MALVEAUX: Americans trying to adopt children from Russia are understandably on edge after President Vladimir Putin indicated today he'll sign a bill banning all U.S. adoptions. The country's parliament has already approved the measure. Reuters reports that President Putin plans to study the final text of the adoption ban, but right now sees no reason why he would not sign this. Earlier, I talked with a woman who was adopted from a Russian orphanage when she was just 6 years old. Tatyana McFadden is urging President Putin to scrap the adoption ban.</s>TATYANA MCFADDEN, ADOPTED FROM RUSSIA: If this bill is passed, I can't imagine how many lives would be ruined. I'm so blessed for mine. And I'm here to speak for those who can't, for the voices who can't speak. And it's -- I have no words to describe this. I mean, my life has changed drastically because of just one adoption.</s>MALVEAUX: If President Putin signs the law, it's going to go into effect January 1st. Stories that affect your bottom line, from the Facebook offering to the new Apple boss and the fiscal cliff. We're going to take look at the biggest money stories of the year.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Over the next 50 years we need more food produced than in the last 10,000 years combined. It's staggering to think, where is it going to come from. We're pushing all the food on land and we already seeing food shortages in some parts of the world. So we need to really pick up the pace, I think. And really take it to the next level off shore and kind of open up new frontiers for farming.
Russia to Ban Adoptions by Americans