schlumberger topped estimates for eight quarters. the stock popped 3% to 93.99. >>> demand for drilling helped baker hue's bottom line. they beat the forecast siting healthy demand from the middle east and asia. the stock spiked 7% to $55.5. a rebound in the housing market, the company makes air conditioners, refrigeration units saw an increase in demand as more homes are bought. >>> intuitive surgical will come in at the lower half of its forecast range. shares dropped almost 6% to $376.52. >>> and the power company nrg energy plans to pay $2.6 billion to acquire the assets of the bankrupt unregulated power producer edison mission energy, the deal will nearly quadruple nrg's wind generation capacity making it the nation's third largest producer of renewable energy. if approved, nrg expects the deal to close in the first quarter of next year. the stock climbed to $29.30. >>> our market monitor guest tonight has these words of advice for invers to, buy good quality stocks and stay away from risky investments. he's game s chairman of m

schlumberger verified the move. last but not least, how can an appliance stock, that's right, washers and dryers, go from 112 to 148 in a couple months time? easy if it's whirlpool and the sales didn't decline. that's right. whirlpool somehow transformed itself from being totally at the mercy of home sales to a company that took market share at the same time an upgrade cycle kicked in. celgene and gilead, the last rallies, so totally unlike anything we have seen in ages. just a wholesale reordering. reranking and, yes, a rerating of good companies going great and fine stocks going ballistic. once an object is in motion, it sure tends to stay in motion until it hits a wall. right now, i don't see any walls for these stocks. it's a remarkable moment. why don't we go to justin in florida? justin. >> hey, jim, thanks for taking my call. >> my pleasure. >> my question today is about wal-mart. by the way, a big boo-yah! >> well, i saw courtney have a really good interview with the wal-mart head for the u.s. i thought he s

slumb schlumberger. >> mexico, angola, tanzania, kurdistan, algeria, ivory coast, russia.re they aren't hitting the ball out of the park is incredible. this is an amazing company. my trust sold it. thought it was a fabulous thing to sell, take the gain. that was wrong. >> why? >> worried about oil going from 110 to 100. that's called small thinking, david. >> it's a real possibility, may even go below that. >> true. have i to tell you these are long-term projects, offshore projects. this is not levered to long-term projects. this is a company that a lot of people regard as the great international company, where they fit in everywhere. they don't talk about it enough. i remember when i was doing a piece for the "new york times." i went to m.i.t. in the 80s and everybody wasn't wanted to work for schlumberger. >> "squawk on the street" back right after this. transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right. you're thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we

and it's not just big publicly traded companies like eog, schlumberger and continental resources benefitting. a 3 2-year-old entrepreneur began with one crane two years ago and has eight. >> i have one there, the value is 400,000 right now. >> given the stlent of your business at $2.5 billion, you could pay that off quickly squl yeah, they are an hourly rate machine but you can pay them off quickly here because the wheels never stop turning. you can work 24 hours a day and we do. >> reporter: some think it can't continue but as long as oil and gas prices don't collapse, look for the story to keep on growing. for "nightly business report", i'm brian sullivan. >>> for more on the economy, check out our website nbr.com. amazing that in certain pockets of the country, there is that kind of growth going on? >> midland texas lowest unemployment rate in the country and here people making $10,000 a month on the rig. >> the apartments, so to speak, $3,000? that's a lot. that's nightly business report. i'm susie gharib thanks for watching. >> i'm tyler mathisen. have a great evening, everybody. we'll

schlumberger coming in with $1.29 per share, 5 cents above estimates, schlumberger's results were drivenults in the middle east and asia. you're not going to criticize the way i say schlumberger. >> it was beautiful. >> it was good? okay. >> i say a lot of things. i say chair. >> what's wrong with chair? >> sonny and cher. >> bono. >> that's close to something else, so be careful. >> that's why becky's normally here. >>> the shutdown is over and that means the return of economic data and the return of steve liesman. >> do i get some music? >> are you so happy? >> i'm very happy. tuesday we'll get the september data -- >> so tuesday is jobs friday? >> is jobs friday. why not? why does it have to be friday? >> right. >> and the next one is delayed by a week but still close -- >> in the zone. >> in the zone. >> this is good. >> it'll come after the october meeting for the federal reserve. >> november 8th or something. >> yeah, they're -- or late october. >> but the october numbers come -- >> come november 8th. >> november 8th. it's too soon anyway. >> right. we don't have a schedule for the

we got glowing numbers from chipotle, google, schlumberger, general electric, food, tech, oil service. that's on top of the amazing financial numbers from capital one, american express with the exception of ibmi this has been, i'm going to pronounce it, the best earnings season i can recall in years. it is my hope we get a downdraft. only because i don't like to chase it after this week's performance, we are chasing if we buy at these levels. you know what, though, maybe we'll get that selloff. did you know that good friday once fell on a monday? of course, that was a horse, it collapsed in the race in the uk in '46. well, next week the friday labor report falls on a tuesday. . i think it'll give us the opportunity we need to buy high-quality earnings stories at lower levels because of a strongs jobs number meaning one and only thing one that will send the market lower. you'll hear the talk about a taper, less bond buying. with know parts of the economy are weak. i believe that home sales have taken a turn south. we're going to find out when we get existing home sales monday morning.

