can t afford to miss. history is telling us, maybe now is the time to take more money off the table. big job cuts at yahoo and sony. are layoffs and cost cuts the solution were or are there business models beyond repair? plus, we want to know what you think about that very question, so send us a tweet. we ll reveal some of your answers later this hour. also a hot show ahead. don t miss my exclusive interview. steve forbes will join us and tell us why he believes the feds are doing more harm than good, even if he thinks feds need to reconsider on stance on qe3. nasdaq down 22 points. it, too, off the lowes with decline of 3/4 of 1%. less than an hour to go in trading. let s take a quick look at what traders are talking about today and investing themes we re watching. and to some trade ters doesn t come as total supply given low volume numbers. which hints at the fact that there is not a lot of conviction behind the sell-off. a lot of people say there are lack of buyers as o
sentence in china, and his wife and relatives are under strict surveillance by the government. many chinese democracy activists are arriving from countries and regions such as the u.s. and hong kong. on thursday about 50 protesters in front of the chinese embassy culled for liu s immediate release. we re not sure the solidarity with dr. liu xiaobo. china will not attend the ceremony and delegates from 20 countries with close relationships such as russia and iran are also likely to be absent. it s unusual for so many countries to refrain from attending the nobel peace prize nobel prize ceremony. at a news conference on thursday the chair of the norwegian nobel committee, thorbjorn jagland stressed the award. this is not a prize against china. everybody that wants to do business, they should be in favor of political reforms in china so that the economic development can go further. a chinese writer in japan says she was approached by liu xiaobo to convey his passion of
jamieson, and jonathon capehart. suarez: then two stories about minerals. margaret warner looks at the discovery of huge untapped deposits in afghanistan. woodruff: and kira kay reports on the hunt for the rare earth metals that are key to green technologies. the first step in the supply chain for the green world is the mine. people who have knee-jerk reaction, mining is evil, mining is bad, mining is is dirty, then forget green. your world will be black. suarez: and jeffrey brown takes us to a one-man show about the life and legacy of supreme court justice thurgood marshall. there was a time in this country in, you know, many states not far from where you and i sit that we could not have gone into a restaurant and eaten together. and his life s work changed that. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve th
deposits in afghanistan. woodruff: and kira kay reports on the hunt for the rare earth metals that are key to green technologies. the first step in the supply chain for the green world is the mine. people who have knee-jerk reaction, mining is evil, mining is bad, mining is is dirty, then forget green. your world will be black. suarez: and jeffrey brown takes us to a one-man show about the life and legacy of supreme court justice thurgood marshall. there was a time in this country in, you know, many states not far from where you and i sit that we could not have gone into a restaurant and eaten together. and his life s work changed that. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program w