An SEC roundtable on market stability, taking place in Washington Tuesday, has already generated a very rare joint letter by the major stock exchanges that proposes creating a "kill switch" in an effort to control runaway algorithms.
IKEA isn’t just for college students looking to furnish their dorm rooms on the cheap, Mike Ward IKEA USA president told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Monday.
It turns out that many of the elements that make gaming so intensively attractive to so many young people are actually very useful in motivating those same youngsters to work harder and longer on scholastic and skills-based pursuits.
With their candidate fading in the polls as the debates approach, party operatives focus on tactical corrections, but fail to grasp that the basic GOP message—lower taxes, deregulation and free trade—is unappealing to voters scarred by the Great Recession and corporate abuses.
The founder of Boston Beer explains to CNBC how they fared so well during the recession, his connection to John Paulson and what he thinks about Mitt Romney.
What were the analysts saying about the homebuilder’ massive run up, Caterpillar’s warning, Apple’s iPhone 5 launch and Vodafone? Find out in this week’s CNBC.com Stock Blog Roundup.
Although Research In Motion’s positive quarterly report injected the market with new hope for the struggling company, one analyst cautioned investors against considering the stock a value play yet.
The U.S. is the best house on a bad block, and investors should stick with U.S.-focused stocks, Alec Young, global equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, told CNBC on Friday.