GDP and jobs reports are all good and fine, but the IT world has more to learn from what tech titans like Cisco have to say about the economy and the outlook for the products they sell.   Read More

Following are the week’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Comcast and Wrigley popped while SunMicrosystems and Deere dropped.   Read More

Farewell April. you weren't as cruel to the stock market as you could have been.    Read More

The Lightning Round is extended in this new CNBC.com exclusive feature.   Read More

The European Union stepped up to level the biggest single fine against a company when it slapped Microsoft with a $1.35 billion penalty for anti-trust and anti-competitive behavior, and for not complying with earlier rulings to curb these kinds of practices.    Read More

Fourth quarter earnings season begins in earnest this week. On Friday, the weak jobs report forced traders to question the recent overweight in tech, industrials and materials. This overweight was based on the assumption that: 1) the U.S. was unlikely to be entering a serious slowdown.   Read More

Silicon Valley is no stranger to innovating new technology. And if investors tend to go where the talent is, and talent goes where the money is, it's safe to say that Silicon Valley is trying hard to re-invent itself as the world's eco-innovation headquarters.    Read More

Stocks could be setting up for a bit of a bounce back but first investors need to decide just how radioactive the financial sector has become. Heading into the weekend, market rumors of lurking credit issues plagued bank and brokerage stocks.   Read More