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CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. The unofficial start of summer is followed by a lot of data next week. Gas prices are about where they were last year. Earnings season winds down. more...

CNBC's Sue Herera looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. Earnings season kicks off next week, and retailers could be slammed. A look at small business optimism, and Samsung releases a new phone this week. more...

The strengthening yen has decked Japanese shares, but it isn't clear if companies need to worry about whether it will hurt profits. more...

CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. more...

CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. more...

CNBC's Sue Herera looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. Will there be a budget/debt ceiling deal? And earnings season kicks into high gear. more...

CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. more...

CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with Terry Duffy, CME Group president & executive chairman, about what drove the company's earnings beat and what it will take to drive volume amid Basil III requirements. more...

CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories. A slew of earnings on tap, including Apple, McDonald's and General Motors. And the IRS cancels its furlough day. more...

It's time for earnings reports - and if you don't want to trade individual stocks, you can use currencies to trade general sentiment. more...

Investors are worried U.S. earnings growth may finally fall back to earth as turmoil in Europe and signs of a less robust Chinese economy hurt foreign support. more...

Financial markets will be focused on Europe's sovereign debt crisis and earnings warnings this week. Still, one strategist said, "I'm warming up to the market." more...

Now that Europe's one-day summit is out of the way, the market focus may shift back to the U.S. economy and what is bothering stocks. more...

French utility EDF reported first-half profit that exceeded market expectations and unveiled mid-term earnings growth goals that made no mention of any impact from the Fukushima disaster on the nuclear industry. more...

Ericsson, the world's biggest mobile network gear maker, posted core profit below expectations on Thursday and said more lower margin business would come through in the rest of the year. more...

A positive start to earnings season, including blowout results from Apple, is helping investors shake off worries and start buying the dips. On tap for Wednesday: UTX, AmEx, Intel and eBay. more...

Traders are hoping earnings will continue to emerge as a bright spot Tuesday, when a string of major blue chips report ahead of the market open and Apple reports after the closing bell. more...

Debt drama in the US and Europe continues next week just as earnings season gets into full swing. It's going to be a volatile week for the market. more...

Finding investment opportunities in a soft spot economy, with Eugene Profit, Profit Investment Management; Keith Springer, Springer Financial Advisors, and Sarat Sethi, Douglas C. Lane & Associates. more...

European companies' earnings for the second quarter of the year will be driven down by the high euro and Swiss franc and rising commodity prices, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. more...