The s p is up. The pmi data driving the euro higher. You are seeing a little bit of a market, buthe bond its not a big one. Its not really reacting in the same way that the rest of the market is. We have some great guests lined up. Hour, up later on in the the former secretarygeneral of nato and former Prime Minister of denmark. We will get his take on whether europe is capable of standing up to china. He wrote an interesting piece today. We will get more on that. Alix to start focusing in on europe and the optimism from the positive pmi, mike mckee joins us now to dig through the details. Mike, what are the highlights . The question would be why better ko not doing is why is france not doing better . Measure howxes Companies Think this month is compared to last month. It doesnt tell us anything about the level of activity, but it does tell us there has been some sort of rebound, particularly in france. The french manufacturing numbers are over 50. The Service Numbers are over 50. And