he said that if i didn't stop bothering monsanto he put a bullet in my head. since then i've had a bodyguard if you take on the big corporations you're asking for trouble. are protests are perfectly legal we demand the right to good health. but we wanted to do was stop construction of the factory they're killing our children and they want us to keep quiet about it and it will begin in about. sophia now lives in a village that's located far from the big plantations she moved there mostly to protect her children. we assembled these documents over the last fifteen years. this is the first map we made. my thoughts how it all started all of us were still living in goal at the time and more and more friends and neighbors got cancer especially leukemia. that's when i started to keep track of these cases. the triangles represent cases of leukemia those people live close to soybean fields . look one case after another sixteen cases among five thousand residents it's usually one or two per one hundred thousand. the farm owners sprayed chemicals everywhere if they spraye

we find supplies of monsanto's round up here and bears confidence and insecticide some critics. say that confidence or maybe killing off of the population. then. stop filming. ok thank you and get out. soon some of the bosses turn up one of them confronts us i don't know who they were going to get is about them there are hard core tobacco opponents around here they want to shut us down. stop filming. political to them if. there's one of them over there. look listen. you anti tobacco people just want to take pictures of our warehouse while we work. but you don't seem to understand that that's going to cause us all kinds of trouble. we decide to leave. and i think. you know. i think they're nervous because they haven't given their workers protective clothing. even though the law says they have to do that. yet and as i said it you know and they're also nervous because they have chemicals there that are prohibited in tobacco production. and. no one knows what long term impact this rather careless approach to handling these agro chemicals might have. this is the city of posada's the

he said that if i didn't stop bothering monsanto he put a bullet in my head and. since then i've had a bodyguard if you take on the big corporations you're asking for trouble. are protests are perfectly legal we demand the right to good health. but we wanted to do was stop construction of the seed factory they're killing our children and they want us to keep quiet about it and it will begin about. sophia now lives in a village that's located far from the big plantations she moved there mostly to protect her children. we assembled these documents over the last fifteen years. this is the first map we made. of my thoughts how it all started all of us were still living in it to zion goal at the time and more and more friends and neighbors got cancer especially leukemia. that's when i started to keep track of these cases. the triangles represent cases of leukemia. those people live close to soybean fields. look one case after another sixteen cases among five thousand residents it's usually one or two per one hundred thousand. the farm owners sprayed chemicals everywher

bayer will face eu objections to the monsanto deal. $66 billion deal and the hope was for the chief executive of bayer to complete the deal by early next year, already selling a seat and agricole -- ere big headline is bay facing eu objections to the monsanto deal. monsanto falling to a session low on the back of that. that is the big news crossing the bloomberg terminal. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: take a look at where european markets are trading until the close, four minutes until the end of the friday session with stocks rallying and tax-cut hopes in the united states. u.s. nonfarm payroll up and stocks rallying. let's get to the currency board, what a day for sterling and brexit breakthrough, sterling and initially rising but came back down against the dollar, down against the euro today and we will talk more in detail about this with our next guest. the close is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ mark: live from bloomberg new european headquarters in london, this is the european close. i am mark barton with vonnie quinn. every industry

iowa senator chuck grassley and t negative v i space renewable fuel industry and monsanto and other giantrcher daniels midland. and other ethanol producers and of course the ringmaster the renewable fuels association spending nearly $8 million is lobbying but to really a understand all this works you have to understand why they need chuck grassley because these senators have themselves on that key committee to cable big business corruption earnst is a the member of the environment and public works committee that takes the adopt more negative the nomination to the that epa to administer the ethanol rex there. earnst printer's row with democrats with the epa nomination did not promise to go with nt caved to the blackmail so he renewed it to keep that status'' earnst was proud of her work i was not afraid to put the squeeze on him this was important we have family farms here in iowa how dare senator earnst use hard-working family farmers in iowa to cover per corruption? cargill and monsanto these giant global corporations shovelling money in their pockets they are destroying family farms and

the big boys knew the relationship with corn in monsanto's business.ere able to piggyback off their research by using collins' work, which isolated the real underlying strength of the stock as depicted by the accumulation distribution line. i got smoked he saw it. bottom line, we need to look at lots of different indicators to spot big moves, indicators like accumulation distribution, overbought-oversold levels, to spot important turns that might not be visible otherwise for those stuck trying to spot changes in the fundamentals further out in time. powerful moves can and often elude those only focused on the underlying companies and not the action of the stocks themselves. let's go to dan in illinois, please dan! >> caller: cramer, boo-yah thank you for demystifying the market and helping us make it accessible. >> well, that's what i want. >> caller: my question -- >> i want everybody to understand their money that's my goal how can i help >> caller: thank you i'm wondering, if i start with a small position in a stock, a company i like, and the stock

