when questioned by reuters he gave a terse no comment to those reports. rhonda schaeffler of reuters in jackson hole for "n.b.r." >> susie: still ahead, our market monitor guest explains why he's getting defensive now. we talk with alan lancz of money management firm lancz global. >> tom: about 33 million americans will be hitting the road, boarding a plane or getting on a ship this weekend to enjoy the last days of summer. a.a.a. says that's up about 3% from last year and marks the highest level of labor day travel since 2008. but will those crowded roads and airline terminals be fleeting? ruben ramirez reports on the return of the american traveler. >> reporter: on the road, in the sky, or on a ship. americans are traveling in record numbers this labor day holiday. despite concerns about the sluggish economy, executive travel's editor in chief janet libert says after four years of staycations. travel now is a priority for many americans. >> so what we're seeing is that travel continue to inch up bit by bit and americans are traveling more this year sinc

when questioned by reuters he gave a terse no comment to those reports. rhonda schaeffler of reuters in jackson hole for "n.b.r." >> susie: still ahead, our market monitor guest explains why he's getting defensive now. we talk with alan lancz of money management firm lancz global. >> tom: about 33 million americans will be hitting the road, boarding a plane or getting on a ship this weeken to enjoy the last days of summer. a.a.a. says that's up about 3% from last year and marks the highest level of labor day travel since 2008. but will those crowded roads and airline terminals be fleeting? ruben ramirez reports on the return of the american traveler. >> reporter: on the road, in the sky, or on a ship. americans are traveling in record numbers this labor day holiday. despite concerns about the sluggish economy, executive travel's editor in chief janet libert says after four years of staycations. travel now is a priority for many americans. >> so at we're seeing is that travel continue to inch up bit by bit and americans are traveling more this year since t

reuters was told it was a very different situation that had happened so that was really interesting and it's very different to see something like that in front of your face as opposed to sort of scrolling through all these documents and certainly that was one of the most significant revelations that wiki leaks has given to the world certainly video and some of these document documents they were both shocking and embarrassing if he does and up in the united states what fate could possibly await have. well again we should mention no charges have been filed against by the united states a staunch himself and his attorneys worry though if he's extradited to sweden that he will then be extradited to the united states where he could face questioning face charges having to do with the espionage act a lot of people kind of making the same case for wiki leaks that they're trying to make for bradley manning and really haven't been able to do so. very articulately yet but they're trying to make the case that the release of these documents with the release of this video for example has put the u

. >> reuters story. >> i have been in touch with reuters in the past 35, 45 minutes. they have another report today. had issues about nu skin. we have a comment from nu skin got earlier pointing out they have a past relationship with stamford and other -- >> i don't know enough. do you know or can you tell the viewers what that alleged relationship is? >> they have had relationships with a few universities. they claim one with harvard but the issue here on the cease and desist, i tried to verify it. i would like to see beyond a headline that reuters is putting out and i would like to go back to the stamford contact and just talked to. their pr guy at stamford and said he knew nothing about that. 45 minutes ago. >> slamming stamford. >> watching for details on that. thank you. >>> there's inklings that the great china slowdown could be coming and could it be a good thing for america? >>> we showed you this amazing, terrifying crash yesterday, coming up, what it looked like from behind the wheel and hear from the drivers and what they were thinking. probably something l

ada told reuters this is a heartbreaking example of how the win at all costs culture of sport, if left unchecked, will overtake fair, safe and honest competition. the latest challenge to armstrong's legitimacy started in june when the agency announced it had lined up ten former armstrong teammates who were willing to testify that the texan cheated. tyler hamilton told "60 minutes" he saw armstrong use performance enhancing drugs. >> i saw it in his refrigerator. i saw him inject it more than one time. >> armstrong denies the claims saying, i know who won those seven tours, my teammates know who won the seven tours and everyone i competed against knows who won those seven tours. nobody can ever change that. >> the union that governs cycling says it will decided to whether it will appeal on lance armstrong's behalf. terrell. >> drew levinson, thank you very much. >>> forecasters say isaac is unlikely to strengthen into a hurricane until monday when it enters into the gulf of mexico. this morning isaac is moving over the northern caribbean with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. the st

helicopter pilot shooting civilians in iraq among the victims a reuters photographer and his driver let's have a look at an interview from julian's visit. that's right we believe in releasing the source documents to the world together with analysis to put them in contact with people to understand them because the source material is what helps keep journalism honest it's independently verifiable independently checkable your assertions are checkable in the same way as a scientific paper is checkable it's a full source material was released to the public. in august of two thousand and ten as wiki leaks continues to release classified documents regarding the war in afghanistan sweden issues a warrant for assad as arrest on rape charges in late november of the same year wiki leaks and builds and builds cable gate revealing thousands of u.s. diplomatic cables spanning the globe songe partners up with some of the biggest international names in print including the guardian lamond spiegel l.p.'s and the new york times in the u.s. however the relationship heads south and the press quickly turns on

