In light of Sunshine Oilsands' quarterly loss, John Zahary, President and CEO, says the company's projects are in pre-production stage and revenue will start coming in soon.
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomes the recent safety pact signed by international retailers, but says more needs to be done.
Paul Krake, Founder of View from the Peak: Macro Strategies, thinks Japan's QE program could be a potential disaster, particularly for the rest of Asia, Germany, and certain U.S. corporates.
Savanth Sebastian, Equities Economist at Commonwealth Securities and Scott Haslem, Chief Economist at UBS, Australasia discuss the 2013 Australian budget.
Gary Gray, Australian Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism discusses the impact of the pullback in commodity prices on the country's latest budget.
Michael Hewson, Senior Market Analyst at CMC Markets and Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN discuss their strategies in what appears to be very bullish markets amidst weak economic data.
Puru Saxena, CEO of Puru Saxena Wealth Management says American stocks are in a multi-year secular uptrend. Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN joins in the conversation.
Penny Wong, Finance Minister of Australia, says the government took the decision to defer the return to surplus in order to protect Australian jobs and growth.
Nile Gardiner, Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, says Britain's membership of the EU is an entirely internal matter and any U.S. political intervention will backfire.
Peter Anderson, CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the government is asking the business community to pay more with this year's budget statement.
Jim Snabe, Co-CEO of SAP says that the industry is focusing on innovation and efficiency. He also says that Europe has a healthy division of labor at the top layers of companies that allows a control & support mechanism.
Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor of Aoyama Gakuin University and Former Vice Finance Minister of Japan says Japan will achieve 2 to 2.5% real growth, while dollar-yen will turn around from 105.
Shelly Painter, Regional Managing Director of Vanguard Asia says Vanguard's first ETF in Asia, the Asia ex-Japan index ETF, offers a cost of entry that is about half the industry average.
John Daley, CEO of Grattan Institute warns that Australia has a serious deficit problem that needs to be dealt with and should keep in mind the lessons from Europe's crisis.
David Lennox, Resources Analyst at Fat Prophets sees very muted demand for oil in the U.S., China & Europe pointing to lower prices. He expects gold to move higher with increased demand.
Mitul Kotecha, Head of Global FX Strategy, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking says higher yields in U.S. Treasurys are very supportive of the greenback.
Andrew Sullivan, Director, Asian Sales Trading at Kim Eng Securities says a Fed QE exit is a big issue weighing on the minds of those investing in bonds.