basically april 20, right around here, is when the hack attack news came out. since then sony s share price has dropped to where we are here by about 12%. and, you know, this isn t good news happening in the past month. they dropped from about 2,500 yen to around 2,200 yen and eight days from now on may 26, solely will release their earnings and sony expects there s going to be an impact. some analysts estimate it could cost a billion dollars. i guess a billion dollars is something sony could handle but it s the loss of consumers which is a whole other story. thank you. nina. britain s queen is making history in ireland. straight ahead, we ll see what her visit means for two neighboring economies with a bitter and bloody history. also coming up on the show, some fresh faces in the board
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