frankfurt cost offense was unable to -- frankfurt's defense was unable to clear the ball. frankfurt took the offensive. soon after came the response. 1-1 in the 42nd minute. the second half saw few chances for either side. squandered the best opportunity just before time. he heads into the break well up in the standings. frankfurt just above the drop zone. actionupshot of all that is a table that munich will like the look of as the league breaks for winter. seven points clear at the top with a game in hand. things look dicey for them. those in sixth and eighth have much to celebrate this christmas. ofnkfurt can expect a lump coal in their stocking. they have failed to perform. the team that was briefly at the bottom can take a win into the winter. a thrillinglist had half pike performance in having's -- heavy snow. the snowfall was not enough to dampen his mood. he could celebrate a fine victory. despite conditions, he was joined by a raft of other .merican winners that's all from us here on the journal. keep it here for more news and updates and visit our website. thanks

president obama indicates he nsa spying.in and frankfurt faces and uncertain christmas. uncertain christmas after dropping a game at home. we start right here in berlin where the former russian oil tycoon is spending his first full day of freedom after spending 10 years in jail. reunitedready been with his eldest son. other members of his family are expected to join him later today. conferencee a press to outline his plans for the future. he was pardoned by president vladimir putin, which priced everybody. he spent his first night after being released from prison close to the brandenburg gate. a spokeswoman said he was feeling well and had been reunited with his eldest son. he is set to give his first press conference on sunday after being freed by vladimir putin. airport just the hours after being released from prison. his flight was organized by the former german prime minister. putin twice to discuss the former oil tycoon's case. he gave special thanks for the work done by the time minister on his behalf. that this can be achieved filled me was great -- with great sat

here's a quick look at the numbers from the market starting in frankfurt the dax was down by about two percent to ninety two twenty three cents. us stocks fifty over two percentage points down thirty thirteen advantage over in new york dow jones industrial average was also down. trading right now cause to present it to one percent down fifteen eight seventy one year was actually up against the dollar though one thirty five ninety eight jonathan has been one of the first time since nineteen ninety seven. like that may indicate that the spanish economy is weak and the corner. the figures are all the more surprising as the unemployment rate only rises in october november after the summer tourist season ends. there are still for twenty million people in spain was out and yell. some political news from tammy the country's sixteen federal states of making a false attend to on tonight extremist npd auntie to raise domestic intelligence agency has described the party has called racist anti semitic and anti democratic the political group in gemini is conned an early eight and demand that our te

the nazi systematic murder more than 6 million jews across europe. 50 years ago today, the frankfurt auschwitz trials began. >> the defendants were made to the lower-level officials charged with their roles at the auschwitz concentration camp. many of the senior leaders have already been sentenced to death. >> frankfurt the summer 20th, 1963. the start of one of germany's most important trials of not too warm criminals. 22 people were in the dock for crimes committed at auschwitz. the cap -- the camp commander chief of staff was among them. >> so you're saying that, back then, when you're adjutant, you did not know that the truck was being used to take people to the gas chambers. >> no, no one asks any questions. >> the perpetrators tonight any knowledge of horrors that were plain to see. >> i have to tell you, by my second day there, i knew what was going on and i was not the only one. >> gerhardt clearly remembers the shocking scenes at the trial. today, he is 85. 50 years ago, he was one of three prosecutors in frankfurt. >> we had the written statements from witnesses. we compile

on friday night then frankfurt had another chance to end their winless streak at home. they are up against all its bird that move had their best start with season in club history. in the end both had to settle for a single point. frank's head into the winter break without a single home victory on friday at least they split the points with our store the visitors but on the pressure early and took the lead up to hoffman. i will put the finishing the job. bring to its defense unable to clear the ball in the argentinian gratefully accepting an early christmas presents. then straight to the offense its course to deny buy outs but keep mulling hits the synoptic and the response the animals and todd capitalizing on this poll at the moment. one goal in the forty second the second console few chunks is behind this site the deal its meaty school and renounced its best opportunity just before time houseboat headed into the break when up in the standings. trying to just above the drop zone. shot of all that action is a bundesliga table that by the end it will like the look out as t

stephen welfare reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange. let's have a look now at home orchestrated on thursday and frankfurt the dax was down over half a percent the euro stocks fifty also down points sixty five percent. meanwhile across the atlantic the dow jones also down and currently trading at fifteen seventy seven five and the nearest trading at one dollars thirty seven forty. sony says thanks but no thanks to european bailout plan for its embattled banking sector and the signs to take matters into its own he decided to go in alone and capitalized is troubled banks rather than rely on outside assistance that comes with strings but it will have to find four point eight billion euro stood at kohl's and national banks and one sheets. with these banks billions of euros in baghdad on the books. most of it was issued during the country's boom years from the nineteen nineties to two goals and eight. then the crisis hit. no the country's three largest eagle in banks need a bailout we beat billion euros between them to stay afloat the explodi

