Additional economic stimulus such as a payroll tax cut would boost hiring, Mike Jackson, the CEO of AutoNation, told CNBC on Thursday.

"Until you get the small business sector back on its feet and get it vibrant, you are basically knocking out about 20 percent of the GDP," said Camden Fine, president & CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America. "And it's hard to have a robust recovery if you have 20 percent of the GDP lagging."

Doctors completed the sixth successful procedure of a revolutionary brain cancer treatment. It forgoes traditional methods and administers Genentech's  chemo drug, Avastan directly into the tumor.

Acai Berry Juice sold some $40 million within its first 90 days on the market and is expected to hit roughly $110 million in sales next year, Lindsay Duncan, Genesis Today founder, president & CEO, told CNBC.

Sen. Dodd’s reform bill would jeopardize the Fed’s ability to safeguard the U.S. economy, said Frederic Mishkin, former Federal Reserve Board governor and a Columbia University economics professor on Thursday.

The US housing market is starting to recover, thanks in part to the government's tax-credit for first-time home buyers, Richard Smith, president & CEO of Realogy, the world's largest brokerage operator, told CNBC

Leisure destinations are recovering but traditional business destinations remain weak, said Barney Harford, Orbitz Worldwide CEO on Thursday.   "The green shoots of the recovery are coming from the leisure sector,” he told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.”

The President’s Economic Advisory Board will hold a public meeting on job innovation today, and Charles Phillips, president of Oracle and a member of the board shared a preview with CNBC's "Squawk Box' team on Monday.

U.S. industry needs greater protections against global piracy, said Mario Gabelli, GAMCO Investors on Wednesday.  “In a world where the United States is leading in technology, and also leading in intellectual content, how do we deal in a global marketplace where we have to deal with the Chinese to protect that?" he said.

Business air traffic is starting to stabilize, said Larry Kellner, CEO of Continental.