we are live at bloomberg headquarters in london. i am guy johnson. and i am olivia sterns. we are going to get into our top story. it is a big tobacco deal. imperial tobacco confirmed that it is in talks to buy some major u.s. cigarette brands. could spend $7 billion on the acquisitions. let s find out. caroline hyde has been tracking the story. we have a merger taking place in the states. the regulators are going to want them to spend some out. they have some interest. exactly. have speculated on since the initial share sale of logista. today, they will raise about 4 million pounds. everyone wondered what they would do with this money. will they invest it or pay down some debt? could be could they be putting some of this money into these american assets? they said yes, they are eyeing certain brands that would likely have to be disposed of between reynolds and lorillard. they are looking to form the second-biggest player in the united states. it will be the biggest m
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