international wonders if they have faced widespread pressure. opposition fighters have also been accused of crimes. meanwhile, sources tell cnn that syrian president bashar al-assad has rejected the latest peace proposal. 28 people are dead following a bus crash in switzerland according to the swiss news agency, 22 children and six adults died when the bus carrying belgian tourists collided with the wall of a tunnel. it happened on the border of italy as the tourists were returning from a ski holiday. those are the headlines from cnn. i m juanita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this wednesday, march 14th. finance stocks lead the gains on wall street as bank stress tests give some investors cause to cheer. china s premiere gives the last speech of his ten-year term. we ve got his outlook for th
israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke out on monday that the threat and time for dip seu is falling short. barack obama reiterated america s intention to try to avoid military conflict over iran s program and restated diplomatic means of dealing with tehran. iran said it wants nuclear technology solely for peaceful purposes. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m anita desantos. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. the top stories this tuesday, march the 6th. the world s second biggest cotton producer bans export. india s surprise announcement hits the market. and turning against nuclear energy in japan. as the company prepares to shut down its last two reactors, how will it fill the energy gap? and the geneva motor show rolls in today. green motoring may be all the rage, but the show is also luxury overtaking some of the machines. first off, though, let s go straight to the stock markets in europe. these markets have b
reporting that the materials used in the bombs that went off on tuesday are similar to those that went off in attacks against diplomat diploma diplomats. bangkok says an iranian man threw grenades as he tried to flee only injuring themselves. he is facing criminal charges. the iranian government denies any link to the bombings. china s presumptive leader in waiting says he wants the u.s. and china to work together to find a better trade balance. xi jinping met with president obama in washington. he is expected to succeed hu jintao as china s president next year. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. welcome to world business today. greece gets a slap on the wrist. the government still hasn t done enough to qualify for a new multibillion dollar bailout. the debt crisis dampens s europe s largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. and why twitter won t be going towards an ipo. supposing you re not
security forces of not doing enough while victims were trampled and beaten. the country s military government has declared three days of national mourning. leon panetta announced plans on wednesday to pull all nato combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2013. that s a full year earlier than previously planned. nato s training and support troops are expected to stay in afghanistan beyond the 2013 pullout date. those are the headlines. from cnn, i m juanita raj paul. cnn world business today starts right now. hello. welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos in london. the top stories this thursday, february 2nd. sony forecasts another eye-watering loss, as the one-time electronics leader struggles to get back into the black. we take you inside facebook s moneymaking machine, as the social networking phenomenon now prepares for its stock market listing. and shares of the australian miner linus jumped almost 20% after the company scores a big rare ear
man has been sentenced to death. the country s court has found him guilty of working for an enemy country, meaning the united states, and spying for the cia. ven ne swale len president chaff vez mahmoud ahmadinejad is going to cuba, ecuador and nicaragua. he s hoping to shore shore up support. an american pop star surprised her fans when she announced her pregnancy to the world during the mtv video awards back in august. beyonce and her husband, jay-z, welcomed their baby girl into the world in new york on saturday. her name is blue ivy carter. the official announcement has not been made yet, but their industry friends tweeted their friends. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts now. welcome to new week of world business today. i m nina dell santos. i m andrew. in hong kong the top stories this monday, january the 9th. zbroo europe takes center stage on the markets as we have another big week for the struggling currency. new zealand t