Gary Richards, senior corporate tax partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, tells CNBC that the UK tax code is very complicated so it allows companies to plan to avoid it and avoiding tax through loopholes is not illegal.

Thousands of Egyptians are still camped outside the presidential palace in Cairo after protesting against President Mursi's expansion of powers.

Julian Callow, chief international economist at Barclays, tells CNBC that international investors are going to be very focused on how the debt profile is looking in the UK with an eye on its rating.

Sue Foxley, research director at Cluttons, tells CNBC the concern in the London real estate market is over what the government will do next in terms of property tax.

George Bull, senior tax advisor at Baker Tilly, tells CNBC that demand is missing from the UK economy and therefore there isn't any confidence.

Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank, tells CNBC that he is suspicious of the consensus for 2013 that the market will be up by ten percent.

Larry Kantor, managing director and head of research at Barclays, tells CNBC that the divergence between market performance and economic performance is likely to continue, with markets continuing to do well.

Coast Sullenger, founder of GAIA tells CNBC that the agricultural market is still very tight, especially in key grains like corn, but this may start to be relieved with better weather.

George Buckley, chief UK economist at Deutsche Bank, tells CNBC that the UK is off schedule on its austerity plan because the levels of growth were overestimated.

Austerity is hurting large parts of Britain, Katie Barnfield went up to Manchester to look at how it is affecting that city.

Peter Hutton, energy analyst at RBC Capital Markets, tells CNBC that oil prices are likely to remain at current levels due to the falling supply out of Iran.

Daniel Morris, global strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, tells CNBC that he has not seen any fear over the fiscal cliff and companies are still investing as they normally do.

Steve Killelea, founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace, talks to CNBC about the countries most affected by terrorism in 2011 and whether the rate is likely to fall or stay the same.

Ray Boulger, senior technical manager at John Charcol, tells CNBC that the gap in house price difference between London and outside of London in the UK will not get any wider.

Mark Lewis, director of Commodities Research at Deutsche Bank Securities, informs CNBC as to why the oil price remains so high when there is so much supply coming into the market.

Yogi Dewan, founder of Hassium Asset Management, tells CNBC that British people love to spend money on holidays relative to Europeans and this trend does not look likely to go away.

Professor Stewart Purvis, professor of journalism at City University talks to CNBC about how the press should be regulated in the UK and whether the Prime Minister will back newspaper editors.

Ashraf Laidi, chief global strategist at City Index, tells CNBC that companies in the US are not short of cash so it is a not a disaster for them to pay their shareholders early dividends.

Padhraic Garvey, head of developed market at ING Bank tells CNBC that it has been a fantastic few months for Spanish yields and if they continue to stay low there is no reason for Spain to ask for help.

Christophe Waignier, strategy and resources at SACEM, talks to CNBC about offering their music repertoire to all digital providers in Europe.