"We have to modernize this company to have better financial controls, that was an issue prior to bankruptcy," says Daniel Akerson, General Motors chairman & CEO, discussing how he intends to turnaround his company's lagging stock price and grow for the future, with CNBC's Phil LeBeau.
Jordan Hansell, NetJets chairman & CEO, discusses the company's plans to purchase up to 425 aircraft from Cessa and Bombardier, and the launching of a new signature series of aircraft.
Initial euphoria over Spain's bank bailout fizzled the rally as ongoing fears over a global slowdown lingered on investors' minds. Keith McCullough, Hedeye Risk Management founder & CEO and Doug Cote, ING Investment Management chief market strategist, weigh in.
Is the time right to launch Apple television? Tobias Dengel, WillowTree Apps CEO; Ashish Toshniwal, Y Media Labs CEO; and Calvin Carter, CEO, Bottle Rocket Apps CEO, discuss what they hope to hear from Apple's CEO Tim Cook at the Developers Conference.
Wesport Innovations inked a deal with Caterpillar this week to jointly develop natural gas engines for off-road equipment, with David Demers, Westport Innovations CEO, and Mad Money host Jim Cramer.
NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer, discusses the Nasdaq's proposed Facebook compensation plans. "The customers are smart, I do think it will change the shape of the pipeline, and I think this illuminated the difference in the models," he says.
House Speaker John Boehner discusses President Obama's policies, the crisis in Europe and the potential fiscal cliff. "The President's policies have failed, and as a result, he has turned to the politics of envy and divide," says Boehner, and he also explains why he thinks "extending all of the current tax rates would be the first big step in the right direction."
Jim Metcalf, the CEO of Chicago-based building materials giant USG, discusses his company's latest product "UltraLight," and the relationship between his stock's success and the housing recovery.
Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald chairman & CEO, says there is "no U.S. economy," adding that neither Ben Bernanke or President Obama have effective tools to jump-start the economy. CNBC's Tyler Mathisen, Rick Santelli & Steve Liesman weigh in.
The Facebook situation is an industry issue, says Thomas Joyce, Knight Capital CEO. "Why shouldn't a competitor get a leg up because they screwed up?" he tells CNBC's Scott Wapner.
Sean Parker, Airtime co-founder, weighs in on the controversial launch of Facebook's initial public offering, with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, and Laurence Fink, BlackRock chairman & CEO.
Lee Sachs, Alliance Partners founder & co-CEO, shares perspective on what the nation has learned from the financial crisis and what Europe can learn from it as well, with Laurence Fink, BlackRock chairman & CEO.
"Politics is playing a much more substantial role in the direction of the marketplaces." says Laurence Fink, BlackRock chairman & CEO, discussing the shape of the global markets; the strength of the U.S. economy; and making the case for investing in stocks.
"Everybody is talking about manufacturing, it doesn't matter which political party they belong to," says Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers president & CEO, discussing jobs creation, politics, and restarting the U.S. economic engine.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is classified as a REIT, owns 21 hotels in 14 markets, and began operating at the beginning of the economy's recovery. Jon Bortz, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust CEO, discusses the state of hotel construction in the U.S. and how his company has taken advantage of the downturn in the market.
American Electric Power receives 30% of its revenues from Ohio, but the state is now deregulating the electricity market. Nick Akins, American Electric Power president & CEO, discusses his company's growth strategies moving forward and how it will face possible competition.
Shares of Mattress Firm fell 18%, and Tempur-Pedic lowered its earnings and sales guidance for both Q2 and the full year. Stephen Stagner, Mattress Firm president & CEO, discusses his company's growth strategies and why investors should not be worried.
Robert Greifeld, Nasdaq OMX Group CEO, explains what went wrong the day of the Facebook IPO. "This clearly was a low point for us," he tells CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.
In this excerpt from a "Closing Bell" live interview, Maria Bartiromo asks Nasdaq OMX Group CEO Robert Greifeld about shareholder lawsuits over how the exchange handled Facebook's IPO.