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U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 34 percent in January from a year earlier to $751 million due to the lack of new game titles, according to market researcher NPD Group.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said declines in home prices have forced many Americans to cut back sharply on spending and warned that the trend could continue to weigh on the economy for years.

Along with being the star of one of the most popular procedurals on television, NCIS actress Pauley Perrette also found time to launch Donna Bell Bake Shop, featuring southern specialties from her mom's recipe files.

While it beat the street on revenues and earnings this week, Ken Sena, an analyst at Evercore Partners, joins the chorus of Internet stock skeptics, saying the professional networking site is way overvalued.

President Barack Obama, in an abrupt shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to workers. The onus would instead be put on insurers.

A California-based hedge fund manager surrendered to FBI agents on insider-trading charges on Friday, the latest in a series of cases brought by the U.S. government in recent years against money managers and traders.

John Hofmeister, founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy and the former CEO of Shell Oil's U.S. operations, warned there is a "better than 50 percent chance" the price of gas will spike to $5 a gallon on continued heavy demand in emerging markets and poor public policy at home.

Bank of America bulls are feeling brilliant, as their bank is up 47 percent. They should be congratulated, assuming they didn't buy the shares on Sept. 8, 2008, when Charlie Peabody, analyst at Portales Partners, told them to buy.

Hedge funds, coming off their second-worst year in two decades, are on the rebound this year, but they’re still trailing the broader market. Here are some of their top stock picks.

What if "getting old" wasn't really "getting old?" What if aging—at least the physical deteriorations that accompany it—was something that could be prevented? It's a lofty idea, but it's one that a new breed of biotech start-ups, scientists, and prominent investors are beginning to tackle.

Over more than three decades, Bill Gross, co-founder of asset-management giant PIMCO, has made so much money for clients that he has become the barometer by which other bond traders are judged. His West Coast perch, prescient calls on the U.S. economy and devotion to yoga only added to the mystique.

As the romantic dinner tradition continues this year on Valentine’s Day, February 14 is not only a big day for Cupid, it’s also a big day for restaurateurs.

The S&P has only seen 3 days with a drop of more than one percent on an intraday basis the whole year. There is not a single day this year where the S&P has closed down one percent or more.

While the panel and the audience concurred that the pre-requisites to the role of the CEO was to drive growth and innovation, the CEO had a larger role to play.

Breaking in is difficult due to a lack of investment vehicles, limited access to buyers and sellers and varying pricing models.

After appearing to be resolved, Greece's bailout is unraveling again. Renewed fears of a Greek default sparked a broad selloff in financial markets Friday.

Less than a week after the Chrysler “Halftime in America” ad ran during the Super Bowl, Clint Eastwood is surprised by the reaction to the ad. His blunt comments are worth listening to.

The danger of disaster in the financial markets has receded since the start of the year, after additional liquidity injections, one strategist told CNBC Friday.

Americans turned less optimistic about the economy in early February on worries about falling income even as their outlook on the jobs market rose to a record high, a survey released on Friday showed.

Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, faced a barrage of questions about his bonus as the bank announced its results Friday.