Economic Data: Retail Sales, CPI
Airtime: Fri. Aug. 13 2010 | 8:30 AM ET
Parsing today’s economic data with John Brady, of MF Global, and CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

Airtime: Fri. Aug. 13 2010 | 8:30 AM ET
Parsing today’s economic data with John Brady, of MF Global, and CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

Countdown to the opening bell, with Art Cashin, UBS.

On the back of reports Beijing has orderd banks to charge higher mortgage rates for first time home buyers, Richard Barkham, group research director at Grosvenor and Michael Kurtz, head of regional strategy at Macquarie Securities, discuss why the incentives to invest in Chinese real estate still remain strong.

Investors are also watching those retail chain store sales numbers coming in, with CNBC’s Jane Wells

Apple goes “back to the mac,” with Jonathan Rettinger, blogger at TechnoBuffalo.

Mort Zuckerman, chairman and editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report, tells CNBC he doesn’t share Treasury Secretary Geithner’s rosy view on the economy.

Discussing how China’s yuan move will affect gold prices, with Jonathan Barratt, MD of Commodity Broking Services & Jim McCaughan, CEO of Principal Global Investors, speaking with CNBC’s Martin Soong, Sri Jegarajah & Karen Tso.