hong kong's hang seng gained 336. and in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow rose 337 points yesterday. the nasdaq index picked up 81. >>> the federal reserve is proposing new banking rules. the fed wants the largest u.s. banks to hold on to extra cash and limit their ties to other banks. the proposed regulations are intended as insurance against future financial meltdowns. >>> fewer people will be flying during the holidays. but that doesn't mean the planes will be any less crowded. the airline industry is seeing a 1% decline from last year. but still, about 2 million people will be flying each day from now through the first week of january. >>> and starting next month, some of the stories you see in your facebook news feed will be ads. facebook calls them sponsored stories. you won't be able to avoid them. but they will be labelled. and you can "x" out of them. facebook promises you won't get more than one a day. >> let's hope they stick to that promise. >>> and you might call this the $2 million bar mitzvah service project. as pa

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the main losers in hong kong h.s.b.c. is in the red after the lender received a large fine by the u.k. regulators over the sale of some securities to the elderly marking the general trend there tokyo listed shares of citi group they rallied five percent tracking citigroup's have to games on wall street overnight. the russian markets are lower in the second hour of trade in sympathy with asia the r.t.s. is shedding just under one and third of a percent there my sex is down. three quarters of a percent. now let's have a look at some individual share moves on the my sex most energy majors and down amid weaker crude with gazprom losing point six percent financials are also under pressure with the t.v. bank down more than one percent bucking the trend this port is gold as precious metal stocks are often used as a safe haven in times of uncertainty. russia's biggest mobile phone a retailer euro set is planning to buy one of its main rivals all telecom commerce on daily says this seventy million dollars deal would help euro set

and then there was one for the first time this weekend there is a clear leader of the hong kong open and it's not shirley favorite remark or roy. quite the confidence with the group but not with the base the thoughts of russia football manager dick out of the count following the euro two thousand and twelve group stage draw in kiev our correspondent richard vaughan poured feet caught up with the dutchman in the ukrainian capital. i mean it's probably a good draw you would have dreamed about it. because if you see. but. to do it. that's important it was going for your mind when you when you saw the team being drawn out and obviously looked for group a would be a lot easier than the rest because we used hoping to get a level was going. to get. quite interesting group. qualify and. we could probably do. the same because also you know the greeks very well for instance i mean you play differently from last month. the team that used to be perhaps ten years ago and the poles i mean the team in competition even though they're playing at home you've. got your opponents. dangerous side because

main losers in hong kong this season the bread after the london received a large fine by the u.k. regulators over the sales of some securities to the elderly bucking the general trend or to your list of shares of citi group they rallied five percent tracking citigroup's have to gains on wall street overnight. the russian markets opened a little work and sympathy with asia the r.t.s. is shedding just under one and a third of a percent in my six is down almost one percent. hershel's insurance companies seem to be resilient against the global economic downturn research by consultants all over wire and shows that most insurers expect their businesses to have grown thirteen percent this year and up to twenty percent next year they also forecast more consolidation as a result of the new capital requirements reducing the number of germs firms formed more than five hundred eighty to about two hundred with a full year's. russia's biggest mobile phone retailer euro set is planning to buy one of its main rivals all telecom commerce on daily says the seventy million dollars deal would help eu

and then there was one for the first time this weekend there is a clear leader of the hong kong open and it's not surly favorite remark or roy. quietly confidence with the group but not with the base the thoughts of russia football manager dick advocaat following the euro two thousand and twelve group stage draw in kiev our correspondent richard vaughan poured feet caught up with the dutchman in the ukrainian capital. i mean it's probably a good draw you would have dreamed about it. because if you see. but. to do it. was going for your mind when you when you saw the team being drawn out and obviously looked for group a would be a lot easier than the rest because we used hoping we would get a level. four and get. group. qualify. we can probably. say the same because also you know the greeks very well for instance i mean you play differently from last month. the team that used to be perhaps ten years ago and the poles i mean the team in competition even though they're playing at home you've. got your opponents. dangerous side because. the fanatic in the. home teams is the dangers we ha

