they wanted to buy tnt.e the share price up to 40% higher because that was the premium they were offering, but then the deal unraveled. we have been tracking the bottom pretty much. selloff across the board when it comes to tnt express. we are back to where we started before the ups offer. overall six euros per share. it will spike back higher to eight euros a share. mark: oil paired its rallies off after saudi arabia raised prices to asia. bloomberg intelligence philipp joins us. why did oil jump 6% yesterday? what was the reasoning for this sudden jump? philipp: the u.s. stocks are as high as ever and oil has nowhere to go. as long as the u.s. does not start exporting crude oil as safety valves, this will be a problem. wti is a very local brand because there is not a lot of ways to put it into other markets. manus: there are different things. one is that thhe saudis have raised prices to their customers in asia. traders however, last week before the oil boom boosted their long bets by the most in four year

they own almost 50% of tnt. -- postnl also up, they own him was 50% of tnt.ps was forced to drop its takeover when it was blocked by eu authorities in 2013. reporter: it is a shakeup in the parcel delivery sector, but will fedex's gamble pay off? the u.s. company is trying to buy dutch rival tnt express for 4.4 billion euros. >> we believe this acquisition will add significant value for fedex share owners, team members, and customers around the globe. this transaction allows us to broaden our portfolio of international transportation solutions to take advantage of market trends. reporter: two years ago ups' 5.2 billion euro bid was blocked on competition growth, but ups already had a strong european operation. tnt has struggled since the failed deal. restructuring costs led to a 137 million euro loss for the final quarter of 2013. fedex said a tie up would create a strong third competitor in a region alongside giants dhl and ups. the two companies say their businesses are complement rate. only 1/3 of tnt's 6.7 billion euro revenue was generated outside of eur

tnt had 2.4%.t income basis, you lose money but you say this will be very accretive after fiscal year 17. how? fred: remember what i mentioned. their presence is mostly in market segments where we are not strong. so the biggest single opportunity is the cross-selling or the bundle of services, which we do extremely well in the united states, and which has led to a big part of our growth over the last decade fedex ground express, freight, and so forth. the revenue synergies are very strong. secondarily, there is a significant amount of pickup and delivery productivity improvements that we foresee. the reality is, in the pickup and delivery operation, there is a reasonable amount of attrition over a period of time and we are very strong in the integration capabilities in our corporate development group. we think we can put these units together so that, between the revenue synergies and the pickup and delivery costs in particular, some in the linehaul area but we feel this will be accretive in fy 18 a

fedex buys tnt. greece looks east ahead of tsipras' meeting.will talk to a member of his government. the euro's starts the role. spain has strong manufacturing numbers. ♪ guy: welcome to the pulse." i am guy johnson. my colleague,

we'll be looking at the fedex-tnt deal. tnt surging.ome people believe in the deal have some risk. of course, it does bring a big surge in the price. strong data out of china -- out of spain and the u.k.. not strong data across the eurozone. the euro beginning to fade a little bit. we have been down to 108. that brings us to an interesting question. deals being done in a cheap currency. look at veteran's actions how big a deal will it be? we will be back in a moment. ♪ going express from the u.s., fedex by tnt for nearly $4.5 billion your ose. the former prime minister tony blair joins the frafmente he will be delivering a key speech in about a half-hour then the government tells the i.m.s. they will be repaid. will he find an ally and friend in president putin? going so good morning to our viewers in europe. good evening to those in asia and a warm good morning to those in the united states. i'm guy johnson. my colleague francine lacqua is off today. so the greek's say they will make a payment by the deadline. hans, mr. tsakalotos deci

postnl owns a 50% stake in tnt. also royal mail and deutsche post up 1.8%. >> it comes after ups failed to get regulatory approve for its own offer due to competition concerns. but speaking to our colleagues on squawk box earlier. he was confident that his company will receive approval for the take over. he added current market conditions helped seal the deal. >> fed ex is a strong brand and strong entity and our financial performance has not been struggling recently. we've had good results and a profit improvement plan successfully implemented in our business and we keep moving that forward and it's a great opportunity to enhance the integrated network that we have and to use the exceptional abilities tnt has here in europe and around the world. >> i want to bring you the latest comments that are coming from the tnt express ceo. he says the fed ex deal is much simpler than the ups deal and he does not anticipate any major antitrust issues. our business is complimentary to ups. he says it's not a concern. he also sa

