tonight, on world focus. in the afghan capital of kabul, suicide attackarget hote use bid oreigners, killing 17 people and wounding dozens of others. outrage over bank bonuses in britain. royal bank of scotland may have lost close to $7 billion last year, but it s still paying multimillion dollar bonuses with taxpayer money. it s been one of the best ever winter olympics for the u.s., but that could soon change. the chinese are hitting their slopes and setting their sights on becoming a snowy super power. and we finish our week-long focus on indigenous people of the world. tonight, we take you to northwest coast of australia and one of the oldest living cultures on earth. from the different perspective from reporters and analysts from around the globe, this is world focus. good evening, i m martin savidge. thank you for joining us. for every step forward in afghanistan, there seems to be one step back. while yesterday the government was heralding its progress in d
welcome to worldwide exchange on cnbc. in the headlines, toyota once again in a focus after the company s president says he is deeply sorry for safety lapses or promises. meanwhile, here in europe, rbs posted losses, says the worst may be over. credit agricole says it s upbeat for this year. in the united states, the spotlight shines today, ben bernanke is back on the hill and president obama s high profile health care summit. hello there. a warm welcome to worldwide exchange. it s chloe cho in asia where it s just past 5:00 p.m. in singapore. a similar scene that we saw as yesterday, of course, investors picking up on bernanke s comments. going forward, could be weak. of course, we had some weak housing numbers, as well, along with disappointing consumer confidence this week. take a look at the damage report. the yen is not helping. nor are the toyota woes. the hang seng, slightly off the shanghai composite. we did have the auction yield on three-month bills along w