carlos ghosn, dave, led renault's rescue of nissan.e will now be expected to do the same thing with mitsubishi. dave: there has been a lot of confidence shown in carlos ghosn . he has a great track record of combining traditional japanese companies which nissan really was when renault bailed them out. to turn that company around and a matter of years and bring them to where they are today. so, there is a lot of confidence he can work the same kind of deal with mitsubishi motors here. francine: what does nissan see in mitsubishi motors that it actually likes? firstly, they have a tie up to supply nissan with many vehicles that sell well in japan. that's an important segment for them. by tying up with them here in this kind of deal, they're able to keep their relationship together and expand it. so, mitsubishi cars under the nissan nameplate, that is a big help for both of their brands, actually. at the same time, mitsubishi motors has great sales in thailand and indonesia. 4%eir outlander suv had a 5 increase in sales last month in thai

francine: carlos ghosn led renault's rescue of nissan. >> there has been a lot of confidence shown inhosn. he has a great track record in combined traditional -- in combining traditional japanese companies which renault was. he was able to turn the company around in a matter of years and bring them to where they are today. so there is a lot of confidence he can work the same kind of deal with mitsubishi motors. francine: what does nissan see in mitsubishi motors that it likes? >> they have a tie up to supply i vehicles that sell in japan. at the same time, litigation motors has great sales and china thailand and -- in indonesia. there is good electric field goal technology mitsubishi motors has pioneered. jonathan: bayer expected to be expiring a potential bid for monstanto. at one point, monsanto went after syngenta. then they missed out. chem china came in. now with that the prospect of this. how does this happen? >> what is heaven here is what twice,anto, not once but at least. both times it looked like it was getting quite close. they were offering, they were talking price. both t