so the german manufacturers all of them are putting pressure on uncle markel because she has to do a great deal because what are they going to stop trading they want to trade with the u.k. absolutely the e.u. also known as hotel california. we're going with the british american business association thank you pleasure pleasure. computer maker h.p. on thursday once again rejected a takeover offer from xerox worth roughly $35000000000.00 claiming that the bid undervalues its business in february xerox upped its offer by $2.00 per to 24 dollars per share it's a big jump after previous attempts were declined for the same reasons h.p. on thursday requested shareholders reject the offer saying that it would benefit xerox shareholders more than those invested in h.p. following xeroxes latest bid h.p. said they would institute a plan to stop investors from collecting more than 20 percent stake in the company and an effort to avoid a hostile takeover xerox stock plunged more than 6 percent on the news meanwhile h.p. stock dropped by just over one percent but well below the declines that we're