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The Goldman Standard
Paul Goldberger critiques the new Goldman Sachs building in Manhattan.

The Goldman Standard
Paul Goldberger critiques the new Goldman Sachs building in Manhattan.

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.

Shares of Apple hit a lifetime high after quarterly results showed consumers continued to snap up millions of iPods and iPhones. Conway Gittens reports.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to apologize for the war in Iraq during an interview on the release of his autobiography Wednesday. Stephen Day Portcullis Public Affairs spoke to CNBC about the book.

Gold is likely to stay above $1,000 this year, with room to rise further, says Mike McChesney, CEO of Vantage Goldfields. He talks to Greg Bundy of AIMS Financial, and CNCB’s Oriel Morrison and Sri Jegarajah, as the junior miner lists on the Australian market today.

The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold Thursday, as expected. Jörg Krämer, chief economist at Commerzbank, considers the strategy of the central bank.

Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 25 2010 | “I’m a long-term equity bull, however the long-term doesn’t include the next six to eight weeks,” Julius De Kempenaer, manager at Taler Trend Fund, told CNBC Thursday. “For the next couple of weeks I’d expect a slightly lower Euro Stoxx 50 Index and stocks in general in Europe,” he said.