amec wasms like looking to get bigger. can't was worth about 800 million pounds. this is a somewhat larger accusation. it does really make that question. are they finished with canned? probably. kent has gotten bigger on its own by making its own deals. it seems like a subject that is going to be off the agenda. >> matt, thank you so much. >> ok, let's move on. bmw has held onto the luxury car top spot for the ninth year in a audiven as german rivals and mercedes-benz step up their attempt to overtake it in the fast lane. hans nichols has more. >> guy, here is a fundamental question i don't understand about why these three exclusive luxury brands are vying to the top place. don't you want to be exclusive? why would you want to see more bmws on the road? em w wins the top spot this year, increased sales by 7.5%. strong push from audi and mercedes. came in first place in the united states with around 300,000 cars but if i'm going to buy a luxury car, don't i want to be the only one on the road? i don't understand why there is so much bragging at stake in this race t

we are creating value for the shareholders for amec.hat we have offered foster wheeler, not only cash, but paper. that paper will make them own about 23% and that is a good thing. >> the energy sector at the moment is a difficult sector. we saw shell issue the price rocket warning, which took many by surprise. this is something that the industry needs to face. high cost, risk of being taken. do you feel that the industry has a great handle on it? tensions are always a factor in our industry. recent years, there was a lot of tension in several countries which are affecting reduction. -- production. technological challenges are increasing. oil and gas are increasingly difficult to find. you need to keep up with technology and the winners will be those who can stay at the edge of this competition. we will see what happens. cash is becoming more and more important. company'sof the because the challenges these companies will face in the next 10-15 years with the finances. it is very dynamic. could it be considered boring five or six years ag

corporation has a newly created secretive robot division and it's that it will honor the contracts of boston amec previously had with the u.s. military great so i guess the real question here is why should we trust a corporation that holds so much of our personal information to develop absurd war machines for ethical purposes after all we really want private companies and in up with robots that can do this. i don't know if i'm ready for google to have a private army of iron man and let's break the set. of the police. it was a. very hard. line that are stacked with the terrorists there. there is absolutely no doubt that there is a mental health epidemic in the u.s. military in fact in two thousand and twelve alone there was a shocking fifteen percent rise in the suicide rate from just the previous year but at least nowadays being neglected by the department of veterans affairs and being pumped full of pharmaceuticals doesn't compare to the insane method of treatment veterans used to receive for p.t.s.d. severino their brain stem yup last week the wall street journal published a stunning report abo

. >>> shares fall after the british oil services of amec offer to buy another company. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange" bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> all right. now on monday morning, 64 as far as european equities are concerned. we are up by just .01%. if you remember back on friday, they are holding the rally we are seeing in the european indices, but as of trading this morning we'll take a look at this this morning. look at the ftse 100 up .01%. same for the cac 40. we'll look at the sectors because it really is the banks in focus this morning up over 1% this morning. european banks among the biggest winners after regulators agreed on sunday to relax new rules to improve leverage ratios. this is a relief for the global vendors who fear raising billions in extra capital. the new standards being drafted by the bars of committee, of course, tossing the chance to reduce debt. they hope to allow that to push out lending with the economy. we can hope. let's have a look at the bond markets this morning, too. the one that i really do want to point south the ten-y