brocade, saw them buying those back and that was amidst takeover chatter. one thing i would stress about this week, what it really felt like people were talking about is did you see intel. did you see ibm? did you see, you know, goldman sachs and you'd say did you see nokia. no, but you're not listening to me. did you see intel? people saw what at the wanted to see and another thing i would stress to scott's point, the volatility coming this during earnings season, first two weeks are most important, volatility tends to come out of everything after that so we've gotten one of the big weeks behind us. next week is interesting but not surprised to see those coming back in. >> see if we can throw up the calendar. certainly a big one. what is the one stock dan, which don't you kick it off that you are watching. >> apple will be one. it's kind of like goldman sachs. the outlier but will give us a good sense for what high-end retail, you know, looks like because we don't actually see retail coming until about early august. a lot of the retailers don't report unti

at last, a coffin emerged great in fabric made of gold brocade and raspberry velvet. it was the second day of december. and his elegant tribute was not for a czar or a high ratings minister or a military chief. the man inside the long box was pyotr smirnov, arguably the most famous vodka maker in the world. >> so most of the information from that passage came from the newspapers that covered smirnov's funeral. when i read about that, i don't know about you but i was pretty amazed that they made such a fuss out of a vodka maker. so i really made it my mission to find out why. and i think you will find it, hopefully as fascinating as i did. one of the things about smirnov was that he was really an extraordinary marketer. when he began making his vodka in the 1860s, there were literally now since a vodka makers russia. at the time there were no protections for brands, and it wasn't like that you are going to advertise because most people were illiterate. and you couldn't really make flashy labels. that was very expensive, and smirnov didn't have the money to do that anyw

brocade was initiate bead ubs. i want to talk about expediainitiated by deutsche bank. the one note on research in motion, they say they're being blocked out of buying nortel's assets. investors not happy either. down 1.8%. td ameritrade hitting records in terms of trading within their customers on a daily basis up 36% on their daily trading. that's it from the nasdaq. sharon, i spent one date on there it's quiet. you go back and it's crazy and the bulls are in command. >> bulls are in command and the buyers are coming back both here and london. crude oil prices up over $67 a barrel. here at the nymex futures over $1. keep in mind the dollar index has stabilized a bit today. it's really about what's happening in the equities markets around the globe. we're seeing petroleum prices being fueled by some of these corporate earnings reports. >> caterpillar seen as one of the bellwethers for the kpa and the fact that they're seeing signs of stabilization, that is helping. particularly heating oiled. why heating oil is a proxy for diesel since we don't have diesel futures here