media as cbs agrees to join with viacom. shares of apple and chipmakers sword in tuesday trading after the u.s. delayed tariffs on certain imports including smartphones as well as laptops. trump said, "is to case they might have an impact on people, what we have done is delay it so they won't be relevant during the christmas shopping season." to discuss in washington, the president of the u.s.-china business council. sarah, do we have any idea what the motivation is for the change of heart? sarah: we do know that the news gave a bump to the stock market. we sell retail and technology stocks go up today. there have been some declines in share prices in recent weeks. of course, that is an immediate cheer from the market. what we don't know what was discussed between officials of the china and the u.s. on the phone call. they were waiting on purchases from china on agricultural goods and other promises. really the continuation of trade talks. we don't know what kind of promises were given in exchange for this delay. as you said

suddenly viacom looks like the weaker partner. old, incapacitated, how involved he was in the decision-making was of dispute. what we do know is sherry redstone, his daughter, thought it would be better for the company to get together. first, she fought for control of viacom. she ends up installing bob as the ceo of that company. she tries to get les moonves, ceo of cbs, to merge them. she resists, but he ends up having to leave the job because of accusations of sexual harassment. after discussions of putting them together again, we have an agreement to do it. not after a lot of of fighting and handwringing along the way. thanks so much for all those twists and turns. coming up, stopping the spread of online extremism. we will speak to one guest who has a plan for what tech companies need to do, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unli

. >> cbs and viacom finally reunite. wereer parade of earnings at revenues -- declineocus is on the in online ad revenues. >> not a lot of great news lately. suggest ae does not session, but these factors, keep an eye on them. >> it is ahead on "bloomberg best. " ♪ hello and welcome. this is "bloomberg best." important of the most news and analysis from bloomberg television around the world. let's look at the top headlines. we begin with investors jolted political shocks. hong kong protesters forced the airport to close down. and in argentina, a result in primary reactions a set off a chaotic election. >> argentina is at the crossroads. there is a massive roadblock. alberto, grabbed the momentum and came in 15 percentage points ahead in the pole. pol; l. many analysts would say it is insurmountable. they like his policies. they are market oriented everett fernandez -- oriented. fernandez, it is not clear what he would do with the imf. today could be carnage in the argentine markets. has plunged to a record low against

kailey: cbs and viacom finally reunite. wework unveils its plan to go public. chinese tech leads another parade of earnings and ad revenue. >> the focus is on the decline in online ad revenues. kailey: the week's important perspective. >> you look around the world, not a lot of great news lately. >> baseline does not suggest a . a recession, but these factors, keep an eye on them. kailey: it is ahead on "bloomberg best." hello and welcome. i am kailey leinz. this is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of the most interviews, business news, and analysis from bloomberg television around the world. let's look at the top headlines. we begin with investors jolted by political shocks. hong kong protesters forced the city's airport to shut down, canceling hundreds of flights. and in argentina, a surprising result in primary reactions a set off a chaotic election. francine: argentina is at the crossroads. while the president is looking to us second term, his path to the presidency just hit a massive roadblock. at the moment, his main rival , the opposition candidate t

emily: viacom's ceo there. coming up, softbank's massive fund makes its first ever energy storage bet. we find out what energy vault is with the ceo. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: softbank's massive vision fund made its first ever energy storage that monday -- monday,torage bet investing in energy vault. this company stacks concrete blocks in a tower that can store and release energy. it is presenting it as a solution to lithium batteries, claiming it can supply electricity to the grid 24 hours a day. to discuss what this means for the energy storage market, i sat down with the ceo. >> we have designed an innovative new system tower. it includes a six arm crane and 35,000 metric ton bricks that that are all orchestrated with proprietary software stack, so that is the whole system integration. we take excess energy from solar or wind when it is produced and not needed. that energy is used to raise the blocks, and when the energy is needed by the grid, we lower those blocks and discharge the energy. emily: how wi

cbs and viacom finally inked a merger deal. we will talk to viacom's 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 ipo's with fleet work 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 manifestoes on 8chan before three separate mass shootings in the united states. cloudflare stop providing services after the latest shooting in el paso, left two dozen dead, largely taking the platform off-line. so, is now the time to go public for cloudflare? i discussed it with liliana baker and will curtain. >> like many other tech ipo's, especially in software, it is not profitable. it has a pretty good growth rate though. it's really trying to look at its competitor, fastly. fastly went public earlier this year and is doing ok.

is one explaining why he bullish on the cbs-viacom merger. >> it is a good deal. it is a buy. taylor: up next, more of the week's top business headlines. india's government has promised fiscal stimulus. the central bank is helping provide the cash. >> it has cut interest rates and given a record amount of dividends to the government. taylor: this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg best." i am taylor riggs. let's continue our tour of the stories with more from the g7 summit. discussion about iran was the top of the agenda. there was an unexpected twist when a top iranian official came at the invitation of emmanuel macron. foreign minister visited france for six hours. bilateral talks. we had a brief sit down with the french president emmanuel macron. officials said they gave the u.s. delegation a heads up about the surprise arrival. macron did face allegations he blindsided allies. >> president rouhani said he was prepared to meet any political leader in the interest of his country. pres. trump: if the circumstances were correct, were right, i would certainly agre

this week for a conversation about investing at the largest independent holder of voting stock and viacom, who recently said he was exploring legal options after his shares were bought for less than he perceived its market value in the company's merger with cbs. vonnie quinn asked him if he is still considering litigation. ♪ >> as one of her teammates would say, all our options are still on the table. we want to see how far we go into it. number, there's only like 5 million, 10 million shares, it was selling at a premium, and if they pay you an extra dollars -- it's not a lot of money. >> are you actually going to take them to court? >> we will do whatever is necessary to help our clients who own the stock. of the 650 million shares that will be outstanding -- by the way, this is a buy. have in our homes eight streaming services -- is he bullish on streaming and is cbs behind? shares,00 million that's 25 billion, we are paying 40 billion for the entire enterprise without a major success in streaming, putting money into content will generate -- >> should they bring back "gunsmoke?" [laug