were killed when gunmen fired on a check point. representatives from around the world are meeting right now in london to discuss somalia. the country has been mired in war and famine for more than 20 years. british prime minister david cameron is hosting the meeting to promote a global resolution to the situation. i m max foster, world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and good evening from cnn hong kong. i m pauline choiu. this is world business today, the top stories this day, japan appears willing to lend a hand to europe despite its own daunting debt pile. a falling out at the top of the gambling empire, bribery allegations drive two long-term business partners apart. a stampede into lin sanity. one company had the financial for site to buy in two years ago and has walked in with a bargain. they re not soaring and they re not slumping, but there is a perceptible lethargy on the markets as investors say tuesday
entails. dominique strauss-kahn is being questioned by french police tao now. we ll have head on allegation that is the former head of the imf participated in a prostitution ring. an exz collusive interview with an inside trade who are says dodge gee deals are note a victimless crime. now after all the riots and resignations, the mistargets and miscommunications, greece has its bailout. after 13 hours of talks, the word came greece had met numerous conditions and would receive $173 billion. that should help it default next month. it surely does not mark an end to the country s financial troubles. tt deal greece to cut the debt to 125% of grngsdp down to from a staggering level of 160%. if all goes according to plan greece can miss the debt repaymentless without the need for anymore bailouts. that s officially. reuters news agency is reporting that officials privately feel more bailouts may never be needed. otherwise it may go straight back up to 160% of gdp. under the r
attack. one person has been killed by gunfire in daraa. the group says three members of the government s security forces were also killed in clashes with army defectors. business leaders in los angeles is preparing to roll out the red carpet for the man expected to become china s next president. xi jinping arrives in california for a two-day visit hosted by state governor jerry brown. visit will include a tour of the port of los angeles, china shipping terminal, which is undergoing an upgrade as sign of u.s. trade continues to grow. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita 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 and you re watching world business today. the top stories this thursday, february 16th. the accounting scandal surrounding olympus escalates. seven arrests are made regarding the billion dollar fraud of the jab
this is a big day for republicans running for president. one of the most conservative groups in the country is about to announce results of its straw poll. dana bash will join us live in a moment. in maine, republican voters are finishing their caucuses. mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning in the state trying to break their string of losses. overseas now. the besieged syrian town of homs endures a seventh straight day of bombardment there. opposition activists say hundreds of people have been killed there in the past week. the death toll across syria today climbed to at least 30. the u.s. conference of catholic bishops issued a statement on president obama s compromise over contraception funding. it says the plan raises serious moral concerns. the government s new health policy originally wanted hospitals and schools with religious ties to offer full coverage for contraceptives. after days of opposition from the catholic church, the white house dropped that requireme
gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride in the heat of texas. he s already changing the face of the republican party. if you have an irate minority you do well in the caucus state. ron paul answers my questions and yours from twitter tonight. piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. tonight the piers morgan interview comes from las vegas on the eve of the nevada caucuses. i m talking to ron paul, running fourth but his influence to young people is greater than that. his supporters are making him a force to be recognized. tonight his formula for keeping america great. right now, ron paul. welcome. thank you. nice to be with you. this will sound like name dropping but last time i dined in this restaurant was with sylvester stallone and the parallel to me is clear. you are the rocky balboa of the campaign. how do you feel about that? i have no idea how to respond to that. i hope that s very positive. it sounds like it could be. americans love an underdog