As new rules resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act are implemented in 2012, there are some existential questions on whether new regulations will improve the world or inadvertently become the source of the next crisis.
As the prospect of the U.S. economy falling off a "fiscal cliff" looms large, keeping stock markets on edge, one technical analyst says falling off the "cliff" is likely to end up being a non-event for equities.
On Wednesday, Freeport McMoRan made a massive bet on oil and gas with a $9 billion acquisition of two energy companies. Is there’s something wrong with Freeport’s copper business?
Top lawmakers are speaking on the hill this house about the fiscal cliff. CNBC's Eamon Javers reports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is saying it's time for Republicans to face the reality; and Todd Gordon of Aspen Trading Group, weighs in on the U.S. Dollar Index's strength today.
Following Citigroup's announcement that it would cut 11,000 jobs and restructure its businesses, the bank's CFO said the move was a "fairly comprehensive initial foray" into its new strategy.
The race to beat the "dividend cliff" is on – and it's generating some big pay-days for CEOs and company founders. Special dividends will total more than $22 billion this quarter.
Millions more Americans could be subject to the AMT this year if Congress fails to reach a deal on the "fiscal cliff," including those making as little as $33,750 a year and joint filers making $45,000.
Stunned investors sent shares of Yum tumbling after the company said sales in China were expected to fall 4 percent. Does that mean China’s economy is in trouble?
An “outperform” rating on Zynga was terribly wrong, but the online gaming company still stands to be profitable next year, Wedbush Securities Managing Director Michael Pachter said Friday on CNBC.
If you're a Baby Boomer, the biggest challenge in looking for work may come with reimagining your career. You don't have to completely reinvent yourself, but you may have to adapt to a new environment.