we find supplies of monsanto's round up here and bears confident and insecticide some critics. say that confidence or maybe killing off the v. population. then. stop filming. ok like you think get out. soon some of the bosses turn up one of them confronts us i don't know who they were going to get is about them there are hardcore tobacco opponents around here they want to shut us down. stop filming. them if. there's one of them over there. look listen. to back oh people just want to take pictures of our warehouse while we work. but you don't seem to understand that that's going to cause us all kinds of trouble . we decide to leave. and i think. you know. i think they're nervous because they haven't given their workers protective clothing. even though the law says they have to do that. if it is this. and they're also nervous because they have chemicals there that are prohibited in tobacco production. and. no one knows what long term impact this rather careless approach to handling these agro chemicals might have. on this is the city of posada's the capital of miss eunice provinc

commission could have bad news for bear the chemicals giant wants to take over its american wyvil monsanto for a massive sixty six billion dollars it would be the greatest takeover of a foreign company by a german firm but sources say the commission has concerns the merger may harm competition for pesticides and seeds many europeans criticize the deal worried about genetically manipulated seeds and one company having so much control over food production. it's not the only company in trouble with those regulators lufthansa's plans to take over routes operated by failed rival air berlin have hit some turbulence to the e.u. commission says it has quote deep competition concerns about the bid e.u. competition commissioner my visit to this tiger said might monopolize certain routes she wants customers and wyvil airlines to have their say those towns are hopes to pay two hundred ten million euros for air balloons aircraft as well as takeoff and landing slots. here's our financial correspondent cons are in frankfurt on the story many passengers who often take a flight have noticed that in recent

glyphosate is the active ingredient in the lucrative roundup products produced by us see giant monsanto. a company germany's bya is currently offering more than sixty billion dollars to acquire. the two sides appear to be close to a deal in britain's expensive divorce settlement with the european union according to newspaper reports negotiators have reached an agreement in principle for the u.k. to pay between forty five and fifty five billion euros to the e.u. for its independence from the block. there was no official confirmation for the some but and e.u. commissioner said that there was an offer on the table. for siemens is setting the stage for germany's largest i.p.o. in more than two decades europe's largest industrial conglomerate chose frankfurt over new york for the listing of health and years its medical technology division which sells machines to hospitals and doctors offices siemens largest and most profitable sector is expected to go public in the coming year. black friday which officially kicks off the christmas shopping season was a big day for nintendo the popularity of

but keep an eye on quarterly numbers from right aid, walgreens, and monsanto.he president and senate return to d.c. and we could see the beginning frame work of an infrastructure bill. next week maria bartiromo will's guest, ralph schlosstein. that will do it for us on "wall street week." maria is back next week. ♪ >> i'm bob massi. for 35 years, i've been practicing law and living in las vegas, ground zero for the american real-estate crisis. but it wasn't just vegas that was hit hard. lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. now it's a different story. the american dream is back. and nowhere is that more clear than the grand canyon state of arizona. so we headed from the strip to the desert to show you how to explore the new landscape and live the american dream. i'm gonna help real people who are facing some major problems, explain the bold plans that are changing how americans live, and take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe. at the end of the show,

c giant monsanto. a company germany's buyer is currently offering more than sixty billion dollars to acquire. the two sides appear to be close to a deal in britain's expensive divorce settlement with the european union according to newspaper reports negotiators have reached an agreement in principle for the u.k. to pay between forty five and fifty five billion euros to the e.u. for its independence from the bloc. there was no official confirmation. for the some but and e.u. commissioner said that there was an offer on the table. for siemens is setting the stage for germany's largest i.p.o. in more than two decades europe's largest industrial conglomerate chose frankfurt over new york for the listing of health and years its medical technology division which sells machines to hospitals and doctors offices siemens largest and most profitable sector is expected to go public in the coming year. black friday which officially kicks off the christmas shopping season was a big day for nintendo the popularity of

