H&R Block CEO Talks Taxes-2010
Airtime: Wed. Apr. 14 2010 | 7:50 AM ET
America’s biggest headache is big business for your friendly neighborhood accountant. CNBC talks taxes with Russ Smyth, CEO of H&R Block.

Airtime: Wed. Apr. 14 2010 | 7:50 AM ET
America’s biggest headache is big business for your friendly neighborhood accountant. CNBC talks taxes with Russ Smyth, CEO of H&R Block.

Jay Fishman, Travelers chairman and CEO, discusses the company’s earnings and outlook with CNBC.

President Obama spoke to the American public on jobs growth. Insight on his speech and employment, with Robert Reich, former secretary of labor.

Gold has reached record highs in recent weeks, but it will continue to go much higher in price, Ben Davies, CEO, Hinde Capital said. Davies said he views gold, not as a commodity, but as a cash supplement. Less developed countries will buy gold to increase reserves, he added.

“The real economy has improved,” Yuwa Hendrick-Wong from MasterCard Worldwide said Wednesday. “At the moment, equities everywhere, especially in Europe, to a lesser extent in the US, are way ahead from what we can see in the real economy.” He sees stocks going into a “period of volatility.”

Emerging Inflation to Squeeze West, Inflation in emerging markets is a major issue for Western companies as input prices are set to rise because of it, Philippa Malmgren, president of Principalis Asset Management, told CNBC Wednesday.

The dollar is still going up and has a chance to create a “good top” in the near-term, Bill McLaren, independent trader, said Friday. He also looks at the chart for the S&P 500 index.