. >>> happy new year, hong kong. my first memory was hong kong when i was 10 years old at new year's eve. they love the pyro neck ni pyrotechnics there. 2012 is the year of the dragon on the chinese zodiac. >>> meanwhile, beijing is ringing in the new year with a sell brait bragz that city leaders hope will increase tourism. the event includes a spectacular light show that creates a giant clock. >>> seems like nearly every country celebrates the new year in a different way with its own tradition. earlier, he spoke with nadya about the morning's task force. >> in scotland, quite right. they celebrate and they do this by dressing up as vikings and they celebrate their viking ancestry. as you can see, they -- >> manly men. exactly. they literally make a river of fire with their torches. this is a four-day celebration. hundreds of thousands of people gather and celebrate in scotland. >>> then we go to brazil. this is the one celebration i would love to be at one year. it is apparently absolutely beautiful. the fireworks

fueron llevados de regreso a hong kong. manifestaciones similares se hicieron en rusia por la uniÓn soviÉtica. vamos a los mensajes, los republicanos vuelven a debatir esta noche. les llevaremos a la basÍlica de guadalupe. la apariciÓn de la virgen morena. ♪ >> llega hoy a un debate encabezando las encuestas por las elecciones republicanas. hasta aquÍ fue nuestro corresponsal. >> el debate de esta noche es importante porque falta menos de un mes para las actividades electorales. especialmente se ha convertido en el favorito. el 33% de los constantes republicanos. en un segundo lugar empapados por un 18%. hace unos meses habÍa sido dada por muerta. especialmente en el debate de la noche. >> fue lÍder del congreso a mediados de los 90. en nuestro proceso no tienen conocimiento del que conocÍamos en esa Época. >> para ganar hace falta mÁs que debate. >> posiblemente puede ganar porque tienen mÁs experiencia. todavÍa tienen una organizaciÓn que existe. >> si la mayorÍa son demÓcratas! >> realmente por una de la

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands of monaco's the brunei's you know now you can say oh well they're all tax havens that's taking the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why do they have low taxes because they have the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion plan grass of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if he you funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest in here and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that saps your enterprise you start perfectly rationally

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands of monaco's the brunei's you know now you can say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why did they have low taxes because they had the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think it's a good does outweigh the bad in this case if he you funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest. and the crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that subzero enterprise you start perfectly irrational

a remark roy is looking good early on after hong kong open their twenty two year old sharing their legal alvero clear david horsey after you opening round of golf in funneling so as a chance to deny a us p.g.a. money champion who got all the european equivalents off the streets. in northern irishman needs a top truth finish to stay in the hunt for the next week in dubai six under par sixty four his score micro calling it the greatest ride of his career. here are some of my blustery conditions and showed his interstate artist the times to join the way up the summit well in this one horse he credited his preparation he also played a superb round to make it three of the top heading into doing. blood continues to boil in the boxing world ahead december third's w.p.a. super light middleweight title date champion mikael facing challenger antonio margarito who was found to have used illegal inserts in his hundred ups in a fight with shane mosley cosies his opponent also cheated when the two fought in two thousand and eight a clash margarita won. an easy five from you know. anything because it w

a remark to roy is looking good early on up the hong kong open the twenty two year old sharing a lead with alberto clear on david who. see the opening round of golf in funneling mcelroy so as a chance to deny a u.s. p.g.a. money champion who called it european equivalent of the stateside title the northern irishman needs a top two finish to stay in the hunt for the trying next weekend to buy six on the course sixty four his score mike royko calling it a grievous wrong of his career. here are some by blustery conditions on show his nerves skate artis up times to join the way up the summit well in this one horse he credited his preparation as he also played a superb round to make it three at the top heading into defeat. but blood continues to boil in the boxing world ahead of the center thirds w.b. a super light middleweight title date champion miguel cotto facing challenger antonio margarito who is fine to have used the legal inserts in his hunger ups in a fight with shane mosley cosies his opponent also cheated when the two fought in two thousand and eight o'clock margarita one this i

