symantec was one.t the end of the day, the playbook that the ceo of broadcom runs fits well with vm ware. vm ware is very complementary to the existing software segments that they have. there is some overlap especially as you start to think about the deal vm ware did with symantec. but overall, vm ware has been a drag versus some of the other skin infrastructure because of the divestiture overhung, because of the move to the public cloud, and because of the ongoing transition. so it could be a win-win for both sides. emily: how close is this to being a done deal? we are here and it could happen this week? liana: with broadcom, you never know. last year they had a deal set to close and that it fell apart. and three years ago there were close to buying symantec, and it fell apart. but what we know, this is still in talks, not in danger of right now are falling apart. but the deal is not done until it gets to the finish line. and with elon musk and twitter, even if you get to the finish line, it may not b

and three years ago there were close to buying symantec, and it also fell apart. so you never know what broadcom. but this one from what we know, it is still in talks, not in danger right now of falling apart. but the deal is not done until it gets to the finish line. as you know with elon musk and twitter, even if you get to the finish line, it may not be a done deal. emily: exactly. qualcomm, broadcom tried to buy qualcomm in 2018, which also would have been a massive deal. that didn't happen because of trump administration concerns about headquarters in singapore. but we caught up with the ceo earlier and asked his thoughts on this potential tie up between broadcom and vmware. take a listen to what he had to say. >> it is really for broadcom to comment. but the way i look, broadcom has become more of a software company. some of the acquisitions they have made in the past, and i think vmware is a software company. we are going in a different direction. we will continue to be a semiconductor company focused in the growth that we have in this industry. especially

broadcom has dabbled in this space before with the purchase of symantec's enterprise business.com shares down about 5% on the day and vmware up about 22% in the premarket. siga technologies also moving. these companies that make antiviral drugs, a lot of talk right now. those shares up about 26%. tom: thank you so much. "the close" this afternoon as well, a more constructive market. this is an important conversation. each and every year at davos, there is someone who owns the valley. usually it is some rockstar that shows up by helicopter or maybe some famous model that i don't know their name. you know, someone like that. this year's rockstar is joseph stiglitz, the nobel winner for the mysteries of information. someone at columbia who has talked and written about our discontents. d with the challenges of globalization and others, truly joe stiglitz is the attendee this year at davos. if you wrote globalization and its discontents today, what would be different? joseph: i think i was mostly focused on discontent in the south, and needs of upland countries -- the developing cou