earnings. disney, groupon, potbelly. i have never been in one. the sandwiches are keller. killer. they are not exactly the healthiest. road trip. let s do a road trip right now. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. futures, -3. euro is weaker. to 98.43 four nymex crude. on to the next screen. the vix. the ruble i am watching carefully. 35.79. that is a weaker ruble over the next few days. let s go to the ruble a look at the putin litmus paper. here is the angst. weaker ruble. then they do better. they reverse. 80% of the better news. in other words, your dollar buys more rubles. strengthening dollar, weakening ruble. that is a big deal. of troops.g we have not been talking about it. we have been talking about the middle east. gaza, iraq. that brings us to our front page. the newspapers and the webpages. let s give you an update. a 72 hour cease-fire begins in gaza. this is the latest attempt after four weeks of fighting. israel has pulled out all of its t