been a stiff bidding, edition between two american bidders and one taiwanese bidder to get hold of tashiuiet here injapan, but that has caused deep disquiet here in japan, particularly but that has caused deep disquiet here injapan, particularly in the government who didn't want to see this very valuable technology going to an overseas bidder. so they've put together this consortium and surprise surprise today, tashi but‘s board —— toshiba's board has gone for this. this is about pleasing the japanese government, not pleasing the shareholders. that was a very big story today in japan, so the nick a index is down, record highs for the american markets. let's look at europe, all losses across—the—board, markets. let's look at europe, all losses across—the—boa rd, france markets. let's look at europe, all losses across—the—board, france in particular. energy shares still under pressures of the price of oil should sliding, we have got a weak pound and a concern about the political instability here. let's have a look at the day on wall street. the recent strength of the us dollar has been a m