By Paul Eckert and Dana Ford

By Paul Eckert and Dana Ford

Freeport McMoRan has laid off 95 employees at the Chino mine operation in a moneysaving move.

Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. said Monday it would cut molybdenum production and lay off 14 percent of its work force at a Colorado mine, citing a 60 percent drop in price and slowing global economic conditions.

By Paul Eckert and Dana Ford

As the Fed kept the key interest rate steady on Tuesday, CNBC asked the experts where to find opportunity in the marketplace.

By anyone's reckoning, it was a rough week.  Crude oil continued its relentless climb; banks and brokerages gave hints of more discouraging news; government data pointed to a weak economy; even strong companies like Nike, Oracle, and Research In Motion issued cautious guidance; and Federal Reserve policymakers, widely perceived as powerless to help, left interest rates unchanged.  But all week, even through the worst of the market's sell-offs, CNBC guests offered

To give investors an edge, CNBC asked the experts for their best trades now.

For the first time in a long time, it looked as if oil was going to stay out of the market headlines.  No such luck. 

As downgrades to Wall Street banks sent the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P into negative territory, CNBC asked the experts for investing advice.