Obama on The Economy 4.16.10
Airtime: Fri. Apr. 16 2010 | 1:41 PM ET
President Obama makes comments on the progress of economic recovery.

Airtime: Fri. Apr. 16 2010 | 1:41 PM ET
President Obama makes comments on the progress of economic recovery.

Construction of new homes rose more than expected in April, but new building permits fell sharply. CNBC’s Diana Olick parses the data.

Discussing the top issues being tackled at the economic forum, with Vikram Pandit Citigroup CEO and CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo.

Stocks are “climbing a wall of worry and that tends to be the best kind of bull market,” Mike Lenhoff from Brewin Dolphin told CNBC Tuesday. Marc Ostwald from Monument Securities joined the discussion.

The German cabinet approved a draft bill to ban naked short selling of euro zone government bonds and German shares Wednesday, but an outright ban has been postponed. Rüdiger von Rosen from Deutsches Aktieninstitut said that investors are responsible for their judgment.

Jon Corzine, CEO of MF Global, former CEO of Goldman Sachs and former governor of New Jersey, discusses the civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs.

American companies are now outsourcing to small towns in the United States, with Monty Hamilton, Rural Sourcing CEO.