as nina mentioned. it pushed gold up to 1493 an ounce. the hang seng off by 1.3, the shanghai composite by 1.87%. one of the biggest victims today was toyota, the world s number one automaker saw its stock slide 3.1% in tokyo. that was just a day after news broke that production resumed at all of the company s domestic plants. another casualty, the tokyo electric power company. tepco stock dropped 2.8% on tuesday, nina. thanks very much, pauline. listen to this. it s a welcome sound for investors there in wall street. we re about to hear the opening bell after a wall street difficult ride on monday. that ratings blow from standard & poors that you were talking about, giving stocks quite a hammering on the other