. we needs i don t know why american business can t go in there. they re mining coppers, there s oil, copper, all kinds of minerals. afghanistan someday will be a wealthy place. our soldiers have lost their lives there, and i think we should get something out of that. well, that s interesting. i m much more worried about getting our troops out. but i think you have to take a big picture on this thing. pakistan is going to align with
richard, let s start with you. is it an overused word, people talking about growth in the bric economy, given that we don t have growth in western economies, developed economies, as much? is this, in your mind, the place where smart moneyin vests? not only should the smart money invest, and a balanced portfolio, it must invest in pension funds, and any other form of retirement account is hoping to get some form of since our beginning, gains. look, this is the latest report that i got just a few weeks ago we ve been there for clients through good times and bad, from hsbc. when our clients needs changed we changed to meet them. these show the numbers, ali. you talk about growth rates in through the years, when some lost their way, we led the way with new ideas brazil of 7%, russia of 4%, for the financial challenges we knew would lie ahead. india of 8.5%, china of 9 or this rock has never stood still. 10%. those sorts of growing rates are and there s one thing that will never change.
franklin and whitefield, they had a funny relationship. if you ever get a chance and go back and look at franklin s autobiography, he has a nice section in there about his relationship with whitefield. funny, they were different on religion. franklin believed in god, believed in providence, but skeptical about traditional christianity. glenn: right. they kind of understood one another. franklin went to one of his meetings and he said i know he is going to ask for money and i m not giving anything. franklin whitefield started speaking and frank lynn said i guess i ll give the coppers in my pocket. next thing you know he had given the silver. by the time the sermon was over he emptied the whole thing out, including the gold. glenn: now this guy is the reason, this is the guy that really, the black robe brigade started, the preachers started talking about individual freedoms and there probably wouldn t have been a revolution if it
franklin and whitefield, they had a funny relationship. if you ever get a chance and go back and look at franklin s autobiography, he has a nice section in there about his relationship with whitefield. funny, they were different on religion. franklin believed in god, believed in providence, but skeptical about traditional christianity. glenn: right. they kind of understood one another. franklin went to one of his meetings and he said i know he is going to ask for money and i m not giving anything. franklin whitefield started speaking and frank lynn said i guess i ll give the coppers in my pocket. next thing you know he had given the silver. by the time the sermon was over he emptied the whole thing out, including the gold. glenn: now this guy is the reason, this is the guy that really, the black robe brigade started, the preachers started talking about individual freedoms and there probably wouldn t have been a revolution if it