Obama Nominates Elena Kagan to Supreme Court
Airtime: Mon. May 10 2010 | light e) ET
President Obama names Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Airtime: Mon. May 10 2010 | light e) ET
President Obama names Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Roubini on the Economy
US tech bellwether Intel reported a near quadrupling of profit in the first quarter. It also raised its full-year margins outlook. “We’re delighted with the performance, to see a record Q1 on the back of a tough 2009,” Graham Palmer, UK MD at Intel, said Wednesday. “From a European perspective, we exceeded our expectations.”
Even if Julia Gillard takes over the PM seat in Australia, the proposed mining tax will still remain, says Colin Chapman, Asia Pacific VP at Strategic Forecasting. He makes his case to Brian Coulton of Fitch Ratings, CNBC’s Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.
“We aim seriously to double our exports in the next four years,” Rachid Mohammed Rachid, trade and industry minister for Egypt, told CNBC when discussing the outlook for the Egyptian economy Tuesday.
Billionaire investor Mort Zuckerman tells CNBC he has many issues with President Obama’s economic policies.
UK GDP growth data came in stronger than expected for the second quarter. “This is probably as good as it gets for a while, the outlook is quite tough,” Kevin Grice from Capital Economics told CNBC Friday.