Economic Analysis: Jobless Claims 4/8/10
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 8 2010 | 8:32 AM ET
The CNBC news team parses today’s economic data.
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 8 2010 | 8:32 AM ET
The CNBC news team parses today’s economic data.
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is getting underway, and CNBC’s Darren Rovell looks at the business behind the madness. He’s joined by Greg Shaleen, NCAA SVP.
Simon Cooper, president and COO of the Ritz-Carlton, tells CNBC about his hotel chain’s expansion plans and discusses the overall luxury hotel industry
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro discusses actions the agency is considering to prevent market drops like the one that happened last week.
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 8 2010 | 7:00 AM ET The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% Thursday, as widely expected. Kit Juckes from ECU Group and Derek Scott, former economic adviser to Tony Blair, discuss the outlook for the UK economy.
UK Finance Minister George Osborne unveiled his emergency budget Tuesday, which cut growth and borrowing forecasts, raised VAT and slapped a tax on banks. Geoff Tresman, chairman of Punter Southall Financial Management, Madsen Pirie, president of the Adam Smith Institute, and Jeremy Cape from Denton Wilde Sapte discuss.
Key meetings are still underway on what to do with Greece. The CNBC news team has the details on this and what it means for Portugal.