>> the most relevant one which this court sustained was in the monsanto case. that was a case in which the condition for marketing pesticides, the manufacturer had to submit information to bpa. >> we know about that one. anything out there? tell me about the realm of regulatory programs that we should be concerned about if we were to save something like the production of stuff that somebody claims property interest in is a taking? >> not specifically aware of other programs, but monsanto in the requirement to submit information to the government, for example, is widespread in our society. what the court basically said was that if it was known when someone, before they enter commerce and applied their application, if they knew that the material would be used by the government for approving other applications, there was no taking. >> of the government could prohibit the introduction of harmful pesticides into interstate commerce. i am not sure it could prohibit the introduction of raisins. dangerous raisins? i can understand imposing that condition on monsanto an

monsanto discussing its interests with the company in recent weeks.a concerned about antitrust issues, some hurdles. if you come inside the terminal you see the shares of monsanto in after-hours trading. we drifted lower with the broader market here. i am going to zoom in for you just to show you what happens -- it moves higher in monsanto following that. they have approached syngenta about another common nation after the previous efforts fell flat. alix: the combined company would be the largest player in the world for seed and crop chemicals. a huge deal for the industry. thank you so much, scarlet fu. after the break we will take a deeper dive into the online industry and white linkedin is bullish in this growth market. plus -- remember five-time champion evander holyfield? and minutes manny pacquiao will join me from atlantic city to give me some pointers. we will be right back. ♪ alix: linkedin just reporting earnings and a big part of their strategy is acquisition in the online space. what makes this basic potential growth market for tech compan

>> immediately relevant to this court sustained in the monsanto case we were asking about records and information. as information. as a condition for marketing pesticides the manufacturer had to submit information tpa. >> we know about that one. anything else out there? tell me about the realm of regulatory programs. we. we ought to be concerned if we were to say something like the production of stuff that somebody claims a property interest in. >> not specifically aware of other programs. the requirements to submit information to the government is widespread. with the court basically said was if it was known when someone before they entered congress and the planner application come if they knew the material would be disclosed to the public or used by the government's. [inaudible conversations] and the the government can prohibit the introduction of harmful pesticides into interstate commerce. i am not sure it can prohibit the introduction of reasons. dangerous raisins, i can understand imposing that condition. and that would not be unconstitutional. >> it is when you impose it on rai

t reports say monsanto approached them.ort we see shares up almost 12% in after hours. monsanto is up about 4% as well. >>> more reports, more takeovers. you can feel the deal boom happening all around us. time for a cnbc news update with sue herera. >>> hello, kelly. here's what's happening at this hour. the defense department says the u.s. navy ships will accompany u.s. flagged ships transitting the straits of hormuz for a limited time. this is in the wake of the iranian seizure of the cargo ship mairtsersck tigress earlier this week. >>> bernie sanders announced he's running for president. he says he'll end policies he says benefit the billionaire class. >>> house speaker john boehner commented on the unrest in baltimore this morning saying people there need jobs. >> i've been inspired by the stories of residents banding together to clean up the damage. now the president has suggested more taxpayer money is the answer. again, we believe the answer is more jobs and more opportunity. >> the 80th nfl draft gets under way in

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. >> ( bleep ) monsanto, right? >> well, not in the case of potato. this is j.r. icismlar, the big potato producer. >> did you say simpot? youa few years ieg went to idaho and uncovered a conspiracy that involved an e.p.a. cover-up a two-headed fib and i was almost arrested twice. it could have ruined my career. i'm not doing it. i'm not doing simpot. okay. done it. done that. been there. no! ( bleep ) ( bleep ) okay ( bleep ). ( bleep ). i'm not going to do it. bennett! fine! fine! ( bleep ). but strangely according to potato molecular geneticist it's actually an angel tot. >> it produces less than a carrillomine unfried. it's a possible carcinogen. >> wait wait, wait. so you're telling me the simpot potato cuts down on possible carcinogens. >> yes. >> but what about like when the r.n.a. gets into my body and changes my d.n.a.? it's moving ( bleep ) around. >> genetically modified crops don't alter human d.n.a. >> what if they did? >> they don't. our bodies have been slicing and dicing d.n.a. for as long as we've been in existence. >> so there's no change to the

