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Our lead story: US telecom giant AT&T plans to buy satellite TV operator DirecTV for $48.5 billion, gaining more than 38 million subscribers and increasing the merger mania sweeping the telecom media and technology industries. Edward tells you why this is a bad deal. Then Erin sits down with economist Paul Craig Roberts to talk about elite domination in the US economy and politics. Roberts talks about imbalance of influence of interest groups in American economy, and he gives his take on Tim Geithner's new book "Stress Test." Check it out. Erin then speaks with Peak Prosperity's Chris Martenson on how to allocate assets in a world of risk. He argues that the world is even more unstable now than before the crisis, and he looks at how an investor might react to such changes. Finally, in today's Big Deal, Edward Harrison talks to Political Commentator Sam Sacks about FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's House testimony on Net Neutrality. Check it out. Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UqIrYMA2Dw

Ameera and Edward discuss the Greek debt crisis panel held on Capitol Hill by Bernie Sanders. The panel, sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute, included Nobel prize economist Joseph Stiglitz as well as economists James Galbraith and Jacob Kirkegaard and highlighted the challenges facing not just Greece but other Eurozone countries with high unemployment like Ireland and Spain. Check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT https://www.facebook.com/harrison.writedowns https://www.facebook.com/erinade2020 https://www.facebook.com/biancafacch Follow us @ https://twitter.com/AmeeraDavid ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgnnyiMphsU

Wells Fargo board claws back millions from Ex-CEO. RT’s Marina Portnaya has a recap of the meeting between Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping. As members of the U.S. government head into a 2-week recess, the country could be facing a government shutdown, Boom Bust’s Bianca Facchinei has more. Communications giant AT&T makes a big play for Straight Path Communications. Speaking of mergers, two American trucking companies look to join forces and form a $5 Billion industry. Co-founder of strategic realty capital, Eddie Lorin joins us to talk real estate in the U.S. Check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT http://www.facebook.com/LindsayDaleFrance https://www.facebook.com/biancafacch Follow us @ https://twitter.com/LindsayFrance https://twitter.com/BiancaFacchinei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM5Gt5jm8hE