/tnt deal they said no. what's the difference between fedex/tnt?they will have 17% or 18% of the market below the 30% they normally use. at that level, it would not raise significant competition. however, there will be a pressure on tnt to sell off some of its airline operations to ensure its competition in that market continues. >> it depends on the competition. all of these big logistics companies are facing a bit of i don't know if shake up is the right word. look at amazon. amazon in the uk self-delivers. >> the last year it's grown its self-delivery and it is 10% of the market. that is a huge change to what was a reasonably stable market over the previous five years. as that continues and that trend is continuing you are seeing other big players self-delivering. >> it puts a lot of pressure on these guys. how do they combat? big firms or consumer firms, companies like amazon delivering itself. >> well one of the things, it puts price pressure on the lower end of the market. they have the value added services that self-deliveries are difficult

the company agreeing to acquire dutch package delivery firm tnt express for $4.8.l comes two years after u.p.s.' attempt was blocked by european regulators. we'll talk with fedex chairman and ceo fred smith this hour. financing the deal entirely through debt. good dollar time to be doing european deals as well jim. >> i thought this was fabulous. i think that fedex is not even up enough in premarket trading, because what this says is here's the first guy, it's funny, he's an economist by trade, here's the first guy who recognizes not only is europe back but you can still get in and get in and just take advantage of the up swing. you nighted parcel an outfit i've been critical of because i think that they have made a series of missteps. there were problems with overlap there. look i don't think this a layup. fred may think it's a layup, just because europe's turned so negative on u.s. companies that unless you say, listen we're going to create x number of jobs and give this much money to the government to be able to create jobs, i'm thinking about the way cisco hand

this fedex-tnt transaction is not one ordinary one off dismissable deal. you would be doing that at your own peril. i bet it's the beginning of a trend. as a dozen of other ceos are waiting on the side lines for someone to move and get the all clear. that's what they got today, a benchmark. but by profit pure and simple. and it opens the doors for everyone else to make a move. especially given the biggest rally fedex triggered and it's own stock. why don't we start with morrow if texas. morrow! >> caller: boo-yah, super cramer. >> boo-yah. >> caller: you are the smartest man on the palestinian et. my question is about haliburton riding a 39 should i buy more or wait for a full deck? >> it's time to buy slumberge. why slumber him? because you need the technology. you know the r&d of slumberge is bicker than all of the budgets of r&d for everybody combined. sld, also known as slob. that's the 21 to boy. all right, this is just the beginning. the fedex deal i'm telling you, it's the start. brace yourself for a trend that is going to take the market by storm o

morgan brennan has the details. >> reporter: the acquisition of tnt express will dramatically expand fedex's reach in europe a market up until now has had little share of. ceo fred smith said there were many reasons to do this deal now. >> the dollar and change ratio was very favorable. the quantitative easing and the lower oil prices mean that the european economy has a better outlook now than it has for some period of time and we thought that the planets lined up perfectly for this move. >> reporter: in recent years, fedex's global reach much more focused on asia where it's a democrat nant player. by acquiring tnt express, has european presence absorbing network and consisting largely of ground operations allowing it to cater to ecommerce customers at a time when diesel is less expensive. analysts say this is a good move for fedex, in competition with two biggest companies, ups and dhl. >> fedex good historically of buying companies. look at runway package services. they expanded and blew into fedex ground. they bought american freightways, vikings and watkins and produced the larg

ups tried to travel tnt -- try to purchase tnt but was blocked by regulators.are up over 25%. olivia: that is pretty good. a couple of reasons why regulators might look upon this more favorably. a lot less overlap with fedex. matt: that would've been my question. how come ups gets blocked? michael: i look at putting aside the regulatory issues, a lot of what has happened with fedex is the increase in e-commerce. as e-commerce spreads to other parts of the world, there is a need to deliver packages. it is online but then it shows up at your door. olivia: this is a bet that whatever anybody is buying them a they will buy it online. matt: i just ordered motorcycle boots from a store in germany. i bought them online from a retailer in australia in order to get the cheapest price. olivia: i bet you they will arrive the a dhl. matt: exactly. ever since they were handed off to usps, i've not been able to track it. michael: look at the number of times you order a computer and it is been shipped directly from china. matt: i was trying to illustrate how long ago to get t

