What weak consumer? Strong holiday shopping kickoff is a good sign for retailers

"The narrative that the consumer is not doing well is being challenged," said Jim Cramer.

As regime change looms at the Fed, one candidate emerges as frontrunner for chair

President Donald Trump knows who he's going to select as the next Federal Reserve chair but isn't saying yet.

How black boxes became key to solving airplane crashes

Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders, called "black boxes" are nearly indestructible.

Here are the 4 big things we're watching in the stock market this week

Earnings season is winding down as we kick off the last month of 2025.

UnitedHealth agrees to sell South American business to private equity firm Patria for $1 billion, sources say

UnitedHealth Group has agreed to sell its South American business Banmedica to a Brazilian private equity group, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Pope Leo taking peace message to Lebanon, target of Israeli strikes

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Friday that he hoped Leo's visit would help bring an end to Israeli attacks.

Alphabet is among the most overbought stocks on Wall Street. Here are the others

We used the CNBC Pro stock screener to find companies in the S&P 500 that rallied this week and now have a 14-day relative strength index, or RSI, above 70.