The U.S. would need to eventually enact national value added tax in order to raise revenue, says Paul Donovan, MD & deputy head of global economics at UBS. He analyzes its tax system, with CNBC's Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.

There isn't a great deal of carry trades going on at the moment, notes Paul Donovan, MD & deputy head of global economics at UBS. He gives his analysis of the FX market, with CNBC's Martin Soong & Karen Tso.

Tata Consultancy Services has inked a multi-billion dollar outsourcing deal with Singapore's People's Association. Girija Pande, its executive VP & Asia Pacific head, tells Paul Donovan of UBS, CNBC's Martin Soong & Karen Tso more about this push into the public sector.

The dollar will probably continue to weaken against the euro and the yen over the medium term, says Paul Donovan, MD & deputy head of global economics at UBS. He tells CNBC's Martin Soong, Sri Jegarajah & Karen Tso how else investors can profit from the recovery.

King Lip, portfolio manager at Baker Avenue Asset Management & Paul Donovan, MD & deputy head of global economics at UBS, discuss their outlook for gold and the greenback, with CNBC's Karen Tso, Sri Jegarajah & Martin Soong.

King Lip, portfolio manager at Baker Avenue Asset Management, remains optimistic on the U.S. markets for the rest of the year. He tells Paul Donovan, MD & deputy head of global economics at UBS, CNBC's Martin Soong & Karen Tso why.

Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the buzz from the NYSE.

Discussing what the Fed is doing to deal with the economy and head off a looming problem with commercial real estate, including Peter Cooper Village in NYC, with the Fed's "Toxic Avenger," Tom Fink, Trepp Sr. VP.

The CNBC news team parses today's jobless claims, durable goods and personal income/spending data.

TIME magazine declared this the "decade of hell" in its latest issue. Andy Serwer, managing editor of Fortune magazine, and Richard Stengel, managing editor of TIME magazine, tell CNBC why.

Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's, shares his market predictions with CNBC.

About 38 million Americans are expected to go somewhere this holiday season, and AAA says that's up about 1.4 percent from last year. NBC's Tom Costello has the details.