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Noble (NE) and Petronas Suriname E&P have agreed on a rig swap deal for drilling one well in Block 52, offshore Suriname.

At 12,161 a 52-week high. the nasdaq and s&p added more than half a percent. a pair of multibillion dollar deals fueled the rally. beckman colter is being bought by over $6 billion. they make lab equipment used in medical diagnostics and pharmaceutical development. this would give them a larger foothold in the growing medical diagnostics market. they've been struggling to you its revenue including the sales so it's using acquisitions to grow the revenue base. and a pair of oil service companies are combining to form the world's second largest offshore driller. ensco will acquire tex's pride in...

Blue chips like caterpillar, apple and ibm. lowe's owns a hotel chain, cna financial and a drilling company. and game maker hasbro slightly higher on lackluster demand over christmas. aol buying the huffington post for $315 million. offshore driller -- danaher picking up colemans for 6.8 billion. and big lots soaring on a final report it's working with goldman-sachs on putting itself up for sale. that's it for cnbc, first in business worldwide and now back to chris at "hardball."

Be on the hook for the damage they're doing to florida's tourism business? >> well, we don't need to get into a fight amongst states here. we have a national problem. it's a federal government problem. you're right. florida has always valued and put, as our priority, protection of our tourism industry. $60 billion a year. $6 billion come directly here. our number one priority has always been to protect our coastline, to protect our beaches, and the fact that this accident happened 125 miles out in the gulf and is impacting us, it's just a crying shame. and people are crying out here, let me as...