Weekly jobless claims fell sharply while retail sales rose in a sign that steady job creation is adding momentum to consumer spending in the fourth quarter.
From auto sales to health care to the NFL to the price of gasoline, CNBC's anchors, reporters, editors and contributors make calls on what 2013 will bring.
Home prices are rising, and potential buyers may look back and regret not taking advantage of today's low rates and affordability, Hovnanian CEO Ara Hovnanian told CNBC.
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met for 45 minutes Monday in hopes of reaching a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," but the White House suggested later that it was not budging from its plan.
Wal-Mart said it is selling the 16 GB Apple iPhone 5 for $127, versus an original price of $189.97. However, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said on Friday that the discounts were arranged with Apple.
In the latest parody of the popular "Gangnam Style" video, a version featuring three brothers from a Kansas family farm has gone viral, and placed the agriculture industry on the digital map.
Shouting TV ads are soon to become a thing of the past as a new law goes into effect mandating the volume be about the same as the programming around them.
Despite the overall drop in foreclosures, a huge backlog of homes already in the foreclosures process are finally going back to the banks in big numbers.