>> if you listen to boris jordan andio you talk about companies that have 220 million and that's what these guys are trying to do if you noticea lot of those deals you were looking at earlier, was there a geographic fit and there was a combination of partners that have been good dance partners and make no mistake. every one of those companies have all been rumored to be with the other one. there's been all kinds of mixing and matching it's happening now and it's exciting and why the u.s. multistates, i still think are the best place to play >> thanks for that, tim. check out shares of square after issuing weak guidance and we'll hear from jack dorsey next, and yo mbebdea beyond meat, and how does it stack up to the competition? we'll put it to the test when we'll put it to the test when "fast money" returns ould be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler. so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. >>> we

company curaleaf holdings announced a deal to buy a brand select and cura partners joining us, boris johnson. jordanson you're boris jordan. nice to see you. >> good to be here. >> tell us what was the driving factor behind this deal. >> well, it is bringing together the two largest brands in the united states on the east coast. it is curaleaf on the west coast, it is select, select is the largest distributed wholesale brand in the country. it is like buying coca-cola 30 years ago for a billion dollars. widely recognized, especially with the millennial community, the top rated brand in the country. and what we're doing now is allowing the select brand to have access to the east coast in a limited market licenses that we have on the east coast. and curaleaf will move to the west coast you're taking the two biggest brands in the country and you're putting them together in one company. the combined companies of market value of over $6.5 billion it will have 2018 revenues of $205 million, which makes it the largest revenue company in the world in cannabis. >> was this a response at all to the canopy gro