robin mcelhatton, "nightly business report," san jose, california. >> tom: no, but it has been about bonds for the past several sessions. we did see, you mentioned this in the inter shrew with nick, we saw banking stocks continued to be in focus as interest rates are rising. let's get everyone updated tonight. >> tom: we'll begin with an after-the-close merger announcement in health care. hospital operator community health care made an unsolicited offer to buy tenet health. it is a $7.3 billion offer in cash, stock and debt-- that works out to $6 a share for tenet. if tenet accepts, it would create the nation's second largest hospital chain. tenet stock was up a fraction during the regular session, but surged 50% after hours. it was trading well above the community health buyout price. indicating the market expects a competing offer. the wheeling and dealing continued elsewhere. in computer data storage, dell is talking with compellent about a deal. dell has offered $27.50 per share, or $900 million, to compellent. but that's below compellent's current market value. the two companies