Apple Smashes Expectations!
Business Update: Apple Smashes Estimates!
Shares of Apple hit a lifetime high after quarterly results showed consumers continued to snap up millions of iPods and iPhones. Conway Gittens reports.

Shares of Apple hit a lifetime high after quarterly results showed consumers continued to snap up millions of iPods and iPhones. Conway Gittens reports.

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.

President Barack Obama discusses the issue of health care for seniors, as well as steps the government is taking to combat fraud in the Medicare system.

We are more concerned about rate rises in China than the Greece contagion risks, says Craig Irvine, co-head of regional research at Daiwa Capital Markets. He speaks to CNBC’s Karen Tso and Martin Soong about his outlook for Asian markets.

The type of problem that has hit Greece will eventually hit the US, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, told CNBC.

Airtime: Tues. Oct. 5 2010 | 11:21 AM ET
Central banks around the world are on the move this morning with questions about who will ease and who will hold rates, with CNBC’s Steve Liesman, and Steven Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

Wilbur Ross is back on the prowl expanding his investment empire, with Wilbur Ross, WL Ross & Co. chairman & CEO and Mac Crawford, former CVS Caremark chairman.