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands of monaco's the brunei's you know now you could say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why did they have low taxes because they had the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if he you funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest. and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel and hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that saps your enterprise you start perfectly rationally a

oil futures holdings rose point six percent in tokyo who could bounce after south and hong kong paris less than one hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow let's look at birthdays closing figures the russian markets posted moderate gains the r.t.s. an hour six and it up point four percent in the black. well we'll be looking at the markets later in the day but meanwhile you can always find most stories just local websites are. looking at it in. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for juma seats the party's ever present and loving new year's eve in all cities by far russia's most boisterous and controversial bully politician current campaign slogan we are for russians priorities food housing transport and science biggest success here in austin post's third in russia's first presidential election critics cry over racist remarks personal violence and populist slogans on them the good old coke pushing them out britain says poisoned alexander litvinenko on the party list and ensuring his parliamentary protection. the liberal democratic party of russ

joseph professor of political science at hong kong city university thanks for your input. and still to come ashore early we continue our look at the year's most significant events today focusing on japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami as seen through the eyes of our correspondent on the ground. suddenly the tempo changed when there was this is an explosion and then the falls the explosion and the different react has in in fukushima one morning the happen in very quick succession and suddenly. everyone was very scared so. several of the news crews were. suddenly packed up and left and the woman that really difficult for me was i was on my own i didn't have anyone else to consoles. and i just realized at that point ok i'm going to get out. with this is. history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . to another some other stories making headlines across the globe a suicide car bomb exploded outside the iraqi interior ministry in baghdad killing seven injuring dozens the attacker detonated an explosive filled car at a chec

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands and monaco's the brunei is you know you could say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why do they have low taxes because they have the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if e.u. funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest here and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that saps your enterprise you start perfectly rationally

crude oil futures jase holdings rose point six percent in tokyo and runs half percent and hong kong. and here in russia markets opened high at and are trading higher in the first minute of trading. in advancing a quarter of a percent in the my six point four percent on thursday markets were higher as well as have been largely by coordinated response of central banks to the e.u. costs. in other news i care russia has posted revenue growth and fourteen percent to fourteen percent in two thousand and eleven the company's new general director in the country attributes the success to ikea's ideology of offering affordable goods he says the company's expansion in russia will be gradually and gradual initially focusing on the capital. we are extremely successful in moscow things of that we must go in we need to know also for up for ourselves also to operate the store more efficiently and to offer a better and better the shopping climate for the customers we need to add more more so there was a more schools that has an absolute priority so when we have done that in the competition that reall

. >> a group of dogs pull off all the stops in hong kong. the prevention of cruelty to animals and the opening of the first animal friendly shopping center in hong kong. a dog track try to teach 353 dogs to do marching treks which require them to list one of their paws when their owners lift a leg. i wonder if they're successful. >> i wonder if my dog could do that. 5:26. 40 degrees on tv hill. looming cuts to the u.s. postal service. >> the robocall trial could potentially windup today. >> these allegations are false. >> that interview was released on saturday. one day later, a response to the claim. what else jerry sandusky has to say. >> it appears the fog is impacting your morning rush. two accidents -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholester

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands of monaco's the brunei's you know now you can say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why do they have low taxes because they have the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if he you funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest. and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right . just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that some sort enterprise you start perfectly rationally ear

