President Obama on Jobs
Airtime: Wed. Jul. 7 2010 |
President Obama discusses the amount of jobs loss and his plans for improving employment and the economy by increasing foreign trade.

Airtime: Wed. Jul. 7 2010 |
President Obama discusses the amount of jobs loss and his plans for improving employment and the economy by increasing foreign trade.

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.

“The balance sheets of banks are just as bad as they were” two years ago when the crisis began and “the quality of the risks hasn’t improved,” Nassim Taleb, professor and author of the bestselling book “The Black Swan,” told CNBC on Thursday.

Wall Street veteran Byron Wien unveiled his 2010 surprises list four months ago. The CNBC team takes a look at how his list is doing so far.

Warren Buffett answers questions about the rating agencies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee. The Commission is holding a hearing entitled “Credibility of Credit Ratings, the Investment Decisions Made Based on Those Ratings, and the Financial Crisis.”

Bernard Schwartz, CEO of BLS Investments, tells CNBC about his $1 trillion jobs plan.

Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig testifies to a House Field Committee on the economy and the issue of too big to fail.