Welcome to the program, everybody. This is countdown, live from london. Just at 6 00 in the morning here in london. Let us get to breaking news this morning. We have a lot earnings coming through, starting with the business that is syngenta. In the process of becoming acquired by the stateowned at 43 billion. In the meantime, they have given us an update. Performance is resilient in a challenging marketplace. They are giving a sales number for the First Quarter, 3. 74 billion, just ahead that was estimated by the market. There has been a host of mergers and acquisitions, dow chemical trying to merge with the rival dupont as well. A lot of talk about on the m a, and whether the deal with china will go through. Trading through the offering price, we saw traders talking about only a 35 chance of this deal actually being done. Concerns ingulation the u. S. Particularly around this kind of industry, seem to be a concern for some watching the sector. Let us move on. We have a lot of news com
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