Markets Digest Housing Data
Airtime: Tues. Aug. 17 2010 | 8:33 AM ET
Insight on the markets following the release of housing starts data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

Airtime: Tues. Aug. 17 2010 | 8:33 AM ET
Insight on the markets following the release of housing starts data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

Chris Richter, auto analyst at CLSA, says that Nissan CEO’s forecast for electric cars to make up 10 percent of global auto sales by 2020 sounds ambitious. He tells CNBC’s Oriel Morrison, that there is a market for green cars and a plug-in hybrid may be the compromise solution for now.

The world’s biggest and most expensive ever expo is underway in Shanghai, China. CNBC’s Bernard Lo & Cheng Lei tell us what visitors can expect at Expo 2010, as well as its economic impact.

Rating agencies don’t seem to have many friends these days, with Jerome Fons, former Moody’s managing director.

Discussing whether President Obama is doing enough for small business owners, with Simon Denyer, Reuters and Bernard Whitman, Democratic pollster.

Insight on the latest jobless claims and trade deficit figuers, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli & Steve Liesman.

John Paulson had another conference call with investors today, with CNBC’s Scott Cohn.