below 50 is still a bad sign because it does still point to contraction in manufacturing going raforward. investors will be focused on those two reports coming out later today. let s switch gears for a moment and talk technology. what are you hearing about apple and y iphone? there s always exciting news aroundxc their products. yes,he that s right. investors are pushing apple to move to a subscription model whereby they wouldti sell their models as part of a subscription and shift their transaction revenue similar to the amazon model they re calling this latest plan for apple apple prime. the way it would work they would bundle w together hardware upgrades to upgrades to the cloud storage, access to apple tv both on phone services and hardware and do all of that for oneo fee on a recurring monthl basis. very similar to ocu amazon prim and to be honest, tim cook hasn t exactlyne ruled it out s it couldul be on the cards for