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• Hong Kong, China shares extend losses after April flash PMI disappoints Monday, 22 Apr 2013 | 10:48 PM ET

  *Great Wall Motor slides from Monday's record closing highs. HONG KONG, April 23- Hong Kong and China shares extended losses on Tuesday, led by cyclical sectors after a preliminary survey of manufacturing activity in April in the world's second-largest economy came in weaker than expected.

• Caterpillar Profit Falls Short; Slashes 2013 Sales Outlook Monday, 22 Apr 2013 | 8:30 AM ET

  

  Caterpillar reported earnings and revenue on Monday that fell short of Wall Street's expectations, and sharply cut its full-year sales forecast.

• China shares slip from 1-mth high, Hong Kong weak as quake impact weighed Monday, 22 Apr 2013 | 5:12 AM ET

  HONG KONG, April 22- China shares fell from a one-month high on Monday and Hong Kong markets were sluggish, with Chinese insurers sliding on fears that payouts after Saturday's earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province could hit profits.

• Housing Recovery to Face Test as Builders Report Saturday, 20 Apr 2013 | 3:53 PM ET

  

  Several of the largest U.S. public home builders will report earnings next week, and analysts are looking for guidance as to whether the housing recovery may be stalling.

• Is Multi-Family Home Construction Overheating? Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 | 11:32 AM ET

  

  U.S. builders ratcheted up construction, but the growth was entirely in apartment buildings. Multifamily housing starts are now running much faster than the 10-year average.

• Olick on Real Estate in Q2  Thursday, 28 Mar 2013 | 10:00 AM ET

  

  CNBC real estate reporter Diana Olick with what to expect in the housing sector this spring.

• Deep Freeze: Home Sales Barely Budge in Spring Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 10:00 AM ET

  

  The U.S. housing market will see no surge at the start of spring, as fewer buyers signed contracts to purchase existing homes in February.

• Still a Long Way to Go for Housing: Meritage CEO Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 12:33 PM ET

  

  Business is brisk, but the new-home market won't be back to normal for a while, Meritage CEO Steven Hilton said.

• Housing: Picking Up the Pieces Tuesday, 5 Mar 2013 | 9:39 AM ET

  

  In October 2007, the housing market was in the direct path of a massive foreclosure storm. Today, it is still picking up the pieces.

• China's CSI300 in biggest loss since Nov 2010 on property curbs, HK sinks Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 4:11 AM ET

  *Vanke, Poly Real Estate down maximum 10 pct. HONG KONG, March 4- Hong Kong and China shares slumped on Monday, with the CSI300 suffering its heaviest single day loss in 28 months after Beijing hit property developers with more tightening measures to contain housing costs that were harsher than expected.

• Hong Kong, China shares plummet as property curbs hit developers Sunday, 3 Mar 2013 | 11:54 PM ET

  HONG KONG, March 4- Hong Kong and China shares fell sharply on Monday, with the CSI300 set for its worst day in two years after Beijing hit property developers with more tightening measures to contain housing costs that were harsher than expected. The announcement came ahead of the start of China's annual parliamentary meetings.

• Swiss Back Strict Executive Pay Curbs Sunday, 3 Mar 2013 | 5:38 PM ET

  

  Swiss citizens voted on Sunday to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation, result projections showed.

• UPDATE 3-Swiss back executive pay curbs in referendum Sunday, 3 Mar 2013 | 10:26 AM ET

  *Big payout for outgoing Novartis chairman sparked new outrage. ZURICH, March 3- Swiss citizens voted on Sunday to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation, result projections showed.

• Construction Spending Down  Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | 10:00 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Rick Santelli has the latest data on construction. What it indicates about the economy and its impact on the markets, with CNBC's Steve Liesman.

• Killing Mortgage Interest Deduction; What the Fuss Is About Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | 9:14 AM ET

  

  Calls for ending the mortgage interest deduction are circling through Washington. Proponents of the deduction say they're prepared to fight to the bitter end.

• Scaremongers obscure limitations of Swiss "fat cat" pay vote Thursday, 21 Feb 2013 | 9:02 AM ET

  *Swiss to vote on limits to executive pay on March 3. ZURICH, Feb 21- The year is 2026. Switzerland is in a state of anarchy. Economiesuisse has cancelled the film's release, worried it could alienate voters ahead of a March 3 referendum asking the Swiss whether shareholders in public companies should have a binding vote on pay.

• UPDATE 2-Consumers buoy Mexico growth pickup, industry weighs Monday, 18 Feb 2013 | 11:16 AM ET

  MEXICO CITY, Feb 18- Mexico's growth picked up in the final months of last year as strength in consumer spending buoyed Latin America's no. 2 economy but a fall in industrial activity backed bets on lower interest rates ahead.

• UPDATE 3-Cemex says weak Europe offsets US construction pickup Thursday, 7 Feb 2013 | 10:18 AM ET

  MEXICO CITY/ MONTERREY, Feb 7- Mexico's Cemex, the giant cement company that has been struggling to turn around its debt-laden business since the U.S. housing crisis, said weak sales in Europe offset a pickup in its U.S. business and led it to report a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss.

• UPDATE 4-Cemex says weak Europe offsets U.S. construction pickup Thursday, 7 Feb 2013 | 12:53 AM ET

  MEXICO CITY/ MONTERREY, Feb 7- Mexico's Cemex, the giant cement company that has been struggling to turn around its debt-laden business since the U.S. housing crisis, said weak sales in Europe offset a pickup in its U.S. business and led it to report a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss.

• The Housing Recovery Continues Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013 | 12:59 PM ET

  

  The housing recovery continues. Residential construction is strong, but the commercial business is still spotty.