two years ago she was one of three prosecutors in frankfurt. education also i have the written statements from witnesses on an additional twenty one thousand seven hundred page indictment was wrong he can get the material was not new for us. well that's not what was new to me was hearing it from the mouths of the witnesses. it's taking over and over with that made the difference. he still came and went to chic. then again attorney gary hart presented to prove the guilt of each individual defendant. that wasn't easy. special investigators help them the central commission for the investigation of crimes was set up in nineteen fifty eight. it was tasked with hunting down nazis. it wasn't an easy jaunt. many chairman salty investigators as traitors. luton do you names on the commission is still around. and it has just begun a new investigation. it's preparing a case against dozens of alleged ousted guards. the essence of what we came across a list of former warden santos bid to dampen down the tightness in the end we came up with a way to find out

economy trek down the markets again and so the dax pills down the negative territory stephen walt and frankfurt now let's go to check on how the markets have been trading mid weight while stephen just mentioned in frankfurt the dax closed lower at ninety seven east of the euro stocks who is index was also down almost half a percent and try to sell the way in new york and right now the dow is trading well played thirty six percent lower. and last year is trading at one dollars and thirty seven ninety four. to australia down the country's automotive industry has been dealt of very severe blow in general motors says it will not make any cards there at all after two thousand seven the move means nearly three thousand people losing their jobs. all this comes just two days after us bailout and antm chief dan percent to a strong australian dollar and high production costs forced the company. dion's decision is fuelling fears that other car makers could also become a casualty of the high aussie currency for australia's economic strength means higher prices it's the economy has grown for the last twenty

was in frankfurt here on the wrong market numbers starting in frankfurt the dax was down by nearly a percentage ninety one forty. euro stocks fifty also down three quarters of a percent. new york the dow jones industrial average trading a little bit more than half a percent down and the euro also down against the dollar one thirty five a the colonized nation of petroleum exporting countries or for pay as you do to keep production and this is totally unchanged. i did twice annual conference that tremendously they continue to produce a maximum thirty million dollars of two twenty the mother turned off the lead in mind. the un expects to resist and bought him. it looks in the sand into the dna coding is you can't only an engine bomber was enclosed by dozens of countries. there were two chinatown where us vice president joe biden is in high level talks to reduce tension over beijing's new air defense good educations now. the zone covers airspace over a set of islands in the east china sea whose ownership is disputed. why am i to tokyo when he leads from the eu's demands to japan or subpo

the rest of the results look like this. 4-2.gart won frankfurt lost at home. on sunday, there will be a match in berlin. friday evening, nÜrnberg plays to a 1-0 draw. nÜrnberg match was played in chilly conditions, and once their failure to grab all three points means they are still looking for their first win of the season after 15 matches. snow could nott dampen the elation as nÜrnberg struck early. in the fifth minute, the defender headed in to make it 1- 0. aided by awas slippery ball back out away from the keeper. they cannot come into their own and squandered the few chances they managed to create. control,was clearly in but failed to put the game out of reach. after the break, they found their footing. that was a long pass captured, equalizing it in the 75th minute. was a golden opportunity to put them in the lead. he was sent off after this nasty foul. they were happy to leave town with a point and nÜrnberg will have to do better after the winter break. >> that leaves the table looking like this. byron are way out in front, but wortman and labor cr

frankfurt lost at home. on friday, nierenberg played to a 1-1-job. all matches completed, let's have a take aim -- that's take a look at the table. gap have opened up a handy in third. they are in the hunt for a champions league place. the race to the bottom remains burg andt both frei frankfurt are counting the lost of last season. they finished five and six are place of lee. fiveare now fighting -- and six place respectively. this person won the third world cup event of the season in norway. the two-time world champion left local competitors trailing in second to reclaim the yellow jersey for the overall world cup. it was their second win this seventh and his 11th of the season overall. he completed the signing -- satisfying we can for the german team in the ski jump. >> having lead at the halfway point, he was the last two to jump on the big hill on sunday. the world champion put him under pressure. but the 25-year-old held his nerve. he got the first place. pulled off to a strong jobs. even in the warm-up, when i perform like that, i am with the

dorothy hawkes has the story from frankfurt. >> a strong start into the new trading week. the dax almost made good for the losses of the previous week, fueling hope there might be a year-end rally. traders welcome positive economic data in the eurozone. economies gaining momentum, driven by a strong industry -- energy sector. terminate has the lead. shares of siemens and deutsche telekom -- siemens profited from mentor buys from a u.s. energy supplier. deutsche telekom rose after rumors sprint might be interested in the u.s. unit t- mobile usa. >> let us look at some of the market numbers in more detail, starting in frankfurt. the dax gained more than 1.7% to close at 9163. strong gains on the euro stoxx. trading still underway in new york. the dow is up. the euro is certain -- is currently trading for one dollar 3761 -- $1.3761. >> the power company mid- american energy is buying 448 turbines for an estimated $1 billion. they will be installed in five wind farms in iowa. together, they should provide enough clean energy for 300 20,000 households. siemens will handle the s

