spinning today. deals involving can companies in the u.s., europe and asia are now on the books or in the works. bye-bye bonus. steven hester kisses a $1.5 million bonus good-bye in the face of political and public pressure. hello. you re watching worldwide exchange with christine tan and i m karen tso. hey, karen, good to have you with us. we have a spectacular guest host none other than of course jim rogers, ceo and chairman. any e-mails, you know where to send them, right, karen, this man sitting here waiting rearing to go i can tell. he has his cup of tea and i think maltese and chocolate a martini. couldn t tell. it s fantastic to have jim on the show. don t forget to send those e-mails. we will try to get to them. and let s take a look meantime at asian markets are christine. this is how the picture is looking in terms of the outlook. looking pretty negative today. while we re waiting for details coming up on the greek restructuring plan the eu summit