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Chicken wing prices have spiked, making this year's Super Bowl parties more expensive than last year. Maybe it's time to serve bacon instead of wings!
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If Congress can't agree on a deficit-reduction plan soon, vacationers heading to the country's national parks this spring and summer could find reduced staffs, shorter visiting hours and even closings. |
Beyond wagering on traditional point spreads, gamblers these days can choose to put money down on hundreds of obscure and sometimes ridiculous bets listed on sportsbooks for the Super Bowl. |
It's a world filled with terrible odds and elusive jackpots. CNBC's Maria Bartiromo pulls back the curtain on Broadway, revealing big drama. |
Chicken wing prices have spiked, making this year's Super Bowl parties more expensive than last year. Maybe it's time to serve bacon instead of wings! |
The 2014 Super Bowl will be played in the uncovered MetLife Stadium in New Jersey where temperatures this time of year average 32 degrees and a snow fall of nearly 3 inches. Some analysts say lousy weather could be a financial boon to the game. |
Have you had it with Super Bowl hype? Check out Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl IX." And no, the kitties in the halftime show won't be lip-syncing! |
We need to believe that the data we see each month or quarter is the most accurate it can be at the time of release, CNBC's Brian Sullivan argues. |
Netflix is premiering its original series, 'House of Cards', but in a very unusual way. Unlike its rivals HBO and Showtime, they will be releasing all 13 episodes today. |
Cramer loves football. And he's found an intriguing connection between Sunday's big game and the American stock market. Really. |
Talk of a "Great Rotation" into equities from bonds this year as risk appetite returns is overblown, say analysts, adding that a big shift in market positioning is unlikely to come until stronger signs emerge that the global economy has turned a corner. |
The pullback in activity in China's key manufacturing sector highlights the fragility of the recovery in the world's second largest economy, experts told CNBC, following the release of the official manufacturing PMI. |
It's becoming routine for Toyota. The latest survey of how Americans perceive various car brands ranks the Japanese auto maker as number one. |
Relying on January to set the tone for massive stock market gains this year could leave investors in the cold. That's because 2013 is shaping up as anything but a typical year. |
More than half of the top 200 U.S. housing markets saw foreclosure numbers rise, according to a new report, but not where you might expect; investors should take note. |
Gold and platinum have been locked in a tight race for the past month, with both trading currently around $1,680 an ounce, prompting the question – which precious metal will win the race to $2,000? |
There are hardly any jobs, generally low wages and it rains all the time: Not the usual picture that a country wants to portray of its culture or economy. However, U.K politicians are considering launching a negative publicity campaign in Eastern Europe to deter potential migrants from coming to the U.K. in search of jobs. |
Structured finance deals of a type last seen before the financial crisis are set to come back in 2013, according to market experts, signaling a return to the credit boom in 2004. |
Atlanta's airport scored top marks for perks, according to a new survey. Orlando is best for kids and avoid Chicago if making a connection. |
Peter Berg of "Friday Night Lights" fame on what it's like to direct a Super Bowl ad. And ... ACTION! |
Brace yourself for a costlier latte. Coffee leaf rust - a fungus-borne disease devastating to plantations - has returned to plague crops in Central America, a region supplying 14 percent of the world's global production. |
Economic hardship has inspired a full range of clandestine entrepreneurship in Spain. The combination of higher taxes and unemployment has pushed desperate Spaniards to convert their apartments and underused lofts and warehouses into jazz clubs, hair salons, restaurants and even flamenco halls. |
Celebrity gravesites become popular attractions, visited by tourists hoping to connect with their once living idol. See some of the most popular celebrity gravesites of all time. |
More than 1,000 private jets are expected to fly into New Orleans this weekend, just under last year's tally of around 1,100 planes in Indianapolis – one of the biggest ever. |
Director Michael Bay sits down with Julia Boorstin to talk about this year's Super Bowl ads, how he picks blockbuster scripts and his perspective on the stock market. |
A mortgage analyst says, "The thought is that there are a bunch of homeowners on the fence who haven't refi'd who will all jump in thinking they will miss out. The theory is 100 percent nonsense." |
China's foulest fortnight for air pollution in memory has rekindled a tongue-in-cheek campaign by a multimillionaire with a streak of showmanship who is selling canned fresh air. |
Per capita milk consumption has fallen 23 percent since 1975. Does milk need a super hero? Enter Dwayne Johnson, aka "The Rock," America's new milkman. |
The wealthy have for centuries stashed their gold in Swiss vaults. But Swiss bankers are now reluctant to accept the world's bullion in the same old way, as they seek to reduce the size of their balance sheets. The Financial Times reports. |
Every year the Super Bowl is always just as much about ads as it is about football, but this year half the Super Bowl ads will include Twitter hashtags in their game-time spots. |
As Washington state tries to figure out how to regulate its newly legal marijuana, officials are hiring an adviser on how it's best grown, dried, tested, labeled, packaged and cooked into brownies. |