He has a near perfect record. At 7 30 eastern time, Marathon Asset Management Bruce Richards is betting big on europe. Coming up at 8 00 eastern time, well get political with former obama chief of staff bill daley. Hes now working for a swiss hedge fund. A lot of them will be talking to what weve been talking about this morning. First, lets get you up to speed on todays headlines. Are you ready for this . Im gary owens. Ive got one of these things on. Its like youre madonna, only i need yes. That wont look at good on me. You already hear some of the buzz . I realize again why we have these on. Theres a huge thing going on behind us. Not yet because its early. But today, tech is the dominant. That was the dominant theme of this mornings stocks to watch. Lets start with apple and ibm. The two teaming up on a Partnership Starting this fall. Ibm will sell iphones and ipads loaded with applications geared at business users. Shares of both companies did rise after hours. I took a look last n