Yet another study, this one by the World Health Organization, has linked the consumption of processed meats to cancer. Processed meat is meat, such as bacon, sausage or ham, that has been chemically altered to increase its shelf life or modify its taste.

It’s been a rough year for many MLP’s, but a new report by Pointe Capital Management indicates that MLPs are not as poorly-positioned as they were following the Financial Crisis in 2008. In fact, Pointe sees a handful of MLPs that it believes have been unfairly punished by the market.

The San Francisco apartment, hotel and office markets have been on fire since the Great Recession, but the most recent data from the region could be a sign of trouble ahead.

Quicken Loans co-founder Dan Gilbert visited CNBC on Friday and discussed a wide range of topics. Here’s a re-cap of what he had to say.

Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 0.62% shares are up 7.0 percent in Friday trading after the company reported strong top-line and bottom-line beats in Q3.

Shares of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT 0.66% plunged 10 percent recently after the company issued three-year guidance that fell well short of expectations.

Microsoft Corporation MSFT 0.72% shares are surging 10.2 percent in Friday trading after the company reported Q3 top-line and bottom-line beats. The company reported EPS of $0.67 and revenue of $21.7 billion, ahead of consensus estimates of $0.58 and $20.7, respectively.

Shares of Under Armour Inc UA 0.96% were down more than 4 percent on Friday following an earnings beat by the company. Under Armour reported Q4 EPS of $0.45 vs. consensus expectations of $0.44 and revenue of $1.204 billion versus consensus estimates of $1.176 billion.

A new report by Citi analyst Jason Bazinet discusses the major changes that the Internet has had on the movie and video business. The Internet has disrupted Hollywood perhaps like nothing else in history, and the transition is still underway.