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Ronald Freeman, director of the Atlantic Council of the United States, tells CNBC the major issue the U.S. faces in the wake of the election is whether Congress can come together and avoid the fiscal cliff. |
Ditlev Engel, CEO of wind turbine production company, Vestas, tells CNBC that the company has planned for a very low activity level in the US next year but after tonight's election they are hoping for some positive surprises. |
Graham Neilson, chief investment strategist at Cairn Capital, tells CNBC that in the short-term the election result will lead to less uncertainty but there are still four or five other factors the market needs to deal with in this quarter. |
Daniel Morris, global strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, tells CNBC that the fact that the same players remain in the White House is good news for a faster resolution of the fiscal cliff. |
Andrew Stenwall, CEO of Peridiem, tells CNBC that good news for certain sectors for an Obama win is already priced into the market, and the housing and auto sector will be the things driving growth in 2013. |
Dennis Gartman, founder of the Gartman Letter, who predicted that Mitt Romney would win the US election 'quite handily', tells CNBC that he is dismayed that Barack Obama has won. |
Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, tells CNBC, that Obama won because he didn't do austerity as incumbents lose when they do austerity. |
Rob Harbron, economist at CEBR, tells CNBC that 13,000 London banking jobs will be lost in 2013. |
Moorad Choudhry, treasurer at Royal Bank of Scotland, Heather Grizzle, vice chairman of Republicans Abroad UK and Morris Reid, managing director at BGR Group debate what the outcome of the US election will be. |
Dominic Dyer, executive director of the American European Institute, tells CNBC that although it is unlikely Sandy caused many Americans to change which presidential candidate they will vote for, he would not be surprised if the storm produces a lower voting turnout among Democrats. |
Nick Nelson, global head of equity strategy at UBS, tells CNBC that while global growth is not strong, there are promising indications of U.S. growth in certain sectors like the housing market. |
John Strickland, director of JLS Consulting, explains to CNBC that Superstorm Sandy has caused many flight cancellations and that his has been particularly damaging to key East coast airports. |
Ashley Heppenstall, president and CEO of Swedish oil company, Lundin Petroleum, tells CNBC that the market is very good and they posted a record third quarter production level which they expect to continue in the coming years. |
Ian Livingston, CEO of BT, tells CNBC that revenue is worse down about three and a half/ four percent because of the economy in Southern Europe. |
Philip Manduca, managing director at Titanium Capital, tells CNBC that banks have done a decent job of restructuring and cleaning up their balance sheets as quickly as they can since the recovery. |
Millions still are without power in the US and evacuation orders remain in place for over 375,000 New Yorkers following Super Storm Sandy. One of the hardest places hit was New Jersey, Lester Holt sends this report. |
Ted Potrikus, executive vice president of the Retail Council of New York State, tells CNBC that it is very difficult for people to get to stores in Manhattan and so it is a case of wait and see in judging how retail will be affected. |
John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo, tells CNBC that due to the wealth of the area damaged by Sandy it is likely that rebuilding could add to economic growth in the first quarter. |
Sarbjit Nahal, equity strategist, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, tells CNBC that extreme weather will lead to increasing pressure on food security, energy security and water security and demand across the three is set to increase from 30 to 50 percent. |
Jesper Brandgaard, CFO of Danish drug producer, Novo Nordisk, tells CNBC that another steady quarter from their insulin franchise contributed to a good overall third quarter. |
Neil Atkinson, director of energy research & analysis at Datamonitor, tells CNBC that the damage wrought on oil refineries by Hurricane Sandy is not too serious and will not negatively affect energy markets in the long term. |
Patrick Jany, CFO at Clariant, explains to CNBC why the company cut its sales forecast for the full year, citing 'further softening' in Europe as the major reason. |
Chris Watling, CEO of Longview Economics, tells CNBC that there is a lot of softness in the world economy, with Europe weak, China disappointing and the only engine of growth being the US consumer. |
Michael Yoshikami, founder and CEO of Destination Wealth Management, tells CNBC that after two days of closure due to Hurricane Sandy, there is likely to be significant volatility in US markets. |
Michael Buhl, CEO of CEE Stock Exchange (the largest player among the stock exchanges of Central and Eastern Europe) tells CNBC that equity cash trading is picking up but a financial transaction tax is not positive for the stock exchange. |
Pascal Lamy, director-general at the World Trade Organization, tells CNBC that Germany and France don't have the same problems but they have to work together to solve the euro zone crisis. |
CNBC's Brian Shactman tells the network that property damage caused by Hurricane Sandy's powerful winds in New York is expected to be the biggest concern when officials assess the area on Tuesday. |
Lance Roberts, CEO at Streettalk Advisors, tells CNBC that the concern with Sandy now will be the impact on the economy with the first week of November usually counting for about twenty percent of November sales. |
CNBC's Bertha Coombs reports live from outside the New York Stock Exchange which will be closed for a second day on Tuesday due to the weather for the first time since 1888. |
Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, tells CNBC that the company has only had minor impacts from Hurricane Sandy and he thinks oil distribution will bounce back very fast. |