i'm on the red-eye express so i can catch my flight to frankfurt and sweden. it will be a long day. >> it's 10:55 we took off heading to frankfurt. i'm able to travel in first class. it's awesome. >> it's 2:30pm german time. i'm in the first class lounge in bar. >> so far on this trip i have glen 14,791 miles and it brought me to a dark winter in sweden. >> jared baumeister runs down the last of his miles in the dark, it 11 hours in economy plus brought steve moro halfway to gold. >> we made it. york. >> you can say that again. it's a long time on the plane. it's an 11 hour flight. is it worth it to get that status. combined with the fact that it's a bit of a vacation, it is. >> the next time we saw steve he was on the beach swimming into the sun set, thinking about how to get into the first class seat on the ride back home. >> clearly those guys have plenty of time on their hands. >> that's it for us on "america tonight." if you want to comment on the stories you have seen, log on to the website. aljazeera.com. go there, you can meet the team and get sneak pr

in frankfurt, the dax was down over .5%. the euro stoxx 50 also down .65% . across the atlantic, the dow jones also down, currently trading at 18 775, and the euro trading at $1.3740. slovenia says thanks but no thanks to a european bailout land for its embattled banking sector and decides to take matters into its own hands. >> the country decided to go in alone and capitalize its troubled banks rather than rely on outside assistance at comes with stringent conditions. >> but it will have to find four point 2 billion euros to plug holes in the national banks' balance sheets. >> slovenia's banks have billions of euros of that debt on their books, most of it issued during the country's boom years from the 1990's three 2008. then the crisis hit. now when the country's three largest state owned banks need a bailout to stay a float -- stay afloat. slovenia's by minister brought the good news to brussels. her government should be able to fund the bailout itself. the eu welcomed that. >> this is good news and demonstrates the paramount importance of decisive action

we have the reaction from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> another government shutdown in the u.s. would hurt the economy and would surely drag down share prices. investors all over the world felt kind of relieved that politicians in the u.s. found first compromise, which is the first step of many more steps. the market in general could not benefit from this development. the markets are down because of rocket taking. the rally we have seen last three months, so the dax went down for the second week in a row, mainly driven by the fact that there is lots of uncertainty in the market. >> let's have a look and at some of the market numbers and a bit more detail. starting off with the dax and frankfurt, which ended the day about 0.1% lower, rounding off what was, as mentioned, a week of profit-taking. of course new york, trading still under way on the dow, almost completely flat at the moment. the euro on the currency markets currently trading for $1.3725. leaders attend southeast asian nations are in japan for a summit that is likely to be dominated by disputes with china. >> leaders g

we sit in frankfurt where the dax rallied by about 1%, losing at about 9100 81. it was a little over 1% for the euro stocks. investors were positioning themselves ahead of the u.s. federal reserve's decision on whether to continue its monetary stimulus program. that decision is today. in new york, however, investors are playing it a bit more cautious. it's just under 1% higher. the euro is currently trending higher against the dollar. all right, we have to take a quick one-minute break, but we'll have a whole lot more news coming up. >> welcome back to the show. one of briton's most notorious criminals has died at the age of 84. >> he gained international notoriety as part of a now they only focus on the good things, positive things. they are in control, not the tax man. wouldn't you like to be in this position, never having to worry about taxes or mandatory withdrawal rules for your retirement income? so what's the downside? you have to pay taxes now. big deal. when people ask you your tax rate on your retirement income, in august 1960 three, the gang robbed a r

jpmorgan in frankfurt, up flat. >>> and the s.e.c. is seeking more than $1.1 million in penalties for his role in a failed 2007 mortgage deal. in august, a u.s. jury found tourre liable for the deal which cost investors $1 billion in losses. the agency allegeds tourre failed to disclose a hedge fund manager helped choose and shorted the mortgage securities underlying the deal. >>> back to the main focus, the fed is beginning its two-day meeting today with an announcement coming tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the statement will accompany projections and fold by ben bernanke's final news conference as fed chairman at 2:30 p.m. many economists think the fed will hold off on announcing it's going to start tapering its bond buying program, but may signal it could in january. andrew joins us this morning. very good to see you. i had a guest on earlier who said, look, economists are all ready for the fed to taper. do you think investors are? >> yeah, i think the markets are in much better position currently than they were six or seven months

