citing was that this democratic revolution could turn into a food revolution. if people who are hungry are not being fed. they are greatly concerned about this next phase of the crisis that they say is, perhaps, in some ways even more dangerous to the country s future than be it times of violent standoff we saw centered around tahrir square. people are still very fearful for their future. we spoke with one young girl who works in the jewelry company, actually owned by her father and very close to tahrir square. they don t know when they re going to re-open. so even though we see the traffic bustling around cairo, we see banks opened. long lines of people trying to get money. there s still long-lasting repercussions of what happened and this is the solution to the economy if people who are hungry are not fed egypt could head down an even more dangerous road. okay. many thanks to you, andrew?
good morning from cnn london. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens and you re watching world business today. joe our top stories this tuesday, february 8th, egypt s workers are slowly getting back to business for the country s currency is still falling. we ll explore how violence in the middle east has accelerated a trend in which investors are pulling out of emerging markets. and toyota says its net profits fell in the three nos from december isn t now the company waits for the results of the u.s. inquiry into unintended acceleration in its cars. first to europe where stock markets are mixed following wall street s gain on monday as deals and earnings reports boosted u.s. investor sentiment. more on the u.s. performance in a moment. here s where we are. finally balanced with just small losses for the ftse.
the worldwide recalls. toyota throughout the year has had to deal with some safety issues. tomorrow, nitsa, the u.s. safety branching are will release a 10-month investigation. the results of their investigation that will look at the sticky gas pedals. it is an investigation that will look specifically at whether or not electronics played any part in those sticky gas pedals that led to some deaths specifically in the united states. and in north america. that s the largest consumer market for toyota. toyota is saying they won t speculate on the results of the investigation because they simply don t know them yet but they are looking for them and this is definitely a company still trying to recover from the recall fallout. here s what they said. translator: as soon as we get the results of investigation we ll scrutinize the content. translator: gradually we hope we re winning back our customer s confidence in us and our cars but the journey is not
tokyo up on the back open wall street s positive close. resources company leading the way. financial stocks also having a pretty good day. the s&p almost up by a half of 1%. in south koreay, the kospi down by the same amount or so. concerns in south korea there will be another interest rate rise this week. central bank of korea will talk on friday when its due to hand down its decision on whether to race rates again. and investors are digesting the latest earnings numbers from toyota. they say their profits fell sharply in the last quarter. but that it s outlook for the full fiscal year is looking up. we ll go to cnn with more on that story. a bit of give and a bit of take? that s putting it perfectly, andrew. it is definitely mixed results we got from toyota today in the third quarter earnings result. if you look specifically at their third quarter, the profits
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