The Business of March Madness
Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 18 2010 |
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.

Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 18 2010 |
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.

What’s next for the markets, with Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO CEO & co-CIO and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.

The Spanish banking system was the most tested of all the EU nations with 95% of lenders going through stress tests. Jorge Gil from Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros and Jose Carlos Diez from Intermoney spoke to CNBC Monday.

March wholesale inventories were up .4 percent, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

The March trade gap is at its highest since December 2008. CNBC’s Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman parse the data.

Discussing Pimco CEO El-Erian’s comments on TIPS and whether inflation is coming, with Bill Strazzullo, of Bell Curve Trading and Rob Morgan, Falkland Securities.

US tech bellwether Intel reported a near quadrupling of profit in the first quarter. It also raised its full-year margins outlook. “We’re delighted with the performance, to see a record Q1 on the back of a tough 2009,” Graham Palmer, UK MD at Intel, said Wednesday. “From a European perspective, we exceeded our expectations.”