CNBC's Julia Boorstin looks at the weekend's box office and Twilight's gigantic "New Moon" opening. She also discusses California's looming unemployment insurance crisis and a waiting list for pro football in Los Angeles.

Ciena snapped up Nortel's optical networking and carrier Ethernet business for $768 million in cash and convertible notes. Gary Smith, Ciena CEO, discusses the pluses and minuses of the deal with CNBC's Bill Griffeth.

CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the economic data, the dollar, fear and the trading day with the Fast Money traders.

Microsoft is reportedly talking to News Corp about teaming up on a search plan that would withhold content, including the Wall Street Journal, from Google, with Matthew Garrahan, Financial Times correspondent, and CNBC's Julia Boorstin & Bill Griffeth.

Black Friday is right around the corner and many holiday wish lists include one or two big ticket electronic items. Sony's Mike Abary discusses a few hot buys for the holidays, with CNBC's Dennis Kneale, Bill Griffeth & Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

Parsing the NABE numbers and existing home sales to figure out if the economy is better than people think, with CNBC's Steve Liesman and Brian Fabbri, BNP Paribas chief North American economist.

Stocks head higher after four losing sessions. Is now the time to play offense, or is it better to stay on defense, with Phil Orlando, Federated Investors chief equity market strategist; Quincy Krosby, Prudential Financial market strategist; and CNBC's Bill Griffith and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

Another troublesome sign for the recovery is the unemployment rate rising in 29 states last month. CNBC's Scott Cohn has the details.

A marketplace similar to Craigslist, with the Power Lunch team.

A look at the strategy behind pop-up stores, with Eric Beder, Brean Murray, Carret & Co. associate director of research/senior vice president.

A rather pricey gift for that special someone.

Performance of the cruise ship industry on Wall Street has given investors reasons to cheer, with NBC's Kerry Sanders.