It looks like the holidays will be happy at Blue Nile. In an interview on CNBC, Blue Nile President and CEO Diane Irvine said the online jewlery retailer is having its "best post-Thanksgiving ever."   Read More

Online retailers are becoming increasingly popular with people shopping at home—or on their work computers. So how can investors make money in the subsector? Benjamin Schacter, internet analyst at Broadpoint AmTech, shared his view.   Read More

First they banned the office Christmas party. Then those crafty bankers found a way around it. Now, Goldman is really cracking the Christmas whip.   Read More

A cruel December for AIG? That appears to be the bet from both equity and options traders. The stock is down 12 percent today on concerns about loan reserves. But that decline is not enough for options players.   Read More

Is Cyber Monday the last vestige of dotcom hype? The day never was the busiest online shopping day, but that doesn't mean it isn't a great day to grab a bargain — just not from work this year.    Read More

Markets retreated on Monday in a wobbly session, as investors sorted through the fallout of the Dubai news and the weekend retail sales numbers. Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors, shared his insights.   Read More

The closer we get to passage of comprehensive health care legislation, the more Darwinist tendencies begin to assert themselves among different groups with competing interests.   Read More

Last Friday — known as "Black Friday" — kicked off the start of the holiday shopping season. Charles Grom, retail analyst at JPMorgan, shared his views on the strength of the retail sector.    Read More

Retail spending for Black Friday was up 0.5 percent, about as expected. Traffic was much better than last year, but the average person in that mall spent a bit less.    Read More

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the (international) waters, along comes Dubai with $60 billion in debt that it can't make good on.   Read More