frankfurt the turn the form book on its head with a sensational one nil win away at labour prison while the rest grabbed the game's only goal to secure frank rich when we first league win since september. in the early kick off a lackluster shot that were still good enough to be toddler to nail an own goal and a controversial penalty converted by jefferson tough on secured the win. five of itself. they'll just go work in their last four days on saturday by munich assured they will call the table when the bundesliga breaks for christmas next week and they bounced back from defeat in the champions league during the week to brush aside from her. why are you the truth to the unofficial title of wind to champion. without getting out of this year. against time but it was more than enough. up to forty two minutes i look like i said to larry and ninety cents and gold of the season. it held out a new pitch to appeal to the breakdown addicted to drugs and other benefits for second strike was enough to keep going. yet each of the sort that injected slight tilt like looking back it feels good. in ei

frankfurt and five will be hoping they can really struggling without a break. winter sports now on the alpine skiing world cup touchdown in switzerland st moritz this weekend the women's super g was donated by tito by a doctor from neighboring least in china. cecily the agreement think it contributed to the concert but it's real only a minute to go. it begins with a bouquet will be a deity to please the radiant sunshine and mixed in between and right up to two photos that can go without spending at sea food outlets but with more than one hundred kilometers an hour. it was indeed going to stick in the video craig will tell you what to say to his streak of the unit. yep it's that each sixteen to seventeen and had four cruciate ligament tears still i can't see him worry free. went to relax again that has not been easy manny gets it right so they cannot like that it's not that nice side effect. some of the same faith that it was a day to get the most seasoned will help with that in a mosaic read them daily and yet when it helps the body of the greek couldn't even e

i believe as reporting from the can explore at the frankfurt stock exchange thank you lee. mt dangerous sea ice has trapped in research team ship off the coast of antarctica seventy four people are stuck on board in the eyes gets denser by the outward trappings to credit the ship's hull bundt cake is on the lake at chili's then sit with. i'm speaking capabilities is headed to the distressed its location these antarctic researchers have no choice but to sit and wait. dixie on surrounding leadership is getting more tense by the l word it's over twenty km to go and see their vessel was on its way home after a five week tour of antarctica. one a sudden change in weather. lucy eyes into its path on christmas eve. since then. the academic show kosky has been immobilized off the coast of antarctica some twenty eight hundred km south of the australian island of tasmania. help is on the way three ships with ice breaking capabilities are trying to reach the stranded research it. the expedition leader believes the chinese icebreaker will arrive first with just a debate on a sock but i

the main economic news from the us has boosted european stock markets arm at the frankfurt stock exchange when bart sent us this report. the german stock market was certainly in the giving mood one day ahead of christmas eve real good christmas cheer because that reached the new record high of the attacks of nine thousand four hundred eighty eight points. it's never been that high before it's only a few points shy of the ninety five hundred mark. the thing that i was responsible for giving that push up to this level of war remarks by christine regard. she's the head of the international monetary fund are well respected institution. and she said that because of the recent economic data that come out of the united states the imf was about to push forward the economic forecasts for growth in the united states that are curious well for the world economy. now it would also affect positively the german stock market in the end the traders he said believer's air from the floor of the frankfurt stock exchange for us and now here's a quick look at the numbers for you. and germany's dax and monday s

i must confess i kept the market numbers for you now work in a state in frankfurt where the backs rally by about one per cent closing at nine thousand one hundred and eighty one and was a little over one percent of the year of socks in the closing of twenty nine seventy five investors. they are positioning themselves ahead of the us federal reserve's decision on whether to continue its monetary stimulus program that decision is today. mom over new york however investors are in a bit more cautious it's just about under one percent higher than sixteen thousand eleven and the euro is currently trending higher against the dollar. i leave you with one minute break level whole lot more news coming up stay with us. don't go away. ew. everyone knows things. every time we checked the news again in the wake forest. the crazy one million people suffer hunger. one in the past. that's why it's not that crazy. right now sticking out of the window and yell i'm not as . i am just now. now i'm not going to let one billion people go hungry. ll. it's now one of britain's most notorious criminals and ronni

it's going to be a very, very long day. >> so it's 10:55, we just took off headed for frankfurt. i am the only person in first class, which is awesome. >> it's 2:30 p.m. german time. i'm in the first class lounge, the cigar lounge which comes complete with its own humidor and bar. so far, i've flown 14,791 miles and it has brought me to dark winter here in sweden. >> so, while jarrod runs down the last of his united miles in the dark, 11 hours and economy plus brought steve more row halfway you to gold. >> we made it. >> yep. >> we made it. you can see the weather's a lot nice are than new york. >> you can say that again. >> it's a long time to sit on the plane. that was an 11 hour flight. >> is it worth it to get that status no. >> combined with the fact that it is a bit of a vacation, as wellle, it is. >> the next time we saw steve, he was on the beach, swimming into the sunset, thinking about how to get into that first class seaten oh the ride back home. adam may, aljazeera, hawaii. >> mastering mileage really is an art. turns out the points guy himself, brian kelly, joins me

penalty would strike at joe saloon missed with the last kick of the game the victory ended frankfurt's tangoing winless run and handed lay vicars and their third loss of the season. while the dortmund are now twelve points of top spot after coming back from two goals down to do it two to a perfect time then ship what marked his signing of a new five year deal with the eighteenth when it opened up and maybe bell and maybe two will twenty minutes later but just before half time goalkeeper young's brawl fumbled a corner and yet every one may i'm wrong back and midway through the second half who cashed this check levelled from close range two to dortmund stage third on goal difference. while here in russia the premier league held a garter ceremony to honor some of the country's best players so the midfielder a man should all call for striking teammate alexander both and says god defender surrogate ignition which were all given a special award for their full attributes into the.

