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  • Why Fannie Mae Shot Up 400 Percent in 3 Months Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 12:08 PM ET

    Fannie Mae common shares have soared, but there may not be a happy ending for investors.

  • Yahoo's Mayer: Tumblr Will Operate Independently Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 11:29 AM ET
    Marissa Mayer and David Karp appear on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" at the Nasdaq.

    Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer tells CNBC the $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr is "part of enhancing our growth story" and the company will remain independent, even under Yahoo's ownership.

  • Federal Execs to Get Millions Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 8:34 AM ET

    Despite huge cutbacks in government spending, some high level Federal executives are scheduled to get millions of dollars in bonuses, unless a law is passed.

  • 'I Did Not Lie': IRS Brass Claim Ignorance Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 5:12 PM ET
    Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman

    Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently.

  • Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Hit $2 Billion: Expert Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 9:16 AM ET
    Cars are piled up after a devastating tornado hits Moore, Oklahoma are marked with with spray paint after they were searched for victims.

    Rescuers desperately search for survivors in the rubble of flattened communities a day after a 2-mile-wide tornado carved a path of destruction in Oklahoma.

  • Deadly Tornado Leaves 51 Dead in Oklahoma  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 6:02 AM ET

    Forecasters are warning additional "large and devastating" tornadoes are possible today, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.

  • Housing Trickle-Down Boosts Home Depot's Profit Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 6:58 AM ET

    A nascent recovery in the housing market helped Home Depot report higher quarterly sales and earnings on Tuesday.

  • Economy Is on the Move Again—And So Are Americans Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 6:45 AM ET

    Thanks to the brightening employment picture and an uptick in the housing market, Americans are packing up and relocating. And the pace is likely to pick up this summer.

  • Wait. Didn’t Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before? Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:20 AM ET
    Tumblr

    As investors and analysts size up Yahoo's latest $1.1 billion acquisition, it is worth reflecting on the GeoCities deal, which has many similarities, the NYT reports.

  • JPMorgan Averts CEO/Chair Split, Bolstering Dimon Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 12:03 PM ET
    Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    A proposal to cleave the roles of chairman and CEO at banking giant JPMorgan Chase was defeated in a narrow shareholder vote on Tuesday.

  • White House Knew of IRS Audit in April Monday, 20 May 2013 | 6:19 PM ET
    White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

    The White House said its counsel was told on April 24 about the preliminary findings of an IRS audit that showed IRS employees targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

  • Apple's Irish Tax Shelters Helped It Avoid Billions Monday, 20 May 2013 | 3:37 PM ET
    Apple CEO Tim Cook

    A day before Apple CEO Tim Cook heads to Washington, the Senate released a report that showed Apple used an unusual global tax structure to pay little or no taxes.

  • Cook: We Pay 'Every Single Dollar' in Taxes Owed Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 11:37 AM ET
    Tim Cook is sworn in at a Senate hearing about the company's offshore profit shifting and tax avoidance.

    Apple's CEO is disputing assertions that the company evades billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.

  • Oklahoma Twister Among Five Costliest In History Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 2:13 PM ET
    Debris and devastation laid in wake of a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

    The physical and economic toll of the tornado in Oklahoma will rank among the most costliest weather events of its kind.

  • Microsoft Unveils New Xbox, Plans Exclusive Games Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 3:07 PM ET
    Microsoft unveils the new Xbox One.

    Microsoft debuted its long-anticipated next generation Xbox, called the "Xbox One," a device that allows users to switch more easily between entertainment options.

  • Jamie Dimon Crushes Critics With Astounding Win Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 1:56 PM ET
    Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    JPMorgan Chase honcho Jamie Dimon beat back critics, deafeating a proposal to strip him of his chairman title. A big victory for the brash leader of the country's largest bank.

  • Tumblr Deal Gives Yahoo Social, Mobile Boost Monday, 20 May 2013 | 1:43 PM ET

    With the $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo is putting a serious claim in for the future of social and mobile technology. The deal will be a test for Marissa Mayer.

  • Fed Right on the Money Policy: Chicago's Evans Monday, 20 May 2013 | 3:00 PM ET

    Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the Fed has the appropriate level of monetary accommodation in place to let the reach "escape velocity" next year.

  • SAC Capital Settlement Talks Fall Apart: Source Monday, 20 May 2013 | 12:52 PM ET
    Steven A. Cohen

    Settlement talks between Steve Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital and the government have broken down, according to sources.

  • Market and the Economy: What the Fed Is Missing Monday, 20 May 2013 | 10:57 AM ET
    Richard Fisher President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

    Whatever course it chooses, the Fed will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped stocks, they've been less effective at growing the economy.

U.S. Video

  • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management, weighs in on today's vote. "This is a huge triumph for JPMorgan investors," he says.

  • The Dow and S&P 500 close at record highs. Discussing similarities with today's market rally and the 1980s, with David Bianco, Deutsche Bank, and Abigail Doolittle, The Seaport Group.

  • CNBC's John Harwood reports on new developments in the Congressional investigation of the IRS scandal. Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator, and David Goodfriend, Democratic strategist, discuss.