don steinberg thank you very much at aimcroft partners. bill is with harvard business school. >>> shares of direct tv and dish surgeon reports of the two companies could merge. that's where we begin tonight's market focus. dish network chairman charlie ergen reportedly contacted direct tv ceo to discuss a merger of the two largest satellite tv operators in the country. shares of both companies jumped about 6% today. direct tv closing at 77.34. dish ending the day at 62.09. toyota will buy back shares worth about $3.5 billion. this is the automaker's biggest buy back in more than a decade. the stock rose nearly 2% on the news to $110.53. >> baxter is reportedly exploring a sale of its vaccine unit in an effort to focus on its key businesses separately there are also reports of a shortage of injectable nice rtr glycerin. general electric will build a $100 million jet engine plant in indiana later this year to meet demand for its new engines. the tur bins to be used by airbus and the boeing passenger jets across the world. shares fell slightl