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Twitter is entering the TV world. The social network is launching a new application for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Microsoft Xbox One that will allow anyone with these devices to watch live programs, from sports to financial news.

The main agreement that Twitter has signed is the one with the American National Footbal League: users can also watch the games via the new app, starting today, alongside multimedia content and "social" selected ad hoc. For example, real-time updates of the athletes, the fans, the team. The app is free and users will not need a Twitter account to watch the events, but they will be exposed to advertising from the social network.

Marriage between Bayer and Monsanto, giant seed, may be announced. As reported by the BBC website, after yet another revival of the German company that has put into the pot $ 130 per share, valuing the US group $ 66 billion, the leaders of American society have accepted the offer.

HP Inc. has closed the deal to take over from Samsung the division that manufactures printers for $ 1.05 billion. The transaction is expected to be finalized within 12 months and under the terms of the agreement, Samsung has agreed to buy the HP Inc. shares in an amount of between 100 and 300 million dollars once the acquisition will be completed.

Swiss carried 1.62 million people in August, an increase of 0.1% compared to the same month last year. The Swiss airline, controlled by the German Lufthansa, has increased by 9.6% in terms of seats / km compared to August 2015. As a result, the load factor declined by 3 percentage points to 86.8%: in July, had reached 87.9%.

Overall, the number of flights has remained unchanged at 13,285 in August, while traffic, expressed in passenger-kilometers flown, was up 6%, it said in a note today’s Swiss.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena said Chief Executive Fabrizio Viola has agreed with the bank’s board to resign; the summit was dedicated to updates on the business plan and the rescue maxi-operation institution with a recapitalization of up to 5 billion euro.
Just the difficulties of placing an increase of that magnitude, as evidenced by the banks business operation to work on the market, would have led to the choice to present the third increase in three years with a different banker.

US media company Liberty Media acquires Formula 1: the deal, which evaluates the sport $ 8 billion, starting with the acquisition of a 18.7% stake for $ 4.4 billion. Bernie Ecclestone remains CEO, while Chase Carey was named president. The full acquisition will take place when the agreement will be permanently closed, expected in the first quarter of 2017. In detail, Liberty Media – reports the CNBC – would pay $ 1.1 billion in cash, $ 131 million in the communication group actions and 351 million in the form of debt issued by the same Formula One.

PayPal continues to consolidate its presence in stores and in the business of "traditional" type, through a new agreement with Mastercard, taking a little distance from the web, where it was born as a complementary service to eBay, which was spun off in 2015.

After the agreement with Visa,announced in July, the company struck the deal with Mastercard to strengthen its presence directly at the stores and become a universally accepted method of payment.

Bayer has again increased its bid for the purchase of Monsanto with the goal of creating a new global leader in the field of seeds and pesticides. Bayer, which is attempting to mid-May to reach an agreement with Monsanto, has stated his willingness to pay $ 127.50 per share, a new increase in supply compared to $ 125 previously proposed action. The increase in supply leads to the evaluation Monsanto more than 65 billion dollars including debt, 56 billion excluding debt.