let s get an early start on your money. wednesday edition. another big merger. the biggest oil merger in perhaps 20 years. that has european and asian shares mostly higher. a big morning for hong kong. u.s. stock futures are up as well. shell paying $70 billion for british gas producer bg group. oil stocks soaring. the first super merger in oil in at least a decade. crashing oil prices making tie-ups more attractive. these companies can cut costs dramatically when they tie up like that. help wanted. the number of job openings in the u.s. is at a 14-year high. 5.1 million job openings in february. the first time above 5 million since january 2001. this is one of my favorite job market charts. this is the number of job seekers for each opening. that number keeps falling. fewer than two people now looking for work for every job opening. at the worst of the recession, seven people seven unemployed