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helicopter pilot shooting civilians in iraq among the victims a reuters photographer and his driver let's have a look at an interview from julian's visit. that's right we believe in releasing the source documents to the world together with analysis to put them in contact with people to understand them because the source material is what helps keep journalism on us it's independently verifiable independently checkable your assertions are checkable in the same way as a scientific paper is checkable it's the full source material was released to the public. in august of two thousand and ten as wiki leaks continues to release classified documents regarding the war in afghanistan sweden issues a warrant for assad his arrest on rape charges in late november of the same year wiki leaks and builds and builds cable gate revealing thousands of u.s. diplomatic cables spanning the globe a songe partners up with some of the biggest international names in print including the guardian lamond their spiegel buddies and the new york times in the u.s. however the relationship heads south and the press quickl

helicopter pilot shooting civilians in iraq among the victims a reuters photographer and his driver let's have a look at an interview from julian's visit. but we believe in releasing full source documents to the world together with analysis to put them in contact and help people to understand them because the full source material is what helps keep journalism honest it's independently verifiable independently checkable your assertions are checkable in the same way as a scientific paper is checkable use of full source material is released to the public. in august of two thousand and ten as wiki leaks continues to release classified documents regarding the war in afghanistan sweden issues a warrant for assad as arrest on rape charges in late november of the same year wiki leaks and builds and builds cable gate revealing thousands of u.s. diplomatic cables spanning the globe a songe partners up with some of the biggest international names in print including the guardian le monde der spiegel and the new york times in the u.s. however the relationship heads south and the press quickly turns on

40% en otro de cnn, el presidente barack obama tiene 51% ante el 45% de mitt romney, en el tercero de reuters ipsos, el presidente barack obama tiene 49% contra un 43% de la intención de voto por mitt romney. >>> el departamento de justicia ha tomado acción, la instancia pidió a 9 condados en la florida para cuestionar la validez de votantes registrados. >>> las medidas que establecen fuertes requisitos para el derecho al voto han sido una gran polémica, desde las irregularidades de la verificación de listas, hasta los borders id. >>> la persona tiene que tener su certificado de nacimiento y muchos otros trámites. >>> no hay precedente alguno de estas irregularidades en pensilvania, otros 3 estados tienen medidas pendientes y solo 1 anuló una medida, en la florida, la gran mayoría de las personas son hispanos inscritos como demócratas, es el caso de barreto que le llegó una carta probando ciudadanía. >>> cómo no van a pensar que soy ciudadano si sí lo soy. >>> las purgas, también se suspenden, pero la batalla sigue en las cortes, el gobernador insiste que su intención es evitar

here to weigh in on this and other economic issues is reuters columnist beth mcclean. right here or somewhere else. >> still right here. >> eliot: we'll figure that out. >> all the devils are right here. >> eliot: let's go through the points that judge posner made. one, deregulation failed. yet, he was to a certain extent the intellectual actor architect of deregulation. >> well, you have to give huge kudos for him to be willing to rethink his previous position. that's a definition of brilliance, to change your mind when the facts change. many are not willing to do so. that's impressive, i think. in ways that capitalism was supposed to function was a race to the stop. if you were producing a battered defective oh were duct then you were supposed to be squeezed out of the market. but when you look at mortgage lending to investment banks and credit rating it was an opposite, a race to the bottom. i don't pretend to understand why the reality was so different than the theory. but the evidence is undeniable, and in order to continue to produce profits and please shareholde

there is speculation -- this is what reuters is saying. speculation that traders talking about lanovo, chinese pc company, may be interested in making a bid potentially. nokia, up 11% on speculation lanovo is interested. >>> what are the experts telling us today about what investors should do? here are some recaps from cnbc already today. >> i feel like sterling, unbelievable story, shocking numbers. growth is terrible but the markets like sterling. seems to be some sort of safe haven play for europe. >> if you look at the overseas sales, over 70% plus of sales coming from outside the uk economy. we can go through big names, even the big banks, hsbc, the oil companies, the miners, these guys are not guys with big exposure to uk domestic economy. some of the domestic engineering companies, smaller companies, yes, i would be cautious on them. >> particularly like at this point china, which has not been in favor, and russia. we think these are cheap markets, whether it's priced forward. >>> figures out on car reg strags across. french car reg

