The case in question deals with a Washington, DC political intelligence firm which alerted clients of a pending government decision favoring health insurers. Jacob Frenkel, Schulman Rogers partner, discusses what constitutes insider trading.
CNBC's Ross Westgate reports on all the market moving events from Europe, as investors await a decision on interest rates from the European Central Bank.
For investors looking to enter the MENA region, factors like location, population and market size matter. But what about red tape? Fadi Arbid, CEO of Amwal AlKhaleej, and Ali Tabbara, Managing Director at UTC Nexia International, go through the pros and cons of doing business in the region.
Two years on from the Arab Spring, Egypt's travel and tourism sector is struggling. Islam Mahdy, CEO at Credence, reflects on how the turmoil has altered his strategy.
The UAE ranks second in the region in the World Bank / IFC Doing Business report. But Sunil Lalvani, group managing director at Global Products Group, says there is still room for improvement.
Allister Heath, editor at CITYAM, argues that the British government should drop its high-speed train rail project in favour of investing in driverless cars, which should become mainstream in a little over a decade.
Paul Nowak, assistant general secretary at TUC, discusses the organisation's anti-austerity campaign and says the government has misused its money in "vanity projects".
Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank, says there has been some positioning adjustment in the dollar as, contrary to the euro, it is vulnerable to weak data.
Antonin Jullier, head of equity trading strategy at Citi, discusses the "dislocation" between equity and commodity prices and says the global slowdown may not be as hard as the figures suggest.
Andrew Balls, head of European portfolio management at PIMCO, discusses central banks' strategy and explains why the ECB could start buying private sector assets in the future.
Piyush Gupta, CEO at DBS, says DBS, southeast Asia's biggest bank, can sustain a large part of its profits and explains why he is not worried about a slowdown in China or euro zone troubles.
Dennis Chan, equity analyst at Yuanta Securities, explains why he believes the worse in now behind for HTC, but warns that the pace of recovery for the company will be slower than expected.
Jacques Cailloux, chief European economist at Nomura and Tobias Blattner, euro area economist at Daiwa Capital Markets, discuss the expected rate cut at the ECB and what further measures could be taken.
Robert Simoncic, CEO of Slovak Investment & Trade Development, tells CNBC that for Slovakia it is important that Europe is fiscally responsible as they are heading towards less than 3 percent deficit.
George Quinn, CFO of Swiss Re, tells CNBC that their strong result was down to unusual circumstances of no large losses at all combined with a strong underlying profit from the team.
Nick Verdi, Director, FX Strategy Asia Pacific ex-Japan at Barclays predicts that the ECB will cut interest rates, and tells CNBC's Cash Flow how to play the euro in the wake of that.
Dodge Dorland, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at Landor & Fuest Capital Managers, talks about Facebook's outlook, and how Fed policy and U.S. economic data will impact the market.
Roger Tan, CEO at SIAS Research advises on how to invest in Singapore's banking sector, and what to expect from the three big players DBS, UOB and OCBC.
Brian Wieser, Senior Research Analyst at Pivotal Research Group discusses Facebook's growth potential, and whether the new software will make it a safer bet for investors.
The ECB is widely expected to cut its main interest rate today, the first time in ten months. Julia Chatterley and Geoff Cutmore report from the ECB meeting place in the capital of Slovakia.
Christian Schulz, Senior Economist at Berenberg Bank expects the Euro Zone economy to stabilize in next few months. He says there's a 60% chance the ECB will reduce the refi rate by 25bps either at the May or June meeting.