necessary to to clear a stretch to the nation already the 1st day of the strike for prime minister tony acosta it might have been quite convenient because he was able to show his ring authority less than 2 months ahead of the next elections. let's take a look at some of the other global business stories making news. the european commission launched a formal and dumping investigation into steel products from china taiwan and indonesia on tuesday the inquiry follows a complaint by the european still association e.u. steel producers say some of their peers outside the block have flooded europe with cheap steel. media giants viacom and c.b.s. will merge to form a $30000000000.00 in entertainment conglomerate indian years of tie up talks viacom owns the movie studio paramount and t.v. channels comedy central and t.v. analysts that merger will allow the new company to compete with streaming services . millions of muslims have made their way to mecca as part of this year's hodge pilgrimage increasingly saudi arabian businesses are finding ways to make the most of the vast numbers of travelers coming