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Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here.

I'm your host, Chris Hill, and joining me in studio this week from Motley Fool,

Hidden Gems, Seth Jason, from Motley Fool Income Investor, James Early,

and for Million Dollar Portfolio, Ron Gross, gentlemen.

Good to see you. As always, we have got retail earnings,

Disney earnings, and a new player in the tablet wars.

We've got bestselling author, Neil Ferguson, on the rise of China

and America's Innovation Challenge.

And we've got a few stocks on our radar, but we will begin overseas.

The guys who were the prime ministers of Greece and Italy last week

are now on their way out. In Greece, George Papandreo has been replaced

by Lucas Papadamos. And in Italy, Berlusconi's likely replacement

is Mario Monti. Seth Jason, is any of this going to make any difference

to what's going on in Europe with the debt crisis?

And will that translate into better things for US investors?

Well, I think it's harder to say in the case of Greece.

I think some of the tough decisions there have been made.

I think in Italy, they're in much better shape getting rid of Berlusconi.

I mean, this is a guy who, I guess Daniel Grosset,

who called him an old sater. And that's about right.

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