blocked to buy tnt to buy two years ago.ex and tnt say they don't expect similar opposition because unlike fedex, u.p.s. already had a strong european network. fred smith will join "squawk on the street" today at 9:45 eastern. >>> among the other stories we're watching this morning, children and advocacy groups to investigate the youtube kids app. the app blends video programming and ads in a way that deceive children and parents. spokeswoman for youtube disputed the complaints and said they hadn't been contacted by concerned groups. on the economic calendar today, the jolts report on job openings and labor turnover. get it jolt? then in corporate news samsung out with guidance. the profit likely dropped 30.5% between january and march. that guidance is better than wall street analysts expected. saying revenue likely fell 12.4%. >> americans are feeling more optimistic about the economy. that according to cnbc's all-america survey. steve leisman joins us now with those results. >> good news for a change here. a string of bad

fedex will buy the delivery company tnt express for four point. four $4 billion.ried to buy tnt in 2013, but was locked by regulators. >> it will not result in a great deal of redundancies or market shares, which would appear to be problematic as was the case in the previous transaction. pimm: royal dutch shell is said to be in talks to acquire

fedex has announced it is taking over rival tnt for 4.4 billion euros. >> that is a huge merger that is building up fedex's business in europe. an attempt by ups to acquire tnt was locked by antitrust regulators, but analysts to not expected to last. were going to a short break. >> see you in a moment. >> what is the sound of a tree not walling -- not falling? it's the sound of community development, reliable food and water. the united nations development program is listening and working with communities to check or as for the future we want. find out more. >> welcome back. prosecutors in the east german state continued their investigation into a suspected arson attack on a refugee hostel last week. the building was set to house 40 asylum seekers beginning next month. >> the state premier of saxony is sounding the alarm bells and says opposition to taking in refugees has become a nationwide problem with attacks occurring in other german cities as well. one town is looking at accommodating those refugees expected next month in private homes. >> the first roof of a home plan for refuge

they will purchase a struggling dutch logistics company, tnt express.e than two years ago their competitor, ups, had to scrap its own bid divide tnt. regulators moved to block the deal. executives say that they do not think that there will be trouble getting the deal approved. >> if you look at our situation in europe and there is, they are highly complementary. it has resulted in a great deal of redundancies that appear to be problematic. mark: tnt will try to appease regulators by getting that of its airline regulation -- operations. looking for a college scholarship? going to work at starbucks might help. they will provide full tuitions from arizona state university online. the chain is looking for ways to attract workers in this -- tight labor market. the university of wisconsin again lost to duke last night. gains for the highest major market television rating in 18 years. the blue devils came back from a nine point deficit to beat wisconsin 58 to 63 for their fifth title. cbs said that the game received an average -- was seen in 56 of the top u.s.

fedex is buying dutch shipping company tnt 44 $.8 billion in cash. that is the same company ups tried to buy in 2012 before but later said they would kill the deal. but fedex ceo fred smith said he is confident they will win approval. fred smith: if you look at our situation in europe and tnt's, a are highly complementary and they will not result in a great deal of redundant these or market share numbers which would appear to be problematic as it was in the case of the previous transaction. brad: the stronger dollar is helping fedex. ups is going to pay 30% more for tnt than what fedex is going to pay. private equity firm primarily in the canadian tension plan investment board are buying the company for $4.3 billion in the largest leveraged buyout of the year. it comes after activist investor elliott manner pushed for management changes this year. goldman sachs is buying 73.4 million shares, worth about $2.7 billion. the proceeds will help stephen harper to god the budget. canada is looking for new sources of revenue to make up for the drop in oil pr

ubs tried to buy tnt in 2013 but was locked by regulators.ex chief executive is confident the deal will go through. fedex chief executive: it will not result in a great deal of redundancies or market shares, which would appear to be problematic as was the case in the previous transaction. pimm: royal dutch shell is said to be in talks to acquire bg group.

