CNBC World News, Mar 14, 2012

Bonds Add to Steep Losses After 30-Year Auction CNBC.com An unexpected degree of optimism in the Fed's policy statement on Tuesday pushed the long end of the Treasury curve [cnbcexplains] through support at 3.25 percent. The 30-year Treasury bond was trading 2-24/32 lower in price to yield [cnbc explains] ... See all stories on this topic »

Asia Seen Driving Oil Demand in 2012: IEA CNBC.com Maria van der Hoeven, executive director, IEA, told CNBC that there had been some tightening in oil demand. “In the past few months, in some non-OPEC countries there were problems with supply and that has led to less oil on the market from these ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

WTO Action Will Not Solve Rare Earths Supply Woes: Pro CNBC.com A day after the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a joint complaint to the World Trade Organization against China's export restrictions on strategic rare earth metals, the President of exploration firm US Rare Earths tells CNBC that the ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Greek Deal Holdouts Face Long Wait to Pay Day CNBC.com Investors representing about 9 billion euros ($11.81 billion) out of 206 billion euros of Greek debt have so far refused to take part in Athens bond swap, part of measures to secure a rescue package from the International Monetary Fund [cnbc explains] ... See all stories on this topic »

CNBC Praises Rolex Collection at Melrose Jewelers San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Florida, FL (PRWEB) March 13, 2012 CNBC has praised Melrose Jewelers for having a great collection of Rolex Watches. CNBC stated that the collection of Rolex Watches at Melrose Jewelers is specifically geared towards those people who live every minute ... See all stories on this topic »

Bank Stocks Set to Surge At Least 25% This Year: Bove CNBC.com Now that the stress tests are over, US banking stocks are likely to increase at least 25 percent in the year ahead as investors realize the sector is in solid condition, analyst Dick Bove told CNBC Wednesday. "If you wrap it all up, in 2011 the banking ... See all stories on this topic »

Goldman Sachs Exec Resigns With Blistering Farewell NBC New York CNBC ran clips of the ornery balcony critics from "The Muppet Show." Other websites quickly posted spoofs: "Why I am leaving the Empire," allegedly penned by Darth Vader from "Star Wars," was one getting attention. Goldman swiftly issued a ... See all stories on this topic »

Gold Slips for Third Day; Equities, Dollar Weigh CNBC.com Investors also ditched gold in favour of the dollar after Fed [cnbcexplains] Chairman Ben Bernanke offered no clues on whether there will be another round of monetary easing [cnbc explains] , which would offer support to bullion as a safe haven. See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Dollar Rises Broadly, Hits 11-Month High vs. Yen CNBC.com These factors saw the dollar hit a high of 83.41 yen Recent easing [cnbc explains] steps by the Bank of Japan and the country's trading deficit amid surging demand for fossil fuels in the wake of the nuclear crisis have also helped the dollar, ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

RBI credit policy: See no rate action, says CNBC-TV18 poll Moneycontrol.com CNBC-TV18 poll of bankers and economists shows that 70% of the respondents expect a no-action credit policy from the central bank tomorrow, primarily because they expect that the Reserve Bank will want to see one more month. However, 30% of bankers, ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Valued Near $1 Trillion? One Analyst Says It's Possible CNBC.com The less-bullish price target would occur if “China Mobile For the best market insight, catch 'Fast Money' each night at 5pm ET, and the 'Halftime Report' each afternoon at 12:00 ET on CNBC. Follow @CNBCMelloy on Twitter. See all stories on this topic »

Is Citi's Stress Test Sell-Off a Big Opportunity? CNBC.com Trader disclosure: On March 14, 2012, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC's "Fast Money" were owned by the "Fast Money" traders: Weiss is long RAD; Weiss is long DMND; Weiss is long JPM; Weiss is long BAC; ... See all stories on this topic »

Inflation Weighs on Euro Zone as Factories Recover CNBC.com Energy costs were 9.5 percent higher in February than the same month a year ago, breaking a fall in euro zone inflation [cnbcexplains] and pushing consumer prices up to 2.7 percent in the month, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

European Stocks to Outperform US: CIO CNBC.com European equities may turn out to be a better investment bet than US stocks thanks to the current valuation gap, Richard Cookson, Global Chief Investment Officer at Citi Private Bank, told CNBC. In a note to clients, Cookson wrote that currently the US ... See all stories on this topic »

