To me, context is about pattern recognition.

It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

because nothing really occurs in isolation anymore.

I'm Tim O'Brien and I'm the senior executive editor at Bloomberg Opinion.

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Avon Bloomberg.com. This is Blue Works surveillance. Bloomberg of trading what looks like a down open on the day.

Here's some of the company stories we are watching.

People with knowledge of the matter say, the German chemicals maker BASF, they're working

with advisors and financing banks, they're thinking about making a

counter-bid for DuPont which of course previously agreed to merge with Dow Chemical

American Airlines Pilots call the Airlines service outright embarrassing.

They're not happy with the return of what they call toxic labor relations.

They sent a letter to Chief Executive Doug Parker.

The airline says the airline group is well aware a cultural change is needed.

And Oscar Munoz, speaking of airlines, poised to return to work as CEO of United Continental Holdings,

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