. >> daniel morgan. >> daniel morgan. i'm sorry? >> [inaudible] >> robert morris. we can -- >> nathaniel green. >> william dunlap. >> right, patrick henry. we could go on and on. now, how many women can you name who were important -- >> abigail adams. [laughter] >> two. >> [inaudible] >> betsy ross. >> wait, wait, wait, okay? abigail adams, martha washington, margaret corbin, mercy otis warren, betty raz. >> martha washington, six, we're not going to get up to ten, are we? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> that's another issue. she was part of a very interesting memoir. the point is that there were at least a million women who were witnesses or involved in the american revolution. but we don't know that much about them. and the accounts that we have from those who are left, and mrs. loring is a perfect example, among others, are very scant. there's only a few hints. we know, for instance, there were women spies, and we get a few sentences about that here and there. we know women during the lexington and con cold when the british were marching up the coast, american patr

[inaudible] daniel morgan. [inaudible] i'm sorry? heim solomon. robert morris. nathaniel greene.liam dun lap. we can go on and on. now, how many women can you name who were important figures in -- [inaudible] [laughter] two. [inaudible] wait, wait, wait! abigail adams, martha washington, betsy ross. martha washington, six. we're not going to get up to ten, are we? well, -- [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] that's another issue! [laughter] she would get an very interesting memoir. however, the point is there were a million women, at least, who were witnesses or involved in the american revolution, but we don't know that much about them. the accounts we have from those who are left and the perfect example among others are very scant. there's only a few hints. we know, for instance, there were women spies. we get a few sentences about that here and there. we know women during the lexington when the british were marching up. we know american patriot women threw hot oil on them. we only have scraps. aside from the women you mentioned, this was a frustration to me, a real frustration.

we'll have more on this and those numbers with morgan stanley economist daniele antonucci in a few moments time. we have the german gdp number. they missed recession in the first quarter by 0.1%. that figure was below expectations. there was also a downward revision to the fourth-quarter number to minus 0.7% from the previous 0.6% negative number. we'll have reaction to those numbers as well from the ceo of deutsch post frank appel. >> nobody expected very strong growth for the first quarter anyway, and you know, these are marginal changes to what has been forecasted. the rescission, that's what happens on a regular basis as well, and germany can't, you know, disconnect from the world either. the world is in particularly good shape and the growth is limited, and therefore it's not a surprise that germany didn't have strong growth either. >>> meanwhile, france is back in recession, reporting a 0.2% negative number for first quarter of the year, follows a similar decline in the final months of 2012. stefan is in paris with more of that breakdown. stefan? >> yeah, ross, it's the first time in

working with morgan stanley and citi regarding activist investor daniel loeb's proposals for the companye, what did you see in the pits? >> it was interesting. we did see above average activity today. calls outpaused puts by about 5-1. in fact the 12 most active options in sony were all calls today. one of the ones i was taking a look at as the most active. the october 23s. looks like we had buyers of those paying about $1.40. these are people betting the stock could be above $24.40 by october expiration. that's less than five months away. that could represent an increase of more than 15% from where the stock is right now. >> let's move on to our next trade. top three trades and most notable moves of the session today. first up tesla continuing to power higher after announcing the expansion of its supercharger network, guy. and i can't in good faith tell people to go get long tesla hoping for the next ramp up. i understand how great a trading stock. what i'd rather you do is wait for some blowoff top which i believe we will see in a 45 to 50 million share day. that will shake off this 45

billionaire hedge fund manager daniel lobe wants the company to sell up to 20% of the entertainment business and use that money to prop of its ailing unit. >> ty, up to you. >> sue, morgan stanley holding the annual meeting today. james gorman was expected to get heat from shareholders about the share price the shares down 20% since he became the ceo three years ago. mary thompson is covering the meeting for you. hi, mary. >> reporter: hey there, tyler, the meeting was a quick 55 minutes, not only a lot of heat about the share price at the meeting. however gorman and some of the directors did talk about a key driver of the stock prices, that being return on equity, a measure of profitability. gorman say they are targeting a return on equity of trouble spo f.i.c. business is a long-term work in progress. kidder, the director, added that the bank is looking to scale this business to its customers' needs, not to the size of rivals like jpmorgan. other highlights from the meeting, all director are with his reelected by a high margin, all the proposals passed. there were no shareholder proposals. gorman also talked about the regulatory environment, saying that any higher cap

morgan stanley's agm, plus the guy who closed at acquisition of mobilemedia. liontree's ceo will join us live and we'll find out where he sees opportunity and daniel loeb heads totock is up 3% today and morgan stanley taking their price target from 47 to 103 which is a bit of a u-turn that has now a bigger market cap than either fiat or peugeot. a quarter of the market cap of general motors and morgan stanley saying what tesla has done is not luck. it's real. those are the words of morgan stanley as some continue to have their doubts about elan musk and the model. >> and the ability to manufacture the car at a real margin that makes sense. but 37% of the stock was short. this is what you get. it's how you spell pain is being short tsla. why they don't sell stock and raise cash. i know they don't potentially need it. that's when you do it, when you don't need it to have a nice little bit of income or cash in the bank for what will be a bad time one day down the road. >> do you know anybody who drives one of these, by the way? >> anybody that you know? >> did you test drive one? >> i've not, but i just wondered if we'll start hearing people start using these in t