if they were ever going to do it, tnt was probably the best way to do it. alix: does this change the rates? >> i am not affect expert but people would expect them to move relatively slowly. -- fed expert. 3.5 billion dollars less than cash. most of it in europe. they had money to's end. i just got back from florida. alix: that is why he is so refreshed and chatty. moving onto the oil rally, crude in new york rising to the highest level in almost two months on slipping production according to energy information administration. prices are still well over 50% below last year's peak, but are we at a bottom? colima crossed -- helima croft joins me. do you think we of hit the production -- we have hit peak? >> i think it is really the back half of production. those fears have seem to retrench of its right now. i think the market is breathing a bit of a sigh of relief that we will maybe get out of this by the back half of the year. alix: we looked for the baker hughes number that tells us how many rigs are being cut, which could lead to further production cuts. wh

the spartans' home announcer have a call on trutv, and blues are on tnt, a more biassed broadcast ifs what you're looking for. tbs has the national broadcast, and wisconsin team stream is on trutv, and the kentucky version airs on our sister network, tnt. that's all well and good, but let's just cut to the chase, guys. >> you handled that well. >> thank you. that was a lot of networks. >> that was a lot. >> no matter who is watching what network, everyonements to know one thing, who wins? you're the experts, so expert us up herement come on. >> i don't know that i'm an expert or not, but i have kentucky and michigan state meeting in the final on monday night. i think kentucky has more ways to win than wisconsin does. wisconsin is the best offensive team in the tournament, has been one of the best all season, but kentucky's defense negates that. michigan state, i look to the experience of the main three guys, and that will be the difference against a good, but young duke team. >> same way as clark, kentucky has the size, a great matchup, looking for wisconsin to come out and make it a

fedex is purchasing tnt for $8.8 billion in cash.he same amount of money they hinted at in 2012 before regulators said they would kill the deal. the fedex ceo said he is confident that it will win approval. >> if you look at our situation in europe and tnt's there, it is highly complementary. marketshare numbers would appear to be problematic as they were in the case of the previous transaction. >> of -- a stronger dollar is helping, ups going to be spending more than what fedex will pay. a deal in the data software business. going private, a private equity firm connecting to the investment bird dashboard are buying the company for $4.3 billion in larvae it -- largest leveraged buyout in years. elliott management pushed for the sale earlier this year. the canadian government is selling its remaining stake in general motors. goldman sachs is purchasing the shares which are worth about 2.7 billion dollars. the proceeds will help the prime minister, stephen harper balance the budget. canada is looking for new sources of revenue to make

tried to take the air again, and the strikes targeted around 3 o'clock local time which is around 24 tnt. in tiaz there were strikes targetting a houthi who managed to return to a base or take a base that belongs to troops loyal to president abd-rabbu mansour hadi big aid 35. from those developments we infer that the situation is sng somehow. it's not like the day after the night before. we have a situation where the saudis are on high alert. stand by. and any time according to the statement, any time the houthis try to take action against civilians, and that's basically - that's it for the moment. >> mohammed val thanks for the update. >> saudi arabia's month-long air campaign failed to restore the yemen government. and critical threats projected, according to that. it holds more territory than before. the houthis controlled sana after pushing south. they continued the march south. moving into tiaz and closing in on aden. showing the presence on march the 25th the day the saudi-led coalition began. since then they moved south and west. over the past four weeks they increased their contr

the are prettier the world's largest cargo airline is buying tnt express. in cash. ubs had to scrap its own bid to buy tnt. regulators moved to block the deal. in southern china, a chemical plant is trying to recover from it second blast in 20 month. s. six people were hurt when the fire broke out. the factory makes a toxic chemical used to produce fibers and plastic. authorities are linking carbon monoxide to the deaths of a father and seven children. police found the bodies yesterday at a home in maryland. the generator was being used for heat after power was cut off because of unpaid bills. a utilities spokesman would not say whether service had been shut off. brendan: and "star wars" dates back to a forgotten galaxy that use dvd's blu-ray, even vhs but now fans will be able to legally download all six movies being released friday by lucas, fox, and disney. also, extra content. the seventh movie in the franchise can "star wars: the force awakens," i do not care what you are watching, han solo drew first. tom: coming up on "bloomberg surveillance" mark ha

obviously with fedex coming through with 4.8 billion bid for tnt you've seen europe rise by tnt expresstional post service in the netherlands which owns a stake in that. royal mail in the uk, other players, are also higher. jpmorgan downgraded some of the airlines today. and you have seen a hit on air france and lufthansa in negative territory. very much focused on the long haul with clearly their own problems. now, for instance, inevitably now becomes greece. there are a series of events to get through. tomorrow a t-bill auction, roll 1.4 billion euros in advance of paying the imf on thursday which they say they can. the wildcard what happens to this prime minister tomorrow, when he goes to moscow, to meet vladimir putin. now on the one hand there's the potential that he could have russian money to privatize some assets, natural gas assets, maybe some of the ports so on and so forth. he could stick an eye metaphorically in the eye -- put a stick in the eye of angela merkel, dealing with the russians. more importantly russia would effectively have a veto or sorry greece would effectivel

she returned to the role that made her a star in the relaunch of the series "dallas" for tnt. i'm ernie manouse, coming up on on "innerviews" our conversation with actress linda gray.