US Economy to Gain Traction: Economists Poll CNBC.com One hazard is the potential for higher oil and gasoline prices to start hitting consumers already badly stung by the 2007-09 recession [cnbc explains] , high unemployment [cnbc explains] and slumping home values. "That's the number one concern," said... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Low Rates Tempting UK to Launch 100-Year Bond CNBC.com Some said they liked the idea of a safe security with a fixed interest for such a long period but others said they would be reluctant to buy such debt because of the low yields [cnbc explains] , or returns. Mr. Osborne will announce plans for the Debt ... See all stories on this topic »

Farr: Is This Rally or This Economic Recovery Real? CNBC.com (blog) Third, we have yet to know the ultimate effects of trillions in central bank monetary easing across the world. Our own analysis shows a very clear link between the Fed's monetary easing [cnbc explains] and the prices of commodities, especially oil. See all stories on this topic »

'Fashion Star': It's not 'Runway,' but will it take off? Asbury Park Press By Tyler Golden, NBC By Olivia Barker, USA TODAY Broadcast TV has anointed star singers and survivors. Now it's in search of a star stitcher. NBC'sFashion Star, which makes its premiere Tuesday (9:30 pm ET), is a few formats knit into one: American ... See all stories on this topic »

Bond Market Selloff Signals Higher Rates Ahead CNBC.com The 30-year yield [cnbc explains] touched 3.425 percent mid-afternoon and the 10-year was yielding 2.279 percent, both levels last seen in late October. The 10-year yield is closely watched since it affects a whole range of consumer lending rates. See all stories on this topic »

Asia Ends Higher on US Stress Test Results CNBC.com The FTSE CNBC Asia 100 Index Japan's Nikkei average climbed 1.5 percent to close above 10000 for the first time in seven months, boosted by Wall Street gains after the Fed upgraded its US economic outlook, while Tokyo shares received a further lift ... See all stories on this topic »

What China Will Do to the Euro CNBC.com The dollar Now that the prospect of quantitative easing is, at a minimum, less imminent, "the dollar is no longer becoming the funding currency of choice," he told CNBC's David Faber. On top of that, "now that you have more two way risk in dollar-China ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Stress Tests Confirm Bank Industry Strong: PNC CEO CNBC.com The fact so many banks passed the Federal Reserve's recent round of stress tests is "confirmation that the industry is really strong," PNC Financial Services Group CEO James Rohr toldCNBC Wednesday. He said it was "a positive thing" so many banks came ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Fitch Raises Greece to B-, Out of Default Territory CNBC.com Greece has a poor track-record in implementing reforms under a first European Union/International Monetary Fund [cnbc explains] bailout agreed in 2010 — failing to meet targets in areas ranging from privatizations to cutting its deficit and reducing ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Dollar Lifts, Yuan May Loosen Up CNBC.com [CNBC] China's president says the country will accelerate currency reforms and yet the yuan float more freely. [CNBC] The euro inched higher after the release of fresh data on consumer prices and industrial production. [RTT] A more upbeat tone from the ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Fed Is 'Playing a Game With Us:' Pimco's Gross CNBC.com The Federal Reserve "is playing a game with us to some extent" by maintaining low interest rates, Pimco founder Bill Gross toldCNBC, who also expects another round of quantitative easing. Gross spoke Tuesday after the Fed left its policy unchanged. See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Stocks Edge Up; Banks Gain Post-Stress Test CNBC.com European shares The Treasury will sell $13 billion in 30-year bonds on Wednesday, with the results of the sale available shortly after 1 pm Wednesday is a light day on the earnings calendar, with Federal Signal Sources tell CNBC that computer game ... See all stories on this topic »

CBO Cuts Cost Estimate for Obama Healthcare Law CNBC.com Many of those people will need to be covered by the government-run Medicaid [cnbc explains] program for the poor, causing higher Medicaid costs to eat into savings elsewhere. The CBO also added another year to its overall cost estimate for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Greece Should Switch to Dollar to Be Saved: Analyst CNBC.com But if the country were to switch to the dollar The Federal Reserve [cnbc explains] would have to be willing to extend liquidity to Greek banks if the country adopted the greenback, but, Lynn pointed out, "it has done that for foreign banks in the past ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Option Bulls Hope to Toast Gains in Beam CNBC.com Calls [cnbc explains] lock in the price investors must pay for shares in the company, which sells branded distilled whiskeys and other spirits. These contracts can appreciate in a hurry if the stock makes even a small move. See all stories on this topic »

Should Satellite Radio Grab Rush Limbaugh? CNBC.com In a recent interview on CNBC's “Mad Money” Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin did not comment on Limbaugh but did say that the company was generating free cash flow in the hundreds of millions and would have “between a $1.2 billion and a $1.5 billion of cash ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

