two-faced. dominique strauss-kahn wants a u.s. judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him linked to a sexual assault case. the criminal charges were dropped but the accusers filed a civil case. the former imf chief claims he has diplomatic immunity when the case was filed. i m zain verjee in world business today starts next. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. this is world business today. the top stories this tuesday, september 27th. at home and abroad, greek transit workers stage another strike as prime minister prepares to meet in berlin. delhi s plan to redraw the poverty line cause a political firestorm in india. a sticky situation for employers in france. workers throw out their to-do lists and find a new use for the humble post-it note. meanwhile, though, let s get straight to the stock markets in europe which are again posting strong gains in the early trade on tuesday. stocks in london, frankfort, in madrid, actually and in rome milan rather opene
the government has passed to get it out of its deep hole. president obama is on the west coast again today. he ll be in los angeles to raise some big money for his re-election war chest. a dinner tonight costs nearly $18,000 per person. the president was in seattle yesterday and he goes to denver tomorrow before president obama left for the west coast, he spoke at the congressional black caucuses awards dinner and he s really start to sound like a candidate now. i m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and march on! the president also will be in the bay area today hosting a town hall event on the professional social network site linkedin. how about some d.c. deja vu? the federal government could shut down thanks to another budget face-off. i m sure you ve heard about it. lawmakers are butti
amanda knox sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing her roommate. the defense claims dna evidence used to convict knox is unreliable. the prosecution says independent experts ignored other key evidence, which reports that knox said in a letter she was worried but that she was thinking of what she would do once she was back in the u.s. after more than two years in iranian prison two freed american are calling their trial on charges of spying a sham. josh fattal and shane bauer say they were hostages. fattal, bauer and fellow hiker sarah shourd were arrested in 2009 when they crossed an unmarked border with iraq. i m zain verjee. world business report starts right now. good morning from cnn london. this is world business today. the top stories this monday, september 26th. european investors are on edge after tim geithner warns the debt crisis is the most serious issue facing the global economy. in asia, investors also reached for the sell button. as european p
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