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senalo que el anuncio no cambia su opinion del candidato presidencial republicano, segun el sondeo reuters/ipsos entre el sabado y este lunes.. este portavoz del partido democrata indica que la seleccion de ryan aleja a romney del apoyo hispano. jaime areizaga, comite nacional democrata la seleccion indica que romney quiere radicalizar sus posiciones y se ha decidido aliar con los grupos mas conservadores del partido republicano. y son posiciones que definitivamente no son beneficiosas para la comunidad latina, y creo que 1 vez mas demuestra que no esta interesado en defender los programas e ideas que benefician a la comunidad latina. mientras su companero de boleta hizo campana en iowa, donde incluso fue interrumpido por activistas, la presentacio n en florida conto con la presencia del senador marco rubio y tambien del gobernador rick scott, donde romney critico el desempeno economico de la administracion obama. mitt romney, candidato presidencial republicanosenor p propios calculos, usted ha fallado en crear los empleos que los estadounidenses necesitan. la campana de romney si cree que

republicano mitt romney por 49 a 42% en las preferencias de los votantes, segun la mas reciente encuesta reuters/ipsos. el presidente supera levemente al ex gobernador tambien en las opiniones sobre el manejo de los empleos, la economia y los impuestos. segun 1 analista democrata, la encuesta demuestra que los votantes estan conociendo al candidato republicano. estuardo rodriguez, analista democratapero mas que todo, la diferencia entre lo que esta haciendo obama y lo que creemos que romney quiere hacer en su politica, demuestra falta de confianza, falta de fe en romney, porque romney simplemente ofrece lo que hizo bush y eso ya sabemos a que nos llevo. pero no todas son buenas noticias para el presidente. el sondeo, tomado entre el jueves y lunes pasado, indica 1 fuerte pesimismo sobre el futuro del pais. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c.otro aspecto significativo de estas encuestas es que 7 de cada 10 votantes consultados, es decir, 2 tercios del electorado, piensa que el pais esta yendo en la direccion equivocada. este analista republicano cree que a pesar de su mas bajo porcentaje,

that is according to reuters. it is their source. you may recall the military tells us that sergeant bergdahl walked off the base in 2009 near the border with pakistan. the taliban announced they captured him and threatened to execute sergeant bergdahl if the united states did not release certain afghan prisoners. we did not negotiate with prisoners, remember? we have learned the taliban sold him to another group in pakistan, like a used car, but we are told this deal is meant to help restart a peace plan. we often turn to the journalist and filmmaker robert young pelton who tracked the kidnapping if real time in twine -- 2009. he used to be a neighbor of osama bin laden and the author of "the world's most dangerous places," and is live with us san diego. i heard it from you and i know they sold him and now i know because i heard it from you, that the whole story of a trade for some prisoners in such, that is the real deal, right? >>guest: yes. you should add that also i was the neighbors to two of the guys they want to swap. >>shepa

on the other side, reuters has reported that president obama has signed a finding allowing for more cia control of certain opposition groups out of turkey. the british have announced they will increase their support for the opposition. basically, outside powers pushing the inside powers to resolve its warfare. >> british prime minister david cameron says the resignation demonstrated the failure of the political process. he called for more severe steps to be taken against the regime in syria. i wanted to get your response to this comment? >> it suggests the current political process has not worked and we need to be tougher and we need to start at the un with a chapter 7 resolution, full legal backing of the un, bringing the world together to say this violence has to stop and we want to see transition at the top of syria. there is a resolution from below. more severe steps to be taken against the regime in syria. i wanted to get your response to this comment? >> it suggests the current politicali can understand how pl frustrated, but that will foment all sorts of problems unless we see th

the consensus there for reuters was down 2.3%. compounding the difficulties for mario monti's democratic government the fall, the fourth consecutive drop for an economy that's been in recession since the middle of last year. a little bit worse than the reuters consensus here on these numbers. how much does that cloud the picture for mr. monti? >> well, you know, basically this is the worst sign for the italian economy since the end of 2009. basically the worst part of this number is there's no sign of recovery overall in the real economy. basically, we're paying high toll to the sovereign crisis in terms of the effect of the austerity package of the government of mario monti but also of the credit crunch. less money for the private families and also companies and higher costs of borrowing and also there's a connection between the consumer confidence and the spread, now there's a deleverage in the private-sector very fast and it's 2.4 in terms of the contraction of the domestic consumption and as was anticipated in terms of industr

