that s what the growth rate has looked like in recent years. 6.7 percent up to 8 and more than 8.5% last year. that s a sharp fall. a little bit more than a dip. looking at the markets, the sensex last year, down some 25% through the course of 2011. nina? andrew, let s move on to another market. one of the world s laurgeest stock markets that s been, let s say, poised for a mixed review. we re talking about wall street. these numbers as you can see come back quite a little bit in the large half hour or so since we last checked these. we now have the s&p 500, the broader market out there, futures indicating a lower open. when it comes to the dow, they re virtually flat. nasdaq holding on to not quite .2%. with all the focus on europe,
man has been sentenced to death. the country s court has found him guilty of working for an enemy country, meaning the united states, and spying for the cia. ven ne swale len president chaff vez mahmoud ahmadinejad is going to cuba, ecuador and nicaragua. he s hoping to shore shore up support. an american pop star surprised her fans when she announced her pregnancy to the world during the mtv video awards back in august. beyonce and her husband, jay-z, welcomed their baby girl into the world in new york on saturday. her name is blue ivy carter. the official announcement has not been made yet, but their industry friends tweeted their friends. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts now. welcome to new week of world business today. i m nina dell santos. i m andrew. in hong kong the top stories this monday, january the 9th. zbroo europe takes center stage on the markets as we have another big week for the struggling currency. new zealand t