Advertising tycoon Martin Sorrell says uncertainty across the globe is stifling business, and he criticized Washington for "fiddling while Rome burns."
The special-dividend bandwagon is rolling alongside "fiscal cliff" negotiations, and one expert told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" there are strategies to predict which companies may jump aboard as well as pitfalls to avoid.
Israel-based soda machine maker SodaStream was keeping business as usual, even amid rising violence before a fragile truce with Hamas took hold this week, CEO Daniel Birnbaum told CNBC's "Fast Money's Halftime Report."
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Bart Chilton said the trouble with Wall Street's contingency plans during Super Storm Sandy was simply that they had never been adequately tested, and he's pushing to correct that with a new emergency command structure.
Why did Diageo spend over $2 billion to buy a majority stake in India's United Spirits? It's simple math, CEO Paul Walsh told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street."
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen could hardly be more positive about value in the technology sector and in one its most battered giants, Facebook.
The upcoming elections and the impending “fiscal cliff” have hedge funds more on edge than any other issue, according to a survey by Macro Risk Advisors.
Former SEC chief Harvey Pitt told CNBC Wednesday that the commission should investigate the surprise departure of CEO Vikram Pandit from Citigroup, since there were no hints given on the bank's earnings call the day before.