january 5th european investors are on edge as greece sounds the alarm and france faces a big test on the bond markets. after remaining for four months can yahoo! regain direction with a new man at the helm? also ahead honorable gentleman could perhaps aten more closely to what i m saying. rather than how i am saying it. he may receive a valuable education in spite of himself. as the iron lady debuts in london, we chart margaret thatcher s lasting economic legacy. the word on the world stock market is not particularly cheerful this thursday. exchanges in asia, mostly down after closing a short while ago. in europe, things aren t getting off to much of a start either. let s get straight to the numbers.
to 14 years in prison for the murder of a black teenage, stevon moore, at least two decades ago. the judge said they committed a terrible and evil crime because of racial hatred. they were convicted with new forensic evidence that was not available back then. for the first time in more than 50 years, a british foreign secretary is in myanmar. william hague is meeting with government officials bringing a message of reform and offering britain s help. he s also meeting with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. her party has been re-establi re-established and will be part of elections in april. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. our top stories this thursday, january 5th european investors are on edge as greece sounds the alarm and france faces a big test on the bond markets. a