After five long years of deleveraging, the U.K. banking sector finally looks ready to make a comeback, with 2013 set to be a turnaround year, analysts have told CNBC.

Richard Smith, Realogy president & CEO, breaks down the numbers on his company's first quarter earnings and weighs in on the housing recovery.

Martin Flanagan, President & CEO of Invesco, has the read on early signs investors are returning to the markets.

Ronald Josey, JMP Securities analyst, has the play on the social networking giant's mobile ad strategy.

The case in question deals with a Washington, DC political intelligence firm which alerted clients of a pending government decision favoring health insurers. Jacob Frenkel, Schulman Rogers partner, discusses ...

CNBC's Ross Westgate reports on all the market moving events from Europe, as investors await a decision on interest rates from the European Central Bank.

There is no monetary policy short-cut to boosting employment, instead countries should focus on productivity and labor market reforms, argues Moorad Choudhry.

A global economic slowdown hasn't had much impact on this resilient market as people continue to turn to alcohol in good times and bad. We look at the top 10 countries in the world with the highest alcohol ...

The bulls have already cleaned up in natural-gas company Questar, and yesterday they came back for more.

Italy might be making friends around Europe for its anti-austerity stance, but the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that the country must stick to implementing spending cuts....

The global economy continues to show signs of slowing, yet stock markets are back near their highs for the year. Analysts are questioning how long this will last, and worry markets are "fearless" ...

U.S. stock index futures signaled a lower open on Thursday, as weak manufacturing data knocked investor confidence in Asia and Europe.

Piyush Gupta, CEO at DBS, says DBS, southeast Asia's biggest bank, can sustain a large part of its profits and explains why he is not worried about a slowdown in China or euro zone troubles.

The Singapore stock market has been on a tear recently, trading at highs not seen since late 2007, however, the rally could be short-lived as analysts warn overhanging risks threaten the Southeast Asian ...

Dennis Chan, equity analyst at Yuanta Securities, explains why he believes the worse in now behind for HTC, but warns that the pace of recovery for the company will be slower than expected.

The European Central Bank is under increasing political pressure to act to save the euro zone's moribund economy, with the Irish head of state the latest high-profile leader to urge the central bank to ...

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Jacques Cailloux, chief European economist at Nomura and Tobias Blattner, euro area economist at Daiwa Capital Markets, discuss the expected rate cut at the ECB and what further measures could be taken....

Chinese equities fell to their lowest level for the year on Thursday on fresh signs of weakness in the world's second largest economy. While the current easing in manufacturing-sector growth could prompt ...

George Quinn, CFO of Swiss Re, tells CNBC that their strong result was down to unusual circumstances of no large losses at all combined with a strong underlying profit from the team.

A widely-anticipated cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday is unlikely to get markets too excited. But what the central bank says just might, economists told CNBC.

Peter Hutton, energy analyst at RBC Capital Markets, talks to CNBC about Peter Voser's decision to retire as the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell.

The Federal Reserve's commitment to loose monetary policy is likely to lead to asset and equity bubbles in the next two years which could be worse than the previous crisis, renowned economist Nouriel Roubini ...

Robert Simoncic, CEO of Slovak Investment & Trade Development, tells CNBC that for Slovakia it is important that Europe is fiscally responsible as they are heading towards less than 3 percent deficit.

The Shanghai Composite moved off a fresh 2013 low on Thursday after HSBC's Chinese manufacturing survey revealed a drop in new export orders for the first time this year, adding to concerns about the global ...

Karen Tso takes you through the European market open, where stocks are down ahead of the ECB meeting.

Tom Elliot, global strategist, at JP Morgan Asset Management, tells CNBC that the yield still does look very good despite the rise on global indices.

Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff have responded once again to the ongoing contentious debate over whether tough austerity measures are helpful or harmful to an economy, this time underlining ...

Henrik Ramlau Hansen, CFO of Danske Bank, tells CNBC that they are sticking to their guidance for the full year, despite beating on loan impairments.

Michala Marcussen, global head of economics at Société Générale, tells CNBC that regardless of an ECB rate cut it would not alter her growth forecast.

The ECB is widely expected to cut its main interest rate today, the first time in ten months. Julia Chatterley and Geoff Cutmore report from the ECB meeting place in the capital of Slovakia.

One in four U.S. businesses are vulnerable to having their trade secrets stolen, according to the president of an India-based cyber law consultancy, who said the ongoing threat could cost the U.S. economy ...

Rolf-Dieter Schwalb, CFO of DSM, tells CNBC that whilst the nutrition business is doing well, pharma needs improvement.

Disappointing economic data hurt stocks early, with losses accelerating in the final hour of trade.

Christian Schulz, Senior Economist at Berenberg Bank expects the Euro Zone economy to stabilize in next few months. He says there's a 60% chance the ECB will reduce the refi rate by 25bps either at the ...

So much for all the talk about a 'great rotation' out of bond markets into equities this year, analysts now say the best strategy may be to keep hold of both types of assets given mixed signals for the ...

David Greene, Senior Corp FX Dealer at Western Union Business Solutions thinks the ECB will hold rates at the May meeting because there's not enough pressure within the ECB board to do so.

Michael McCarthy, Chief Market Strategist at CMC Markets says the weaker PMI data out of China was expected due to the fall away of external demand.

Ford, facing greater demand for its F-Series trucks, is adding a third shift and hiring more than a thousand new workers at its final assembly plant in Claycomo, Missouri where the popular F-150 pick-up ...

Roger Tan, CEO at SIAS Research advises on how to invest in Singapore's banking sector, and what to expect from the three big players DBS, UOB and OCBC.

Dodge Dorland, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at Landor & Fuest Capital Managers, talks about Facebook's outlook, and how Fed policy and U.S. economic data will impact the market.

Nick Verdi, Director, FX Strategy Asia Pacific ex-Japan at Barclays predicts that the ECB will cut interest rates, and tells CNBC's Cash Flow how to play the euro in the wake of that.

Brian Wieser, Senior Research Analyst at Pivotal Research Group discusses Facebook's growth potential, and whether the new software will make it a safer bet for investors.

Norman Chan, Head of Investment at Calibre Asset Management explains why he believes there is a good chance that growth will pick up again in the coming months.

With reassurances that the Fed will keep on easing, markets turn their attention to the European Central Bank Thursday, hoping for a rate cut and anything else that could juice the euro zone economy.

Malaysia is gearing up for what is being touted as its most closely contested election. Prime Minister Najib Razak and Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go head to head, putting the country's ruling ...

Kevin Snowball, CEO of PXP Vietnam Asset Management thinks the Vietnam market is cheap. He says the bad loans issue in Vietnam is manageable and concentrated in certain areas.

Facebook's mobile push seems to be working: mobile revenue now comprises 30 percent of all its ad revenue, that's higher than expected, and up from just 23 percent in the prior quarter.