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The European Commission announced Wednesday the "Global Gateway," a plan to mobilise 300 billion euros in public and private infrastructure investment around the world, a move seen as a response to C…
patents. shares of smartphone rallies it may unveil two new phones early next month. okay. welcome to worldwide exchange . just me again. kelly still away. plenty to get through on today s program. apple and samsung forced to take their products off the shelves after yesterday s court verdict. one analyst says suspension of sales won t have a lasting impact. we ve got potentially upward revision for uk gdp. be second reading will be released in half an hour from now. how do the rich stay rich? find out what millionaires think about the state of the global economy and where they are investing their money. we ll be out to boston to speak to fidelity about its latest survey. first angela merkel and francois hollande delivered a strong wording to greece after meeting in berlin on thursday. the leaders insist greece must show reform in return for patience from europe s leaders. speaking at a press conference, merkel maintained it was important that greece stood by their commi
under pressure to step down. thursday president barack obama and other world leaders said he must go. the united nations has issued a damning report saying syria has committed crimes against humanity. pope benedict xvi is visiting madrid, spain. the city expects a million or so people to attend. not everyone is happy to see the pontiff, however. some spaniards are protests over the cost to put on the event. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew streechbs. you re watching world business today. the top stories this friday, august 19th. many people are happy it is indeed a friday because the market sell-off continues to roll around the world as fear takes hold of global investors. bank of america announces plans to cut thousands of jobs. and the story of a small business that s thriving despite th