CNBC has learned that BlackRock Chairman and Chief Executive Laurence D. Fink met with Merrill Lynch co-president Gregory Fleming on Friday. So Who Waits In The Wings? Full Tally: Wall Street's Pink Slips
The United Auto Workers union already has seen two strikes and significant dissent in this year's round of contract talks, but the fight could be just beginning as the union turns to its last bargaining partner, Ford Motor.
"Saw IV," the latest installment in the annual horror franchise, sliced and diced its competition at the weekend box office in North America, according to preliminary sales estimates issued Saturday.
Following are the week’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Merck (MRK), The New York Times (NYT) and Goldman Sachs (GS) popped while Schering Plough (SGP) and WellCare Health Plans (WCG) dropped.
Household products makers like Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever are expected to post double-digit quarterly earnings increases next week, but soaring oil prices could imperil future growth.
CNBC's Larry Kudlow sat down with Vice President Dick Cheney and discussed, among other things, oil prices, the economy, and recent sanctions placed on Iran.
Apple no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cell phone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.
Is it possible to be bleary-eared? I’ve just hung up from a two-hour conference call with Countrywide’s top dogs and all the top analysts that cover the company. I can’t say I learned anything new, except that CEO Angelo Mozilo admitted openly that the SEC is investigating his stock trades. We knew that already, but that was the first time he said it.
Cool weather and calm skies helped thousands of firefighters beat back Southern California wildfires Saturday, although flare-ups in some places meant the battle was not yet over.
