for helping out halliburton and baker hughes. instead, look overseas, analysts say they have been expanding their international operations in search of bigger profits. >> that's where a lot of the growth is, historically seeing strong growth from emerging markets and also where a lot of resource is. it's a case of follow the oil, follow the money, follow the growth. >> markets like the middle east, ai asia pacific and europe have fueled growth. baker hughes, the world's third largest servicer saw a 27% increase in revenue growth. the other big growth areas, europe, africa and russia. saw revenue increase 18% from its middle east and asia operations as well and halliburton up 13% in the same region. all of that compared to low single digit growth in north america. why is the international market so strong? less competition and mild regulations mean more offshore drilling and offshore drilling means biggest profit margins. >> if you look at international capital spending, it's 70 to 75% of spending and the revenue is 50, 45% north

halliburton also reporting today's earnings, earnings per share beating the street by four cents.the company's largest provider of fracing equipment in the u.s. but oversupply and tight competition also causing the company to rein in costs domestically. international markets saving earnings here. still, the stock is down almost 3%. it's likely tied to lower guidance in 2014 and lastly, schlumberger reported earnings last friday. fourth quarter eps beat expectations by three cents. its revenues missed. the industry giant benefiting from middle east operations as well. another growth driver, offshore drilling in the gulf of mexico. the company is expecting double digit earnings growth this year. it's also raising its dividends. it's up right now about a percent. >> thank you very much. >>> ty, over to you. >>> talk about a find. a major discovery of one of the rarest and most coveted diamonds in the world. you wouldn't believe how much that rock could fetch. >>> and "shark tank" returns tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. a sneak peek right after this. [ male announcer ] once, there was a

you know, dick cheney left office maybe just a few months, his ceo position with halliburton prior to coming to to the vice presidency. and it just seems to me, um, you know, it leads one to say, well, just too much of af conflict of interest for them to be overseeing the same -- >> host: all right. i think we got the point, anthony. thank you so much. is this something, first of alle that the aclu is concerned with, and does it fit at all into your book, "taking liberties"? >> guest: in terms of the conflict of interest, anthony, that, to me, is mostly a political question. people vote for who they vote for. and that is the checks and and we also have congress and the courts. and i think that this has resulted in in the failure of checks and balances said september 11. the president, if he is asking us to trust him with all the dragnets, congress will prove with this, although we may be able to in the courts have not been involved. one of the things i talk about in my book is about this that the courts have been avoiding common questions that have been raised. the aclu has been chall

and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world and. take a closer look at this debate and dropped the document allows fifteen thousand u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan mostly to support local forces the catch is that the you are still wants its soldiers to carry out attacks and raid afghan homes while being totally immune from prosecution president karzai is reluctant to approve the deal demanding an end to airstrikes as a precondition for any agreement. france holland is on here play the luckiest politician this week the unpopular french president largely unscathed following questioning by journalists over an alleged affair and the country's dire financial situation but critics still wonder if he knows how to deal with either crisis as are more f. international reports. so that they can just wave my girl this video clip mocks francois announc

charles: halliburton same sort of scenario, halliburton said amazing growth in europe and africa wasst was up 27%. people are starting to sleep on the middle east. here are the things that can hurt you. johnson and johnson mention the affordable care act several times, medical taxes really starting to hurt them and will hurt them this year and the stock was up, now is down. travelers had the most impressive because of the mall, they beat the street, $2.68, street looking at 216. that is a bee. there was no catastrophe. what happened? the year before when all the catastrophes happened they raised their premiums. people think they have to lower the premium. ironically because they had so few catastrophes people started to connect the dots, stocks opened higher rant is pulling back but the good news almost all of these guys is they are fractionally off their 52 week highs and i like the consolidation. i like the idea of these companies coming out with great earnings and good guidance and consolidating gains, we let people bring the register here and make good names cheaper. connell: we

if you do like halliburton, wait until schlumberger speaks on friday. going to speak negatively about the market. be very careful. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. >> hi, jim. >> yo, what's shaking? >> caller: i'm reading your new book "get rich carefully." >> jim, i'm going to try to make it to costco this weekend and get a copy of your new book. >> i'm enjoying your book. >> holy cow, that was unsolicited. that was the point of the 440 pages. let's go to work. >> it is warm, yes. . >> why don't we go to mike mike mike in pennsylvania. >> hey, jim. >> mike. >> sorry about the eagles. >> yeah. okay. who's next? tonight i want to take a look at a pair of retailers who have come public through incredible enthusiasm in the last three months. the container store tcs, the place to go if you need storage, right, organization products, women's shoes fit right into -- and boots, they fit into these shelves. they swing then there's zulilly that offers deals on baby