aig shares are down slightly in frankfurt. holdings up 1.4%. >>> and the european central bank has begun its asset quality review of 124 lenders as it moves towards assuming the role of single supervisor to financial institutions towards next year. the year long review includes risk and balance sheet assessments as well as a stress test. it's designed to increase confidence in the european banking sector. john garr have i is the u.s. advisory leader at price waterhouse coopers. john, good to see you. is the asset quality review going to achieve its prime objective, which is actually to reassure us about the system and the exposure? we know what the risks are? >> well, certainly the aim of the ecb is to replicate what the fed did in 2009 and what the bank of england did very recently in their reviews and that's to really establish transparency and confidence in the system as a howhole. if they accomplish that, they will in fact cast a positive halo on the european banking system as a whole and that translates into a stronger sy

the seven tons were brought to frankfurt from new york and paris. >> they own 3400 metric tons of gold. by 2020, 700 tons is secured and in foreign safekeeping. his code breaking work helped britain outfox the not these -- nazis. >> alan turing was gay, and in britain, he was punished for that with a criminal conviction. >> half of a century after committing suicide, the queen has issued him a pardon posthumously. >> alan turing helped britain when the second world war by cracking not to germany -- nazi germany's code, thought of as unbreakable. alan turing was convicted of having sex with another man and was forced to give up his groundbreaking work. >> in the years of the cold war, his wife ended -- life ended in disgrace. we find it to be extraordinary and horrible. please stand by has granted him a pardon. >> when we come back, we celebrate german troops celebrating christmas in afghanistan. >> and everything you need to know about germany's football ambassador. ambassador. >> welcome back. nato's current mandate runs out next year and that means that its troops are sent to come ho

. >> reporting to us from frankfurt, let's have a look at the market numbers. the dax is down almost nine percent. 1.25% lower. the euro is gaining a little bit against the dollar. brazil has been rocked in recent months. problems in the health-care system have been one of the biggest sources. >> now the president has turned to cuba for a resolution. she has done a deal to draft in thousands of cuban doctors by the end of this year. they'll be sent out to health care to poor and remote areas that have been neglected. >> cuban doctors are indispensable. smiles read the pediatrician and psychologists. they have seen one patient who waited four years for a first appointment after a breast cancer screening. >> i was shocked and thought it was a joke. no, she said. her last examination was in 2009. then i realized i can really help your. i look forward to the work and i am really motivated. >> the patient feels like she is finally in good hands again. her friends and family believed gonzalez is there to help them. >> she is really good. she examines well. she asked

news now bundesliga action where hanover managed to pick up three badly needed points with a win over frankfurt. dating back tok september, they were under pressure. later in the day, a one nil when with rafael scoring the game's only goal to tighten the grip on fourth place. theirurday, iran extended run to a record 39 matches. the -- he headed in the first in the second minute and the flying dutchman cut inside to defenders to score his second in the 30th minute. they maintained their lead at the top of the table. dortmund made hard work. the visitors needed to late penalties to settle things their way after a slow performance. open thening free kick scoring in the 70th minute. it was ormond's asked moment. when.ng up a three to one spectacular of the matches was undoubtedly the duel between half and hunted bear to bring in. in the end, there were still no winner. >> they left kicking at the final whistle and threw away a home win. they open the scoring from the tunnel the spot 12 minutes him. the goal kick started a roller coaster 90 minutes. up.minutes later, two nil handball, they haul the

frankfurt's doubled back on that monday, and that is why we are not including that index in this graphic as we usually do. next up, a street fight heating up in france. a company will rebel against a new rule that limits how quickly they can pick up passengers. chauffeurs will have to wait 15 minutes after an online booking before starting the ride. this follows intense lobbying why taxidrivers who say they do of thed an extension same taxi licenses they do. >> it is completely artificial. why should we have this handicap? it is not logical. is why the competition watchdog, which is completely independent, does not favor one opening over another, handed down a clear judgment against this ruling. >> ok, we have one more story to tell you. you see the french government has issued a decree allowing home-improvement stores to stay open on sundays. this after heated debate here in france in recent months on sunday opening hours. retailers have been going for an overhaul of the rules that regulate sunday trading. have wanted to keep the current rules. there are strings attached to be governmen

