the latest intervention comes after whitetail got clariant to cancel the deal with huntsman. this is one that hasn't happened meantime, to ubs, quick look at that stock they have said there's no guarantee that the bank would remain headquartered in switzerland. he said he did not cause trouble with the statement but rather intended to quote what can happen in the banking sector inside swedish bank norde has moved to finland to find a more favorable regulatory area. >>> apple is trying to ease fears that consumers aren't taking to the iphone x ahead of the earnings report. preorders are, quote, off the charts some wireless carriers in north america had reported sluggish demand analysts have questioned how many people would be willing to pay $999 price what's the conversion? >> it's 999 pounds oh, yeah anyway, a surge in the tech sector helped push the nasdaq to its best day in nearly a year. alphabet, amazon and microsoft saw $144 billion added to their collective market caps i saw an e-mail from justin who said that should be gain of the u.s. market, it was out on friday last

i mentioned the clariant deal.er on, exxon a little later on posting numbers. volkswagen actually upgrading forecast this morning despite what is happening with diesel. a real mix in europe. tom: let me get you a quick chart. how about this? amzn, this is aetna and cbs joined at the hip. aetna with a moonshot and all of this as amazon considers going into health care. vincent reinhart will join us in a short bit. it will be wonderful to have these two colleagues together. but first we speak to nathan sheets. remind me what you did at the government. nathan: i was the undersecretary for international affairs during the last three years of the obama administration. tom: do we have one right now echo is there a nathan sheets footage of administration echo do we have one right now? is there a nathan sheets for the trump administration? nathan: he is in play. malpasst, the way that said fast. the dollar moving fast now? nathan: the dollar has inflicted based on the discussions of tax reforms expected to support the doll

. >> aetna shares are flat today >> clariant and huntsman are calling off proposed $15 billio merger the two firms will not have to pay break up fee in earnings news, big moves from the tech companies amazon shares hitting an all-time high after the company reported much better than expected earnings on a record 34% increase in revenues it's up 7% in the premarket. alphabet beating the street on the top and bottom line. the companygetting a boost fro mobile ad revenues that's up 3% the company offering upbeat guidance that's up 4% intel raising its full-year guidance on strong performance by its data center business. it's up 2% let's bring in lindsay bell, investment strategist. good morning to you. the pace of growth given the size, truly extraordinary. >> it's very extraordinary when you exclude whole foods and other one-time items is impressive driven by the prime base you're seeing good results coming out of retail going into the fourth quarter holiday selling season aws up 42%, now 11% of revenues for the company. it's an impressive report, and guidance in line with expectation

deviivision up 60%, but sa 0 2018 would be lower due to project delays in the minuerals division and clariant posted a strong set of third quarter numbers with sales and core earnings beating analyst expectations the results come amid a row with the top investor which derailed a planned merger with huntsman and bnp paribas down 3% on the back of its numbers. disappointing reaction weak performance at its corporate and institutional banking division dented third quarter earnings revenue from the fixed income unit declined sharply falling 23% year on year the bank did report a pick up in its equity trading business. let's get out to joumanna bercetche for more in paris. the stock down 3%. investors, do you think they're reacting to the disappointment around the fixed income trading division >> most certainly. that's where most of the weak weakness is coming from. most of the weakness from the corporate and institutional banking division, which for the first time is posting a decline led by the fixed income business that's hefty job minus 23% on the fixed side. clearly this is an industry-wide i

. >> that happens sooner and sooner >>> swiss chemicals maker, clariant and u.s.ased huntsman are calling off a proposed $15 billion merger the two firms are bowing to pressure from white tail healedihealed i holdings they call the deal detrimental to share holders >>> let's get back to these technology stocks that we keep talking about. you have to see some of these moves to believe them. amazon shares hitting an all-time high after the company reported much better-than-expected earnings on a record 34% increase in revenue. it was a huge surprise because the third quart ser is typicall one when amazon is spending to invest >> that's not an all-time high >> what's the high >> 108 p >> 1083. >> you have that burned in your memory >> all-time high is 1083 you're right >> pulled back, got under a thousand here we are. >> hitting above 1,000 at 1,045. the third quarter is typically one where they're investing. aws firing on all cylinders, and revenue in north america. >>> alpha beat beating the street on the top and bottom lines. the company getting a boost from mobil