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands of monaco's the brunei's you know now you can say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why did they have low taxes because they had the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if e.u. funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest. and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that some sort enterprise you start perfectly rationally early

hong kong athletes coming from the caucuses why the world's biggest sporting events could be eyeing up the region. promise to speak the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth could land one army private behind bars bradley manning accused of releasing secret military and diplomatic data to wiki leaks make his first court appearance on friday after more than a year and a half in custody artie's this war has the story. only it was this video of u.s. army pilots in iraq eagerly firing shots at innocent people on the ground and hundreds of thousands of secret military documents and cables leaked to wiki leaks there have been some criminal acts committed by u.s. government employees and those employees have never been held accountable for them all this made public over a year and a half ago by bradley manning a twenty two year old army private turned whistleblower and the past eighteen months that bradley manning has been behind bars he's become somewhat of a symbol to his supporters who represents the extreme secrecy and lack of transparency within the u.s. government the document

and in hong kong they have already done it. i was sure feopg for a better shot of hong kong welcoming in the new year. can we get some fireworks? brief celebration in hong kong. i have a feeling it's going to keep going again. anyway thousands of people coming back home here. thousands of people will line embarcadero to watch fireworks over the bay. the warning police are put can out for new year's eve revellers. >>> san francisco police are preparing for a large crowd this new year's eve. they are going to be setting up sobriety tests that overindulge. we have options for you. tipsy-toe program offers free towing tonight. free taxi ride from veterans cab and luxor cab in san francisco but not just free for everybody. you have to remember this. you have to mention bird engineer lawyers for a free ride for a maximum fare up to $30. if you just need a cup of coffee seven 11 stores will be giving free coffees to get you home. much more on transportation more. go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >> as the first day of 201

but hong kong's hang seng gained 251 points. in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow picked up 62 points yesterday. the nasdaq index was up 21. >>> for some holiday shoppers, best buy has become worst buy. the world's largest consumer el canceled some online orders because it simply ran out of the products. the orders were placed thanksgiving weekend. but best buy's only now notifying customers that it cannot deliver. >>> all indications are that holiday shopping is up this year. but so are returns. customers are expected to return more than $46 billion of products purchased this holiday season, a 4% increase. of course, some of that rise is because sales were also up. >>> pilots who fly u.p.s. planes say they want to be protected by the very same, new government rules about getting enough sleep. so, now they have filed suit over the issue. cargo carriers are exempt from the new rule. the faa says it would simply cost too much when compared with the safety benefits. >>> a rare american sports car goes on the auction block next year. it's a

looking good early on the hong kong open twenty two you're all sharing the lead with. david horsey after the opening run in funneling not roy still with a chance to deny us p.g.a. money champion doll of the european equivalent of his it's night title the northern irishman he's a top two finish to stay in the hunt for the try next week in dubai six under par sixty four his score marco royd calling that the greatest front of his life. by blustery conditions on his interests part is the time to join him at the summit while english man horsey credited his preparation as the key he also played are superb brian to make it three on the top heading into day too. but blood continues to boil in the boxing world ahead of december third w.p.a. super light middleweight title champion mikhail carter facing challenger antonio margarito who was found to have used illegal inserts in his hundred in a blue collar seeing his opponent also cheated when the two fought in two thousand and eight a clash marguerita one this is an easy thing for me you know i don't prove anything because i was

kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands the monaco's the brunei's you know now you could say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why do they have low taxes because they have the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if we you funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union and germany would now be the poorest. and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek learners right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that some sort enterprise you start perfectly rationally

just a professor of political science at hong kong city university thanks for your input . and still to come ashore early we continue our look at the year's most significant events today focusing on japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami as seen through the eyes of our correspondent on the ground. suddenly the tempo changed when there was this is an explosion and then the fool's explosion and this reacts is in in fukushima one morning the happening very quick succession and suddenly. everyone was very scared so. several of the news crews were. just on the packed up and left and the woman that really difficult for me was i was on my own i didn't have anyone else to consoles. and i just realized at that point ok i'm going to get out. with this is. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and seven on our t.v. . turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe a suicide car bomb exploded outside the iraqi interior ministry in baghdad killing seven injuring dozens the attacker detonated an explosive filled car at a checkpoi

