i'm karen tso europe and christine tan.icolas sarkozy has used an int interview to detail new measures to boost the country's economy and create jobs. let's get to paris with stephane ped pedr pedrozzi stands by. we hear angela merkel might be hitting the campaign trail with nicolas sarkozy. >> reporter: that would be a way to help nicholas sar koolas sar could cruiserweight a weird situation in case he would not be re-elected. that's an option. he is not leading the race and refuses to confirm yesterday that he would stand for re-election although the comments and the proposal last night were clearly a step in that direction. sarkozy has announced that the rate in france will increase from 19.6 to 21.2%. the process will not be used to reduce the deficit but lower taxes, a way to boost their x competitiveness. the new rate will be implemented in october. meanwhile sarkozy hopes that in the meantime people would accelerate some spending and this could help to support the french economy. sarkozy also announced yesterday more

i'm christine tan. ross westgate is in london. radio shack gets unplugged as shares of the consumer electronics retailer slide nearly 20% in after hours on monday. the company is cutting its fourth quarter outlook on significant weakness in its sprint wireless business. ra radio shack says that's more than offsetting sales growth from its partnership with verizon wireless. rising revenues from at&t and higher sales of tablets and ereaders. they expect to earn 13 to 17 cents a share. analysts had expected 37 cents, ross. >>> strong numbers out from a.r.m. today. earnings well above expectations. pretax profits rising 45%. the company whose technology pair is apple products. the ceo said he is confident they will continue to gain market share. >> we're drawing people's attention to what's going on in the outside world but the markets are continuing to grow strongly. >> stock up in a.r.m. today reporting an 8% rise in net profit by bskyb. the operator said it will launch a new internet it tv service for non-sky companies to compete w