Steve Sedgwick takes you through British American Tobacco.

Patrick Armstrong, managing partner at Armstrong Investment, tells CNBC they are staying long equities as they remain cheaper than bonds, but adding some short positions.

Tom Elliott, global strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, tells CNBC why the EU budget deal has given enough to austerity-driven northern Europe to ease future negotiations.

Pablo Goldberg, global head of emerging markets research at HSBC, says the latest EMI suggests China is rebounding.

Dickie Wong, executive director at Kingston Securities, expects the Hang Seng hit 26,300 this year.

Philip Hoffman, CEO of The Fine Art Fund Group, says the top end of the art market will continue to boom for the next ten years.

Giles Keating, head of research at Credit Suisse Private Banking, tells CNBC that the yields on Spanish debt are up quite radically since the last auction due to the politics.

Norbert Lammert, president of the Bundestag, says other member states will also have suggestions in renegotiating EU terms as suggested by the UK.

Alex Friedman, global CIO of UBS Wealth Management, tells CNBC he is moderately risk on for now, with markets heading in the right direction.

Ian Whittaker, media analyst at Liberum Capital, tells CNBC how investors should be positioned to benefit from the media sector.

Steve Sedgwick takes you through the European Market Open where stocks have come in higher.

Guy Monson, managing partner at Sarasin & Partners, tells CNBC that the euro crisis gave Germany an amazing opportunity to penetrate the Asian markets.

Steve Sedgwick takes you through Telecom Italia, the former state monopoly with a significant debt problem.

European shares closed lower after choppy trading on Thursday, tracking falls on the U.S. equity markets, while a decline in French drugmaker Sanofi also weighed on the region's bourses.

David Murrin, chief investment officer at Emergent Asset Management, tells CNBC why he expects "hope to decay", as the early highs of 2013 turn out to be a mirage.

Horst Lochel, professor for economics at Frankfurt School of Finance, tells CNBC why the question of exchange rate policy will be the most pertinent one to come out of Mario Draghi's news conference.

The chief executive of Qatar's largest private commercial bank, R Seetharaman tells CNBC how he plans to reclaim lost market share and go global.

As the well-known face of Doha Bank, R Seetharaman is one of the few business leaders to favor bow ties on all occasions. He outlines why, and also reflects on how he would like to be remembered.

Dana Telsey, CEO & chief researcher of Telsey Advisory Group, forecasts US retail sales figure up around 3 percent, driven by promotions and clearance sales.

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler, says the company has changed its sales structure in China to catch up with rivals in that growth market.