Nordstrom Inc. posted yet another quarter of better-than-expected results yesterday. Both top and bottom lines of the upscale department store operator improved year over year in the third quarter of fiscal 2014.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.02%) this morning are up +0.01% on increased M&A activity with Baker Hughes up over 5% in pre-market trading after it confirmed that it was in talks with Halliburton for a potential "business combination."

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September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 +0.05%) this morning are unchanged and European stocks are down % after a composite gauge of European manufacturing and services activity slowed to its slowest pace in 6 months.

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