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CNBC's Bertha Coombs discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow. more...

A move away from debt-based currencies to a system somewhat based on hard assets is not out of the picture if the global economy doesn’t recover, some investors say. more...

The European Commission is out with a proposal today that would tax any financial transaction where at least one party involved is located in the EU. According to the proposal, the tax would go into effect in January 2014 and could raise $57 billion euros each year. Rich Repetto, of Sandler...

Greece is back in strike mode due to the country's austerity measures and insight on how investor worries are impacting markets, with CNBC's Carolin Schober. more...

European shares fell sharply on Monday amid renewed fears over the euro zone debt crisis and a warning from Deutsche Bank’s CEO on the outlook for banks. more...

"I still have that long-standing impression and opinion that we are going to see $1.50 sooner, rather than later," Herwig Prielipp, managing partner at NewtonMercury Advisors, said of the dollar's exchange rate against the euro. more...

South Korean consumers' confidence dipped to a five-month low in August while their inflation expectations hit a 29-month high, a central bank survey showed on Thursday, putting the Bank of Korea in a deeper policy dilemma. more...

"We have some disappointing developments in Russia. Sales have not been growing, and it is clearly because Russian consumers are taking longer to adjust to higher prices," Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen, CEO at Carlsberg, told CNBC. more...

CNBC's Louisa Bojesen takes a look at the financial sell-off; with Christopher Whalen, Institutional Risk Analytics; Josh Rosner, Graham Fisher & Co., and Todd Gordon, Aspen Trading Group. more...

Greece’s parliament will say ‘yes’ to an austerity package, says Ray Attrill of BNP Paribas, a decision that will push the euro-dollar up towards the 1.45 level. more...

Merger arbitrage investors are braced for a second consecutive month of losses with a string of unexpected upsets leading to a difficult period for the hedge fund strategy, the FT reports. more...

Discussing how the precious metal is faring against other currencies and how to trade it, with Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter. more...

CNBC's Guy Johnson has the story on a general strike shutting down transportation and government offices in Greece. more...

Insight on where the dollar and the Euro are headed, with Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services; David Mann,Standard Chartered Bank, and CNBC's Rick Santelli. more...

The world's biggest banks are likely to be hit by capital surcharges that increase progressively based on a lender's size, how connected it is to other banks and how easily it could be replaced in a crisis, global regulators have told the Financial Times. more...