Businesses around the world are worried about excessive regulation and red tape tat could choke off globalization operations for dynamic companies, Ed Nusbaum, CEO, Grant Thornton International

We're likely to see a rebound in Asian stock markets but don't buy the market across the board, Miranda Carr, Head of China Research at NSBO told CNBC.

Though there have been signs of stabilization, there is still fragility in the Chinese economy, Alistair Thornton, China Economist, IHS Global Insight, told CNBC.

Christopher Carani, shareholder and partner at McAndrews, Held & Malloy, updates CNBC on the ongoing case between Apple and Samsung over intellectual property infringements.

Richard Cunningham, managing director at Agincourt Financial Limited, tells CNBC that he thinks the year will go out on the Dax trading slightly higher.

Richard Beacon, managing director at City Beacon talks to CNBC about counseling in the City of London and the record number of calls they are receiving from stressed out workers.

Nancy McKinstry, CEO of global information company, Wolters Kluwer, tells CNBC she is seeing a tale of two cities with North America growing and Europe declining.

Spencer Lake, co-head of Global Markets at HSBC, tells CNBC that the Dim Sum market in 2012 is up about sixteen percent from last year and the vast majority is coming from non-Chinese borrowers.

ADS Securities is branching out, moving into bonds and other forms of investments. Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Philippe Ghanem tells CNBC more about the clients and where he sees the global economy in 2013.

With its focus on building-up trading volumes, ADS Securities has put a major emphasis on finding the right technology. CNBC takes you inside the company's nerve center with Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Philippe Ghanem.

Francois Henri-Pinault the CEO of luxury retail company, PPR spoke to CNBC's Maria Bartiromo about the US fiscal cliff and about the business and economic climate in France.

Nancy Curtin, chief investment officer at Close Brothers Asset Management, tells CNBC that both in the United States and the UK you are seeing pension funds switch out of equities into fixed income.

Irenea Renuncio, senior Latin America analyst at Maplecroft, tells CNBC that Mexico could soon overtake Brazil in terms of growth as it is a lot easier to do business in the country.

Michael Yoshikami, CEO and founder of Destination Wealth Management, tells CNBC that he believes the US job numbers will be positive and the unemployment rate will slowly decrease.

Paul Watters, head of corporate credit research at S&P, tells CNBC that the weak outlook for the euro zone and challenging global conditions will make it a hard year for corporates in 2013.

Larry Hatheway, chief strategist at UBS Investment Bank, tells CNBC that the risks of going off the fiscal cliff are quite high and that many investors are being complacent.

Miles Roberts, CEO of packaging company, DS Smith, tells CNBC that the companies strong earnings are due to investment, innovation and acquisitions they have made.

Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary at the Labour Party, tells CNBC that the government has failed on the bigger issues that would help businesses in the UK.

Ramon Vega, founder of Vega Swiss Asset Management, tells CNBC there is great opportunity to make money out of the fiscal cliff.

Nick Carn, founder at Carn Macro Advisors, tells CNBC that if you are a bear the Apple story is a potential Nokia story, a company that is priced for perfection and does not have much margin for error.