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outfront tonight, u.s. markets fall big time. it was a miserable day on wall street. the dow down 389 points. nasdaq and s&p 500 fell by more than 3%. the markets fear gauge sparked it. peter costas, a trader nearly 30 years, what happened today? well, there s a lot of uncertainty in europe. i think when the italian treasuries went over 7%, that scared a lot of people. if you re going to look at it, i am not negative on the market, today was a good day to buy, we will probably have a couple move intermittent dips. people are afraid with italy going through the debt crisis greece went through, people are afraid this will cause another recession in europe. that s the major thing. one-third exports go to europe. if there s a recession, it could impact the u.s. economy more than we have been impacted by what s gone on the last three years. bottom line, even though it is volatile and fear from europe, you think it is a buying opportunity? i think it is a buying opportunit
the arab league has released a statement criticizing syria s failure to end the violence against protesters. preliminary results show nicaraguan president is heading for certain re-election in sunday s presidential election. he enjoyed strong support thanks to anti-poverty. and a solid victory was won in guatemala. lady gaga stole the show at the mtv mewes acusic awards. justin bieber, eminem and katy perry were among the other top winners. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson, this is world business today. here are our top stories on monday, november 7th. as the greek prime minister george papandreou prepares to bow out of politics, the focus shifts to italy, can silvio berlusconi s political career survive another parliamentary vote? tourism in thailand takes a knock as business travelers and holidaymakers cancel their trips. we look at the
the dow finished up thursday, 340 points. this could be the best october in a quarter century. the economy is growing. the gross national product for the third quarter was nearly double the figure from april to june and that s thanks to consumer spending and more business investment. alison kosik will join us in about half an hour for the opening bell, but right now let s talk to global editor at large with reuters. good morning. so, what a difference a day makes. the dow futures are already down this morning and we ve learned that whirlpool is cutting 5,000 jobs in north america and europe. it looks like that big rally from yesterday was not the real turn around we were hoping for. well, i think the rally yesterday was really mostly about europe. and i think the big question that the markets are asking is not so much is everyone going to be fantastic. is there going to be a huge economic rebound in the u.s. and in the world. the question is, is there going to be another di
and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square