have fallen to all time low close to four point eighty nine hong kong dollars. the company has been hit by a. pastor up getting a one billion dollar loan from russia. the money will go to fertilize the maker of . a key business for the country the government has put up fifty percent of the oil that's fine we all know that. that's all for me but remember you can always find stories if you log on to the website r t dot com. it's brand new trisha's and this is the product on the price of healthy eating. meat to test the sometimes is the allergenicity immune response lower nutrition and for environmental contamination don't you feel like a lab rat some consider the experiment in human treatment very highly significant differences between the g.m. fed that they both at their own chia pet that but they weren't treated so well themselves one question means one carrier if you ask one question you could be uncertain and you might or might not be able to publish it but that's the end of your career i am. on. the move. just. to get. home.

after a roughly year trading on the hong kong stock exchange shares of the russian. have fallen to all time low thanks close at four point nine hong kong dollars half the initial list price the company has been hit by falling prices. catch drop below us is getting a one billion dollar loan from russia and its partners the money will go to fertilizer make. a key business for the country the government has put up fifty percent of the oil refinery. force. deal. japanese carmakers subaru is considering setting up an assembly plant. the part goes through thirty thousand cars a year will roll out the production line the final decision depends on import tariffs for spare parts. to go shooting this but the russian government. well. you can always find more stories in our website dot com.

after a roughly year trading on the hong kong stock exchange shares of the russian. have fallen. all time low they closed at four point eight nine hong kong dollars half the initial list price the company has been hit by falling demand and prices other medium. catch dr bellair was is getting a one million dollar loan from russia and c.i.s. partners the money will go to fertilize the make. a key business for the country the government has put up fifty percent of the nafta an oil refinery as collateral for the deal. and japanese carmakers subaru is considering setting up an assembly plant in role sun if the pot goes through thirty thousand cars a year will roll off the production line the final decision depends on import tariffs for spare parts is now negotiating this with the russian government. so from all business desk this hour but you can always find most stories in our website called. wealthy british style. is not on the type of. market so why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financ

and it's only 40 minutes north of hong kong. almost no one in america has ever heard the name of this city even though almost everything in their house that's electronic came from that place. there's a remarkable disconnect in our consciousness about that. about where our things actually come from. it was for me. i had no idea until i dug into it. c-span: how did you get from shenzhen to hong kong? >> guest: i got there two different ways. i took a bus up ones and then i actually, you know i had to shuttle back and forth to do other projects in hong kong and meet with activist groups and take the subway. you can take the subway from shenzhen to the end of the subway system above-ground. like in the station there's actually a transfer point for the passport and you get on the subway so it's amazing to go somewhere where all our things are made. we're in the american journalist could fly to hong kong with any chinese visa and take the subway to the door of the factories and then began asking people about the conditions. and yet, t

but in hong kong, the hang seng was down 10. >>> wall street rallied friday. but europe has a big hole to dig out of. all 17 countries agreed to automatic penalties if they overspend. as for countries currently struggling, the european central bank has taken some steps and may take more to ease their burden. even france sits precariously. friday, moody's investors service downgraded france's three largest banks. england was seen as the biggest summit user. england used its veto party to prevent an agreement, so the english were circumvented. even with a deal, most analysts feel europe is heading into recession, which has u.s. companies worried. on friday, dupont cut their outlook for the quarter. reuters reports negative quarters are outpacing positive ones by the biggest ratio in ten years. here, spending is up 15% compared to last year. the fed meets this week, but is expected to stand pat playing wait and see on europe and big developments here. this week's big po will be zinga president at around $129 million, it's the largest from a . . >>> every december

