Halliburton-Baker Hughes Merger Gets Thumbs Up: What Wall Street's Saying

NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Halliburton's $34.6 billion price tag and hefty premium attached to its potential acquisition for smaller oilfield services company Baker Hughes may have had investors squirming on Monday, but analysts are fans of the deal. The deal was driven less by the current low oil prices and more by current conditions in the industry, Halliburton CEO Dave Lesar told CNBC on Tuesday. "As you look at expansion of the unconventionals in the U.S., the growth in the deep water in other p...