and yum! brands also ambassador analyst expectations with a 9.5% rise in its quarterly earnings. the company says that rise comes largely thanks to increased growth in china. well, looking ahead to the open on wall street, markets look set for another strong start. right now, u.s. futures are pointing to a higher open across the board. we ve seen some nice gains in the past two sessions. let s see if we can go for a third day in a row and keep in mind, this is a shortened trading week because good friday in the u.s. is a public holiday. nina? it is indeed, no rest for the wicked, though, i shall be working, pauline. here are the other top business stories. exactly one year after the deep water horizon oil rig explosion triggered the gulf oil spill, bp filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against the company that owned and operated the rig.