India Inflation Optimism Overdone, Rate Cut Unlikely CNBC.com However, the Reserve Bank of India should stay true to its job of delivering sustained low inflation [cnbc explains] . This will require the central bank to avoid cutting interest rates this week despite the deceleration in growth – in the fourth ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

Investors push to know Warren Buffett's successor Asbury Park Press Billionaire investor Warren Buffett chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is interviewed by Becky Quick, co-host of CNBC's Squawk Box, on the floor of the Omaha World-Herald's press room last month in Omaha Neb. / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic »

Bank Tests Could Be Net Positive for Stocks CNBC.com “This is a hypothetical scenario so it's not the end of the world,” said David Trone of JMP Securities on “Closing Bell.” “I think the stock is down in the aftermarket here because people were hoping for a bigger return on Citi. See all stories on this topic »

New Rent Report Suggests Possible Bubble TheStreet.com By CNBC 03/14/12 - 12:55 PM EDT By Diana Olick, CNBC Real Estate Reporter When home prices go up, more turn to renting, but today's housing market is anything but typical. Rents were up 3 percent nationally in January, year-over-year, according to a ... See all stories on this topic »

'Real Rebound' in World Economy: Barclays' CEO - US ... - CNBC Once again the world economy has proved the naysayers wrong and there's been a "real rebound" so far this year, Barclays CEO Robert Diamond toldCNBC Wednesday. ... News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 04:18:57 29 Feb 2012 ... www.cnbc.com/.../Real_Rebound_in_World_Economy_Barcl...

Pimco Enters ETF World With Total Return Fund - US ... - CNBC Pimco Enters ETF World With Total Return Fund. Published: Thursday, 1 Mar 2012 | 11:22 AM ET. Text Size. By: Jeff Cox CNBC.com Senior Writer. Bond leader ... www.cnbc.com/.../Pimco_Enters_ETF_World_With_Total_Re...

Hong Kong Office Space Is World's Most Costly - Asia ... - CNBC Hong Kong has unseated London as the world's most expensive place to take up office ... News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 11:40:28 11 Mar 2012 ... www.cnbc.com/id/46700876/

After the Bounce, Where Are Stock Markets Going ... - CNBC Stock markets around the world have regained positive momentum this year, and are likely ... a gradual upwards climb for the rest of the year, leading investors told CNBC. ... News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 01:19:25 13 Mar 2012 ... www.cnbc.com/id/46715897

Fed Unveils Doomsday Scenario for Banks - US Business ... - CNBC The World's Biggest Gold Mines ... News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 05:04:08 13 Mar 2012 ... The Federal Reserve [cnbc explains] ...The Fed will look at how the nation's 19 largest banks would survive a worldwith a 13 percent ... www.cnbc.com/id/46709890

New Jobless Claims Steady; Income, Prices, Spending Up ... - CNBC MORE ECONOMY & GOVERNMENT NEWS ... Early Movers · The World'sBest Beers · Housing's Dilemma: There's Not Enough To Buy ... Initial claims for state unemployment [cnbc explains] ... On Wednesday, Federal Reserve [cnbc explains] ... www.cnbc.com/.../New_Jobless_Claims_Steady_Income_Price...

Lightning Round: Citi, International Paper, Abiomed and More - CNBC CNBC Asia Pacific ... Lightning Round: Citi, International Paper, Abiomed and More .... CNBC reserves the right to moderate and approve your comment. ...Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis ... www.cnbc.com/id/46597807

Strong Take-Up of Greece Bond Swap Offer - EU Business ... - CNBC MOST POPULAR. News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 09:16:06 08 Mar 2012 .... The European Union and International Monetary Fund [cnbcexplains] ... www.cnbc.com/id/46667586

Energy Ministers to Talk Oil Prices and Speculation ... - CNBC The 13th International Energy Forum (IEF) kicks off on Tuesday in Kuwait City, bringing to the table ... News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 08:08:37 12 Mar 2012 .... As CNBC reported in the last JODI update, there were some notable absences ... www.cnbc.com/id/46702595

CNBC Praises Rolex Collection at Melrose Jewelers - Worldnews.com Yahoo Daily News 2012-03-13: Melrose Jewelers is one stop shop for watch lovers and operates its retail website in the United States, the United Kingdom,... article.wn.com/.../CNBC_Praises_Rolex_Collection_at_Melros...

Don't See a QE3: Former Fed Governor - US Business News - CNBC CNBC's John Harwood has the story on President Obama's complaint with theWorld Trade Organization on China going against the rules on rare earth minerals ... www.cnbc.com/id/46725371

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