hundred ninety six based on the positive results of a study conducted by the agro chemical giant monsanto. a few kilometers away we meet another family that grows tobacco they also have a sick child for power three during. the. coldest year going to. eleven. this redstone well is common in this town is province but after twenty years of life a state use much of it has become contaminated. everyone around here uses herbicides. them out of. the local water is contaminated as well. no one warned the farmers about the potential dangers of these chemicals the herbicides were touted as an agricultural miracle. can if you got a political one to make the best use of your farmland leave it to us. an intensive advertising campaign in argentina praise the herbicides to the skies these included round up the brand name under which life was saved as often solid an estimated three hundred million liters of life are saved are used in argentina every year. we thank everyone who's become part of the round up family and argentina bring thirty years of round up thirty years of safety for you this is what he

they want to take over monsanto for a massive $66 billion.t would be the biggest takeover of a foreign company. they say the merger may harm competition for pesticides and seeds. many europeans criticize the deal, worried about genetically manipulated seeds and one company having so much control over food production. germany's deutsche bahn has a high-speed rail link between berlin and munich. it saves one third of the travel time, making flights seem tedious. at a time when many domestic flights are becoming more expensive, the rail group is on course to make a profitable routes even more as a money spinner. >> the time has finally come. after 27 years of planning and constructing, the new berlin- munich route is ready for action. angela merkel was on board. she left her autograph on the hub before she began the superspeed experience. her fellow passengers were excited by the red. -- ride. >> we fared very comfortable and we have been very excited. we took a picture. it was 14 minutes past 2:00. we reached 301 kilometers. it was good. >> you

recently rejected findings that the active ingredient monsanto's roundup is a carcinogen but they relied heavily on big agricultural industry studies to do so this sort of practice gives e.p.a. scientists more free time to focus on groovy side stuff you know like say downloading their consciousness onto an external hard drive they can interact with to ensure they don't die alone i mean that is my plan. that's. the p.p. i want to do their job are right i mean do they i mean i mean if that's the case why have more than seven hundred e.p.a. employees taken buyouts and early retirements as of september both because they oppose the agency's current direction and take advantage of the twelve million dollar initiative launched to thin the rakes driven process quote before you run it just now that they will left and they've left because they're not big to listen to that's what it said the head of the agency isn't taking science into account when making decisions day he may not be taken science into account but both he and trouble are definitely taking cold c.e.o. bob murray very seriously here's

competition commission could have bad news for bear the chemicals giant wants to take over american rival monsanto for a massive sixty six billion dollars it would be the biggest takeover of a foreign company by a german firm but sources say the commission has concerns the merger may harm competition for pesticides and seeds many europeans criticize the deal worried about genetically manipulated seeds and one company having so much control over food production. germany has an arguer it a high spill rate high speed rather rail link between berlin and munich it saves a third of the travel time making flying seemed so tedious at a time when many domestic flights are becoming more expensive the rail group is on course to make the profitable route even more of a money spinner. the time has finally come after twenty seven years of planning and construction the new berlin munich route is ready for action german chancellor angela merkel was on board she left her autograph on the hull of the sprinter before she began the superspeed experience. her fellow passengers were excited by the ride. your travel to

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and 2018 starts with a light week of earnings including agriculture giant monsanto. jobs market could drive markets on friday. the december employment report will show whether job growth remains strong and whether the unemployment rate is still at a 17-year low. i'm contessa brewer. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> not snow nor ice could stop a rescue of a family dog. crews carefully inched their way to the hole on the ice where the dog fell through. at one point two of the firefighters had to get in and were submerged in the water. they were able to pull the dog out to safety. really dangerous work out there. certainly they were wearing the appropriate attire to make sure they were keeping their body heat in, i suppose, so to speak. meteorologist steve sosna, that's why that first alert is still in effect which is unusual because the first alert really only last as short time but this cold. >> this is an unusual circumstance. that's why you have an unusual first alert to go with it because usually this time of year you don't get the cold that lasts all that l

monsanto,we sell with there was a huge equity financing element.hat are you seeing in terms of investor appetite on m&a this year? >> generally speaking, investors are well disposed towards financing acquisitions. five or seven years ago, investors wanted companies to strengthen their balance sheet and restore themselves to financial help. today, investors are much more prepared to support companies buying other companies, m&a in a variety of different formats. ruth: our data on ipo's shows that asia had the most this year, like it did last year. what is going to be driving it in 2018? >> there is a tremendous amount of excitement in asia, especially around the technology and financial companies, because of the growth that is on offer. i think europe is going to have a strong year, particularly out of germany. ruth: one of the things we were writing about was this chinese smartphone maker. we are looking at a $50 billion valuation. you mentioned germany where you have siemens health care picking -- peaking at an ipo. his 2018 going to be the year o

