What the Big Names Own
Airtime: Mon. Aug. 16 2010 | 7:16 PM ET
A look at what big names like Warren Buffett are holding, with CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen.

Airtime: Mon. Aug. 16 2010 | 7:16 PM ET
A look at what big names like Warren Buffett are holding, with CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen.

Axel Weber, president of Deutsche Bundesbank, told CNBC that the Greek bailout will be implemented soon as he dismissed the idea that the euro zone is at risk of falling apart.

The “extended period” language is putting us in a box, Saint Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard tells CNBC

The Bank of England held interest rates at a record low, as widely expected Thursday. Anthony Gibbs from Vantage Capital Markets told CNBC that the UK could be facing an inflation problem.

BB&T is one of the three big regionals that remained profitable during the financial crisis. Kelly King, the bank’s CEO, said its conservatism helped it avoid problems.

“Russia has growth and Russia has money and Europe has neither,” Kingsmill Bond from Troika Dialog told CNBC Tuesday. “Russia has the capacity to support Europe clearly with its cash,” he added.

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