they re investigating the cause. 11 of the 28 people in the mine shaft survived. few chinese mines adapt to regulations and accidents are common in the country. in the michael jackson involuntary manslaughter trial, prosecutors focused on three of murray s girlfriends. the married doctor had conversations with three women he was dating on the day jackson died. prosecutors are trying to use the women s calls and text messages to establish a time line leading up to the singer s death. 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 del santos. i m andrew stevens. welcome. the top stories this wednesday, october the 5th. a rally on wall street keeps the u.s. out of bear market territory. shares sink in korea and japan while better than expected retail sales boost the aussie market. and european investors are in a buying mood despite a downgrade of italian debt.
increasing. the snow is getting heavy. lots of ski areas not happy. the forecast, wet weather medford up through portland, tacoma and seattle. look at the desert southwest. phoenix at 73. if you want warm weather, for everyone on the east coast the desert southwest to california is the only spot you have to maybe get rid of the jacket. back to you, alex. lucky them. thank you, bill karins. we are weeks away from the verizon iphone launch. we ll tell you what to expect. and skating champ johnny weir opens up about life off and on the ice. my conversation with him is next.
humidity levels in bathrooms and kitchens can degrade the potency of vitamin c and other vitamins and it happens fast. researchers at purdue found that vitamin c can break down in one week when high amounts of humidity and moisture are added to the bottle and it s opened and closed. are you a tech lover or gadget geek? if so, you know this next story. the hours are ticking down until saturday when the first round of apple ipads will hit the shelves. we re live outside the apple store in manhattan. how is the store preparing? reporter: they re preparing by not telling us in the media a single thing. they have steel barriers down the street a little bit to prepare for any crowds, but david, i cover this had story more than two and a half years ago for the iphone launch where we had lines around the corner a couple of days in advance. it doesn t have the same buzz and mainly that s because you can preorder it john line