it says 846 civilians and 26 policemen were killed during 18 days of protests that led to mubarak s resignation. human rights groups say syrian security forces shot at protesters on tu, tuesday. they say four people were killed. da pass cass they vote to end the law that gave police sweeping power. activists say they want the government broad down. i m zain verjee in london. world business today starts right now. good morning, from cnn london. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m pauline chiou. welcome to world business today . tie oat that cuts production in the u.s. and china. the british government signs off on a $12.5 million pay package for the chief executive of royal bank of scotland. the tech sector powers up as ibm and intel beats the street. we ve seen the physical impact, we ve seen the human impact and now we re starting to see the global business impact of japan s crushing earthquake and tsunami. the world s biggest carmaker, toyota, is cut
life, fishing, tourism, and even oil drilling. the government stopped issuing permits for rigs until the companies could upgrade their drilling plans. vacationers are crowding gulf coast beaches, but tar balls show up now and then too. fishing could take years to recover, fish, crabs, oysters could take years to recover. most of the gulf is now fishable and it looks like a good year for shrimp. a bad year, a very bad year for the dolphins, turtles, and other sea creatures that are still turning up dead on gulf shores. we have that story from golf port, mississippi. i hate to see this, dead baby dolphins washing up on shore. do the scientists or the wild life organizations know why? can they say definitely this is connected to the oil spill? it may take months. the tests take months. a legal case building up against bp. that slows things down further. but the numbers are startling. 10, 15 times, sometimes 20 times it normal stranding. turtles we ve seen over 220 since this y