leaders but frankfurt had a header and had 1-0 win and ending a ten-match losing streak and 7 points behind. and they won a title heading in the match with sam lorenzo had two point advantage over the opponents in a game of few chances and lorenzo keeper earned the wages in dying moments for a 0-0 draw and another match finishing 2-2 and was enough to see them clinch the title and first in the league since 2007. a judge in brazil ordered work to stop on the world cup stadium. it's pending an investigation after the death of a worker who fell 35 meters through the roof on saturday and scheduled to host the world cup games in june. nba nuggets beat the pelicans and blocking one on the court and making 2 of 14 points at the upper end. and that was jjhickson and 19 points and 11 rebounds, final is 102-93. nhl leading chicago blackhawks snapped the six-game winning street and chicago won 1-0 and made a two-goal lead after the shots caped off the end to end play and put the final layer on the coffin and 3-0 with the extra man and he continues to impress the first spot on the olympic team a

leverkusen takes on the frankfurt. desert for a rental -- desperate for a win on friday. once again, defensive failings play their part in a heavy defeat for -- >> it was a hard-fought affair and in the end it was the home side that did the celebrating. raymond got off to the better -- neileil pio shall in pearson opened the scoring after a long-range effort. converted from the penalty spot. ramas ontes later, targeting and 30 with the colombian's -- target again. it was the colombian's 10 score of the season. the sides were level again. shortly after the break, more conclusion -- more confusion. to did manage to make it 3-2. raymond did have a last chance for the equalizer. putz came close on a pre-cake, but here comes -- and security -- they can close on a free kick, but they secured the victory. >> seven points clear over neither could see the gap close if leverkusen brook maintains their form. maintainedkusen their form. the teams above them, both for freiburg hope they can relate in. world cup touchdown in switzerland, seymore is this week and verity women's super g

frankfurt turned the book on its head with a 1-0 win. the only goal secured their first league win since september. in the early kickoff a lackluster schalke were able to w win. they failed to score in their last four games. on saturday may earn phaoufrpbg bounced back from the champions league to brush aside hamburg. >> bayern munich against hamburg it was more than enough. after 42 minutes this goal was set out. hamburg held up gamely but shortly after the break there was another moment. and that put them up 2-0. some late drama was created with a goal for hamburg in the 86th minute. a substitute got the goal back to create a 3-1 win. >> we can play better but we have won all of our home games and are undefeated so far. it is looking very good. >> bayern is off to morocco after the game. there they hope to add the club world cup to their trophy cabinet. >> injury plagued coudortmond w tipped as title contenders at the beginning managed a 2-2 draw saturday. hoffen anahe ee hoffenheim took a 2-0 goal. then dortmond clawed back into the g

frankfurt is closed and will be so through thursday. earlier most asian markets advanced on the back of monday's strong performance on wall street. nikkei rose .1%, hang seng over 1.1%. bangkok's index inched up finishing at 1,327. keeping around its lowest level since early september. analysts say investors will probably avoid buying thai assets until policymakers find a twoi end turmoil. baht at a four-year low against the dollar. other currency, dollar yen trading 104.32. in a time range. analysts say the dollar may lack direction during the holiday period. analysts say investors may be looking to a report on u.s. durable goods in the light economic calendar on tuesday. meanwhile euro yen at 142.63. >>> japan's suzuki motor rolling out a new mini sports utility vehicle in january. company officials say it performs well in bad road conditions such as snow and also carries more load. strong sales in japan due to low maintenance cost and fuel efficiency. automakers are worried about the impact of a consumption tax hike in april. taxes o

when this league action where hanover managed to pick up three badly needed points with a win over frankfurt. thus longest side were under pressure after winless streak dating back to september monday on gifts and some of us a score the goals and two ill wind to lift the gloom later added a bonus to mention lot of mountain air a one nil win over fiber rafael scored the game's only goal in the sixty third minute to tighten the foals grip on fourth place. on saturday by an extended their unbeaten run in the bundesliga club record thirty nine matches but the routine win over last placed from spike. i had the impreza darren robinson day from both their goals. he had it in the first and second minute. then the flying dutchman cut inside two defenders decor score his second in the thirtieth minute. fire is not the game comparably to maintain their lead at the top of the table. jordan meanwhile made hard work of their match with european clubs former side minds. in this year's needed two late penalties to settle things their way. after a sloppy performance. this stunning free kick from me at how ma

we've got gains for london right now of a quarter percent, frankfurt is gaining by .2 of a percent. royal bank of scotland fell more than 2%. the finance director resigned. asian equities declined across the board. chinese banking shares drug down markets. the hang seng down 1.7%. it was the worst performer in the region. tokyo's nikkei drifting lower 102.47 roughly. participants are adjusting their positions after a recent rise in the dollar. they are waiting for u.s. retail sales data, which is due out thursday, as the next trading cue. also the euro right around 141.07. >>> general motors has announced its australian subsidiary will stop production. >> this is an incredibly difficult day for everybody at holden, given our long and proud history of building cars in australia. >> the chairman emphasized holden's dealers will continue business as usual. holden is the only domestic a o automaker in the country. holden became less competitive partly to higher labor costs. about 2,900 workers could lose their jobs. ford has also decided to stop production there in 2016. it's citing slu