she returned to the role that made her a star in the relaunch of the series "dallas" for tnt.i'm ernie manouse, coming up on on "innerviews" our conversation with actress linda gray. >> okay right at the top to get it out of the way. the legs in the poster for "the graduate," dustin hoffman, they are your legs not your legs? >> that was one leg, that would be mine. >> it was you? >> it was me. >> how did that come to be? >> it was the weirdest thing, in 1967, maybe, that the film came out. i had worked, i was a model at that time and worked with a photographer who asked if he could use my leg for a movie poster. i said fine. was paid $25 and i had no idea it was going to be this iconic poster. >> kind of a thrill at that point seeing it when the poster came out and the movie was a hit. >> it was so much fun. i autographed a few posters in my time. >> you were modeling at that point. how did you get into modeling initially? >> i went to an all girls catholic school. it was mother's day and they had a fashion show. i was in the audience with my mother at this lunch and there was

and kentucky will be airing on our sister station, tnt.me fan -- >> options. >> turner channels -- you can listen to your home broadcast and really get the homer feel for these games tonight. >> that's fun. put you there. that's what everybody wants. you can't get a ticket to be there, this is the next best thing. all right, andy scholes, thanks so much. appreciate it. and, of course hey, later on today, don't miss our cnn bleacher report special. all access at the final four, 2:30 p.m. eastern time with rachel nichols, coach kaye and steven smith. all right. we'll be right back. financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ... stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization.

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with had fedex, ubs and tnt and now we have shell and bg. sorry, i lost it.e.g. shareholders to yesterday's and show with numbers -- yesterday's close. things are looking good for bg. the big question is do shell's numbers stack up. to my mind it does address part of the problems that shell had over recent years which is for development track record. also you have to look at the lng situation in australia when i have stranded lng assets. and bg sunk about 20 billion into queensland in the can. they also need to monetize that investment and hear more from shell a little bit later. mark: does this put bp in play? they were always touted as a potential suitor of exxon mobil. i suppose that will persist now. >> most bankers had assumed that another round of m&a was going to be deferred until the latter half of the year. it looks like ben has very much fired the starting gun and there is intense speculation already that this procedure has a new round of m&a activity in the sector. what comes after? maybe it is mega majors. mark: it should give a boost to london. s

not so much that is tnt sustainable but does it make it less that predictable what's going to happen?, you have seen the number of new accounts opened up recently, that's significant. the c.r.c. is placing emphasis on the margin lending side as well. the asian market does have a propensity to become more of a bubble over time if they don't put in sort of the right sort of prudent measures. i think there is going to be scrutiny on how the asian market goes. we've just seen the c.s.r.c. had another 30, -- i.p.o.'s, there's hundreds more waiting to list. so yes the market's taken off but i still think it's very early days as well. >> even thy say it's taken off, a seven-year high? sam:you look back in 12 months ago, saying what's the chances, people are saying there will be a big rally in china. the reason is we've seen maximum pessimism into the chinese -- chinese market we had soft landing, corporate bond, other trust issues as well so i think what you have had is a period where you have had significant holding back in terms of, you know that positive sentiment. we still haven't yet se

. >> molotov and tnt, sometimes. >> you're shooting this at people who have mortars. >> and tanks. >>h, because that's what we got at the time. >> it's what you had. it's awesome. >> the next president of libya, the one who's going to be in charge, this is his chair. he has to think twice before he sits on it. >> so, never screw your people. >> yeah, never screw your people. >> yeah, i'd remember. >> and here, these are gadhafi stuff. >> this was all taken from the compound. >> some of it. it's mixed. that's his ak, his chair. >> preferred hair products? >> his shaving kit. see, he was wearing a mask. >> oh, his beauty mask. >> yeah. >> i could use some of that. >> it's gadhafi. he's beautiful, you know. and this is the first martyr of misrata. >> that was the first. >> yeah, that's the first one. >> who was he? not a soldier. >> no, no, no, just a normal guy. they went out to protest the first rally, and somebody come in and shoot him. so, next day, the whole city came out. that's when everything started. >> these are photos of those killed during the uprising, combatants and bystand