or cfius has cleared its planned $66 billion takeover of monsan o monsanto the regulator is a panel ledy the treasury department that reviews deals for national security concerns. bayer expects to complete the transaction early next year. bayer slipping today german trade is soft more broadly. >>> vmware with better than expected third quarter results more companies licensed their product i product. >>> ulta beauty beat forecasts, same-store sales growth slowed, though and the current profit will fall short of analyst expectations it slipped 5%. >> all the they had double digi for 12 straight quarters. >>> blue apron's cofound ser stepping down as ceo he will be replaced by the cfo shares of the meal kit delivery service dropped 70% since the ipo in june. it's facing stiff competition from rivals such as hello fresh, plated and more recently amazon. shares of blue apron are higher by 3% in the early going. >>> five below reporting better than expected third quarter earnings revenue rose 29% the discount retailer is raising its full-year guidance shares higher by 2%. >>> and third quarte

the monsanto story will come back and be a factor this week. we are expecting regulatory push back.will figure out how regulators will be positioned on this one. they are trying to change their calculation on the possibility of this happening and if it does happen, what kind of exposements will be made? at the moment i have a fair value calculation on the bloomberg which points to a positive start in europe, up about .3%. it looks like we will see a positive start in europe. a very solid day on friday as well. four minutes to go until the market open. this i bloombergs. ♪ guy: welcome. we are a minute to go to cash trading in europe. it is start with the story that is dominating. bitcoin. let us take a look at where it is trading. it has driven the price of bitcoin higher. cboe. remember, this contract does not settle in bitcoin but in cash. in many ways, this cements these two in an important way. looking at futures. systems.ok at bau london does not look like it is going to open significantly out of the range. keep an eye on the pound. there is a cabinet meeting later this morning

the two sides had been hoping to keep that deal in early 2018 monsanto up slightly on that news bitcoinopularity, but american eagle it, gold and silver coins, not so much. sales of those coins were down by 92% in november from a year earlier, that puts 2017 on track to be the weakest year for sales for those coins i wonder whether -- i don't think they're the same buyers. i was thinking to myself is the movie -- is the money moving from one to the other, but i think it's -- >> you know, the market has gone up eight times in value. silver is right on a lull, and it's still got a triple before it gets back to its highs. why don't you buy that it's, like, yeah, that would have been a great idea for the past eight years while the market keeps higher, higher, higher, higher silver just dead in the water. why didn't you buy that? it makes -- you know, i feel bad for people that are sitting at home going, yeah, why should i buy the market when i can get silver it will never move again >>> the senate republican tax bill hit a snag last night, but there are signs of life this morning. elan loui

recently rejected findings that say the active ingredient monsanto's roundup is a carcinogen but they relied heavily on big agricultural industry studies to do so this sort of practice gives e.p.a. scientists more free time to focus on groovy side stuff you know like say download their consciousness onto an external hard drive they can interact with to ensure they don't die alone i mean that is my plan. was i was going to be i want to do their job all right that's what i mean do they i mean i mean if that's the case why have more than seven hundred e.p.a. employees taken buyouts and early retirements as of september both because they oppose the agency's current direction and take advantage of the twelve million dollar initiative launched to thin the rakes driven process quote before you run it just now that they've all left and they've left because they're not paid to listen to that's what it said the head of the agency isn't taking science into account when making decisions day he may not be taken science into account but both he and trouble are definitely taking cold c.e.o. bob murr

>> guest: that makes my monsanto were then she was. i would say activists. my dad, call him a lawyer, he was a lawyer, but he ran a law firm. my mom was a really gifted administrator who didn't particularly like being a lawyer, but he liked running a law firm. they were both people, who ran every cynic organization in new orleans at one point or another in my mother is still very active. you created a couple of charter schools and choose out door every morning at 6:00 in the morning. mostly retired. >> host: your great-grandfather? >> guest: well, my grade, great-grandfathers and historian. the short story is my lewis ancestor with josh lewis was my great, great grandfather was sent by thomas jefferson to new orleans in 1803 to receive the purchase from the french and he became -- the louisiana purchase and he became the first justice of the louisiana supreme court and wrote the first legal opinion. i never went to law school. and stayed. his son was there in new orleans, john lewis. the family never left. the other side of the family the carpetbagger showed