I am guy johnson. I am francine 00 francine e. Ocke when is the Board Meeting . Shortly. L happen very be someone from within the company. Almost a tradition to have a ceo who comes from the action group. Was onlyhe de margerie 63 years old when he died. You have the head of the new Energy Division, the chemicals chief, and the head of exploration and production. These three are all from total and they are all engineers. All part of the executive committee of total. According to the french newspaper, the refining and chemical chief could be the most likely candidates. Herted his career walked for total all around the world before coming back to the headquarters. He is the most likely candidate . That seems to be the sense im getting from the press as well. If you like the former boss . What do we know about him . Say. Is hard to i chose him as part of the executive committee. What we called often traveling with him. Organization it could be split. That is according to the french newspa
To maintain its pledge of increasing Monetary Base at an annual pace of 600 billion to 0 700 billion. T well be watching very chosely. European trading, you can see the stocks there are off a little bit too. The worst performances the ftse 100, down over 1. 2 . Down about 80 points. The u. S. Equity futures here are looking like they are also indicated lower. The dow futures are indicated down by almost 60 points. S p futures off by just over 7 points, and, again, the decline we saw yesterday, the 93point drop, the worst performance we have seen since the end of june, june 28th, the last time we saw a move like that, which tells you how calm and fence sitting the position these markets have been to this point. Also today, the treasury will offer 20 billion in tenyear notes at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. As for data points, the Mortgage Bankers Association Release at 7 00 eastern. Economists expect to continue to see downward trend in the rise in rates. Earnings front, ralph lauren, time w