because the uk and u.s. markets are closed today for public holidays. so paris and zurich flat line at the moment. gains there by the xetra dex. energy stocks are weighing on that market following the news that the government in germany has decided that all nuclear plants in that country are to close by 2022. andrew? yeah. here in asia, charles, hong kong the only major market to end on a positive note. it followed those gains on wall street on friday, despite the fact there were some not particularly strong economic numbers coming out of the u.s. japanese investors today the nikkei down by about a fifth of 1%. the big story really, though, remaining shanghai. that s eight days in a row now the shanghai composite has fallen. not much. still the trend is firmly down.
treed. jacob zuma will try to convince moammar gadhafi of peace talks. his rival and another fifa executive have been temporarily a coalition commander has offered his sincerest apologies for an air strike on saturday that he says killed nine people in afghanistan. and earlier toll according to afghan and nato forces was 14. hamid karzai condemned the strike. those are the headlines. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. you re watching world business today. here are our top stories for this monday, may 30th. fifa boss is cleared and ready to run for re-election unopposed after two other executive members were suspended for alleged bribery. the euro remains under pressure as greece s bailout plan falters. it s a dream job for the man in the driving seat, a ferrari. we ll take you to the luxury car maker s italian hq. let s check on european stock markets. they ve been open now for about an
to be held to upstate new york, maybe through pennsylvania and the great lakes. it feels like 1 right now in nashville. give you an idea of how cold, how bitterly cold it is. and that is driving all the way down to the florida panhandle. highs today will be at 43 in new york and then temperatures will begin to drop 37 degrees in d.c. the big story really, guys, continues to be the threat for travel. try to get to cleveland yesterday, couldn t do it, new york metros, philly, d.c., detroit, charlotte, atlanta, and cleveland are going to be under the gun today for major travel headaches. back to you guys in new york. you got lucky, joe, because you flew in from washington, d.c. it was raining like crazy, but we were able to get out. you, of course, weren t even able to fly. so you end up in the studio instead of the cold. it s not so bad. you poor thing. you could have been stuck out in cleveland snow, but instead you re in warm atlanta. at least inside, not outside.