place on earth as the media giant reports better than expected second quarter figures. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. all right. welcome to hump day, middle of the week. as we coast through the middle of the global trading session as well just to recap the dow closing above 15,000 for the first time last night. the record 15,058. s&p also up for a record high 1,625. it follows the dax up record closes as well. that is the move in the last seven days as you can see up 1.5% in those last seven days. the dow nearly 15% so far for the year. we ll talk about this and what investors are to do with these high prices. also on today s show, we ll bring you a first on cnbc interview with the finance minister of south africa and nigeria and get their views on what the future holds for the country s biggest economies. and find out what i was told about the social emergency at 10:40 cet. and it s been voted one of the