Housing Starts Hit 18-Month High
Airtime: Tues. May 18 2010 | 10:12 AM ET
Construction of new homes rose more than expected in April, but new building permits fell sharply. CNBC’s Diana Olick parses the data.

Airtime: Tues. May 18 2010 | 10:12 AM ET
Construction of new homes rose more than expected in April, but new building permits fell sharply. CNBC’s Diana Olick parses the data.

Google stopped its China search service as the government’s limits on free speech have reached a point where it can’t censor anymore, says Jessica Powell, its director of communications, Japan & Asia Pacific. She sheds more light on its decision, with Richard Martin, MD at IMA Asia, CNBC’s Martin Soong, Cheng Lei & Karen Tso.

Forecasters warn the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts as early ask this week. John Hofmeister, former CEO of US operations at Shell, shares his insight.

The way America watches football is about to change, with John Chambers, Cisco Systems, Mark Lamping, New Meadowlands Stadium, and CNBC’s Darren Rovell.

Expect a serious deceleration of growth in China, warns Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, economic advisor to MasterCard Worldwide & professor at the University of British Columbia. He shares his views, with Harish Manwani, president, Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe at Unilever, CNBC’s Martin Soong & Lisa Oake.

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s shareholder Q&A is as democratic as it gets for investor meetings, with Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times and Carol Loomis, Fortune Magazine.

Mutual fund legend John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, shares his market outlook and discusses financial regulatory reform with CNBC.