Money Minute: Home Depot More Upbeat

Home Depot raises outlook, Costco says "no Coke" and builders' steady mood.

Money Minute: Trade Gap Widens

The nation's trade gap gets bigger, J.C. Penney raises the outlook and the world's largest cruise ship docks in Florida.

Money Minute: Jobs Summit Planned

President Barack Obama announces a summit to tackle high unemployment, a fresh check of the job market and a video game smash hit.

Money Minute: Home Sales Rise, Prices Fall

New figures show home prices falling, giving a lift to sales, a powerful Senator proposes a financial overhaul and FedEx sees surging holiday shipments.

Money Minute: Unemployment Rate Jumps

The unemployment tops 10 percent, homebuyers get tax credit extension and DVD price wars begin.

Money Minute: Improving Retail Sales

Retail sales are picking up, even among sellers of luxury goods, new jobless claims drop and a new program to help people hold onto their homes.

Money Minute: Opel, Interest Rates, Merck

General Motors has decided not to sell its European Opel division after all.

Money Minute: Ponzi Plea; Buffet Deal, More

The longtime auditor for disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges.

Money Minute: Manufacturing on the Rise

Manufacturing sees better times, Ford's surprisingly strong earnings and a good sign for home sales.

Money Minute: Economy Grows Again

New government figures show the economy growing, but jobs remain a problem, Exxon Mobil's falling profit and the latest on mortgage rates.

Money Minute: Home Sales Slide

New home sales fell last month, US Airways plans to cut jobs and change its route map and GMAC seeks more government money.

Money Minute: Consumer Worry Mounts

Consumer sentiment retrenches, trucker safety gets a review and Facebook remembers the dead.

Money Minute: Economists More Upbeat

The economic outlook is said to be slowly improving, gas prices spike and Verizon reports a falling profit.

Money Minute: Consumers, Home Buyers, Economy

The House Financial Services Committee has voted to create a federal agency to protect consumers from predatory lending, abusive overdraft fees and unfair rate hikes.

Money Minute: Fed Cites Improvement

The Federal Reserve gives an assessment how the recovery is coming, an improved outlook for U.S auto sales and Barnes and Nobel unveils its eBook reader.

Money Minute: Builders Face Worry

Housing starts rise less than expected, Apple moves gesture-based computing to the desktop and crude oil hits $80 per barrel.

Money Minute: Toy Layaway Option

Toys R Us joins the layaway movement, the administration claims thousands of teaching jobs have been saved and home builders' mood slips.

Money Minute: Banks, Jobs, Foreclosures

The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped by 10,000 last week to 514,000. That's the lowest level since January.

Money Minute: Cash for Clunkers Hangover

Outside of the car business, retail sales rose last month, Mattel agrees to settle a huge lawsuit over lead in toys and the FAA proposes millions in fines against a pair of airlines.

Money Minute: High Court to Hear Skilling Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, Cisco Systems bets on the future of wireless phones and Ford is one step closer to winning contract concessions.