. >> i'm looking at monsanto and i look at it and i say to the staff, monsanto's awful how much is itoing to be up it's up about a buck and a half. >> they're having issues monsanto. when it comes to the europeans. >> right, issues are not reflected in the stock. sam zell would say that's not a correct price. well, it's not a correct price but i can sell you a malshares. in the end the price short term is controlled where you can sell a million shares. warren buffett's here and watching this, he likes coca-cola. >> he does so? >> i'm saying i think coca-cola's overvalued, perhaps. i think buy green mountain, keurig, monster, i change my posture at coca-cola. i see godaddy, i think it's going to open higher. >> godaddy prizece 23 million shares. ticker gddy which you mentioned. >> that's a toppish symbol. >> that's it right there. that's the sign we've all been waiting for. >> right? >> throw off the mikes, call it a day. >> remember the piece of fruit and cheese i don't know. >> that was not a good sign. >> godaddy. >> talk to blake irving the ceo later here at post 9. been around for

monsanto second quarter down 15% missing estimates corn seed sales weakened and stronger dollar weighed on results. the seed giant said its full year results will also take a hit because of the stronger dollar. shares rose about 4% nonetheless, to finish at $116.96. sears plans to raise more than $2.5 billion from shareholders by offering rights to buy shares in a real estate investment trust or reit. that will hold some of the company's stores and the latest attempt to shore up finances. the stock was off a few cents today to $41.33. >>> simon property withdrawing its $17 billion buyout offer for rival mall operator mays rich after the board decided not to hold discussions on that bid. mays rich off more than 6.5%. simon property rose 1%. as godaddy making wall street debut today. the web hosting company priced initial public offering at $20 a share above the expected price range. that values the company at estimated $4.5 billion including debt. shares closed at $26.15 a gain of 30%. >>> america's infrastructure is falling apart, as you probably know. a new report says thousands of bri

it's bigger than all 30 sectors, the material sector, monsanto.s got its own sector, and right now, those who doubt it, it's not a profitable thing. i would just stay long. >> the fact that this stock actually responded reasonably well in face of those downgrades, but to me, it does look steady as she goes if you look back a year, but looking back two months it actually looks like it's going sideways from here. i think you could take advantage of the fact that the options premiums are relatively elevated for a stock that is essentially a big bucket of cash at the bottom of its balance sheet. and if you own the shares, i would seriously consider selling some covered called against it, because i think you're going to get to just collect that premium. >> yeah, i think it's important to note that you think about what the next catalyst is, earnings on april 27th, and hopefully, you're going to get some color about watch sales and the capital return, and these are all well known. but here's the thing, the options market is implying a 7% to 8% move betwe

3m and monsanto?t is interesting only five out of 25 analysts but 20 of 25 did not do it. they really need to do more analysis themselves. >> this to fall above but they did not downgrade them. so then the surprise the market to go down. >> to your expected to strengthen? >> i don't know. but these companies have currencies all over the place but you do hear companies wanting to manage but now i see this cfo starting to worry. liz: this shows how cheap the row has gotten. -- the hero has gotten. saying the number four north america. if you break out european countries still negate our worry about the euro rupee. so the bottom line they are hit 20% and also the bottom line euro revenue. liz: he has to figure out which company knows how to hedge. google has done that well in the past. good to see you. we are five minutes away from the closing bell and more details on the boston verdict minutes away from kicking off the earnings season. they are expected to do well but will they be hit? we have reaction

monsanto make gmo seeds and vegetables. lockheed martin, h & r block and goldman sachs and also the foreign governments. the only way they can lobby her is through a foundation. >> can i stop you? do people really care about that? >> they should. >> it seems a little inside baseball because look. the clintons have raised money from big wall street companies before, harris and you lake-effect at the real numbers. hillary has high negatives. very high negatives but she has 100% name i.d. so everybody knows who she is. my question; -- my question is how do republicans run against her? >> do we think they're going to pull their grandmothers on the trail? is that what we're saying? you hit the nail on the head with that issue. i agree. i think the list of companies is like oh my gosh put me to sleep. but when you get to those countries that are said to have or suspected to have been state sponsors of terrorism then it matters. how do we know how much it matters? last night breaking news she's out of the foundation. she extricate

