The nikkei was down by almost 600 points. Thats a decline of 3. 5 . Among some of the things that were cited was a weak Business Sentiment result from a survey from the bank of japan. Traders also citing weak earnings expectations in the United States. Again, 3. 5 decline. Its not our fault. Its japan. I think thats a little separate from what we see here. Call someone, what do you think . They just come up with that. They didnt hear it from a single trader, im sure. Oh, how about this . Well, you saw whats happening in europe. Theres a selloff under way there too. Some of the indices down by over 1. 5 . Again, whats happening here in the United States pales in comparison to all this. We only saw things down by 40 points here this morning so far. Lets give you a little wrapup on whats happening in the First Quarter. It is now officially in the books. It actually was a pretty stunning turnaround for stocks. The last time the dow had a gain like this in a single quarter was more than 82
spinning today. deals involving can companies in the u.s., europe and asia are now on the books or in the works. bye-bye bonus. steven hester kisses a $1.5 million bonus good-bye in the face of political and public pressure. hello. you re watching worldwide exchange with christine tan and i m karen tso. hey, karen, good to have you with us. we have a spectacular guest host none other than of course jim rogers, ceo and chairman. any e-mails, you know where to send them, right, karen, this man sitting here waiting rearing to go i can tell. he has his cup of tea and i think maltese and chocolate a martini. couldn t tell. it s fantastic to have jim on the show. don t forget to send those e-mails. we will try to get to them. and let s take a look meantime at asian markets are christine. this is how the picture is looking in terms of the outlook. looking pretty negative today. while we re waiting for details coming up on the greek restructuring plan the eu summit