As well as your backyard. It is monday, so they will try to stump me with my mystery guest. We will see if they can do so. But first, headlines from carol massar. The big headline today was the continued drop in u. S. Stocks. The s p 500 losing more than one percent. The index now at a three week low that has erased the benchmark game for the entire year. Coke Industries Run by the Koch Brothers and Goldman Sachs are near buying flickr group for cvc from cvc capital partners. Deal may be announced as early as this week. And consumer borrowing in the United States rising more than forecast in the month of february. The 16. 5 billion dollar credit exceeded all estimates in a Bloomberg Survey of economists. Back over to you. Mergers and acquisitions. Over 400 billion so far this year in the United States. Today, five deals each worth more than 1 billion an ounce today. One of them involves a group that agreed to acquire alabama gas from energen. About 1. 3 billion in cash. Joining me now
Stump me with my mystery guest. My producers. We will see if they can do so. But first, headlines from carol massar. Pimm, thank you so much. The big headline today was the continued drop in u. S. Stocks. The s p 500 losing more than one percent. The index now at a three week low that has erased the benchmark game for the entire year. Coke Industries Run by the Koch Brothers and Goldman Sachs are group deal with flint from cvc capital partners. The deal may be announced as early as this week. And consumer borrowing in the United States rising more than forecast in the month of february. The 16. 5 billion dollar credit exceeded all estimates in a Bloomberg Survey of economists. Pimm, those are some of the top hedlines at this hour. Back over to you. Mergers and acquisitions. Over 400 billion so far this year in the United States. Today, five deals each worth more than 1 billion an ounce today. One of them involves a group that agreed to acquire alabama gas from energen. About 1. 3 billi