. >> the companies like monsanto isn't going to do well. alcoa i think they'll get hit.pically have been. you have fiezers companies doing well. and the ceo of google said we understand and therefore we're going to be fine. and the issue here is that earnings need to be predictable. and you mentioned earlier about hedging versus not hedging. sometime it is works sometime it is doesn't. the end of the day, it's having less volatility. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. "squawk box" is coming up right now. that does it for us. >>> good morning. u.s. equity futures are down sharply right now following the weaker than expected jobs numbers on friday. and we're, you know, are we up for the year? we're right around up. not up. it's been a tough year for what is thought to be a bull market. >>> a greek promise to meet all obligations. athens look to calm default fears. there's a major payment this week that is owed. >>> and rationing into the record books. furious 7 takes in more than $143 million. the most ever for april movie. one of the top ten openings.

they came out with another product that violated a monsanto patent.hing is wrong on the r&d front. something is wrong with a trian principal on the board working with perfect inspection. we'll get to the bottom of it and we'll get it fixed. >> you've offered to have two on the spin-off. real quickly, ed you have a month left. do you think you're going to win? and how important did the proxy advisory firm become? >> proxy rules don't allow me to predict an outcome, but let me say this. we're very confident. >> it's hard for me to sense momentum. >> we're very confident. we've had great meetings with the institutions that own dupont. so we're very confident and believe we will add a ton the value once we're inside the boardroom. the problem, david, is what i have seen is that this board has -- this management team as an information advantage over the board, and i don't think the board nods what's going on. do you think the board knew that ellen kullman was going to sell the majority of her stock? i know for a fact when i met with sandy in 2013 he had no

monsanto reported weak sales, profit declines of 15% but the stock rose.t beginning of the year went down to roughly 112 and bouncing back. my point here guys is that these stocks are very heavily washed out and all of the numbers are bad, we're seeing numbers coming in bad, i think the street has overreacted a bit. i know it's early. i don't have a lot of examples for you. keep an eye on that. this could be a real emerging story. bad numbers yet the stock's bouncing because they've reflected that news. guys, back to you. >> thanks very much bob pisani. as mentioned by my partner, mr. cramer i'm going hit viacom. the shares, by the way, yesterday when the news came out after the bell viacom's taking a charge of $785 million and suspending its buyback, many might have thought the stock would be down sharply. it's not. down less than 1%. still the news is interesting to focus on in part because it may at least give a sense of larger trends though some say it's specific to viacom itself. the charge itself much of it $430 million of it is coming from writing d

they are all aware that monsanto has a big, big role in negotiating this trade agreement.nd there are issues of grazing issues of guys that want their cows feeding on, you know, emo corn or alfalfa -- gmo corn or alfalfa. europeans have managed to keep gm owes out -- gmo's outcome until now. we are going to have a real issue with the world food supply. the prime minister of japan is coming on the 29th two address congress. as we know, japan has some serious things that attract a workout, in terms of being able to import food. what i would like to find out you know, have addressed a lot of problems here. i would like to know if there are any solutions you would recommend? we know the fda is underfunded just like the apa and others. -- dpa and others -- epa and others. what can we do to help folks like you and the regulatory agencies do their jobs when we are fighting this massive push from the corporate elite? host: thank you for calling. guest: so, the -- about getting the solutions to this. the fda said that they can't make this mandatory that companies go to them. that w