. >> miss tang is a very happy lady in hong kong this week because on thursday she got her $154 million, which by the way, is only one-fifth of mr. lee's entire estate, the man she divorced. and under 5% of what she asked for. so there she is smiling. she's a very educated woman. she's a solicitor, a lawyer herself. >> looks like a young woman. >> she's only in her late 30s but what really happened when the marriage started imploding and why she's so happy she got the $154 million was when she got pregnant four years ago, her husband, mr. lee, asked her to have an abortion. she refused. she had the baby. she now has a beautiful 3-year-old daughter who her husband has only seen twice. grounds for divorce? this has all come out. what's also come out is that her husband tried to hide a lot of the assets with his father who is a huge property mogul in hong kong and the father himself, not a great role model, in july of this year the father had to pay his mistress many billions for her home. the story continues. but the reality is, this is certainly not the only high-profile divorce. i mean

. >>> in hong kong, some 17,000 chickens are being killed after it was discovered that three chickens have died from the h1n1 strain of bird flu. the government has banned imports of chickens for three weeks. it's not clear if the chickens came from a farm in hong kong, or were imported. >>> doctors and cancer. how this is helping a little girl in a bay area [ male announcer ] citibank's new app for ipad makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. is as easy as... making breakfast. omelet? sure. scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> a brave 10-year-old is at stanford hospital tonight, facing losing her leg. she says if this had to happen to someone, she's glad that it happened to her. >> reporter: hundreds of children played in this soccer tournament in san ramon today, they played to benefit a little girl who couldn't be there. a girl they called breezy. breezy's real name is brianne bohanic

. >>> in hong kong, some 17,000 chickens are being killed after it was discovered that three chickens have died from the h1n1 strain of bird flu. the government has banned imports of chickens for three weeks. it's not clear if the chickens came from a farm in hong kong, or were imported. >>> doctors and cancer. how this is helping a little girl in a bay area hospital. >>> our chief meteorologist, bill martin tracking freezing temperatures tonight. he has the complete forecast for the holiday ahead. >>> a brave 10-year-old is at stanford hospital tonight, facing losing her leg. she says if this had to happen to someone, she's glad that it happened to her. >> reporter: hundreds of children played in this soccer tournament in san ramon today, they played to benefit a little girl who couldn't be there. a girl they called breezy. breezy's real name is brianne bohanic. she's fighting an aggressive form of bone cancer. doctors will have to amputate her leg. breezy just turned 10 years old. >> she said if anyone i'm glad this happened to me, because i can handle it, she's incredibly strong. >

las bolsas de cosur, el japÓn, hong kong comenzaron a experimentar un descenso que los analistas esperan que sea momentÁneo. >> no todos los dÍas se tiene el privilegio de anunciar el fin de una guerra. millones de familias por la temporad navideÑa. los Últimos soldados se llevaron sus recuerdos dolosos. casi cuatro mÍtines los militares novolvieron a regresaron heridos. en irak hay mÁs de 100.000 familias perdieron aÚn no de ellos. >> es un nuevo amanecer en irÁn. vehÍculos que dejaban atrÁs casi nueve aÑos de ocupaciÓn estadounidense. pasaron por la frontera con rumbo a estados unidos. >> serÍa algo así como cruzar la frontera entre mÉxico y estados unidos, pero sÓlo un letrero era la seÑal de que dejaban territorio hostil. todavÍa tenían uemboscada de al qaeda debilitada. >> no encontraban cÓmo describir la emociÓn de llegar a casa. entusiasmados todos, esta cruenta guerra que desde hoy es parte del pasado, tienehidas aÚn abiertas. >> tenemos otra oportunidad de ver a la familia. hay tres hermanos que no por eron esa oportunidad. eso estamos tristes. >> para mÍ

