S&P Case Shiller Index: Home Prices Rise
Airtime: Tues. Aug. 31 2010 | 10:18 AM ET
The latest Case Shiller Index beat expectations, showing a surprising surge in June, with CNBC’s Diana Olick.

Airtime: Tues. Aug. 31 2010 | 10:18 AM ET
The latest Case Shiller Index beat expectations, showing a surprising surge in June, with CNBC’s Diana Olick.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to apologize for the war in Iraq during an interview on the release of his autobiography Wednesday. Stephen Day Portcullis Public Affairs spoke to CNBC about the book.

The economy will likely grow at a 4% rate over the next 12 months, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, told CNBC.

The euro is “ludicrously” for many of the struggling European countries such as Greece, but it is even too high for Germany, which is a competitive country, Roger Nightingale from Pointon York told CNBC Monday. Nightingale considers the future of the monetary union.

“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.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner’s latest comment on the dollar is more about managing expectations rather than trying to put a floor under the greenback, says Olivier Desbarres, director of FX strategy at Credit Suisse. He also highlights what to look out for from the G20 meeting, with CNBC’s Sri Jegarajah.

During a crisis, there will often be “crumbs of comfort” from economic data, but these should be ignored, Moorad Choudhry from London Metropolitan University told CNBC Friday.