Eyeing a Rate Cut in Japan

Eric Marshall, of Hodges Capital Management, shares his favorite small cap plays.

Novartis is opening on Tuesday the country's first plant to produce flu vaccines using cell cultures. These vaccines are faster, better and cheaper to make than egg-based methods, reports CNBC's Mike Huckman.

A check on the markets with Bernard McSherry, of Cuttone & Co., and Doug Prskalo, of Blue Capital Group.

U.S. home prices rose for the fifth straight month and posted the second quarterly increase, but the pace of appreciation slowed and was less than expected, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes. David Blitzer, of the S&P 500 Index Committee, shares his insight.