las bolsas de corea del sur, japÓn, hong kong comenzaron a experimentar un descenso que los analistas esperan que sea momentÁneo. >> no todos los dÍas se tiene el privilegio de anunciar el fin de una guerra. millones de familias por la temporada navideÑa. los Últimos soldados se llevaron sus recuerdos dolorosos. casi cuatro mÍtines los militares no volvieron a casa. 30.000 regresaron heridos. en irak hay mÁs de 100.000 familias perdieron aÚn no de ellos. >> es un nuevo amanecer en irÁn. vehÍculos que dejaban atrÁs casi nueve aÑos de ocupaciÓn estadounidense. pasaron por la frontera con rumbo a estados unidos. >> serÍa algo así como cruzar la frontera entre mÉxico y estados unidos, pero sÓlo un letrero era la seÑal de que dejaban territorio hostil. todavÍa tenían una emboscada de al qaeda debilitada. >> no encontraban cÓmo describir la emociÓn de llegar a casa. entusiasmados todos, esta cruenta guerra que desde hoy es parte del pasado, tieneheridas aÚn abiertas. >> tenemos otra oportunidad de ver a la familia. hay tres hermanos que no tuvieron esa oportunidad. por

he was crowned as hong kong's best santa. >> i'm a santa stand-in myself. every december 24th. and i'd like to enter this competition next year. >> you ho ho ho for us? >> ho ho ho! >> well do! >>> on the internet, and on this show, we feature a lot of cat videos. you know what i say about cat videos? brrrr. >> i would like to introduce you to a good old-fashioned dog video. ♪ >> this video is about five minutes long. and the entire thing, is dogs doing what they love to do. sticking their heads out the window as their owners are driving down the road. what i love about the video is at the very end, you get to learn all their names. you've got mia, you've got body, snickers. sneaky. pinky. >> i've never seen a bulldog named pinky. >> and keith. >> this is keith, he is an amateur filmmake frer broom lynn, new york. he put this entire video of dogs sticking their heads out the window. he's joining us "right this minute" to tell us about it. keith, why did you create this? >> i like making videos for fun. and i stuck this on a car while i was driving a dog around. i looked at th

kong, sydney, vancouver. one reason i am in support of america's cup, and i am not a small boater, but i am in support of sleep week because of the partnership and the results to have a proper professional passenger terminal. sadly what we are operating wilson is embarrassing ways of standard, and one of the benefits is going to have a fantastic, compliant, ecologically sensitive port facilities. just go down to the port and take a swim. come down to the court sunday when we have a passenger ship, and you will wince. i admire the speed these partnerships have been evolved. the second half i am wearing, and i speak on behalf of sleekly because i am the operations director. we support america's cup, because a while we may suffer for a couple years, we support it because it once again what we are going to be left with after america's cup realizes the joy, will be some proper port facilities, because it is really sad. we have snaggletooth course -- ports, but what will be left is going to be ecologically sound. i

. >>> hello from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. >> i'm nina dos santos at cnn london. this is "world business today" and these are the top stories. containing the debt crisis. will europe's central bank do its bit to stop another rate cut? >> there's a big difference between partners and being nude. >> an actress suing over what she says are fake photos tries to set the record straight. >>> also ahead -- ♪ >> and the city's the star is hollywood's movie machine reaches new heights. we're at the "mission: impossible" premiere in dubai. >> speaking of mission impossible, in europe some people could draw a few conclusions there as well. asian markets down, european markets are up, u.s. futures are struggling for direction. the instability is all down still to the future of europe which could be charted in brussels on friday. before that, though, the ecb seems set to lower interest rated for the second time in two months as it tries to kick start the region's economy. but with the ratings agency standard & poors put the not just euro zone governments but the whole eu as

while in hong kong the hang seng lept 336. >>> surprisingly strong housing data and hopeful signs from europe sent stocks soaring tuesday. new home construction jumped over 9%, best in a year and a half. building permits also rose. home builders group mdc holding and dr horton all rose. the euro gained against the dollar after spain's borrowing costs plunged after a short-term debt auction. consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in germany. europe's major markets were sharply higher. financials climbed, led by jpmorgan chase and wells fargo after the fed released new bank oversight proposals that were not as tough as feared. big ripples after at&t dropped its t-mobile bid. sprint nextel, which opposed, gained as did altel sxlchlt juniper networks. general mills fell. red hat plunged after forecasting lower than expected revenue. after the bell, nike rose on higher than quarterly profit. oracle tumbled late as earnings fell short of estimates for the first time in a decade. and jabil fell in late trade after missing on revenue. police raided the tokyo headquarters of olympus today, part

