problems directly but he said the time has come to resign. portions of the u.s. east coast are likely to be under a hurricane watch in just a few hours. hurricane irene is tearing through the bahamas right now with sustained winds at 160 miles an hour. it could hit the populated, northeast this weekend. those are the top stories. i m zain veer gee. world business today starts now. an ipod, a phone. are you getting it? the innovator steve jobs steps down as ceo of apple. we ll look at the company s future under new leadership. hello. i m andrew stevens in hng kong. and i m nina dos santos in london. you re watching world business today. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s start with the markets. they were higher for your the second or third trading day. let s look at where they stand at the moment. we ve got the heaviest gains comes. the cac 40 in france up the most and germany up to a tune of 1%. the ftse still up following yesterday s positive close by ma
it s really good question. i m going to say a technical term here, it s called assimilation and accommodation and that is cognitive process. what happens in life assimilate new information that conflicts with what we think but we are able to take that in accommodate and understand the world in a different way. generally speaking, people that do this, even the founder he didn t assimilate this bit in the first time he did it and give up his views. he just kept on down the same track. when this happens to followers, i tend to see them in two camps. one camp is that there are those that are so rigid and so in denial of anything outside of their views, they are just going to explain it away and hold on to that view and find a way like he did where i think the founder said about the first time, tom edison was wrong a few times,
attention. and herman cain making it official that he is running for president. he is launched his bid at a rally in atlanta. that is where we find john roberts. reporter: it s been mixed for 2012. we have the caichb aacs to hear herman cain to throw his hat into the ring. the hermanator went through thinks his abolished income tax for immigration reform and national sales tax and social reform. turning entitlement programs that should be empowerment programs. he criticized president obama for lack of leadership for his state of position on israel and for reading from a teleprompter. he spent 25 minutes be a licking a speech and he says in a cain presidency foreign policy would be clear and muscular. the cain doctrine to the world would simply be, if you mess with israel, you are messing with the united states of america. don t mess with us! don t mess with us! [ cheers and applause ] is that real clear? is that real clear? that is what i mean by real clear foreign po
campuses, the issue is back in the spotlight as we learn more about the alleged killer in the tucson shooter. he was suspended from a community college for his bizarre behavior. now schools across the country stepping up to recognize possible threats lurking in the student body and figuring out what to do. and they call this man a modern day thomas edison. so what was what happens to his global corporation now that he says he has to step down for health issues. it blocks pain signals fast for relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. a body at rest tends to stay at rest. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
she said she contemplated suicide at 14 years old and she was pregnant. and saw it as a second chance of new life. fortune magazine calling him the tom edison of our time. the apple ceo was just 28 in 1983 when he introduced to the world the mcintosh. since then, it said that steve jobs killed the walkman with the ipod and he resuscitated the music industry with itunes and reinvented the phone with the iphone. he has made some pretty popular computers, too. news today he is taking another medical leave of absence. stephanie elam is joining us live from new york. stephanie, let s get to the effect of this in a second. interesting point that we d like to make, in 2009 he said i ve decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of june. i plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions. i look forward to seeing all of you this summer. now here is what he says today. i ll be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. i love apple so much and hope to