it has an explosive substance in the same chemical family as tnt.erry's mother says she bought the pills on-line for $200. >>> a tennessee high school football coach is in the hospital now after being attacked by a student. ron adalot will need surgery for severe facial surgeries. the 17-year-old student met with the coach in his office about trying out for the team. it is not clear exactly what sparked the attack. the student is charged with aggravated assault and due in court this afternoon. >> caught on camera a man in a motor riseded wheelchair rescued after riding off of the platform and falling on to the train tracks. all of this happening at a washington, d.c. metro station. a group of people on the platform reacted immediately. one person jumping down trying to lift him up because he couldn't do it by himself. a second person joined in and both of them hoisted the plan back on to the platform. he was hospitalized with a bloody lip but he is expected to be okay. >> it is time to brew on this. two of our nation's leaders are under fire for hol

fedex buying tnt express for nearly $5 billion. maria bartiromo has the story. >> a perfect fit.lementary. lots of the efficiencies. there are a few redundant these which is a good thing with the respect to workforces. melissa: a huge restructuring at viacom. moving large parts of its businesses into new organizations. expect it to take a project nearly $8 million. companies feeling pressure from online competitors. the tsa is rd guilty of notoriously long waits at the airport. it may also be guilty of taking your cash. are you kidding? the miami baseball team and is to delay their first game of the season despite having a retractable roof. they never have too much money or too much baseball. ♪ it is. ♪ ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insuran

t-mobile added more than one million new monthly subscribers last quarter, outpacing verizon and tnt.oining me from san francisco, t-mobile ceo john ledger. welcome back to "bloomberg west ." good to see you. john: great to talk to you, mark. mark: t-mobile is not generating meaningful net income. you have booked a net loss in six of the last eight quarters. what is your long-term plan and what changes do you need to make to reach sustained profitability? john: thanks, mark. we are right on track on what we have given as an outline for how this company becomes highly successful, which started with aggressive customer growth which leads to revenue growth ebidta ability, and cash flow. we added 1.8 million customers this quarter, the eight custom -- it quarter in a row over -- a quarter in a row over subscribers. we updated our guidance to have greater growth between 3 million and 3.5 million, and cap from our profitability guidance of ebidta to 6 million. i think our investors have been very pleased with the company. good day all around. mark: do you have enough spectrum right now? wha

fed exbuys tnt lower. coming in when europe is not on a down draft. it's brilliant.oth stocks so right. world dutch, on the other hand could have bought so many other distressed distressed properties. the company could have paid much less for bgment. it will be just glutted for years to come as u.s. floods the world with liquefied national gas. we can. al it's embarrassing. the only thing that saved world dutch's stock, if you can call pa3.42% decline salvation. although givethen price tag and the death taken oil by royal dutch. that promise may prove to be hollow. it just should have passed. the $70 billion deal reminds me of adv's deal for $21 billion after the stock was up. the natural buyer should have been j and j which owned the rights to the best drug. it was obviously so worried about its made product going off patent. it just threw it's one valuable stock. paying -- what can only be described as an outrageous price. the bottom line royal dutch for bg instant wealth destruction. perrigo instant wealth increase. how about dave in new mexico. >> caller: thank y

nicole petallides, talk about fedex in particular because fedex getting a big bump on tnt express.brought the market down? >> when i talk too traders, two things. crude moved to highest level year and russell, small caps moved to the downside about 3:45. liz: talk a a name that looked really good. like a stock name for oil. carnival cruise line hitting a eight-year high? >> positive comments there. analysts talking about the fundamentals improving for carnal. the stock is up 2% going into the close. david: twitter, a takeover target. we don't know exactly from whom. the fact that the stock is really in play today. >> the stock after twitter moved on heavy volume to the upside. "barron's" wrote about it, briefing dot-com, chatter, rumor, they may have secured goldman to fend off two very serious interested parties. >> that is fascinating. that story, more to that. jcpenney falling more than 4%. >> jcpenney this has been the troubled stock trying to turn it around. tough day today. [closing bell ringing] david: bells are ringing on wall street. everybody expected much better day than