if you do like halliburton, wait until schlumberger speaks on friday.hink they're going to speak negatively about the market. be very careful. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. >> hi, jim. >> yo, what's shaking? >> caller: i'm reading your new book "get rich carefully." >> jim, i'm going to try to make it to costco this weekend and get a copy of your new book. >> i'm enjoying your book. >> holy cow, that was unsolicited. thank you so much. that was the point of the 440 pages. let's go to work. >> it is warm, yes. >> why don't we go to mike mike mike in pennsylvania. >> hey, jim. >> mike. >> sorry about the eagles. >> yeah. okay. who's next? tonight i want to take a look at a pair of retailers who have come public through incredible enthusiasm in the last three months. the container store tcs, the place to go if you need storage, right, organization products, women's shoes fit right into -- and boots, they fit into these shelves. they swing. then there's zul

a former hall -- halliburton manager will not go to presence for destroying evidence.he judge sentenced the man to one year probation and community service and thousand dollar final halliburton was bp's cement contractor in the deep water horizon drilling rig when it exploded and killed 11 people, unleashed 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf. >>> a fast-moving train slammed into who people outside of san jose, killing one man. the police are not shoe why the men were on the track. >> a gunman is still on the loose after he shot a 19-year-old student in the head and shoulder on the campus of wider in university, outside philly. the student is critical but stable. >> much more on the snowstorm coming up. we're going live to janice dean in the weather center. i wake up in the morning with no back pain. i can adjust it if i need to...if my back's a little more sore. and by the time i get up in the morning, i feel great! if you have back pain, toss and turn at night or wake up tired with no energy, the sleep number bed could be your solution. the sleep number bed's se

halliburt halliburton, trading lower today. and rpc said people hasn't interpreted the earnings.nd that the margins may have been better than they said. an institutional investor seems to be playing along with the bullish view. we saw a sale of 4,000 of the january 15 spreads. they collected $1.40. and they used the proceeds to buy a call spread of similar duration in january '15. they're risking about $1.2 million. they could potentially make as much as $4 million. but they're making a bullish bet that halliburton could be as high as $70 in about a year. >> thanks for the options action there, mike khouw. >>> coming up next, one research form famous for its short bets is issuing a full-on red alert, on organovo. the man in large of citron research joins us live. that's next. ♪ [ bell ringing, applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male ann

halliburton has had a nice ride from a little under 50 when we started flagging this. >> what are you >> when i look at c.h. robinson, fedex, ups, the delivery companies have done well. c.h. robinson is not one of those. it's lagged when you look at where they are but you can see the february 57 1/2 calls today being bought, over 5,000 very fast, very early in the day, they were paying $2.20. scott, this is a great example of something that happened to me the other they on monday. i tried to buy some options. i couldn't get them because the stock started to move so fast that now those are trading closer to $2.80. i don't like to chase. i like to turn things to spread. f5, a call spread. i'm into it about the same price had i been able to get in on what i originally wanted. i'll probably do the same at c.h. robinson. i do not have a position. >> no position what so whatever, equity or option. >> no. >> that stock is interesting. it's moving a bit on unusual activity that pete has noticed. not so fast. john, traders are quick but not always right. if november john made a bearish call on

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times higher than america's cities that don't yet have really richard cheney used to run all giant halliburton as vice president he pushed through congress breathtaking legislation called the highly potent loophole is a no exempt from the clean air act clean water act safe drinking water act results conservation act environmental policy act environmental liability act the community rights and no act and most of the federal laws on environmental health the most a list to show you some of the lower just unfiltered water supply in the world it provides tough water to millions on the east coast. to submit fracking is already affected the allegheny river running through new york and pennsylvania the supplies cities with their drinking water. just talked to a representative from the fracking industry dana bone of lobby group energy in depth great to speak to you will the industry still insist there's absolutely no evidence of environmental damage the process has been used over one point two million times across the united states with zero evidence of water contamination. which. in fact systematic an

