DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's get a check now on how the European markets are faring right now.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: And Philip Coggan of the "Financial Times" joins us from the "FT"'s London newsroom. Wrap up that trading day for us so far -- thanks.</s>PHILIP COGGAN, "FINANCIAL TIMES": Well, it's not been going very well so far. We've got most European markets lower, really influenced by that bad finish on the Nasdaq last night. And tech stocks are leading the market lower, though we have got one star performer today: Electrolux, the Swedish appliance maker -- its shares are the strongest in the Europe, on figures up 10 percent, which were about in line with expectations. But people have had so many bad results so far this week that they're glad to get a good one.</s>HAFFENREFFER: You know yesterday, we were talking about pigeons; today we have to ask you about a big purple dinosaur. What's going on there?</s>COGGAN: Yes, Barney's been bought -- somebody loves him. And it's been bought by a company called HIT Entertainment. Now, they own Bob the Builder, which is really big over here. I'm not sure -- you guys have just got him on Nickelodeon. And it's a kind of synergy: Bob the Builder, Barney the Dinosaur. It's a Texas based private company that owns Barney. And none of them -- neither of them will ever replace the Teletubbies in my daughter's affections, but perhaps the two of them to get together and build some kind of dinosaur home for Barney.</s>HAFFENREFFER: There you go. All right, Philip, thank you very much -- Philip Coggan at the "Financial Times."
'Financial Times': Most European Markets Drop, Following Nasdaq; Barney Moves Overseas