. >> this is coming off of thomson reuters for the u.s. jury has ruled in favor of apple saying that samsung electronics, their phones infringe on apple inc. it is a patent infringement, obviously, that this is just crossing from reuters. that the u.s. jury has ruled in favor of apple saying that samsung did infringe upon the patents. there is going to be more of this kind of thing. in fact, here it comes. hitting a button on the computer to recycle everything. there are going to be several of these kinds of verdicts. gerri: adam, as he watches, apple is seeking $2.5 billion in damages. something you watch for during these headlines. do you expect it to happen? do think they will get that -- what would be probably the biggest settlement of the sort ever? >> it would be the largest ever. absolutely. but they have to get through, as you said, the appellate process. dow jones -- and this is from "the wall street journal" -- finding that samsung infringed. they infringed the pinch screen. they had the device back in 2005 but the jury didn't bu

. >>> and now here's an early look reuters are discussing the worst-case scenario for syria that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of bashar al assad's regime. >>> julian assange was holed up for two months. they say he'll be arrested wn he steps off the premises. >>> the centers for disease control and prevention is recommending all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis c which can go undetected for decades. >> in a surprise development u.s. say the u.s. carbon dioxide levels have dropped to the lowest levels in 20 years. mostly because they're using natural gas instead of dirty cole. >>> it was tea for two in berlin where madam trousseau used wax figures for prince william and the duchess of cambridge. they were invited if afternoon tea at the engles embassy. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 13, 250 after jumping 85 points yesterday. the s&p nudged up 9. the nasdaq zoomed up 31. in toque co- >>> well, strong earnings from cisco and some up

reuters reports that general john allen claimed on thursday that taliban infiltration was evident in about 25% of cases. isaf later issued a clarification suggesting allen was referring to data going back to 2007. it says the taliban has been involved in 11% of attacks so far this year. also known as green on blue attacks, the incidents involve violence against coalition forces by their afghan partners or those impersonating them. u.s. president barack obama says the united states is deeply concerned following the deaths of nine american soldiers in 12 days. the incidents are causing growing mistrust between nato and afghan forces. taliban infiltration of afghan units would add to questions about the preparedness of local security forces as coalition troops withdraw from afghanistan by 2014. >>> in south asia, monsoon rains have led to dozens of deaths and wreaked havoc in india and pakistan. torrential rain has been pounding districts in northern pakistan since wednesday. officials say at least 34 people have been killed by floods. bridges and homes are severely damaged. residents h

republicano mitt romney por 49 a 42% en las preferencias de los votantes, segun la mas reciente encuesta reuters/ipsos. el presidente supera levemente al ex gobernador tambien en las opiniones sobre el manejo de los empleos, la economia y los impuestos. segun 1 analista democrata, la encuesta demuestra que los votantes estan conociendo al candidato republicano. estuardo rodriguez, analista democratap ero mas que todo, la diferencia entre lo que esta haciendo obama y lo que creemos que romney quiere hacer en su politica, demuestra falta de confianza, falta de fe en romney, porque romney simplemente ofrece lo que hizo bush y eso ya sabemos a que nos llevo. pero no todas son buenas noticias para el presidente. el sondeo, tomado entre el jueves y lunes pasado, indica 1 fuerte pesimismo sobre el futuro del pais. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c.otro aspecto significativo de estas encuestas es que 7 de cada 10 votantes consultados, es decir, 2 tercios del electorado, piensa que el pais esta yendo en la direccion equivocada. este analista republicano cree que a pesar de su mas bajo porcentaje,

in the reuters poll, obama leads by seven points. the cnn poll released

nearly 30 points behind the president's in the latest reuters poll. and convince mom paying bills and raising children that romney gets it. >> this is somebody who has lived it, but more importantly, she can tell you how much mitt romney understands that. >> reporter: this convention is all about convincing swing voters that a super rich successful businessman can identify with the struggling middle class. >> we are so used to being entertained and wowed. do we have to be wowed for everything? can't we just vote for somebody that is imminently qualified? >> reporter: marshall blackburn is scheduled to speak today. >> you'll hear me talk about the great opportunity party and about recommitting and revitalizing the american dream. >> reporter: and wrapping it up tonight, new jersey governor chris christie after denying reports that he privately predicted romney won't win. >> much of what was said wasn't true. and they never talked to me. >> reporter: delegates after a one day delay are eager to get started. now, the roll call votes it for the nomination

