and wal-mart s bribery scandal hitting the stock. we ll talk about the fallout and whether such practices are systemic to doing practice internationally. new survey says do not expect a new merger boom. and apple posts earnings tomorrow night. we re all waiting, a report that could set the tone for the rest of the week given the companies market cap and influence. the first round of the french presidential elections. nicolas sarkozy coming in second. dutch prime minister set to offer his resignation. and data shows the eurozone contracted the sharpest pace in about five months. this would not be the day for good news out of europe. it is always important to kind of own up to when things don t look good. we had imf this week. let me give you a thesis that may be short term bad or longer term better. i think what is happening in the netherlands, these are revolts against no growth and fiscal osterity. it s very hard but we talk about this a lot. you need growth. there r