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• Time for a Futures Insurance Fund: CFTC's Chilton Thursday, 9 Aug 2012 | 2:59 PM ET

  

  Commodities Futures and Exchange Commission (CFTC) commissioner Bart Chilton is calling for an insurance fund to protect futures customers.

• Congressman Pushes Back Against UK Over Iran Wednesday, 8 Aug 2012 | 7:37 PM ET

  The Congressman responsible for writing many of the U.S. sanctions against Iran lashed out about London-based Standard Chartered’s business with the Islamic Republic and the negative reaction from Britain to the impact of U.S. sanctions on British banks.

• Stocks Recover, but Still End Lower on EU Woes Monday, 23 Jul 2012 | 4:21 PM ET

  Stocks staged a strong comeback from their lows Monday, with the Dow posting a triple-digit recovery, but all three major indexes still finished in the red amid fresh worries over the euro zone.

• Stocks Log 3-Day Rally, Led by Techs; MS Falls Thursday, 19 Jul 2012 | 4:22 PM ET

  Stocks closed higher for a third-straight session in choppy trading Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting its best level since May.

• JPMorgan's Whale Tale: More To Come? Monday, 16 Jul 2012 | 1:33 PM ET

  

  The London Whale Gone Rogue narrative laid out by JPMorgan Chase on Friday is already starting to unravel.

• North Carolina Lands as Fourth Top State Tuesday, 10 Jul 2012 | 12:05 PM ET

  

  The state, which actually slid from third in 2011, still ranked high in several key categories, such as workforce, technology and transportation. 

• As Telecom Surges, Sprint Emerges Monday, 2 Jul 2012 | 5:27 PM ET

  

  Telecommunications, the best performing sector in the first half of the year, surged on Monday to trade at levels unseen since June 2008. Although Verizon Communications and AT&T are the biggest players in the sector, they may not be the best bet for investors.

• Flipboard CEO on Acquisition: 'I Never Would Say Never' Monday, 25 Jun 2012 | 3:41 PM ET

  

  Flipboard CEO Mike McCue shot down rumors Monday that his company was for sale, but added he would "never say never to an acquisition," and also said that he sees his company and Twitter working closer together.

• EU Iranian Oil Ban a 'Non-Event': Former Shell CEO Monday, 25 Jun 2012 | 2:02 PM ET

  John Hofmeister, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Citizens for Affordable Energy and Shell Oil’s former U.S. CEO, tells CNBC that looming EU sanctions aimed at punishing Iran for continuing its nuclear program will be “a non-event.”

• Money Market Funds Still a Risk: SEC’s Schapiro Thursday, 21 Jun 2012 | 4:55 PM ET

  Although changes to money market funds since 2010 have made them more transparent and stable, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro told CNBC that there are structural weaknesses still to be addressed.

• Should Active Managers Panic? One Star Says No Wednesday, 20 Jun 2012 | 7:09 PM ET

  

  Kicking off the annual conference in Chicago, Franklin Templeton's star fund manager Michael Hasenstab says active mutual funds can still outperform the market, despite suggestions otherwise.

• Stocks End Mixed After Bernanke; Banks Slide Thursday, 7 Jun 2012 | 4:41 PM ET

  Stocks lost steam in the final hour of trading to finish mixed Thursday, after the Federal Reserve announced new capital rules for financials and following Bernanke's comments that offered little hope for further central bank intervention.

• Stocks End Higher, but Spain Weighs; FB Sags 9% Tuesday, 29 May 2012 | 4:45 PM ET

  Stocks rallied more than 1 percent across the board Tuesday to close near session highs, but the euro remained near its lowest level against the dollar since July 2010 amid renewed jitters over Spain.

• Facebook IPO: Big Volume, But Little to Show For It Friday, 18 May 2012 | 4:00 PM ET

  

  Facebook set a record for volume on its first day of trading, but the stock otherwise failed to live up to all the hype.

• Italy’s Clown Prince: Monti ‘Needs to Disappear’ Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012 | 2:56 AM ET

  

  The anarchic comedian and blogger who leads one of Italy's most rapidly-growing parties said Prime Minister Mario Monti is a mere "bankruptcy curator" who "needs to disappear."

• Another Facebook IPO Webinar Is Set Monday, 14 May 2012 | 1:49 PM ET

  The first one was so popular we decided to do one more: a Facebook IPO webinar!

• Earnings to Watch: TGT, WMT & More Friday, 11 May 2012 | 4:34 PM ET

  

  Happy Friday! With a parade of major retailers and some smaller tech firms on tap to post earnings next week, check out what analysts expect and how to trade some of the top companies.

• Who Will Buy ‘The Scream’? Friday, 27 Apr 2012 | 2:31 PM ET

  

  One of the art world's most iconic images, "The Scream" by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, will be coming to auction at Sotheby's next week, and the price promises to be high, Simon Shaw told CNBC Friday.

• Dow Back in Black for April, S&P Tops 1400 Friday, 27 Apr 2012 | 4:41 PM ET

  Stocks finished higher Friday, with the Nasdaq posting its best weekly gain in almost three months, helped by a round of encouraging earnings, a better-than-expected consumer sentiment report and despite weak GDP report.

• Stocks End in Red on EU Fears; S&P Below 1375 Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | 5:02 PM ET

  Stocks trimmed their losses but still ended in the red Monday, with the S&P 500 down almost 4 percent from its 2012 highs, weighed by political and economic worries in the euro zone.