Gavin Poole, CEO of iCITY, talks about the redevelopment of the Olympic park into a creative hub, and why, despite no advertising so far, nearly half the space on offer has already been let.
Joe Rundle, head of trading at ETX Capital, prefers Easyjet to Ryanair and says that despite low volatility, many U.K. investors "don't believe the rally" and are still looking for a market pullback.
Peter Attard Montalto, emerging market economist at Nomura International, talks about the South African mining sector, the potential rise of further union unrest and the impact it would have on the country's economy.
Squawk Box Europe anchors and Frederic Neumann, MD and co-head of Asian economics research at HSBC, discuss the heavy losses in the silver market and the possible reasons behind them.
Thanos Vamvakidis, head of European G10 FX strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, says Europe needs to stay on course with austerity and advises being short on Swiss Franc against the U.S. dollar.
Frederic Neumann, MD and co-head of Asian economics research at HSBC, discusses German politics and the rise of 'get-out-of-euro' parties and what it would mean for Merkel come September.
In typically descriptive language, Bob Geldof says that the press lies consistently because they see themselves as holding powerful individuals to account. Geldof says that while Cherie Blair and her husband could be scrutinized, due to their high profile, it did not mean their children could be hounded by the press too.
Bob Geldof discusses how his anger at the on-going famine in Ethiopia in the early 2000s made him pressure Tony Blair to use 2005's G8 meeting to ensure Africa was not forgotten and that it became part of the global economic wheel.
Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank, tells CNBC the Swiss franc has remained very strong but could be undergoing the beginning of a weakening move.
Colin Hamilton, global head of commodities at Macquarie Group, tells CNBC that gold is being driven lower by a very strong dollar and continued ETF outflows.
Shawn Vick, president and CEO of airplane producer, Beechcraft International, tells CNBC that after the market fell by fifty percent during the financial crisis, it is slowly coming back.
Andrew Brackin, one of the 20 under twenty who received Peter Thiel's (Facebook's first ever investor and Paypal co-founder), Thiel Fellowship, talks to CNBC about what it takes to get ahead in tech.
Bill O'Neill, head of chief investment at Wealth Management Research, UBS, talks to CNBC about the changeover of leadership in the Bank of England and the state of the British economy.
Cherie Blair, who became a barrister in 1976 and Queen's Counsel in 1995, remembers going into a robing room in her early days and the room falling silent as some men were not used to working with women.
Cherie Blair¿s drive for female empowerment has seen her work with India¿s SEWA ¿ Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) ¿ to help women to market, sell and manage better, and she tells the touching story of a woman in Gujarat.
Tony Blair says that once his wife, Cherie, gets up in the morning, "She is full on, 100 percent without any breaks during the whole day. She has phenomenal energy as well as intellect." After 33 years together, Blair said the secret to their success was to "respect and get on with each other."
Cherie Blair explains how ever since her first Olivetti PC she has been hooked to technology. The Internet, e-mails and online resources were particularly helpful for Blair when she was in 10 Downing Street, allowing her to manage her role as First Lady as well as continue to practice law.
Tony Blair says he and his wife came out of Downing Street ¿young enough and with enough energy to want to keep on making a difference and changing things.¿ While Blair says he would like to one day wind things down, he admits that Cherie would not enjoy just sitting around.