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and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world. mounting civilian casualties from american military operations is one of the key reasons the u.s. afghan security pact remains on very shaky ground and washington's draft pushes for thousands of its soldiers to remain in afghanistan after the combat mission ends later this year although their role is supposed to support local forces the u.s. still wants its troops to be able to carry out attacks and raids on afghan homes all the while being immune to afghan prosecution president karzai of course reluctant to approve the deal demanding an end to airstrikes as a precondition for any agreement are still to come here on r.t. international that france is trying to wean itself off its tax fix for the president said so this week as he backpedals on his policy of eking out money from business and putting i

and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that have made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world and get a sense calls in the u.s. to stop of them barging civilian areas have been falling flat a presidential aide recently spoke out asking how many more innocent afghans have to die so it gets the attention of u.s. officials the issue of child casualties is of course especially disturbing are just market how has been looking into it. just last week an accidental shot by u.s. special forces on the dry bloodiest day in ground about ghana stems helmand province a four year old boy and troops say they mistakenly shot the child and dusty weather while the toddler's death is a painful reminder that there are still serious collateral damage since the afghanistan invasion began more than a decade ago april twenty third seen an airstrike killed eleven afghan children and the coup in our province in t

and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that have made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world. mounting civilian casualties from american military operations have put the u.s. afghan security pact on very shaky ground washington's draft pushes for thousands of its soldiers to remain in afghanistan after their combat mission later this year although their role is supposed to be to support local forces the u.s. still wants its troops to be able to carry out attacks and raid afghan homes all while be immune to afghan prosecution present karzai is reluctant to approve the deal demanding the ending the strong airstrikes as a precondition for any agreement or get a chance calls on the u.s. to stop bombarding civilian areas have been falling flat and a presidential aide recently spoke out asking how many more innocent afghans have to die so gets the attention of u.s. officials on the issue of

and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that have made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world the collateral damage around us cast fresh doubts whether kabul will sign a key security pact was washington the deal would see thousands of american troops remain in afghanistan for another ten years after the nato was drawled by the end of two thousand and fourteen the afghan government has so far been reluctant to agree to the pact which would also make americans immune from afghan law if the agreement is not sealed washington will have to order all of its troops out of afghanistan. coming up in the program the battle for the north pole intensifies as climate change opens the region to trade anarchy and even military competition we discuss how far the nations with claims on the arctic are ready to go. moscow is stepping up its mediation efforts to bring keep power players to the table at thi

and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that have made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world. they collateral damage has cast fresh doubts on whether kabul will sign a key security pact with washington the deal would see thousands of american troops remain in afghanistan for another ten years after the nato withdrawal by the end of twenty fourteen the afghan government has so far been reluctant to agree to the pact which would also make americans immune from afghan law if the agreement is not sealed washington will have to order all of its troops out of afghanistan. as the arctic sea ice melts away at an alarming rate that's access to oil reserves is opening up and countries bordering the region are determined to defend their slice of the pie the polar seabed may hold as much as fifteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil and thirty percent of its natural gas let's take a closer lo

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then we do look forbotl on the else from likes of halliburton, general electric, should numbers also- schlumberger, and siemens. all of those companies will be active buyers going forward in the sector but >> thank you so much. matt campbell with the latest. servicess go for oil to the end-user user. bmw held onto the luxury car top spot for the ninth year in a row in 2013. german rivals audi and mercedes been step up their efforts to overtaken in the fast lane. hans nichols has more. closer --e getting audi and mercedes are getting closer to bmw. total sales globally worldwide, 1.60 6 million units from bmw. closest competitor, audi, 70 9000 back. but you are seeing a narrowing. all three vying for the top spot. bmw has done on the back of their three series car. they sold over half a million of them. but they are going to be getting competition. sercedes has their new c-clas out this much. unveiling it in the detroit auto show. lots of tech. what wel be interesting talk about mercedes versus bmw. >> what is the latest for mercedes question -- for mercedes? touchy are putting screens

ifler: i asked your producer they had a stock price for halliburton. before bush was elected, halliburton was going bankrupt. just got nailed for all kinds of fraud. as far as the card industry goes, i grew up in detroit in , and i0's and the 1970's have written books about the evolution of this country, and it goes back to henry ford. when henry ford gave his workers wages, a were able to buy a car with three months wages. when you look at capitalism and 35%,detroit was all about, 40% of the workforce were union. the uaw basically created an environment where they protected tax law, trade laws, antitrust laws and banking laws. when you talk about the big three, you are actually talking an economic ideology that was based on capitalism and democracy going back to the constitution. they were creating wealth. steel, that creates wealth. you make the car, that creates wealth. the wealth, 99% of it was circulated through 95% of the people. today, the union is dead, and you can look at north versus south, union worker versus nonunion worker, union soldier ,