reuters reports that nearly 1,000 people died making the journey since 2001. >>> international forces in afghanistan are keeping a nervous watch, wondering about their allies and their enemies. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shot and killed three australian soldiers earlier this week. it brings the number of foreign soldiers killed in so-called insider attacks to 15 this month. nhk world reports. >> reporter: the latest insider attack happened on wednesday in afghanistan southern province uruzgan. someone appear to be an afghan soldier shot three soldiers. they climbed over a fence and fled. >> an individual wearing an afghan uniform turned his weapon on isef soldiers in south afghanistan. and as a result, three isef soldiers later confirmed to be australian, were killed. this incident is under investigation. >> 45 troops have died so far this year in what has become known as green on blue attacks. the total for 2011 was 35. general martin dempsey visited kabul last week to see how to handle the situation. after his visit to afghanistan was announced, it would look at its re

nearly 30 points behind the president's in the latest reuters poll. and convince mom paying bills and raising children that romney gets it. >> this is somebody who has lived it, but more importantly, she can tell you how much mitt romney understands that. reporter: this convention is all about convincing swing voters that a super rich successful businessman can identify with the struggling middle class. >> we are so used to being entertained and wowed. do we have to be wowed for everything? can't we just vote for somebody that is imminently qualified? >> reporter: marshall blackburn is scheduled to speak today. >> you'll hear me talk about the great opportunity party and about recommitting and revitalizing the american dream. >> reporter: and wrapping it up tonight, new jersey governor chris christie after denying reports that he privately predicted romney won't win. >> much of what was said wasn't true. and they never talked to me. >> reporter: delegates after a one day delay are eager to get started. now, the roll call votes it for the nominations,

. >>> and now here's an early look reuters are discussing the worst-case scenario for syria that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of bashar al assad's regime. >>> julian assange was holed up for two months. they say he'll be arrested when he steps off the premises. >>> the centers for disease control and prevention is recommending all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis c which can go undetected for decades. >> in a surprise development u.s. say the u.s. carbon dioxide levels have dropped to the lowest levels in 20 years. mostly because they're using natural gas instead of dirty cole. >>> it was tea for two in berlin where madam trousseau used wax figures for prince william and the duchess of cambridge. they were invited if afternoon tea at the engles embassy. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 13, 250 after jumping 85 points yesterday. the s&p nudged up 9. the nasdaq zoomed up 31. in toque co- >>> well, strong earnings from cisco and some

soon after, there was a bbc report, and so should the press, reuters -- associated press, reuters. still it was bubbling beneath the service. people were dealing the article. people start hosting it on social networking sites. people who had never before been to jena were making videos about it. so the word was getting out to the grass roots. some of the most regular media coverage was on black radio stations, especially around the south, having family members call in and talk about the story. in late june, i did a story on it for democracy now. that was a radio and tv show that circulated around the u.s. and that again is not seen as mainstream media but the shift that happened after that democracy now report was remarkable. the families, for more than six months, had a legal defense fund set up. but it was virtually no money in it. within five days after that democracy now report, there was about $40,000 in that account from viewers and listeners around the country that had seen it. this non-mainstream media has really broken the story in a new way. the final call newspaper, the

at least according to what reuters is reporting. stocks little moved and if we can switch gears and talking about this, i have to note ciena reporting disappointing earnings and lower revenues than the street expected. brian? >> thank you. >>> next, larry kudlow why he thinks republicans may be sending somewhat of a wrong message. >>> and mitt romney's veep took the stage with a rebuke of president obama. we fact check paul ryan's convention address and then later on the richest woman in the world is gina rhinehart and she shows us why the 99% hate the 1% in a very vocal way. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today and explore your next investing idea. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended pr

about how to evaluate companies, how to present companies, ended up giving me an internship at thomson-reuters and he also influenced me. he was a big part in influencing my taking the gmat exam, in the 96 percentile. -- 96th percentile. it means if 100 people took the test, i did better than 96% of them. 96 of them. [applause] i wanted to also throw in there, a 10% of the people in the united states go to business school. that is the top 96 -- 4% of 10%, you see what i am saying? i am cool with math. bill has been instrumental in telling me -- not telling me but advising me of what business school to apply to so i am applying to stanford, harvard, it may have heard of them. and warden. i grew up in hunters point. that is right. i think this program like it was to be -- i am in new york working with the wall street wizards and we're teaching kids out of high school in new york. i really think if we were to do something like that in hunters point, it would be really good. that is what i am saying. i think that would be impractical for the community. it would be really helpful. -- impactful for

