a.b. inbev's improved. it's been quite a week. we had a.b. inbev raise its offer for s.a.b.d then we had of course, s.a.b. miller freezing all contact. today, china approving the deal. big shareholders coming out, backing the deal and it looks like the deal will be approved by s.a.b. miller. what a week it's been. shares in s.a.b. rising on top of that. this is "bloomberg markets." vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york and london, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: and i'm mark barton. you're watching "bloomberg markets" on bloomberg. time for our quick take q&a. today's topic, nuclear energy. the operating nuclear reacters produce about 11% of its wlictity. 53 more under construction in the u.k. and a fifth of the electricity comes from nuclear power. the government has ambitious expansion plans including construction of the world's biggest atomic stage. bloomberg news reporter join us. why does britain need this atomic blot? >> two reasons. its existing one is getting old and it needs to replace the pump. this is a huge plant. it could produce some electricity el

being viewed by some, guys, as a negotiating tactic to angle for a potentially higher bid from a.b. inbev. we've reached out for comment neither has gotten back to us. we'll bring more when they do. but the shares of both of those guys moving on this news. >> one thing that's interesting here and the reason the currency has become so much in the focus here is this was an all cash deal. there was no stop. >> well, there was a contingency. you could choose one of two options. you could take an all-cash deal or a hybrid. >> oh. i didn't know that. i thought it was all cash. >> so there's multiple components to this particular deal, but the real interesting part about this is whether or not they actually do because we thought we had a done deal in this whole situation. >> sure did. >> and all of this of course has to do with the distribution rights, all of these beer labels that are owned and distributed around the world by different players and different partners just because you see a label on there doesn't mean it's necessarily made by that company. >> remember, bill gross has recommended,

ab inbev raised its bids for a.b. miller -- acb miller after the pounds slumped.eive one pound more per share than the previous offer. has sharplyjudge criticized statements and actions by former executives of bear stearns in the final days of the investment bank. he says important information was held from the public. he is now allowing -- to move forward. francine. francine: federal reserve policymakers begin their two-day meeting in washington today. they are expected to hold the line on interest rates. the fed funds futures indicate the odds of a rate hike this december almost back at the level on the day of the referendum. that policy decision will be followed on friday by one for the bank of japan. economists surveyed by bloomberg see the be a just sees the boj -- see the boj easing. .it juckes, global strategist there's been a huge movement in yen today and yesterday that the markets are all over the place. the finance minister, governor kuroda saying there is no helicopter money. they expect in out its stimulus but not as aggressive as they thought. kit: t