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And I'm Karen Moscow Bay are exploring... This is a Bloomberg business flash.

And I'm Karen Moscow Bayh exploring a potential bid for US competitor, Monsanto,

an ideal that would create the world's largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals,

according to people familiar with the matter.

Monsanto shares higher up 12.5% in early trading.

Applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increasing last week to the highest

since February 2015.

Initial jobless claims rose by 20,000 to 294,000

and the week ending May 7th.

The Bank of England cutting its growth forecasts

and issuing its strongest warning yet

that a vote to leave the European Union

would hurt the economy possibly causing a recession.

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