the u.s. equity futures are indicated higher. dow futures up by 34 points. s&p up by over 5. early trading, european markets, thingses have barely budged. barely worth mentioning. cac is down by 18 points. otherwise sitting at the flat line. in asia you can see that the nikkei was up about another 3.5%. a lot of volatility including volatility in china where you saw the hang seng up by about 1.25% and shanghai composite up by 1.5%. brian, over to you. becky, thank you. stay with the china theme making headlines. china s central bank taking steps to try to calm market fma. they said that policymakers would adjust liquidity in the banking system to keep financial markets stable. these are his first public reports since a cash crunch last week. speaking of monetary policy. pay attention to another chorus of fed speakers stateside. jeremy stein, richmond fed preside president, cleveland fed president sandra pianito all set to give speeches and bill dudley addressed the market a