Housing Starts Hit 18-Month High
Airtime: Tues. May 18 2010 | 10:12 AM ET
Construction of new homes rose more than expected in April, but new building permits fell sharply. CNBC’s Diana Olick parses the data.

Airtime: Tues. May 18 2010 | 10:12 AM ET
Construction of new homes rose more than expected in April, but new building permits fell sharply. CNBC’s Diana Olick parses the data.

CNBC’s Diana Olick has the details on the increase in demand for Florida condos.

Fabrice Tourre, executive director of the structured products group at Goldman Sachs, delivers his opening statement before a Senate panel that alleges Goldman profited from the housing meltdown and made billions at the expense of clients.

Euro Zone GDP Data Unrevised.

CEO bonuses took a hit in 2009, as company boards start to tie pay to performance. CNBC’s Mary Thompson has the details.

Parsing the jobs numbers, with CNBC’s Hampton Pearson; David Malpass, Encima Global president; Mark Zandi, Moody’s Economy.com chief economist; Andy Serwer, Fortune managing editor; Robert Barbera ITG chief economist; and CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla, Steve Liesman, Rick Santelli & Becky Quick.

Discussing Bank of America’s quarterly results, with Brian Moynihan, Bank of America president & CEO.