kay lor, we're getting word that reuters is reporting that albertsons will not price tonight. that is according to reuters. we'll work to confirm that on our own. and kayla, in terms of first -- maybe abs is not a surprise, but in terms of first data, how should we look at that. it is not a venture capital backed company going forward and should we look at it as a sign to good public to raise the money or do we look at it differently because it is coming from private equity. >> not necessarily. you don't have a situation as stark as a wal-mart situation. for albertsons that throws off the market dynamic for a company like that completely. for first data, i spect to a couple -- a spoke to a couple of sources this afternoon and they said it is owned by private equity. there is not much more to do to the model to make it a more attractive stock. they are committed to this market. they will play in this market. and potentially that means there is more upside for investors who do buy in at what is now a lower price than expected. so i don't think you should see this as an act of de

josh lipton is monitoring the intel call and kay lor is on jp morgan. meantime, be here for us for the hour. and later on is a bombshell about to be dropped on biotech tonight at the first democratic presidential debate. the sector got creamed. we'll head out to the stip and hear from john harwood. and normally jp morgan would be the lead but we'll start off with the story that just broke, san disk is exploring a potential sale and has seen interest from mike ron and western digital. shares are all higher in the after hours session. seema has the details at headquarters. >> that is right. san disk may be looking for a buyer. they are working with bankers to explore a sale and maybe drawing interest from mcron tech and others. this year free scale and nxp and avaggo and the $15 billion bill for altera. shares are higher -- well they were higher in after hours day. that might be the -- there you go. after hours, up 11.5%. >> thank you, seema. >>> it is interesting that western digital is in the news. it raised $30.7 billion by selling a stake to a chinese

josh lipton is monitoring the intel call and kay lor is on jp morgan.eantime, be here for us for the hour. and later on, is a bombshell about to be dropped on biotech tonight at the first democratic presidential debate. the sector got creamed. we'll head out to the stip and hear from john harwood. and normally jp morgan wou b