SAC Capital Was in Talks to Settle Government Probe in Early May; Talks Have Apparently Broken Down: Source
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Millions of Americans have walked away from GM, Ford and Chrysler because of quality, reliability and service problems. But times are changing in Detroit.
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Another blizzard bore down on the nation's midsection early Tuesday after lashing the Texas Panhandle with hurricane-force winds, closing highways and cutting power to thousands in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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Apple is settling a lawsuit that said customers were charged when their children inadvertently downloaded certain applications from the company's online store.
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A federal judge ordered former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta to reimburse $6.22 million to the bank to help cover its legal expenses related to his criminal insider trading case.
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Macy's Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said he was shocked when Martha Stewart told him in 2011 that she was starting a new alliance with rival J.C. Penney.
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to provide soothing words about the Fed's easy money policies, but markets may react more to new bearish concerns out of Europe.
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A new bipartisan deficit-reduction plan to slash a massive $600 billion from U.S. healthcare spending over two decades has policy experts scratching their heads over how such an ambitious target can be reached.
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Mobile growth opportunities lie in emerging markets but heavyweights like Apple and Google are having to rethink their approach.
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And the winner for craziest stock of the year is ... Blackberry. It seems Wall Street is worried as to whether its new phone will be a success.
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The market's bull run has begun to lose its footing and the big question is: What could shut it down for good? It could be one of these three numbers.
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Likely government budget cuts and the prospect for messy political fights over fiscal policy will weigh on the U.S. economy this year and hold growth to a tepid 2.4 percent, according to a new survey of forecasters published.
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Consumers could be foreshadowing a new recession. Coupons.com releasing its Internet Coupon Index exclusively to CNBC. It shows a spike in coupon offers and demand that hasn't been seen since just before the 2007 recession.
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With budget sequestration only days away, Wall Street isn't showing any major signs of worry, Cramer thinks that bears are missing the facts.
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"Argo" stormed to Best Picture victory at the Oscars on a night that ended in disappointment for frontrunner "Lincoln" and handed the most overall wins - four - to "Life of Pi."
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An omission by the Obama administration last week underscored the U.S.'s heightened sensitivities over how directly to confront China's new leadership over hacking.
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Lowe's reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectations on Monday.
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President Obama isn't "moving the goal posts" by asking for more revenue to avoid the automatic spending cuts, White House economic adviser Gene Sperling told CNBC.
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Cyberattacks are happening and are a serious threat, but companies may not want to reveal them for fears of liability and brand damage.
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The social network has partnered with more than 18 mobile operators in 14 countries to provide free or discounted data access for users of Facebook's messaging service.
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The richest Americans pay to influence U.S. policy toward cost cutting to benefit themselves, said a new study. But they could also be doing the right thing for the economy.
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General Motors, which still needs the federal government to approve how much it pays top executives, wants to pay CEO Dan Akerson $11.1 million this year, according to documents obtained by CNBC.
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How to play JPMorgan now, with the FMHR traders; and Yahoo is buying social blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, with Porter Bibb, Mediatech Partners.
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The Futures Now team discusses whether the Fed will break up bonds.
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The FMHR traders and Ric Deverell, Credit Suisse head of commodities research discuss whether the "gold era" is coming to an end; and CNBC's Kate Kelly reports the latest at SAC Capital.