we got blowing numbers from chipotle, google, schlumberger, general electric, food, tech, oil, service, the industrial. plus on top of the amazing financial numbers we got this week from capital one, american express with the notable exception of ibm, this has been the best earnings season i can recall in years. and that's contrary to what you have heard. but i'm in the thick of it. that's what i'm seeing. you know what i think it continues next week. it is my fervent hope, though, we get a down draft. if only because i don't like to chase after this week's outstanding performance, we are most certainly chasing if we buy at these levels. you know what, though, maybe we will get that selloff. my reasoning, did you know that good friday once fell on a monday? of course, that good friday was a horse, it collapsed in a steeple chase in the u.k. in '46. well, next week, the friday labor report falls on a tuesday! and i think it will give us an opportunity we need to buy some high-quality earnings stories at lower levels because of a strong jobs number, meaning one thing, one that is going t

. >> how about schlumberger, steve? >> the company commentary saying around the world, the economies have stabilized or improve, including in europe. oil never goes out of style. you want to own the service companies, not necessarily the commodity. we're going to get halliburton reporting. >> guy, we like this name. a friend of mine who covers this stock telling me the first time in five years that all geographic business regions had operating margins above 20%. >> unbelievable. >> impressive. >> yeah, they're knocking it out of the pocket. the energy space has been on fire. i agree with you, not necessarily the crude itself. you look at the baca names, the service names, the driller, and now the refiners participating, a lot of folks a part of the run. >> and still at the price of crude, even where it drops to 80, extremely profitable, and they'll continue to bring it out of ground, out of the ocean, this is a secretary you want to own. >>> let's go inside the "halftime playbook." today, the xs and os on fix income, an

i like that bet, and just you know, my favorite is still schlumberger in the service and esv, big charitablet name and in the drill company and in the actual rig company and those are my two faves with baker hughes. mike in ohio. mike, mike, mike! >> thank you, and wish a big buckeye boo-yah to you and your family. >> boy, am i into ohio state this year. smaefrt coach in the league. what's up? >> my question is what do you think of mosaic relative to potash, abm and budgie and whether any of these are are good. >> mosaic's okay and the absolute question, how does it look overall? it's dependent upon agriculture. agco is the best in the business and you will hear there is pressure and when there is pressure in the pharma even though they are flush, you do not want to own mosaic, with corn prices coming down, i will have to say, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >> the lightning round is sponsored by t.d. ameritrade. >>> coming up, electric slide. american electric power ran out of juice as wall street turned its attention towards interest rates. is that

sl schlumberger, halliburton. the stocks have had a terrific year and another terrific quarter. all about the fraking industry. back to you. >> thank you so much. want to get to the earnings that are just crossing the wire. aig out with earnings coming in. third quarter, 96 cents a share versus an estimate of 96. dominic chu with the numbers and story behind the numbers. over to you, dom. >> what we have is an earnings beat. aig insurance giant coming out with 96 cents per share in terms of earnings. beating the average analyst estimate of 94 cents. revenues, though, coming in just a little bit light. the number there, $8.43 billion in revenues for aig versus average analyst estimates for $8.4 billion. the stock is drifting about 2% lower in the after hours session. but overall we're talking about a stock that has been up around 43%, 44%. the story of aig, yes, maybe just a little bit of profit taking on that revenue miss. still, a stock that's been very strong in 2013, maria. back over to you. >> sure has. thank you so much, dom. aig ceo bob benmosche will join me exclusively i

ge reports earnings before the open and we'll get results today from schlumberger, baker hughes, honeywellmorgan stanley and suntrust. "worldwide exchange" continues right after this. >>> stocks around the globe rebounding. china posts its fastest economic growth of the year, but is it a stimulus driven blip or the real deal? >>> and google gains following an earnings beat, sending the stocks to record highs. and other stories we're looking at today, after months of market rumors, lenovo appeared to be tire kicking on a blackberry bid. the chinese hardware firm has designed a nondisclosure packet to look at the hand setmaker's books, but reports differ on whether lenovo wants to buy all or just part of blackberry given regulatory hurdles around the deal. >>> jpmorgan put the 60-story tower up for sale as it centralizes local operations, but will remain a tenant in the building. the deal by china's biggest conglomerate marks the second major property purchase by chinese rise in new york this month. last week, green holdings say it's taking a 70% stake in a $5 billion brooklyn apartment proj