for a total of $860,000. the brother of the gunman suspected of killing seven people in southern france is facing charges. he was charged with complicit to commit murder. the apparent murderer mohammed mira was killed in the stachbdoff. tiger wins with a 13 under par winning by five strokes. those are the hid lines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning. from cnn london, i m nina desantos. good afternoon. from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this monday, march 26th. he s good at making the right calls on the markets. tim rogers will be here to tell us where he s putting his money these days. see why lung becomes hong ko kong s chief executive and inherits the city s economic problems. and a controversial drilling method is p for consideration in south africa. do the economic benefits on the other hand outweigh the environmental costs? we ll inves
stage of voting last month after voting for the lower house, egyptians will elect an upper house. unconfirmed reports from syrian activists say at least 36 civilians and 7 members of the security forces were killed in fighting on tuesday. the u.s. state department is calling on russia and other countries on the u.n. security council to speak out against the lethal crackdown in syria. a blistering attack by one iraqi politician against another. in an interview with cnn, deputy prime minister called prime minister nuri al maliki a dictator. it came as u.s. president barack obama noted the end of america s military operations in iraq. almost all u.s. troops will be out of the country by the end of this month. those are the top stories here on cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. hello and a very warm welcome to world business today. i m nien sa dos santos at cnn london. i m andrew stevens in hong kong. the top stories this wednesday, december
greece passes next year s budget. it is packed with tax increases and spending cuts which are required to secure bailout funds. the budget cuts, the deficit pushes the deficit to 5.24 gdp, down from 9%. ahead of the u.s. 2012 election campaign, u.s. president barack obama says the middle class needs to step up to the plate. he called for more taxes on the wealthy. those are the top stories from cnn, i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. hello and welcome to your wednesday edition of world business today. i m andrew stevens in hong kong. i m nina dos santos in london. these are the top stories today. adding more fire power to the bailout fund. anticipation builds for lasting in europe ahead of the crucial summit. india shelves plans to open up its supermarket sector. and the immaculate rejection, ebay auction for a date with the virgin mary. this very wednesday word is out that they re ready to use all they can to add to their arsenal in
clinton will meet myanmar s president along with the pro-democracy party leader. these are live pictures from occupy wall street in los angeles. riot police are blocking off streets around the movement s camping ground. protesters were ordered to evacuate city hall grounds by midnight on monday but have refused to leave. of course, we ll bring you more on the standoff as it develops. the former leader of ivory coast is now in custody in the netherlands for an appearance before the international criminal court in the hague. gbagbo was arrested in april by forces loyal to the current president. the icc is probing allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. those are the top stories from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts now. hello and welcome to another packed edition of world business today. i m andrew stevens in hong kong. and i m nina dos santos in london. here are the top stories. save our pensions. a massive public sector protest ki
protesters pelted the delegation with eggs and tomatoes saying its members were too close to president bashar al assad. dissidents also say syrian forces killed 25 people across syria on wednesday. news corp. executive is preparing for his second appearance between british mps today. they suspect he misled them when testifying with his father, rupert, in july. police officials say 4,000 people may have had their phones hacked. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. we are in one of those defining moments where we either unite or face irrelevant convenience. europe at the cross roads. t good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. you re watching world business today. every time we think that we ve reached the pits of the european debt debacle it seems as though another event serves to remind us there s no quick fix here for the moment. the markets continue to take yet another t