CNBC.com Monthly: Holiday Central Edition

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009    Get a Real-Time Quote    NEWS MARKETS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC     CNBC Highlights Free Tickets! Meeting of The Minds, Hosted by Maria Bartiromo New! Jim Goldman's Greatest Gadget Guide 2009 Consumer Nation: Holiday Central Edition A CNBC Special Report Although consumers are mired in the deepest recession in decades, there are plenty of reasons to believe that this Christmas holiday season will not be as bad for retailers as last year. Special Report Features Everyone's A Scrooge With frugal being the height of fashion, consumers are being increasingly sophiscated in how they hunt for deals. Could this result in a big win for online retailers? Read More Confessions of a Black Friday Shopper Battered by the recession, families are scaling back their holiday plans. Here's why that's a good thing. Read More Sorry Santa, We're Out of Stock With nightmares of Christmas 2008 markdowns dancing in their heads, retailers have slashed inventories to some of the leanest levels in recent memory. Read More What's Clicking on CNBC.com See the most items on CNBC.com this month Stories Stocks Overvalued, Recession Will Return: Meredith Whitney Improper US Government Payments Hit $98 Billion 'Mother of Carry Trades' Leading to 'Asset Bust': Roubini The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are Unemployed Video Israel: Leader of Business Innovation Pimco's Gross Answers Viewer Questions Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great Man Drives Bugatti Into Marsh Slideshows Berkshire Hathaway's Biggest Holdings View slideshow The Richest Members of the US Congress View Slideshow World's Most Secretive Tax Havens View Slideshow Cities With the Most Home Price Reductions View Slideshow Blogs Warren Buffett to CNBC: Curbing Fed's Independence Could Lead to 'Mischief' Warren Buffett doesn't want Congress to "fool around" with the Federal Reserve's political independence. Here's a CNBC.com exclusive 'web extra' video clip recorded before last week's Warren Buffett & Bill Gates: Keeping America Great Read More This Town Will Pay YOU $10,000 to Buy a House Here's a sweet real-estate deal: One well-heeled Chicago suburb is selling three homes in its downtown area for just $1 each... Read More Fourteen Stocks that Could Gain from Dollar's Decline Starting with the S&P 500, we looked for companies that have more than 50% of their revenue outside of the US. When sales are translated back into dollars for quarterly and annual financials, the foreign numbers will be worth more dollars. Read More   FOLLOW CNBC   Become a fan on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter Advertise With Us | Visit Our Member Center | Unsubscribe FIRST IN BUSINESS WORLDWIDE. © 2009 CNBC Inc. All Rights Reserved 900 Sylvan Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

CNBC.com News Now: State of the States

Click here to view today's top stories on your mobile device. Friday, Nov. 20, 2009     DOW 10318.54 -13.90 -0.13%   NASDAQ 2146.04 -10.78 -0.5%   S&P 1091.38 -3.52 -0.32%     NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV SIGN IN     WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Senate Democrats Move Forward On Crucial Health Vote With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue... »read more Wall Street Jobs Are Slow to Return Despite Record Profits Unemployment in the Northeast remains below the national average of 10.2 percent, but in the communities that make up Wall Street's back yard the jobs picture in October was mixed... »read more Sleeper Cost for Big US Banks Gaining Steam As the biggest U.S. banks clamor to defeat Congressional measures that could break up their firms or slap a big tax on their transactions, another costly proposal is quietly gaining steam... »read more Meeting of The Minds: Rebuilding America Hosted by Maria Bartiromo Here's your chance to be part of our studio audience for this special town hall meeting with some of the biggest leaders helping rebuild America. Guests include Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE, Hilda Solis, US Labor Secretary, Bill Ford and more. »Get Tickets TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS 1. State of the States  CNBC's Bertha Coombs and Jane Wells look at the unemployment picture on each coast. 2. CFTC Chair  Discussing buzz of potential regulation reform of over-the-counter derivatives, with Gary Gensler, CFTC chairman. 3. John Malone One-on-One  Now that the spin-off of DirectTV has been approved, insight on what that means for the future, with John Malone, Liberty Media chairman and CNBC's David Faber. 4. Future of the NFL  Discussing the state of the game, with Tom Condon, CAA Sports and CNBC's Darren Rovell. 5. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer!  Mad Money host Jim Cramer gives his take on the markets.       TODAY'S TOP BLOG   Volt Drive: Great Ride, Interesting Interior and a Friendly Chirp We're now roughly a year away from the much hyped, much anticipated Chevy Volt going on sale and GM is starting to take the wraps off its extended range electric car. This week I was the first journalist to get an exclusive test drive of a Volt model similar to what we'll see in showrooms next year. »See All CNBC.com Blogs

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