fedex is buying dutch rival tnt express for 4.4 billion euros. cash deal thank you very much. it represents a 30% premium over their closing. they expect the deal to close in the first half of 2016. they will seek to avoid significant redundancy. they are hoping this will be cleared by the competition authorities. more business on "gmt." follow me on twitter. i'm going to go that's it. back to you. >> thank you, aaron. >>> the afghan government is failing to protect women's rights campaigns. the comments come after a 27-year-old woman was killed by a mob in kabul after being falsely accused of burning the koran. here is david. >> reporter: women police officers, like prominent women in afghanistan, face challenges in carrying out their work that demands tight restrictions on women. now, amnesty international carried out a survey of those who stand-up for women's rights. in 50 cases of threats, intimidation and violence only one was fully investigated. >> i think the shocking thing is there's indifference. there are many cases where women have bee

tnt clearly has and fedex have regulatory hurdles to pass.k at that proposition also. but we've moved on. one of the real stars for this quarter was our growth in exports, moving across europe. up over 9%. in fact, simon, over the last decade, we've compounded growth at almost 9% per year in shipments moving across europe. so ups has a great platform in europe. we are very focused on continuing to grow that organically and acquisition. europe has a great story for us and it will continue to be. >> yeah besides that european export growth which i know you cited plus 9%. i'm curious what you saw in terms of the impact of the strong dollar. obviously, it hurts you like a lot of other american companies, what about trade patterns? did you see a dropoff in u.s. exports and other interesting dynamics as a result of these crazy currency swings? >> yes we have indeed. that keeps us hoping. yeah exports from europe to the u.s. are up double digits. exports from the u.s. back to europe are very sluggish right now. so it does force us to adapt and chang

i took a bunch of jolly ranchers off the tnt, melted it down into a cone, let it get hard like a rock, and it's -- it's like a piece -- actually stronger than glass. i could slip this cuff right now and stab that cop. but why? what's he ever did to me? nothing. i just -- i believe in karma. you do good, good things happen. you do bad, bad things come at you. i've been in here so long that if i was to get to the street, i wouldn't even know how to act. >> how much time do you think you're going to spend? >> i'll never get out. i'll never get out of prison. i'll be here for the rest of my life. they think that i'm going to slip up. they think i'm going to slip up and hurt somebody. i go crazy every day. you know, just being here. do i think i'm going to hurt somebody? i mean, that's pretty likely. a fact, eventually it's going to end up happening. this is prison. this isn't kindergarten. you know? i mean, not everybody gets long. . >> today, chris has a hearing that could affect his custody level and security status. >> you know why you're here? >> yes, ma'am. >> initially, you were pla

tnt will broadcast the first three quarters of the second game.he fourth quarter of the second game will be on trutv. the whole final game will be on cbs. it's easy to follow though it sounds complicated. indiana is an interesting place to be right now. the governor of indiana today under intense pressure signed a revised version what was they call the religious freedom restoration act, which in its original form would have made it legal for businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians based on their sexuality. they revised the act tonight. but there's still a lot of craziness surrounding -- a restaurant called memories pizza has received more than $260,000 in donations after announcing they would refuse to cater gay weddings. people gave them money to support them for taking that stance. they gave them $260,000. which is especially nuts because what self-respecting gay couple would ever ask a pizzeria to cater their wedding in the first place? none. [ cheers and applause ] not one of them. how did it even work? someone orders a dozen pizz

the action continues to tnt. bulls and bucks.cans and golden state at 10:30. >>> and tim tebow will sign a one-year deal with the eagles. eagles coach chip kelly apparently met with tebow's quarterback coach and liked what he heard. he will have a chance to show off his skills. tim tebow mania is strong. a lot of fans will show some love for tebow in the city of brotherly love in philly. >>> on to baseball the best video of the day. jon lester gets the comeback shot. ball stuck in his glove. he throws his entire mitt to first base to get the out. anthony rizzo drops his glove to catch lester's. what a day in sports. sorry that your celtics did not get it done. fun. we are just getting warmed up. >> the jon lester video is interesting. lester has a problem throwing to first base. he doesn't do it. when you see him do that it is because he could not make the play. i didn't know it was legal. >> maybe he found the trick that worked for him. >> coy wire thanks. >> you got it john. >>> hundreds of people drowned when the boat they wer

