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  • Will Toys 'R Us' plan to "pay it forward" when "layaway Santas" pay off layaway balances have Santas lining up in the aisles? Only time will tell.

    No one knows who the "layaway Santas" are, but Toys 'R Us has drawn inspiration from their actions. The toy retailer has promised to donate $200 worth of toys whenever someone comes to their stores and pays off a stranger's bill.

  • Dow Transports: Buying Opportunity? Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 7:42 PM ET

    Since the Dow industrials have rallied 11 percent so far this year, while the transports are up only 2.6 percent, the charts seem to indicate that the transports may be primed for a big upturn.

  • Foxconn Explains Cause of iPhone 5 Shortages Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 4:02 PM ET

    A Foxconn executive has acknowledged that the company is having trouble making enough iPhone 5s—creating a supply problem that has contributed to Apple's (AAPL) falling stock price and led to analysts cutting their estimates for the company's December quarter.

  • Pension Envy: Who Has More—Obama or Romney? Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 2:37 PM ET

    When it comes to the presidential candidates' pensions, size matters in more ways than one.

  • Retail Doing 'Very Well': Martha Stewart Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 2:36 PM ET

    Retail sales are picking up but politicians need to act so the "fiscal cliff" does not derail consumer confidence, lifestyle maven Martha Stewart told CNBC’s "Power Lunch" on Wednesday.

  • Pandit Wasn't Ready to Leave Citi: Author Cohan Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 2:28 PM ET

    William Cohan, author of "Power and Money: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World" and a veteran Wall Street watcher, says the former Citigroup chief executive was most likely pushed out from his the C-suite office.

  • Steinbock: America's Unemployment Cliff Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 1:31 PM ET

    In the next few months, America will not only have to cope with a fiscal drag but an unemployment cliff.

  • Most Important Issue of the Debate? Immigration Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 1:17 PM ET

    Romney attacked Obama during their second presidential debate for failing to push through comprehensive immigration reform, as he had promised during his first campaign for the presidency. "[But] the political reality is that Republicans made that impossible in Congress," says one correspondent.

  • There are many approaches to sustainability challenges, so an robust debate about how to reduce pollution and make the country more energy self-sufficient is indispensable, but there can’t be a fair hearing of these choices when one side is allowed to shout while the other can only whisper.

  • Orbitz Awards 'Best in Stay' Hotel Winners Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 12:10 PM ET

    Orbitz Worldwide on Tuesday awarded multiple "Best in Stay" hotel winners based on reviews from about 200,000 travelers. Did your favorite make the cut?

  • Apartment Bubble Inflating Fast Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 11:42 AM ET

    As single family home building recovers, are investors throwing too much cash at new rental apartments?

  • Donovan: Will Companies Cash in On Internet Gambling? Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 10:49 AM ET

    The Internet gaming restart will likely create a far more complex series of changes than some observers imagine, and implications for casino owners could be momentous and unexpected.

  • Stone: The Right Way to Sell Energy Independence Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 10:44 AM ET

    As a country, we must stop demonizing certain modalities of energy and adopt an “all of the above” approach.

  • Manufacturing 'Recovery' Not All It's Cracked Up to Be? Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 10:38 AM ET

    But is the recovery in manufacturing sustainable? Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih do not believe it is.

  • Third-Quarter Earnings Go Positive Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 9:31 AM ET

    Third-quarter earnings go positive! Everyone has been screaming that third-quarter earnings will be negative, that earnings are deteriorating. Really?

  • Why Bigger Isn't Better for Investors Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 9:31 AM ET

    The challenge for corporates in the post-crash environment is to remain competitive. That calls for stronger engagement with customers, and sticking to one’s areas of genuine expertise, not necessarily becoming bigger, argues Moorad Choudhry.

  • Bulls Step on the Gas With Phillips 66 Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 6:02 AM ET

    Phillips 66 has run into overhead resistance after a scorching run higher, but traders are betting that the rally will resume.

  • Holiday Shoppers to Splurge on Themselves This Year Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 12:00 AM ET
    Consumers will be looking to deck the halls this holiday season. Americans are expected to spend some $6.9 billion, the most in the survey's history, on holiday decor.

    Holiday shoppers plan to deck the halls and splurge a bit more on themselves this year, but overall spending will remain cautious this holiday season as shoppers hunt out the bargains.

  • Rising Food Prices: Why Wall Street Is Partly to Blame Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012 | 4:12 PM ET

    Food prices have been rising steadily around the world and this summer's drought isn't the only reason why, according to Frederick Kaufman, author of "Bet the Farm: How Food STOPPED Being Food."

  • Goldman Set for Gains, but Mind That ‘Cliff’ Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012 | 3:58 PM ET

    With Citigroup’s high-profile executive shuffle occupying the minds of most investors on Tuesday, Goldman Sachs’ strong earnings all but fell by the wayside.