saying. reconstruction of the stock markets would be a recipe for disaster it seems. let s move only the world kcurrenc currencies. we were just telling you before, the iuorio took a little bit of a wobble but finally it seemed as though the euro is traiting slightly higher against the u.s. dollar. this, many investors are saying, is because of what we could see as the ecb raising interest rates a little sooner than the u.s. 1.42501 euro against the u.s. dlafrmt 1.6230 for the british pound and the yen is trading at 81.01. andrew. we ve had a positive day in asia, nina. japanese stocks bounding back. they were badly hit by the government s bailout of tokyo electric tepco just last week which is, in turn, is forced by payouts to people at the
soldiers, she s visited the stadium where in 1920 british troops opened fire on a crowd watching a gaelic football match. 14 people were killed. the flood-swollen mississippi river is slowly pushing toward the gulf of mexico, threatening more towns along the gulf in the united states. local residents aren t taking any chances. so far nearly 9,000 people have evacuated from the flood zone. a television journalist who went missing in syria three weeks ago is safe and is returning home. that s according to her employer. dorothy orothy will be returnin soon. they said she had been deported to iran where she holds citizenship. a campaign launched to release her was held on facebook and twitter. those are the headlines today. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn lauchblt welcome to the show. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon. i he lan gishs in a new york jail cell. he defends the company for taking a week to tell gamers about a massive data bre
jpy at 81.01. investors could be quite happy about it actually if you look at what s been happening around the rest of the region this day. the hang seng hong kong dropping thanks to commodity prices. the slide has gone on pretty much this week. speculation mounts. that s the damage that caused it. hang seng down 1.35. shanghai down 2.23%. it is quite sensitive to move on any commodity sort of prices. one item of asia-related market news we need to tell you about, and that is renren. the social networking company was expected to price after the market closed on tuesday. that s now expected to take