Daniel Ives, senior analyst at FBR Capital Markets, informs CNBC that the increasing emphasis for banks to protect against cyber attacks will benefit stocks in the cyber security industry.
Maury Harris, U.S. chief economist at UBS, tells CNBC he thinks the U.S. will avert the impending fiscal cliff but will not institute a long-term budget overhaul until sometime next year.
Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Prudential, talks to CNBC about Prudential's Asia strategy, where profits have jumped 32 percent, and what gives the company an edge in Asia.
Vernon Bogdanor, professor of government at King's College London, tells CNBC that Britain is fortunate to be outside the euro zone and German austerity is very damaging for Southern Europe.
Jim Prentice, vice chairman at CIBC, talks to CNBC about CNOOC's planned $15-billion purchase of Canada's Nexen and whether it will be allowed to go through.
Chris Dedicoat, president of EMEAR at the world's largest maker of networking equipment, Cisco, tells CNBC that companies are minimising their investments in Europe and it will be slow in the short-term.
Stephane Deo, global head of asset allocation with UBS, tells CNBC that the long-term problem of Greece's debt sustainability will be more difficult to fix.
Hans Redeker, global head of foreign exchange strategy at Morgan Stanley, explains to CNBC the disagreement between the EU and the IMF over the best way to provide the next tranche of bailout funds for Greece.
Tim Stanley, historian and author at Oxford University, tells CNBC he believes Republicans will be forced to make some concessions if a deal is going to be reached on the fiscal cliff.
Squawk Box Europe anchor Steve Sedgwick and Paris correspondent Stéphane Pedrazzi engage in a heated debate about whether a French wealth tax of 75% is justified.
Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO, Telekom Austria, tells CNBC that the company succeeded the market expectations in terms of EBITDA and profit but the industry in Europe is still struggling.
Ken Kamen, president of Mercadien Asset Management, tells CNBC the fiscal cliff is likely to be resolved because no one in Washington wants to appear responsible for sending the U.S. into an economic panic
Michael Pettis, professor at Peking University, tells CNBC he believes China's new leadership understands the urgency of implementing economic reforms.
Spencer Lake, co-head of global markets at HSBC, informs CNBC that international investors would like to invest in Europe, but are currently unable to do so because of the region's troubling political and financial outlooks.
Justin Knight, head of European rate strategy at UBS, explains to CNBC the differences between the EU and the IMF in their considerations regarding a two-year extension of bailout funds for Greece.
Patrick Armstrong, managing partner at Armstrong Investment Managers, tells CNBC emerging markets have spurred an increase in global oil demand, despite Europe's weak economy and minimal growth in the U.S.
Antonio Mexia, CEO of Portuguese utility and energy company, EDP, gives CNBC an outlook on Europe's energy demand, saying the company is in a difficult market in a difficult country.
In Episode Five we meet Brewdog founders James Watt and Martin Dickie, whose craft beer and bar company has gained steady success via radical marketing and financing strategies. The Brew Dog founders enter the Business Class to challenge James Caan and his team of experts to solve how they can continue to grow their company without losing their focus or the original punk brand ethos.
Brent Jaciow, global chief investment officer at MASECO Private Wealth, tells CNBC that equity markets have been through a bit of turmoil and the real uncertainty they are focusing on now is the fiscal cliff.
Maria Van Der Hoeven, executive director of IEA, reveals to CNBC major findings of the IEA's World Energy Report, namely, that North America will become the world's largest oil producer by 2017.
Gabriel Stein, managing director of Stein Brothers UK, tells CNBC that on the one hand, Germany is looking at Greece as a misbehaving government that does not deserve easier financial assistance terms, while on the other hand, Greece's economic situation has deteriorated so badly that Germany knows it must grant additional help.
Alexei Moisseev, Russia's deputy finance minister tells CNBC that the finance ministry in Russia wants to develop the financial markets infrastructure in order to improve investment in the country.
JP Crutchley, co-head of European banks research at UBS, tells CNBC that each bank needs to find its own path and what model works for its own business.
Mike Farley, CEO of new home builder Persimmon, tells CNBC that the company is seeing a steady improvement with increased first time buyers which is feeding through to better profitability for the business.
Chris Tinker, equity strategist and founder, Libra Investment Services, tells CNBC that since July most of the European markets are willing to take on more risk with regard to financial stocks.
Richard McGuire, senior fixed income strategist at Rabobank, tells CNBC that Greece will not be allowed to default by accident as the risk of contagion would still be too high.
Atanas Bostandjiev, international and UK CEO at VTB Capital, tells CNBC about a deal just announced between VTB Capital and Bromak EOOD to take over Bulgarian telecom company Vivacom.
Beat Siegenthaler, senior FX strategist at UBS, tells CNBC, the principles of the IMF are a problem for Greece when it comes to debt restructuring as the IMF wants Greek debt to be 120% of GDP by 2020.