on the contrary, a group of these residents are pleased to see the reuters turning -- rotors turning because they are generating money. the town could not afford to fund the 15.5 million euro project. they came up with the idea of a wind park owned jointly by the town citizens. president invest in shares in the project. the town provides the land and permits -- the residents invest in shares in the project. the town provides the land and permits. but it has an affect on the landscape. the residents' acceptance is greater if the revenue remains in the community. >> the wind park has been generating electricity for more than four years. last year alone, it produced 21.5 million kilowatt hours, enough to power 5000 households. the park has also attracted visitors. this group is interested in initiating their own citizen- owned when park project -- wind park project. the manager explained that selling the market -- selling the product on the open market is profitable. >> we have been selling the electricity directly through a broker at the energy exchange. it is profitable, since there i

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exclusive story to reuters. i was intrigued. you talked about how cook and page spoke. what did they talk about? >> well, the indications we have is that they discussed a range of the intellectual property and patent issues that are between the two companies. we don't have a lot of detail as to whether it focused on one dispute or another, but we know it was about intellectual property and their whole big set of issues beyond last week. jury verdict that could have been a part of those discussions. >> jonathan, would you think, sir that, the motorola mobility patents are why they have just enough leverage to have that conversation? otherwise, it would be so one-sided with apple coming at google hard that this is perhaps the reason that google acquired motorola in the first place s the leverage on these patents. >> well, i think certainly the patents were a big reason for the motorola acquisition. i think it does definitely give them some leverage. in some ways, these patent fights are really all about this kind of leverage. apple got a lot of leverage with the victory l

. >> what's interesting is we just got an announcement at reuters that they're raising retail gasoline prices by 391 a ton. it was 370 u.n. a ton from friday. so on the one hand we're talking about easing pressures for consumers with tax cuts. if you're raising retail gasoline prices, are you giving with one hand and taking away with the other? >> well, this recent hike in the fuel prices that you just mentioned actually were within our expectations. in the recent weeks we know that crude prices actually have been quite high despite the global economy because we have some geopolitical uncertainties in the middle east so therefore china does adjust petroleum product prices according to the input costs, i.e.,, crude oil costs. this is not out of the ordinary. now we have inflation on the downward trend, which is a plus. that means the central government can actually raise fuel prices without fearing reigniting inflation. >> jing, there is this trial which has apparently been adjourned though we have no decision yet. how important is this, if it is significant, in terms of broadly speakin

reuters news agency says seven people have been killed and about 100 wounded. >>> the european union is investigating whether a business deal violated sanctions against syria. a foreign unit of japan tobacco is accused of sending cigarettes to a company with ties to the syrian leadership, the eu placed sanctions on relatives of president assad may last year. "the wall street journal" says the eu anti-fraud office is questioning the business. members of the anti-fraud office told nhk they're conducting an investigation but they did not provide details. the syrian come of pane w-- com pane was owned by cousins of president assad at the time of alleged trade. the assad regime is reselling the cigarettes at high prices. it says the profits are being used to finance its crackdown and the paper says government officials are using tobacco to pay members of militias fighting on their side. and the journal says people in, at japan tobacco international deny breaking any sanctions. the paper quotes a spokesperson saying the firm has not sold cigarettes to the company since assad's relatives we

reuters says clashes between the indigenous border community and muslim settlers from bangladesh have killed nearly 80 people and have displaced some 300,000 since july. >>> the government earlier placed limits on the use of text messages. the crackdown will likely rekindle the debate on freedom of speech and internet in the world's largest democracy. and that will wrap up our bulletin for today. i'm reporting from bangkok. >>> ailing japanese electronics maker sharp may get more money from its banks to boost its financial condition. the loan amount could reach $2.9 billion. officials at mizuho corporate bank and the bank of tokyo mitsubishi are considering lending over $1.6 billion at the end of this month and over $1.2 billion in september. the banks have already lent about $830 million to sharp without collateral. but sources close to the bank say this time they're considering loans with security. in march, sharp executives agreed to each receive about $830 million in investment from their taiwanese business partner, but the management is seeking a review of investment terms sharp'