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Jan Kniffen, retailing expert and veteran, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment to explain why he thinks Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)'s turnaround is the real deal. Kniffen started off by stating Wal-Mart is now running the business "much better than they did," as management is doing a "...

There are many ways to describe the state of the equity market, but Jurrien Timmer of Fidelity Investments has a unique answer: "bull market purgatory." Speaking as a guest during CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment, the investment manager said that the market is stuck in this "bull market purgatory"...

"We are in trouble — we are in serious trouble," Ken Langone of Invemed Associates said on Wednesday when he was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment. The co-founder of Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and CEO of the venture capital fund Invemed offered several reasons why he thinks the economy...

Ed Rensi is a former McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) executive who made headlines Tuesday when he suggested that it would be cheaper for McDonald's to buy a $35,000 robotic machine to handle customer orders rather than paying employees a proposed $15 minimum wage. However, R.J. Hottovy of...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) impressed investors with its first-quarter results on Thursday, which prompted a surge of nearly 10 percent in its stock. Jan Kniffen of J. Rogers Kniffen Worldwide laid out the case for why Wal-Mart's stock is a good buy right now. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "...

Former Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Wednesday to discuss the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and what sectors could be most impacted. According to Fisher, a low interest rate environment may pose a notable risk for insurance companies. In fact...

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, which in term may be helping the equity market move higher as well. The price of oil gained around 1.5 percent due to supply disruptions in global supplies, particularly in Canada where a massive wild-fire near Alberta's oil sands are showing no signs of slowing...

Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) certainly knows a thing or two about the auto industry. On Thursday, he was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment to discuss Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s production guidance. Tesla said it is aiming for a production rate of 500,000 vehicles by...

Jason Tennert, chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners, was a guest on CNBC's Squawk Box to discuss a potential Donald Trump presidency. Tennert started off by stating "conventional wisdom" is calling for a Hillary Clinton presidency, but this may not...

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) CEO Doug Oberhelman hopes that 2016 is the last down year for the company after a slump in demand led the heavy equipment maker to report lower-than-expected quarterly earnings and cut 2016 earnings outlook. "We're close to the bottom or bottoming,"...

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on Friday. He discussed Russia's plans for growth, political heat in the form of economic sanctions from the United States on Russia, and more. Some of Vladimir's appearance was broadcast and analyzed by...

There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful or just down right comical. 1. Bloomberg Commodities News Bloomberg Commodities News ( @BNCommodities ) tweeted out this...

It's Official: Detroit Is, as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Put it bluntly, "broke." In a filing in bankruptcy court Thursday, Detroit became the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy. No Other Solution Michigan's largest yet shrinking city joins the likes of Jefferson County, Alabama...

Bart Chilton, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday to discuss having his eye on the digital currency Bitcoin. The peer-to-peer electronic cash system isn't currently managed by a central authority, and because Bitcoin is accepted by many people...