frankfurt gaining about three-quarters of a percent. earlier in asian trading, stocks ended mostly higher. tokyo's nikkei went up for an eighth straight session. shanghai up nearly 1.4%, finishing above the key level about tight liquidity in china. seoul shares inched up on optimism about the u.s. economy. >>> well, the tokyo stock market showed a strong performance in 2013, rising by more than 50%. other asian markets did show volatility. the benchmark stock index, excluding japan, moving like this pretty much in a roller coaster fashion over the year. 0.4% from the start of this year. our market reporter asked for a view on the market trend on this year, as well as his outlook for 2014. >> from the beginning of this year up until now, the performance has been almost flat, and i think this is because of the uncertainty about the chinese economy and some concern in the u.s. >> reporter: the fed has decided to taper his monetary stimulus program, so how have the markets reacted to that so far? >> i can see stabilization of the market act

. >> from the floor of the frankfurt stock exchange. here's a quick look at the numbers for you. >> in germany, the dax ended monday's session 0.4 nine percent higher. it is a new closing high. the euro stoxx 50 finishes up 0.71%. in new york, the dow was up .38%. the euro, trading against the dollar at 1.36. >> they have landed an important contract to supply turbines to the first wind farm project in the united states. that is right. it comes a week after they secured a contract to supply about 450 wind turbines to five projects in iowa. they'll also be responsible for service and maintenance. severe weather warnings and flood alerts aren't plays as a powerful storm sweeps across britain. at least one person has dated -- died as when the battered the coastlines and large stretches of the mainland. it is causing travel chaos for thousands of people hoping to make it home for christian dutch christmas. many have been left stranded. it is that time of the year. have you finished your christmas shopping? >> it is the final stretch year. t

marco reus giving frankfurt a lead. -- ay missed a chance magnificent save. first win in 11 games. amsterdam stood hot on the heels of the dutch leaders with the capital club breaking the deadlock. second goal of the season. with just eight minutes remaining, mohammed al mcraney, and missing 2 defendants. defender danny blinn saw his long-range strike block. winner 2 minutes into stoppage time. france has claimed a victory for the season. the swiss resort clearly agrees with the 24-year-old. she was quickest over the first one minute, 3.34 seconds. run, jessica lindell of sweden took the lead 2 minutes,l time of 7.99 seconds. giant -- shethe now leads the giants. the frenchwoman flying down the slopes on her second run. she eventually crossed the line in one minute, 3.28 seconds. that -- her eighth victory, 2 wins short of the record. delighted to have finally come the season underway. -- gotten the season underway. >> you just want to go really far and i think sometimes it was thosetricky, with all bumps and everything, it feels great. it feels awesome. i'm just so happy today. an

metro shares are higher in frankfurt, up 3.13%. it said it's aiming for significant improvement in profitability, as well. >>> ribs down 1.1%. this time to settle transactions with iran, sudan, burma and cuba. and we talked about peugeot. stock down 7.6%. one of the worst performers in europe. stephane is in to tell us why. hi, stephane. >> hey, ross. we have three announcements from puto citron. the first one is a profit warning. they're going to take a charge of 1.1 billion euros because of the negative currently effects in russia on latin america. second announcement is regarding the existing partnership with gm and peugeot have decided to scale down their alliance in order to make room for future partnerships. they've decided to disrupt them together. although they will continue the two existing projects. as a result, the synergy results have been revised to prepare for a target of $2 billion. and last but not least, peugeot is concerned that its negotiations with a chinese carmaker, including capital hike, that should lift the

. >> let's go to the frankfurt stock exchange. great to have you back. strong german exports -- how has that on down? >> it has gone down well. there are so many companies here on the stock market list on the dax, the 30 biggest companies in germany, about 2/numeral 3 -- 2/3 that are very export heavy. it helped propel the dax upwards. of course, it is not a given thing that this continues in 2014 as the chambers of commerce say, who make this prediction, but people here are ready to believe in at the moment, barring external shocks like perhaps, new escalations in the euro crisis. >> it is the second last day of trading of the year. to you expect us going out with a bang? >> yes, i do, but my opinion, of course, is not the main one here. traders certainly do. when i listen to them, they sound confident. the dax today at a new record high. lots of people at the beginning of the year did not expect that, but the situation has been improving in germany, in the eurozone, in the united date. china continues strongly. when we look at share prices, the market

