In other news today, five armed hijackers have seized an Indian Airlines plane with 189 people aboard. The plane was first forced to land in Pakistan and, after being turned away from Afghanistan, flew to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The goal of the hijackers remains unclear. And in the current West African country of Ivory Coast, state television broadcast a speech by Robert Guei, a former army chief of staff, that included subtitles describing him as the country's new president in an apparent coup attempt. The country's legal president claimed in a radio interview that he is still in charge.
Ivory Coast is the world's top producer of cocoa.
Cocoa futures closed up nearly eight percent in London after hitting a seven-year low yesterday. And that's the top of our news for Friday, the 24th of December. U.S. financial markets were closed today for Christmas eve, but stock markets in London and Paris hit some new records today, as we mentioned. Toys for the Elderly In Japan, children aren't the only ones toy makers have their eyes on. They are developing and marketing toys for senior citizens, as Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford reports.