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  • Vegas visitor tally flat, room rates up in April Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013 | 10:44 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS-- Tourism officials say they counted 3.34 million visitors to Las Vegas in April, up a slight 0.5 percent from the same month in 2012.. A Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority report released Monday showed that that hotel room rates increased almost 7 percent _ from a little more than $108 in April 2012 to just under $116 this year.

  • McDonald's May Sales Jump on Menu Item Tweaks Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 8:42 AM ET

    McDonald's said sales at its established restaurants around the world rose 2.6 percent in May as it expanded late-night breakfasts and tweaked other menus items.

  • Mexico hopes Xi's trip sparks visits by Chinese Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | 7:39 AM ET

    MEXICO CITY-- Mexico hopes the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to this country's most emblematic Mayan ruins Thursday will spark a mass influx of tourists from China, the world's largest tourism spender.

  • Restaurateur wins $1.2M in World Series of Poker Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | 7:28 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS-- A Canadian restaurant manager is the first poker aficionado to become a millionaire at this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Benny Chen, of Prince Edward Island, won $1.2 million Tuesday night in the seven-week poker bonanza that's just getting underway at the Rio hotel and casino off the Strip.

  • Hong Kong's Duck Days Are Over  Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 7:45 PM ET
    Florentijin Hofman's 16.5-meter tall inflatable Rubber Duck called 'Spreading Joy Around the World' seen at the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.

    The giant yellow rubber ducky that has graced Hong Kong's harbor for over a month is set to flock off on Sunday. CNBC's Bernie Lo investigates why the duck is being ditched.

  • Nestle Purina to buy pet adoption site Petfinder Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 4:11 PM ET

    ST. LOUIS-- Nestle Purina PetCare Co. said Wednesday that it is buying pet adoption website Petfinder from Discovery Communications LLC. Nestle Purina plans to build on to the site, with information about nutrition and pet welfare. The St. Louis- based company is part of Swiss-based Nestle S.A., a nutrition, health and wellness company.

  • News Summary: Turkey tourism industry stays calm Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 1:21 PM ET

    BEST FOOT FORWARD: Protesters and riot police have clashed in Istanbul and other Turkish cities over the past week, while the museums and monuments that tourists flock to have largely stayed open.

  • Indian casino sees pluses, minuses with Conn. keno Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 9:38 AM ET

    HARTFORD, Conn.-- Keno games coming to Connecticut promise to add more gambling to a market that already is adding casinos and table games. That total is after the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which runs Foxwoods Resort Casino, and the Mohegan Tribe, which operates the Mohegan Sun, each receives up to 12.5 percent of gross operating revenue from the game.

  • The 'Wild West' of Online Poker Goes Legit in US Saturday, 1 Jun 2013 | 2:12 PM ET

    The boss of UltimatePoker.com—the first legal, real-money poker site in the U.S.—told CNBC that users can only play in one state right now but not for long.

  • Latest Viral Video: Prancercize  Thursday, 30 May 2013 | 2:57 PM ET

    CNBC's Jane Wells reveals the latest amazing viral video.

  • Australia Happiest Place to Live for a Third Year Monday, 27 May 2013 | 10:03 PM ET
    Sydney, Australia

    For the third year in a row, Australia has taken the top prize for being the happiest place to live in the advanced world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Better Life Index.

  • Summer After Sandy In Jersey  Friday, 24 May 2013 | 3:43 PM ET

    New Jersey is kicking off its summer shore season. CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports 6 months after Sandy, Seaside Heights is completely rebuilt.

  • Do Babies Destroy a Woman's Ambition?  Friday, 24 May 2013 | 2:50 PM ET

    Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones made a comment about female traders losing ambition after having a child. "Fast Money" trader Karen Finerman, Metropolitan Capital, strongly disagrees. (5:38)

  • 80-Year-Old Japanese Scales Mount Everest Thursday, 23 May 2013 | 10:16 PM ET

    An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling." The Christian Science Monitor reports.

  • LOS ANGELES, May 22- Caesars Entertainment Group said it plans to go live this summer with an online poker site in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to thousands of poker players at its World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas starting May 29.

  • Indian Men Pose With Toilets to Woo Brides Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 2:46 AM ET

    Single men are posting pictures of themselves alongside toilets to show prospective brides that they can safely use the bathroom.

  • Rough Seas For Carnival  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 2:55 PM ET

    After a string of high profile problems, Carnival's issuing its second profit warning in 2 months, reports CNBC's Simon Hobbs.

  • May 17- New Jersey announced another step on Friday that will bring it closer to launching online gambling, with plans to publish proposed regulations for Internet wagering on June 3.

  • Inside Barbie's Dreamhouse  Friday, 17 May 2013 | 2:45 AM ET

    NBC reports from the new Barbie theme park in Berlin - a pink and glitzy life-size replica of the doll's legendary Malibu home.

  • How Small Luxury Hotels Are Thriving  Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 6:51 AM ET

    Paul Kerr, Small Luxury Hotels of the World CEO, explains how his company is profiting by offering guests a unique experience not found at the larger hotels and resorts.

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Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 4:05 AM ET

CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports from the Paris Air Show and discusses Airbus, which is expected to announce new orders this week, and Boeing's new aircraft.

Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 6:40 PM ET

You say the name of a stock, and Mad Money's Jim Cramer tells you whether to buy or sell.

Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 8:20 PM ET

Hans Timmer, Director of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank says his main concern with China is the country's vast shadow banking system.