. >> at the end of the year, some people here on the frankfurt floor felt like celebrating. they opened a bottle of pink champagne and toasted this unexpectedly good year for german equities. the dax the level that no one at the beginning of the year would have foreseen. a lot of things went right. the economy grew in germany, also starting to come out of recession for the eurozone, china, and america -- the eurozone. china and america continue to order progress -- products made in germany. for 2014, people hope that the central bank help will continue. otherwise, it could be a difficult year. people still are optimistic that at least the dax will strive for 10,000 points before maybe one of the other crises could set in. >> let's have a look at the numbers for you in a bit more detail. starting off with the dax, which has closed after a short day of trading. it entered the day at 9552. slight losses. currently on the currency markets, the euro is trading one point 37 -- trading 1.3757. >> german foreign minister frank-walter steinmeier has condemned an attack on the home of

the flight was supposed to be headed to frankfurt but caught in tuesday's snowstorm and those on board said the crew did little to make them comfortable. >> we boarded the flight at 3:30, came back at 9:00. >> told we can't put our seat back and can't use our cell phones, we can go to bathroom for emergencies but we can't loiter in the aisles. >> they offered us a little pacific cup of water and one little bag of goldfish crackers in the shape of airplanes. >> the plane was eventually brought back to the gate but passengers say it took another four hours to get their bags back. the agency that runs logan airport says it only accounts for about half of the five-hour delay and two and a half hours because of a broken snowplow. they were given a voucher for a hotel room. >> the goldfish in the shape of airplanes probably not enough. >> i spent eight hours on a plane one time before these new rules were in effect. i was so thankful i did not have a baby with me. >> did you have a goldfish in the shape of airplanes? >> i had nothing but i didn't have a baby with me that was key. if you had

a justice from alabama, justice jackson, justice douglas, they -- and justice frankfurter. they were all appointed by one president within the space of a few years. it was a particular thing that he hoped his justices would do. but then it turned out that these justices were serving years and years and years and different cases come before them that have nothing to do with the reasons that franklin roosevelt appointed them. they go in all kinds of and different directions. they develop all kinds of andthey develop all kinds of different theories about how to interpret the constitution. unfortunately in the case of , those four, they develop real animosity between themselves. i believe it was justice frankfurter who said about justice douglas that he was the second most evil man he had met his life. leading everyone to think, who was the first? [laughter] but i'm really happy to say, i am really happy to say that this court is nothing like that. it was really a joy to come into the institution as a newbie, a junior justice, as my colleagues remind me, but to have that exampl

annette is in frankfurt. the big thing is what the pmis are telling us is a sharp divergence in growth between the likes of germany and france. and that growth might be 0.2%. how do they deal with that? >> it's a good question. i think they are quite worried about the growing diversion of the eurozone. we had that discussion recently that it doesn't help a lot to look at average acts. we've got data for the eurozone. it doesn't tell you the true story. but the mandate to the look at those aggregates and they will keep on doing so. but there will be, as well, a growing divergence in the governing council. one of my guests today was pointing at the fact that by now, peripheral countries are dominating the governing council. that might explain the surprise move of the ecb during the last governing council meeting and press conference here in frankfurt. going forward, that might mean more easing. the staff projections are likely showing us inflation is going down, as well, in 2014 and most likely as well we'll ge

it seems to be giving a bit of a boost to the markets now, london is up by 0.4%, frankfurt gaining being 0.5%, and paris's cac is up 0.25%. tokyo's nikkei rose after two consecutive days of heavy loss, hang shy declined 0.4% ahead of the release of chinese economic data and jakarta hit a three-month low. thaila thailand's key index loss over 1%, it was the worst performer in the region, fears over political tensions flared up again after anti-government protesters took a day off thursday for the king's birthday. dollar/yen is right around 102.10, really in a tight range as you can see, investors are looking at what the latest u.s. jobs report will show that, key data is said to be an important indicator for the fed for times of reducing its asset buying program. >>> the country where europe's debt crisis started is still struggling to turn its economy around, but a the head of the investment agency in greece says the government is reforming the business envirnment to attract overseas capital. >> greek government mandated by the greek people embark on a major overhaul of all sectors of th

london is down by almost 0.4 of a percent, similar declines for frankfurt, paris losing 0.9 of 1%. in asia, tokyo's nikkei rose more than 0.8 of a percent. the shanghai composite dropped over risks of a liquidity crunch. pretty cautious trading ahead of a policy meeting on wednesday. expectations are rising, but the reserve bank of india may raise its key rate. checking on other currencies now, dollar/yen around 102.95. all eyes are on the fed meeting. some market participants are expecting the fed to start scaling back its bond purchases. meanwhile, the euro rose against the dollar after german poll for december showed a bullish economic outlook. the survey is based on responses by analysts and institutional investors. euro/dollar right around 1.3764. >>> well, the bank of japan has decided to postpone for two years sales of stocks that it has bought from financial institutions. central bank officials are worried about the potential impact of such sales on equity markets. boj policy makers made the decision on tuesday. this is the second time for the bank to make such a step. it p