want to check out halliburton, too. that reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings.d a good job in north america and latin america and porckets in international. margins were disappointing and guidance. they tempered guidance for north american business. i think the theme in oil services this year is going to be international because bake irhughes said it could be growing 10% for the year. i don't think that's priced into the shares. those are the names i would be looking at. schlumberger has the highest exposure to international. >> the one out of halliburton is they had weakness in europe as well as africa. it doesn't look like they're doing that well. >> they have pockets. it was pockets of okay. they're doing okay. certainly schlumberger and baker hughes did better internationally but the guidance from all three is 10% growth for the year internationally. >> regulatory in the u.s. is concerned as well. keep an eye on that. >> that does it for earnings squad. join the conversation. we'll be back with the earnings preview for tomorrow. coming up next on "squawk on

. >> oil slick, halliburton and baker hughes all post strong results but not just the american energy that's helping propel profits. >> staying warm, what's behind the shortage of

when you look at this name halliburton it stands out.the gate today, scott, when we started to see the buying of the next friday expiring. there are the monthly januarys. when you look at the strike, over 7,000 traded the first 45 minutes of the day. 26 cents were some of the biggest trades. if you're curious in how long, you've got one week for this to perform. in this particular case i would say you've got a week. normally, if it doubles i'm going to take off half. if it gets cut in half, i'm going to oh we. >> either way you don't plan on sticking around for a long time. >> in the max, a week, and then out. >> joe, give me a quick trade on that one. not only that name but oil services in general. >> it's good to see. again, it goes back to a lot of the emerging market story when you look over the course of a couple of months they have that exposure to the ems. i like the trade obviously. >> the context is oil is at a six-month low. >> but let's separate for a second the price of oil versus energy equities. pete and i were talking befo

the status right now and ongoing what you think the future is of that fracking to paul that when halliburton first developed fracking in a big way that vice president dick cheney. what personally apparently walked down to the e.p.a. now in the fracking companies or particular examples from influence peddling d.c. even doing something that's dangerous could people who are around them are also into something that's very dangerous screw the climate you're introducing a whole new set of fossil fuel infrastructure a little walk us in for another few minutes danny and nick knology i think the biggest fight in two thousand and fourteen may end up being california where. it will be up to see if people can persuade jerry brown and others to try rush on plans for huge fracking more oil on the monitor in shale and elsewhere in california and there's really good movement arising to do that. here at the end of the year the first carbon emissions trading program opened up in china i think we're going to see any movement on implementing a carbon tax here in the u.s. or even i mean it was george herbert wal

and so for this playbook playoffs that we have on cnbc anymore baker hughes but i also mentioned halliburton and slumber jooi. >> >> it's going to move faster when it moves but it like the other two as well. we're in the same space there. >> have you changed sort of the way you look at various sectors. i mean, i know you were at least i heard that you were pretty big in energy. slb obviously plays into that. >> sure. >> are you switching the kind of things you're looking at in the market? >> i have someone. i have a young man by the name of ed may who really is my counsel. he works at morgan stanley. i don't trade a lot of my own -- i trade a portion of my own but i let the professionals do it. we've had this conversation before. this is what you do for a living. i go out and do speeches and talk about football. those are things i'm familiar with. i would rather let the people handle the brunt of my portfolio that really know what they're doing. that's why schlumberger, for example, is in my portfolio versus something i trade. but i keep an eye on things and i like to have my finger on it. i

ifler: i asked your producer they had a stock price for halliburton. before bush was elected, halliburton was going bankrupt. just got nailed for all kinds of fraud. as far as the card industry goes, i grew up in detroit in , and i0's and the 1970's have written books about the evolution of this country, and it goes back to henry ford. when henry ford gave his workers wages, a were able to buy a car with three months wages. when you look at capitalism and 35%,detroit was all about, 40% of the workforce were union. the uaw basically created an environment where they protected tax law, trade laws, antitrust laws and banking laws. when you talk about the big three, you are actually talking an economic ideology that was based on capitalism and democracy going back to the constitution. they were creating wealth. steel, that creates wealth. you make the car, that creates wealth. the wealth, 99% of it was circulated through 95% of the people. today, the union is dead, and you can look at north versus south, union worker versus nonunion worker, union soldier ,