Sandy Jadeja, chief technical analyst at City Index, takes a technical view on the FTSE100, Dow Jones Industrial average and the NYMEX crude oil.

David Haigh, CEO at Brand Finance, says UK banks lost $1.5 billion brand value on the money laundering and Libor scandals.

European shares inched up on Friday, as investors took advantage of the past two sessions' losses to snap up equities more cheaply, reassured by a run of solid data from China, Europe and the United States.

Bill Blain, senior fixed income broker at Mint Partners, says the euro zone crisis will kick off again.

Jim Cooper, executive editor at AdWeek, tells CNBC why the Super Bowl is such an important place for advertisers.

Jason Gammel, head of European oil at Macquarie, tells CNBC why a combination of factors offsetting each other mean Brent oil prices will be very company specific.

Nicholas Spiro, managing director at Spiro Sovereign Strate, tells CNBC that there is a shift taking place, away from Spain being seen of as a high risk investment.

Thomas Hegel, CEO of LEG, tells CNBC that the excellent market conditions prompted the German real estate company to go public.

Keith McLoughlin, CEO of Electrolux, tells CNBC that Western Europe consumer demand is weak as austerity measures take hold and they expect low demand in the first half.

Rahul Sharma, founder and managing director at Neev Capital, tells CNBC that while Louis Vuitton is the biggest luxury brand in the sector, because of its size it has been a 'broad bran'.

Ashok Shah, CIO at London and Capital, tells CNBC that banks have been given a ¿free lunch¿ borrowing at very low cost in order to boost their profitability.

Chris Wheeler, bank analyst at Mediobanca, tells CNBC that the big question is what state the balance sheets of European banks are in.

Steve Sedgwick takes you through the European market open, where stocks have opened flat.

Simon Colvin, analyst at Markit, tells CNBC that short sellers are definitely reacting to the upside and the average short interest in the Stoxx 600 is down 25 percent in the last couple of months.

A leading pan-European stock index fell on Thursday, hit by drops in brewing group AB Inbev and oil major Shell, and some expected further weakness in the near term.

Dirk Becker, head of banking sector research at Kepler Capital Markets in Frankfurt, says Deutsche Bank could have achieved the jump in its capital ratio by selling risk positions.

Scott Kessler, senior equity analyst at S&P Capital IQ, tells CNBC why Facebook's stock has been so indecisive despite a number of positives coming out of their Q4 earnings report.

Anshu Jain, co-CEO at Deutsche Bank, speaks to CNBC's Silvia Wadhwa about re-capitalizing the bank and losses in its earnings.

David Butter, associate fellow at Chatham House, contemplates the difficulties of recovery and restoring confidence in Egypt.

Roelof van den Akker, technical analyst at ING Wholesale Banking, takes a technical look at the DOW transportation index, the US 30-year T-Bond future and the euro/dollar exchange rate.