Breakfast Video  Peter Jackson speech at Hobbit World Premiere in Wellington, NZ November 28, 2012. Introduction of producers, writers, cast. Includes video message from Sir Ian McKellen.

Breakfast Video  Japanese car brands at the Guangzhou auto show admit to difficult sales in China in a year which has seen violent protests over territorial disputes with Japan in the South and East China seas. Other foreign brands report growing sales in the world’s biggest car market

Around the Web  ‘Hong Kong is an easy yet exotic place to do business’.  Learn how to do business in Hong Kong in under 15 minutes with The Economist’s guide to doing business in Hong Kong.

Business Insider – The Bush family is, without a doubt, both polarizing and prominent. With the exception of the Kennedys, the Bushes have the distinction of being America’s foremost political dynasty. Bushes have served in both the executive and legislative branches of our federal government — the family provided a pair of Presidents – the 41st and 43rd, and have held …

Methven, the tapware maker whose board agreed to link directors’ fee increases to earnings growth, reported a worse-than-expected 27 percent drop in first-half profit on its unprofitable British operation. Net profit fell to $2.3 million, or 3.5 cents per share, in the six months ended Sept. 30, from $3.2 million, or 4.8 cents, a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said …

Around the Web  Wellington, New Zealand (CNN) — You’d have to have been hiding down a, er, Hobbit hole, to miss the hubbub. You can fly to New Zealand, where the Hobbit premieres on Wednesday, on a Hobbit-branded plane — complete with a Hobbit-inspired safety video with Peter Jackson, telling you how to keep safe, if the flight approaches its own …

Around the Web  At most film premieres, you can tell apart the cast and the fans. At the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, it’s not so clear cut. Can you tell the difference between Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis and the Middle Earthlings who have come to cheer them on? http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/gallery/2012/nov/28/the-hobbit-world-premiere-in-pictures

In her report on fracking, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, suggested tougher rules for oil and gas workers may improve protection for the public and the environment.  Listen here

The civil rights icon’s son, who is being treated for bipolar disorder, faces a federal investigation into possible misuse of campaign funds and a congressional probe into his dealings with imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Breakfast Video  What’s the next step in Israel, Hamas cease-fire? Former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold weighs in.