by acquiring tnt express, fedex dramatically expands its presence in europe, and it does so primarily through ground operations. the chairman says there is a number of reason to do this now. >> the dollar exchange ratio was very favorable. the quantity the quantitative easing means the economy has a better outlook now than for some period of time, and we thought that the planets lined up perfectly for this move. >> so fedex will acquire tnt express for the equivalent of $4.8 billion in cash and according so european laws will divest the dutch company's fleet of planes. analyst dozen expect european regulators to ultimately approve this deal, and that's really key. >> jackie deangeles. hi, jack where i. groo good afternoon to you. that's right. very significant price hike today. in the oil pits despite the fact we do have a stronger dollar. traders telling me what we saw yesterday and today. >> after a huge move last year technology only up marginally in the first quarter looking at the tech index. will tech be a leader in q2 after the latest earnings season. joining us is chairman and

and, of course, the tnt guys got in the fun with shaq playing the role of chris paul. [ laughter ] >>laughing matter in san jose where the sharks will host the avalanche and their play- off lives are on the line. ♪[ music ]♪ >> the sharks find themselves in the same position trying to convince anyone who will listen that despite being 8 points behind the flames with 6 games to go, their post-season hopes aren't dead yet. >> we're not out of it yet. still not out of it. but, um, you know, there's people probably watching and reading and going this guy's nuts but who knows? we'll see. >> a's and angels portman with his second home run of the spring. oakland beat l.a. 4-1 to wrap up its cactus league schedule. if you have been keeping track they are 21-9. the best in baseball. >>> giants wrapped up their stay in scottsdale 5-2 win over the indians. madison baumgarner allowed one run over four innings. the next time he will take the mound is going to be opening day in arizona monday. >>> pacers star paul george has missed the entire season with a broken leg. that has not stopped him from

he picks up every bar tab when you're on the road. [ laughter ] >> 28 people from tnt at the bar and. he bought me so many beers over the years that whatever charles wants to say about our team i have no problem with. [ laughter ] >> and with the pelicans getting into the play-offs that means the thunder are out. oklahoma city missed the post- season for the first time since 2009. and after missing 55 games with injuries, kevin durant is counting down the days to next season. >> i have heard a lot of things from different people. can't wait until the first game. >> will you watch the play- offs? >> you haven't been done this early in a long time. >> hell no, i won't watch the play-offs. >> dozens of people packed into a restaurant in oakland for the prep star's announcements he will attend cal next year and while the bears head coach martin wasn't allowed to attend, he now plans to make himself a regular there. >> you need family to be old yeller? >> i wish i could have but we couldn't go. >> can you go now? >> oh, yeah. i'll go eat there. [ laughter ] >> and former cal and berkeley

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died april 12th after taking eight diet pills it had explosion i have substance, same explosive as tntin 1938. the girl's heart broken mother said her daughter was literally burning up from within. doctors say the effect of dmp are devastating. >> i think any parent, any teen should be aware of this, not a drug to ever be tried in any fashion in any sense. >> even as the fda works to regulate in store sales, they say it is virtually impossible to ban their sale on line. officials say there are no benefits to such pills even minimal side effect, such as sweating anxiety difficulty sleeping can all disrupt the bod. >> i 5:52 the time. two men being called heroes by transit officials after they rescued a man who fell off the subway platform. >> yesterday afternoon, man in a wheelchair, unexpectedly veering off train platforms in washington, two men quickly jump many on to the tracks to help the man. dc metro officials say there were no trans nearby, but the men were dangerously close to the electrified third rail. the man in the wheelchair suffered minor facial injuries. and the other two

investigators say the pills she took contain dnp an explosive substance in the same chemical family as tnt officials say there's no such thing as a safe dose. >> there are no benefits to these pills. at best they'll cause side effects and the side everybodies can be very dangerous. minimal effects to begin with would be sweating, anxiety difficulty sleeping. i think any parent of any teen should be aware of of this. this is not a drug to be tried in any fashion in any sense. >> dnp panned by the fda since 1938 and why you can't find it in stores, experts say it's virtually impossible toly band the sale of substances oh line. >> we've had a very busy weather department. how is it looking right now scott. >> many improved although it's turning pretty chilly if you're stepping outdoors. so we have winds of change as we watch this area of low pressure right now stationed well to the north and west of our area. but we're getting those winds coming out of the west and that is drawing in some of the colder air from canada perhaps a leftover sprinkle or two far north and west. even some snow flurr