i'm louisa bojesen. in europe, manufacturing shows signs of improvement in september as the imf raises its global forecast for 2010. >> and i'm julia boorstin. in the u.s., it's light out for ken lewis. he's calling it quits at the end of the year. >> hello, everybody. welcome. very glad that you're with us this morning. we're here covering the markets for you and showing you all the activity that's taking place. we've had the euro zone manufacturing pmi data. 49.3 versus 49 as you can see on the screen. it is growth slowing down from very, very low levels. the euro/dollar, 1.4589, not sure that we're seeing any direct reaction to that. it seems that we're in this trading range ahead of g-7 this weekend and the nonfarm payroll data tomorrow. european markets, though, the general markets, relatively flattish this morning. you can see we're trading higher by 0.5%. the banks, uni credit, all up somewhere in the region of 1% to 2% or so. the dollar cross rates, we continue to be focused on dollar trade these