really squeezed here. some of the cattle are getting heatstroke and others are just trying to avoid the high cost of feeding them and in some cases getting rid of some of their herds. yikes. what about the hard times taking their toll on the products everywhere it seems in the beauty aisle. what about vanity make it s recessionproof? it s called the lipstick effect and it s been around since the great depression. it s really striking. right now sales of skin care, makeup, fragrance, up 11% in this country, and double digit growth in places like china, argentine na, mexico it s a global phenomenon. it s been studied forever but a new university study indicates it s not just because it s an affordable luxury but perhaps when the going gets tough, women don t want to go it alone. so they re willing to spend on things that make them more attractive, the thinking being, by extension, it will help attract a mate. interesting. it is. regina lewis, thank you so much. sure. she s
away the southern vote from president obama. the president this morning struggling and refocusing. security scramble. new information this morning on that u.s. airways plane diverted. you would be surprised how often f-16s are sent up to follow passenger planes. nancy reagan now 90 resting after breaking a number of ribs in a fall. the former first lady recovering. newsroom begins right now. good morning. i m carol costello. high profile investors may have got an insider view of facebook s future before the social network s stock went public. if you didn t have big bucks, you were probably left in the dark. if that is true, it reinforces some of the worst stereotypes about wall street as time magazine put it, it means the entire game is a casino rigged for the house with a sucker played by the average investor. that s the controversy surrounding a name we all know. morgan stanley which served as facebook s lead underwriter and now investigators reportedly want to kn
obviously, this is for tires. we all need tires and we all drive, 1100 positions right now. they re going to be expanding a south carolina plant. that s going to be about 1,000 jobs. that s happening this year. overall 1100 jobs, technicians, service managers, they also are hiring a lot of people in the las vegas area. i bring that up because las vegas, as everybody knows has been hard hit by the downturn in the economy. las vegas, they re going to be expanding and opening up some more stores. kind of a recessionproof company, right? yeah. tires still work, you know what i mean? marriott international. this is what i think is fascinating. this is the global hotel brand, you know, the ceo of this company was on a couple of times. 4500 job openings right now. 600 hotels, they re going to be opening by 2015. that s a massive number of hotels that are going to be expanding and they re going to be opening up the world s largest hotel in dubai at the end of the year. but why do i bri
a complex near harasta. explosions could be heard. syrian activists say more than 9 # people have been killed in protests over the past two days. cnn cannot confirm these reports. hamid karzai has summoned 2,000 leaders and elders to kabul for a meeting. the grand council session will discuss the country s future peace plans and its relations with the united states. mr. karzai will also announce the next areas where afghan troops will take control from nato forces. italy could begin to see its new government take shape in just a few hours when the prime minister-designate mario monti is expected to lay out his cabinet choices. his first order of business, working to cut italy s massive debt. those are the top stories. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nien that dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. welcome. these are our top stories wednesday, november the 16th. and caution remains the watch word among