In what would be the largest Chinese takeover of an American company, Shuanghui  is proposing to buy Smithfield, a giant pork producer. What’s in it for each side? On the web, Facebook has gotten slack for putting offensive content next to advertisements. Is this the peril of targeting advertising? Plus, Freakonomics is back. Up this time? Driverless cars.

 The U.S. has indicted an online payment system for allegedly laundering $6 billion for the criminal underworld. What does that mean for other digital currencies? Also, the Case Schiller Index is up again in the biggest rise since 2006. Is it really good news? Plus, hear about the almost exclusively African American site that advertisers are flocking to. 

Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season and while Americans may indulge in an occasional long weekend, Europeans are gearing up for several weeks of vacation. Here in the U.S., companies like Time Warner Cable and Yahoo are reportedly bidding between $600 million and $800 million for video streaming service Hulu. U.S. military applications are up as youth unemployment continues to soar, so military recruiters are fine-tuning the admissions process. And Mexico’s economy is booming and now big companies targeting the U.S. market are relocating from China.

It’s Friday, which means two things: 1) thanks to sequestration,  roughly 115,000 federal workers get an unpaid holiday and 2) it’s time for the Weekly Wrap. In other news, brides may be walking down the aisle wearing…Target. Will anyone buy the budget wedding dresses? And our Safety Net series continues, this time with a different kind of bank: The Bank of Frank.

Twitter has joined the likes of Facebook Apple and other tech giants in offering two-factor authentication. Should we call it “the death of the password?” Maybe.  Also in tech desctruction, iPhone users have spent billions repairing their damaged and cracked screens since 2007. Repair costs aren’t getting any cheaper either. Better protect your screens carefully. Plus, President Barack Obama spoke about drones today. Just how big is the domestic drone industry and will it be a boon or bust for jobs?

How much data are you leaking? Lots of business are selling your data to others to help them all track you. How can you opt out? We find out. In the business of sports, golf and basketball and making rules changes, like raising the hoop to make it harder to dunk. What’s the economic cost? Also, we take a trip to the tax-shelter island otherwise known as Manhattan to tell you about how some of Apple’s untaxable billions aren’t actually overseas.

After yesterday’s tornado in Moore, Okla. — where residents got about 15 minutes of warning — we ask if tornado prediction has gotten better, and how it can continue to improve. What would it have taken to get more than 15 minutes? In tech-ish news, Apple’s tax issue comes to the Hill with Tim Cook. But Apple isn’t the only company that has funds beyond the reach of the IRS. Also, before you order dinner, news is out that Grubhub and Seamless, two online delivery services, are merging. Just how do these services make money and what about the restaurants?

You’ve probably heard it already: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. The real question is: Can you buy cool? We ask if the acquisition will help make Yahoo any hipper. Plus, after that, will it make money? Also, Cirque du Soleil’s second Michael Jackson tribute opens soon. We look at how well, economically, MJ is doing in the afterlife.  

It’s a big weekend in mental health — the diagnotic bible, the DSM5 is set to be released. Scientific controversy aside, what is the book really worth? On Wall Street, banks are taking on Bloomberg in the wake of news that  the news service’s reporters snooped on clients through Bloomberg trading terminals. We look at the business implicatins for the company. Also, before you hit the road this weekend, car makers are setting up a new campaign to get you to stop texting and driving. How good has the technology side of this gotten?