that's what they did in late october, rockwell collins announced it was buying b.e.erospace for $6.4 billion, plus the assumption of debt. b.e. aerospace is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft parts, from seating to oxygen. yeah, the seating. this deal cagave them a much broader product portfolio. this company was focused on making the brains of airplanes before this purchase but b.e. gave them more of the guts of the plane. always wash your hands after flying more importantly, buying b.e. aerospace fixed their growth problem in one fell swoop. as the ceo put it, this transformational acquisition is consistent with our democraty to accelerate growth and build value through cockpit and cabin solutions. we see tremendous opportunity to better serve our commercial aviation, and military customers through broader offerings. b.e. aerospace has a leading position in all the segments it serves continuing, beyond new aircraft delivery, its $12 billion base provides a strong market of opportunities. i've got to tell you, i love that business model. yet the market's i

stocks that nevertheless are a microcosm of what's working names like avery denison, brinks, rockwell collins. tonight i've got another one, equifax, efx, best known for being one of the major credit reporting agencies when banks make a decision on whether or not to lend you money, they check your equifax credit coscore. its stock is on fire it managed to rally 20% year to date longer term gains are stag aring. over the last five years, they've nearly tripled, dramatically outpacing the s&p 500 gain over a five-year period how did they do it they see themselves as a global information solutions company. they use unique data, technology and analytics to provide insights to more than 820 million consumers and 90 million businesses worldwide a lot of this is related to credit reporting when you go to the bank to get a mortgage, equifax charges them a fee to check your credit score they also have a workforce solution decisions where they help employers verify their workers are who they say they are, as well as doing human resource outsourcing and they have a smaller consumer focus business where

and rockwell collins beating sales as well, on the sale of improving business jet revenue.e have some decliners on the earnings front as well. they are outweighing the gains in the s&p and the nasdaq. the maker of industrial flow equipment, that company forecasting earnings below estimates. goodyear tires missing estimate, seeing higher prices among competitive pressures. starbucks missed sales estimates, closing down its team on a chain, and the mattel numbers are disappointing as well. not telling as many american girl and thomas toys. we will dig into mattel later in the show, julia. julia.thank you, washington's health-care stumble is again raising doubts about whether tax reform will ever happen. after burning the midnight oil, the senate failed in its attempt to repeal underplays the affordable care act. majority leader mitch mcconnell says it is time to move on. but the white house budget director mick mulvaney says this battle is not over. here is what he told bloomberg tv later today. -- earlier today. >> i think you will see that the health-care debate will contin

the negative as we head to the close for the end of this week meanwhile, aircraft parts-maker rockwell collins is one. best performers in the s&p 500 today after the company beat wall street's earnings and revenue estimates for the third quarter thanks to higher profit margins and its acquisition of be aerospace up almost 4% in today's trade. >> shares of intel reporting better than expected revenue yesterday and despite having a huge market cap the ceo found himself defending the company against a much smaller rival during the conference call with analysts josh lipton has the details. josh >> that's right. he was asked about an old foe, amd, company on the move introducing products that take direct shots at intel's business it's a fight we know that's began on for a very long time. in this corner intel with a market cap of 1666 billion amd 13 billion in the last fiscal year intel did 59 billion in sales and amd 4 billion and intel dominates the market that it's in. for the market for pc prosors, 91% share according to idc and amd 9% but amd is getting a lot of attention recently introducing n