Holiday Blues

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.

With a tight job market and a less welcoming Wall Street, many MBA students are worried about their futures. David Schmittlein, dean of MIT Sloan School of Management, however, sees some reassuring trends.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is making it his mission to extract more information from the central bank. Former Federal Reserve Board Governor Ric Mishkin and the CNBC news team discuss the issue.