Imagine a world where big companies like Netflix and Google pay extra money to give their users faster service. How could a plucky upstart search engine or the next video streaming service hope to compete?

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.35%) this morning are down -0.33% and European stocks are down -0.44% as Amazon.com dropped 10% in pre-market trading after lowering Q4 revenue guidance .

December E-mini S&Ps this morning are up +0.19% as the market awaits Q3 company earnings results, while European stocks are down -1.26% at an 8-month low after the German Oct ZEW investor confidence fell for a 10th month to a nearly 2-year low and UK Sep inflation slowed to a 5-year low.

Congratulations Mary Barra, you’ve been named CEO of General Motors, one of the biggest companies in America; now head on over to Capitol Hill to take the blame for the people who used to run the company.