government could buy more boeing planes and the stock hits a new high. coal country celebrates. the president follows through on his promise to roll back regulations. but is it enough to get the ailing industry back on its feet? those stories and more tonight on nightly business report for friday, february 17th. good evening, everybody. kraft heinz is hungry for a deal, a big one. one worth more than $140 billion. the food conglomerate, backed by billionaire warren buffett and the brazilian private equity ferm 3g made a takeover offer for unilever in what would be one of the biggest deals ever. but unilever said hold the mayo and kraft heinz may not take no for an answer. that may be why shares of both companies soared double digits in trading today. sarah ieisen explains why this may just be the beginning of a consumer food saga. kraft heinz, which itself was born out of an acquisition put together by brazilian private equity giant 3g and warren buffett is trying to
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possibility of revenue we always have been open to the possibility of looking to ways to expand revenue including as bruce said all of the things you can do if you move in a sensible way on energy and the things you can do if you re going to look at some ways to alter the tax collection system that make it better for companies by giving up some deductions to get some benefit. look, we re wide open to talking about fixing this country. we re just not wide open to continue this deal harry reid said we won t talk to anybody unless we get $1 billion $1 trillion of new income tax. good luck, harry, ain t happening. a quick one. you talked about the studies recently that showed growing inequality of income this access in the country. and i wonder is there a certain point where it might be bad for business if the middle class is so hollowed out and there s increase wealthed all in one end? by the way, i think i was listening to your question very carefully and then you g
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