OECD Chief On Offshore Tax Havens

CNBC's Trish Regan sits in for Maria Bartiromo to discuss the day's top business and financial stories, and look ahead to Friday's Closing Bell.

CNBC's Mary Thompson reports on the trading day from the NYSE.

The British public are "sleepwalking" into major spending cuts and tax increases and there "will be a very rude wake-up call for the majority of people who have no idea how bad the finances are for the country," Andy Brough from Schroders told CNBC Thursday.

Sterling could be set for further weakness against the euro, Mark Sturdy from Seven Days Ahead told CNBC Thursday. Sturdy also takes a technical look at gold.