. >>> and i'm focussing on the merger snyder lance with diamond food and i have exclusive request ceo after earnings. i got an idea, why don't you stick with, cramer! >> announcer: don't miss a second of "mad money" follow @jimcramer. madmoney@cnbc or call. dry spray? that's fun. it's already dry! no wait time. this is great. it's very soft. can i keep it? (laughs) all the care of dove... >>> wherever i go people want to know if it is safe to buy stock of walmart. figure has to have big yield sooner or later. does the it have to turn. i think the yield could get bigger not from the way you like, that's because i think walmart's stock could go lower. 3.4% yield doesn't enough protection even when dividends are safe and covered the way walmart is. why? for many reasons. last year they had free shipping if you spent over $50. given their lower income demographic. unheralded turn around based on change in the stores, boy do they look good, coupled with international offers. you would be surprised how much private labels versus nationally branded stuff. target like costco, cheaper brand na

. >>> diamond foods is being bought by snyders lance in a traction yacks worth more than $1 billion, ffort by snyder's to improve the portfolio of snacks. they serged to $38. snyder's lance fell almost 8% to $33.25. >>> and chipmaker texas instruments is in talks to purchase maxum integrated products, according to bloomberg. maxim has reportedly also received interest from analog devices and may not sell unless it gets a high premium. shares of texas instruments rose 1% to $58.67. maxim integrated was up 9.5% to $42.12. >>> glaxosmithkline reported higher sales in its third quarter. strong demand for hiv drugs and flu vaccines helped the drugmaker's earnings and offset a sales decline of its respiratory medicines. shares up 4% to $43.53. >>> meanwhile, occidental petroleum reported revenue that beat and announced it will exit its oil fields in the balkan shale in north dakota. those operations are losing money. that sent shares higher to $73.81. >>> northrop grumman reporting earnings that came in well above forecasts today. the company's revenue topped the consensus and it increased

the takeover by the nation's second-biggest maker of salty snacks, snyder lance is buying diamond foods look at someing a of the earnings coming out. fiat chrysler beat by a long shot, third-quarter adjusted e bit was $1.3 billion. the shares are up half a percentage in early trading. it's trading up even without for rory. --ferrari.. a $7.2 billion deal with wall groun -- walgreen buying right aid. the shares are trading down. .hey were up 42% yesterday not a bad jump. , they won amman contract for $80 billion for long-range armors and beat on earnings parade shares are up 6.2%. lockheed martin is down 9/[laughter] 10 of 1%. we will have the key takeaways from the bolts wagon -- books wagon scandal. ♪ matt: breaking news on starwood hotels -- the hyatt is in talks to buy starwood hotels. the deal may be announced within one week or two. hyatt had been in talk with intercontinental but those talks did not result in a deal. it is now in talks to acquire starwood hotels with cash and stock. that's all we got so far. much, let's gory back to what we said earlier about aig. >> i guess it's

among the stocks to watch today a just announced deal will see snack food makers snyders lance buy diamondoods. they'll get more than three quarters of a snyder share for every share they own now. akamai's technology beating estimates by 5% but the provider also gave a conservative current quarter forecast owing to the strong dollar and slower growth in online traffic and ceo tom leighton is going to be here 7:40 a.m. eastern time to talk about the latest results. panera bread beat estimates by a penny. revenue coming in short. they're being impacted temporarily by increased spending on workers equipment and technology. express scripts beat estimates with quarterly profits of 145 a share. revenue did come up light and did increase earnings guidance for the full year. stocks dismissed. >> i like it. >> coming up, the countdown to the cnbc republican debate. the stage is set. all the candidates are gearing up for the big event. who needs to step up and shine if they need to make it to november 2016? we'll discuss that next right here on squawk box. >>> remember today is a fed day. this is th