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  • After Brisk Summer, Pending Home Sales Drop in August Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 10:00 AM ET

    After gains in home sales over the spring and summer, an industry survey surprised expectations, registering a 2.6 percent drop in pending home sales from July.

  • Spain Succumbs to Populist Rhetoric Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 9:50 AM ET
    Spain

    When things get rough, people start listening to all sorts of populist rhetoric. Here's why the Barcelonians are no different.

  • Expect More Market Drama in the Coming Days Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 9:36 AM ET
    A commodities trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange.

    Stocks had a great first half of September, but the tide is turning towards the end of the month.

  • Bacon-Eating Contests Banned as Shortage Looms Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 9:33 AM ET
    Bacon

    After one pig industry group predicted a bacon shortage, Major League Eating reacted swiftly, issuing a ban on all bacon-eating contests.

  • Surgeons

    Puh-leeeeeease! That job is so overrated. Here are the 12 most overrated jobs of 2012 and, lest you think no one noticed, the 12 most underrated jobs!

  • Why the State of the US Economy Defies Description Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 6:43 AM ET
    What's Next?

    Why it's become so difficult to categorize the current condition of the U.S. economy.

  • Bears Want to Maul Paychex Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | 5:50 AM ET

    Paychex’s quarterly results disappointed investors earlier in the week, and now the bears want revenge.

  • Downgrading the 'Farm Labor Crisis' Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 6:53 PM ET

    It looks like we’re making some progress in debunking the "Great Farm Labor Crisis of 2012."

  • Jack Bauer Goes Emeril on Cupcakes: Bam! Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 5:10 PM ET
    Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in "24"

    In a Super Bowl-worthy commercial, Acer laptops has hired Kiefer Sutherland to go all CTU in a quest to make the best cupcakes.

  • Stocks for the Long Term: Pimco’s Kashkari Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 3:31 PM ET

    Despite concerns about the European debt crisis, one Pimco managing director still sees some global stocks that could boost investors’ portfolios.

  • Regelbrugge: The Farm Labor Crisis: Imagined, or Real? Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 2:12 PM ET

    In several recent columns, CNBC.com senior editor John Carney has dismissed any notion of a farm labor crisis, claiming that record farm profits suggest no such crisis exists. The senior editor’s all too common error is to grossly oversimplify American agriculture and draw the wrong conclusions as a result.

  • Are Housing Stocks Signaling a Pullback? Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 1:29 PM ET

    The Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction ETF is booking its worst day in nearly four months

  • Large or Small, Innovation Driving Liquor Growth Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 1:26 PM ET
    Glass of Whiskey

    Steve Jobs once famously said “It’s not the consumers’ job to know what they want.” French beverage company Pernod Ricard is applying a similar philosophy to its spirits business.

  • Replacement Google's NFL Spoof Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 12:59 PM ET
    replacementgoogle.com

    Everyone's piling on the replacement refs in the NFL, but perhaps the most hilarious spoof of the series of bad calls is Replacement Google.

  • Top U.S. Cities for Meetings and Events Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 12:27 PM ET
    Las Vegas

    When it comes to hosting meetings and events, certain cities lead the pack, according to recent data. See where your favorite city ranked.

  • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Holiday Spending Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 11:48 AM ET
    A customer shops in the holiday decorations area at a Home Depot store.

    Deloitte's retail and distribution practice expects holiday sales to climb to between $920 billion and $925 billion, or an increase of 3.5 percent to 4 percent over last year.

  • Why NetApp Is a Perfect Takeover Candidate Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 11:44 AM ET

    With borrowing costs at all-time lows, and the demand to create and store all kinds of data increasing, now would be a great time for an acquisition in the technology sub-sector often referred to as “data solutions providers.” TheStreet.com reports.

  • Busch: What Spain's Rajoy Is Really Telling the Market Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 11:11 AM ET
    A man with a head wound tries to calm the crowd of protestors during a demonstration surrounding the Spanish parliament to protest against spending cuts and the government of Mariano Rajoy on September 25, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.

    Today, Spain is at the forefront in the headlines and media with ugly protests in Madrid ahead of Thursday’s budget announcement.

  • Why Twitter Has No Plans to Go Public: CEO Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 8:16 AM ET
    Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter.

    Twitter is at a turning point, trying to roll out advertising while also maintaining the user experience. I sat down with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at the company’s new San Francisco headquarters to talk about his plans to grow the social media giant.

  • A Bullish Read on N.Y. Times Co. Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012 | 6:48 AM ET
    The New York Times building.

    The bulls piled into the New York Times Company early yesterday, looking for the media stock to rally.