Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Honeywell and DreamWorks popped while Washington Mutual and VMware dropped.   Read More

Nearly 2.1 billion shares and $34 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge.  Here are the bets being made today...   Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Expedia and Countrywide Financial popped while Anheuser Busch and Borders dropped.   Read More

Dow's CEO, Andrew Liveris, noted that first quarter feedstock and energy costs were up "a staggering 42 percent," putting strains on the company and its relations with customers. For most chemical companies, price increases have failed to keep up with raw material increases.   Read More

As expected, the ECB and the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged; the ECB at 4.0 percent. Futures dipped a bit at 8:50 am ET as Mr. Trichet began talking, giving his usual speech on the importance of combating inflation.    Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Big Lots and Dupont popped while Heelys and Chico's dropped.   Read More

Find me an analyst or an investor who's excited about this week's same store sales results. Literally, the expectations are so low for this first month of the first quarter, that any indication of a rosier March may cause volatility around share prices when the nation's biggest stores report same store sales results for the month of February on this Thursday.    Read More

Disappointing. Challenging. Uncertain. Short of expectations. Those are the words most heard from companies in this morning's December same store sales report. Large companies like Macy's, Gap, Abercrombie, and Ann Taylor reported sales below expectations.   Read More