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Warner and Paramount in reported merger talks

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

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The CEOs of Warner Brothers Discovery and Paramount have reportedly met to discuss a $38 billion merger – we ask what this could mean for the future of both companies. US consumer confidence is at a five-month high, according to conference Board's consumer index which says confidence has increased to 110.7 this month. We ask how e-scooters, once all the rage, have now been left parked up. And members of the Harlem Globetrotters join us in the studio.

(Picture: A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. logo is pictured at one of the studio's gates in Burbank, California, U.S., July 5, 2017. Credit: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo) Show less

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