symptom for the larger disease which is obamacare was never as promised because they were supposed to be a cheap alternative, if you couldn t afford the exchanges here is a co-op, the premiums will be lower, that will subsidize $2.4 billion of gone into them, over half of the mark closing which puts tremendous pressure on the state s to bailout those who have been dropped. the key here is they don t have the networks, the doctors. universities like mine aren t accepting these co-ops so patients are not getting the care. i have heard your take but can i challenge you to beat penn to the care optimist for a second? what good has come out of this? what good has come out of obamacare is that more people are insured and before. 9.1 million more people are insured than before. when they go to the doctor s office most of them have large deductibless. and a week because not enough doctors want to participate.
he called it an inadvertent error. that has not quieted the protests in afghanistan. the taliban s calling on muslims to seek revenge. who s going to be the prime minister of australia come monday. the stage is set for a showdown. the governing labor party will vote on monday. rudd says ms. gill lard can t win the next election. we ll have more on that story in just a moment. i m zain verjee. world business today. good morning. from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. this is world business today. these are the top stories on friday, february the 24th. greece s debt burden has been lightened but its debt holders are about to see the value of their bonds drop. the u.s. takes on organized crime in japan imposing sanctions on high ranking members of the yakazu. what does google know about you? new privacy policies make it harder to keep your information under wraps these days. first up, to our top story today. today is the daze day that greece finally unveils its propos
so the key now is to make sure there s strong followup, strong execution of the plans that have been put forward. as president and candidate for re-election in tough times mr. obama was crystal clear on the domino effect of that euro zone deal. if europe is weak, if europe is not grown as our largest trading partner that is going to impact our businesses and ability to create jobs here in the united states. a bit more positive news from the commerce department. it reported that the over all u.s. economy grew at an estimated annual rate of 2.5% in the third quarter. now that s hardly a robust rate yet it is nearly double the anemic growth back in the april, may, june quarter. can this rally be sustained? can we finally set aside worries of sliding back into recession? we begin with alison kosic live at the new york stock exchange tonight. was this rally all about europe? it was all about europe, john. the european debt deal is what wall street has been waiting for, f