in tokyo the nikkei lost 16 points while in hong kong the hang seng fell 110. >>> stocks ended flight on light volume tuesday, a typical trading day between christmas and new year's. one big mover was sears after planning to cut 100 sears and k-mart stores. they plunged to a new 52-wheel low. whirlpool which depended on sears tumbled almost 9%. bad housing news. october single family home prices fell more than expected with atlanta and las vegas prices falling to their lowest since the housing crisis began. that helped take the shine off a jump in consumer confidence to the highest level since april. growing consumer confidence combined with tensions with iran sent the price of oil above $101 a barrel. endeavor international rose 24% on a deal to buy conoco phillip. international gained 5% on the government opening the door to online gambling. elsewhere, italy's ten-year bond yield hit the crisis 7% level tuesday. after the chinese yuan hit an all-time high against the dollar, the treasury department refused to call them a manipulator, angering trade groups. >>> a federal judge dismis

hong kong's hang seng fell 11 points. in london, the ftse opened higher but then turned lower. on wall street, the dow gained 165 points. the nasdaq picked up 20 points. >>> today is known as green monday because there's always a lot of spending online. it's not just because of the deals. this is the last week to use the free shipping offers and still get christmas delivery. internet sales are up 15% this year. $25 billion so far. >>> and the artificial christmas tree industry says a plastic, prelit tree is cheaper over a decade than a live tree each year. you can save 70%. but you can negotiate better over a live tree. >> love a plastic tree. i love to hear that. i've been doing it right all these years. >>> what is shaping up as a disappointing season in hollywood. despite the opening of the star-studded "new year's eve" flick, they took first place with less than $14 million. "the sitter" broke in at second at $10 million. and sunny's favorite, "breaking dawn" in third. >>> up next, a new sex scandal involving youth athletics. >> here we go again. >>> and the remarkable teen

but in hong kong, the hang seng was down 10. >>> wall street rallied friday. he on a mostly successful european financial summit, but europe still has a big hole to dig out of. all 17 countries agreed to a central european authority including penalties if they overspend. as for countries currently struggling, the european central bank has taken some steps and may take more to ease their burden. even france sits precariously. friday, moody's investors service downgraded france's three largest banks. england was seen as the biggest summit loser. england used its veto party to prevent a european agreement. so led by france, the deal was arranged intergovernmentally to circumvent the english. even with a deal, most analysts feel europe is heading into recession, which has u.s. companies worried. on friday, dupont cut their outlook for the quarter. reuters reports negative quarterly preannouncements are outpacing positive ones by the biggest ratio in ten years. here, spending online for the holidays is up 15% compared to last year. the fed meets this week, but is e

in hong kong the hang seng nudged up 9. >>> financials pulled stocks lower monday, dragged down by european worries. and bank of america, stocks across the board fell late after bank of america fell below $5 a share for the first time in nearly three years. more than 29 million bank of america shares traded. more than 5% of the day's total volume. also weighing on banks, a wall street journal report the federal reserve wants u.s. banks to hold more capital in reserves than required by law. in fact, this week the fed is expected to release much-anticipated rules overseeing the largest u.s. banks, including capital and liquidity requirements mandated by congress after the financial crisis. in europe, looking to impress markets with firm action, instead european finance ministers blundered unable to come up with 200 billion euros they vowed to give to the international monetary fund to help struggling european countries. back here at home, december's home builder sentiment hit its highest level since may 2010. company news, at&t officially dropped its controversial $39 billioned by for t-mobil