standing ovation. the general assembly overwhelmingly accepted to vote for the credentials of the country s new leadership which promises to form a new government in ten days. those are the headlines. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina des santos. this is world business today. these are your top stories on wednesday, september 21st. a disastrous day for insurers, earthquakes and extreme weather send lloyd s of london deeply into the red. flights, trains and work shifts are canceled in japan as typhoon roke makes landfall. and better maritime security forces somali pirates to change their business model. so plenty to come on this jam-packed show. we ll check the markets for you. first let s have some positive news to consider. the greek government says that it s made progress in its talks with the european commission, the international monetary fund and the european central bank. these three institutions oft
some 5,000 palestinians reportedly fled a u.n. refugee camp. more than 40 people have been killed in two days. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this tuesday, august 16th. new signs of slowing growth in europe as leaders of the euro zones top two economies try to restore confidence in the region. google announces its biggest bet. what s in it for the company and what it means for consumers. warren buffett says tax the mega rich. just how much of a difference would that make? we ll crunch the numbers. let s go straight to the market action in europe now where stock exchanges have been open just over an hour. here s how they re performing so far today. we re seeing a selloff, in fact a considerable selloff throwing away the gains that we
of those. but that s the innocent mind of how ridiculous the labels are. and we don t read the important label because of how many there are. and you said a blind man who drives a golf cart, you have to see to drive? that s not about the labels but another part of the hoe is about the people who rip off the worker s comp system and this guy said he was blinded at work, but then they follow him with a camera and he s driving. so that hurts our system too. abuse. the big thing is somebody can win a thousand bucks by submitting the best idea. i would think it s the abuse, much bigger than a thousand bucks. with so we want people to watch your show tonight. thursdays, 10:00 p.m. he is, of course, the host of stossel. thank you. thanks. and e-mails exposing the search giant. and a woman screams for help as an intruder breaks in.
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united kingdom, though its banking group has slashed 22,000 jobs since it was created by the takeover during the height of the financial crisis. lloyds is 21% owned by the government. the latest round of cuts has been described as staggering. the u.s. markets look set for a lower open. this is how the premarket futures stands. it s a mixed picture. the nasdaq showing gains at the moment in terms of the futures markets. on friday, investors will be turning their attention to bank of america first quarter results. keep an eye out for that in our second edition of world business today later on. pauline? nina, we re keeping our eye out on google futures. they re down about 5.5% in premarket trade. that s because the search giant missed expectations on thursday when it announced its first quarter earnings. but make no mistake, because google is still making tons of