i want to bring in alex sherman, who has been a scoop machine today.ho else was looking to buy linkedin? >> we are still trying to figure that out. there can only be a handful of companies that have the resources and willingness to take on linkedin. just off the top of my head, pu re speculation, you could see google being interested, facebook. after that, the list gets a little dicey. could there have been overseas interest? i suppose, but it is a big check to write for regulatory issues. we will try to do our best to break whatever company this was working with goldman. we do not know if that company is still interested in buying linkedin or if they moved on or how close they got. all that information will be in the proxy filing when that comes out in a week or so. emily: i did ask jeff weiner today who else was potentially buying. he, not surprisingly avoided the question. m andbout other big tech a? we have not touched on this much because it is dwarfed by the linked in detail, but symantec was bought on sunday. >> it is just one after another afte

alex sherman helped break this story.lk about investors, they have been pushing for something like this. it has been going on for about three months. rumored andn a long discussed merger behind the scenes. things have gotten more serious. these companies have been in the news a lot, first, the publicity was good. things fell apart after governments started looking at both sides as potentially illegal gambling sites. daily fantasy sports are a big deal. if you watch any sporting event, companies spend millions and millions of dollars. scarlet: i feel advertising has dropped off quite a bit. it is not nfl season anymore. you can expect it to ramp up. these companies now have lost quite a bit of valuation since they have gotten into legal troubles. those troubles are working out here. part of the merger talks would have to be -- maybe we are a stronger company as one. you may have to ask -- are there regulatory issues? yahoo! has daily fantasy sports. other sites do, too. i doubt they will look at it so narrow to say these t

thank you, alex sherman. he covers media and m&a.r the bloomberg business flash and some of the biggest business stories in the news right now. long-term u.s. mortgage rates rose for the third straight week. the numbers are still near three-year lows. the average 30 year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.66%. it was 3.64% before the week before. the average rate on the 15 year fixed-rate mortgages rose to 2.92% from 2.89%. bhs will be liquidated. as many as 11,000 jobs could be -- bhs they collapsed last month and sparked outrage at a parliamentary quarry. their liabilities rely this folder $894 million. johnson a giant is buying vogue international. the price is about $3.3 billion in cash. they say the acquisition of the ogx brand of shampoos, conditioners and styling products and the fx line of styling products. the deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016. that is the latest bloomberg business flash. if the battle of the charts next. ♪ ♪ mark: exactly three weeks ago on the u.k. vote to leave the eu. prime minister

alex sherman and troy gayeski. i heard tom keene compare this to "game of thrones."what's going on with viacom? troy: maybe it's like the end of the "titanic." is just a complete disaster. even in today's earning results, viacom comes out and says we have revenue coming in from subscription video-on-demand deal that we were unable to collect on because of the corporate governance mess. not only is this playing out at sort of the family level of who is really running the company, is sumner redstone competent, etc., but it's starting to affect their day-to-day business. partners don't know what they are doing. you are also seeing it with the paramount sale. philippe dauman has said, look, the best in for this company is to sell 49% of paramount, our film studio. sumner redstone says, i don't want to sell paramount, unless there could be a broader overall transition of the company. tome, arguably, these moves remove the board of directors and potentially remove philippe dauman as the ceo are the right moves for the company to make. viacom has struggled. you can make an

that is bloombergs alex sherman.new york city, this is the state of play in global financial markets. futures just a little bit softer. in london, the ftse up about a quarter of 1%. the cash open next in new york city. ♪ jonathan: mrs. bloomberg from london and new york -- this is bloomberg from london and new york. this is the state of play as we wrap up q2, the midway point of 2016. futures stable, the ftse up one third of 1%. negative territory in the european banks. there is the opening bell in new york city. wrapping up a strong quarter for crude, potentially the strongest since 2009 but they are down by two full potential points. the yield on the 10 year is 1.49% and cable, 1.34 and a euro of 1.11. let's cross over to julie hyman to peel some of that back. julie: let's see if we can make it 343 in the u.s.. for three in the u.s. all three major averages up 2/10 to 3/10 of 1% as they have not coup -- recouped all of the losses from friday and monday. there does same to be some reassurance that the u.k.

we will stay with this story and bring in alex sherman, who .elped to break the news is this unusual? alex: definitely. ppg is not a usual name. one of them has not been reported. one of them is a company that you maybe have not heard of before. they are called sycamore. really a middle-market economy. from what i'm told, they are unlikely to win. they tell me that all of the dates came in the high three billion.and 6 vistaand bain and th -- the last one is notable because they were working with some x yahoo! people. they are not in it anymore. they paired up with verizon and at&t. oliver: at this point, how is there still so much variation among the sooners. aren't they vastly different types of buyers? alex: not only that, but what they are buying is different. typically, you would have a much lower delta. what they are buying differs from buyer to buyer. a private equity firm once to .uy the ip ppg, they bid on everything. ipizon did not bid on the and also not under the state, lower.s why the bid is get more money that way, it would make sense for them to sell separately. scarlet:

thank you, for johnson and alex sherman. -- germannment government bonds in bubble territory?est joins us to explain. ♪ alix: breaking news. microsoft is down 4% premarket as microsoft buying alix: -- linkedin for $196 a share. jon: the open about 37 minutes away. says germany is in bubble territory. yields have tumbled after they started buying corporate bonds, dropping as much as one basis point on june 10, lowest on record. joining us from germany, andreas gruber. thank you for giving us your time. let's begin with a simple question. it may be tough to answer. what constitutes a bond market bubble? the consequences are not as large as you might expect 0.01% on the 10-year is extremely low. however in the last three to six months, we have seen it between 10 and 30 basis points. is aterm clearly, this bubble in the government bond market in germany because if you look at the economic development and inflation expectations, likely higher yields should be expected. jon: you are defining a bond market bubble because they are trading out of line with fundamentals in germany. does

alex sherman joins us now. this could be the first of many?l in the larger tech world. techsually see one big deal per year. dell and thenaw we saw facebook what's app before that. it's usually one deal every year. this is somewhat early this year which will allow for more run rates for a bigger deal but you have to wonder, now that one of the big tech companies, microsoft, has made a leap and decided they are willing to spend 20 plus billion dollars, there are a handful of names you would figure might decide that if they are looking to do this, it might be time to raise our hand and say maybe we can get something done with another giant. maybe one of these companies can get something done. what are those companies? maybe its ultimate software which does human resource capital. maybe its net suite or twitter. all stocks sold off in january and february. we have been waiting for a huge spark in m&a in energy but it did not come in. why is a coming in with technology? >> because of january and early february where the entire tech. universe colla