11. 7 billion merger deal. We will talk to viacoms ceo about synergies and the road ahead. What slowing economy . Chinese Online Retailer alibaba defies the slowdown amidst a trade war with sales surpassing expectations. First to our top story, it was a big week for tech ipos with wework and cloudflare filing to go public. The Web Security Company cloudflare has been in the news lately, given its relationship with controversial message board, 8chan. Three alleged gunman posted manifestos on 8chan before three separate Mass Shootings in the united states. Cloudflare stopped providing services after the latest shooting in el paso, left two dozen dead, largely taking the platform offline. So, is now the right time to go public for cloudflare . I discussed it with Liliana Baker and will curtain. Like many other tech ideas, ipos, especially in software, it is not profitable. It has a pretty good growth rate though. Its really trying to look at its competitor, fastly. Fastly went public earl
Is there for change . And markets look like this at the open in europe well get an expert view on what to watch this week. And well be getting the inside track on a fashion brand that gives its profits back to the countries that makes its fabrics. Today, we want to know if you believe optimism is the key to a longer life, following a survey that states just that. Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. That survey suggests we have more chance of living to the age of 85 if we are a Glass Half Full kind of person. Hello, and welcome to business live. A so called landmark ruling in the us Opioid Crisis has been handed down to drugs giantJohnson Johnson by a judge in oklahoma. The company was ordered to pay 572 million for its role in the crisis, which is more than double what other firms have already shelled out. Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma settled with the state for 270 million. And there was an 85 million settlement with israeli owned Teva Pharmaceutical industries announced earl
In fines but the stock is up find out why in a moment and trouble in the skies boeing facing its first customer lawsuit over its grounded 737 max jet fleet and income clear deal 2. 0. President trump signaling a willingness to sit down with iran to possibly hammer out a new deal its tuesday august 22nd and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning im Courtney Reagan in for Brian Sullivan this morning. Were keeping an eye on shares of Johnson Johnson up just about 2 in early trading as an oklahoma judge finds the Company Liable in that states widespread Opioid Crisis well update you on the story in a moment it might be surprising shares being up when they are indeed found liable. Well set the tone for where were starting the morning here in the United States dow jones features are indicated lower by 26 points after we had a nice day yesterday so all three major averages indicated to open slightly lower take a quick check on whats going on in the treasury markets with the yields.
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About synergies and the road ahead. And chinese online retailer alibaba defies the slowdown of missed a trade war with sales surpassing expectations. It was a big week for tech ideas with fleet work and cloudflare filing to go public. Cloudflare has been in the news given its relationship with 8chan. Three alleged gunman posted manifestoes on 8chan before three mass shootings. Cloudflare stop providing services after el paso, texas, largely taking the platform offline. So is now the time to go public . Like many other tech ideas, especially in software, it is not profitable. It has a pretty good growth rate, it is really trying to look at competitors. Fastly went public earlier this year and is doing ok. There have been some sources who were asking me why cloudflare took this long to get this point. They had been preparing since the fall of last year for a public offering. Emily cloudflare is a name we have heard of the companies that will go public soon. Tell us exactly what cloudflar