trying to offset that move we saw from aviva. so as companies continue to tinker with their dividend payoff policies, we're seeing the reaction. we can see what investors want from shares and they want yield. taking a look at bond rates, we can see what's happening with italy and spain. italy is down to 4.6%. we saw this almost back up towards 5% after the italian elections. frankly, after a couple of days of concern, they have continued to rally. now spain, 4.97%. we are watching this one all week waiting for it to go below 5%. today it is decidedly below 5%. we'll bring you the results on the three, five and ten-year paper as soon as it crosses. forex, some important moves here. the euro/dollar, up 0.4%. holding above 11.30. the dollar/yen is below 94. the aussie dollar holding relatively steady, about 1.4%. sterling, down by 0.2%. as we were just discussing with jergen, there is a sense built in for the bank of england to do further easing measures. if they don't, look for the reaction across sterling and frankly across market