brendan: bob nardelli, you're a performance artist.h more from bloomberg surveillance after the break. tweet us. tom: good morning, everyone. futures up 41. brendan: it is confirmed, nokia to buy alcatel lucent. it will create the largest supplier of equipment that powers phone networks. the ceo of alcatel now joins us. francine, this is the meeting of not just to companies, but nations. how confident was friends -- was he that france would approve this deal? francine: very confident. he also assured me that he will get it through not only different government, but also the chinese government. brendan: stay with us for a second. caroline connan asked if the french government had helped with the deal. quite nothing except the rationale helped to get to the finish line. in terms of france, i would just say that the economy and the president were very supportive of the deal and we got a lot of good buy from the exchange. brendan: francine, i think i have this antidote right. -- anecdote right. the ceo said we are on a burning oil rig and