CNBC Squawk Box

Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning to discuss Fed policy, including keeping the federal funds rate low so that unemployment can drop to under 6.5 percent. The market has taken a hit since the Fed's May 22...

Wednesday marks day six of being held captive in a Chinese factory for Chip Starnes, Speciality Medical Supplies CEO. He was interviewed about being held hostage during the morning on CNBC's Squawk Box. It all started last week when Starnes went to China to layoff 30 workers, all of whom got...

Joe Lonsdale, Formation 8 Partner, Addepar co-founder and Palantir co-founder, talked big data and national security with the folks at CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday morning. Lonsdale mainly focused on how to reinforce national intelligence and security through the collection of big data while...

Barry O'Leary, CEO of Industrial Development Agency, responsible for Ireland's overseas investments, spoke out against concerns that his country is a tax-haven on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday morning. Complaints about Ireland's low tax-rate policy, which many large international companies have...

Joseph Sullivan, Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) president and CEO, discussed the company's renewed commitment to their model, and their plan to achieve better stability, as a guest on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning. So where do they stand now? "We do have about two-thirds of our assets in fixed...

Gordon Chang, author and Forbes Columnist known for his book The Coming Collapse of China, sees China on a decline that's becoming increasingly steeper. He explained his views on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning. Chang began by noting his comments that this is China's "Lehman moment," referring...

Jeffrey Weiss, chief technical analyst at Tejas Securities Group, went through his charts on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning to go over the technical trend lines behind market volatility According to Weiss, the S&P 500 has had trouble every time it's gotten to the 1680 to 1690 area of the...

Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) CEO Clarence Otis appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box to address issues in the broader economy that have impacted their stock, and to talk about the company overall. Responding to poor numbers requires them look at the broader economy, he said. According to Otis, they're...

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) received regulatory approval to acquire the remaining 35 percent interest of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from Citigroup for $4.7 billion on Friday morning. This gives Morgan Stanley full control of what will now be know as Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. James Gorman,...

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) Executive Vice President and CFO Frank Calderoni appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Thursday morning where he discussed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the Fed will begin reducing stimulus later in 2013 as the economy gets better, and the company's strategy for...

Sir Nick Faldo, professional golfer and winner of six major championships, stopped by CNBC's Squawk Box where he talked about about the position of being a brand ambassador, the Faldo Series, course design and being a golf analyst for CBS. Faldo teed off with his endorsement deal from Scotch...

Ken Langone, Geeknet (NASDAQ: GKNT) chairman and CEO, the venture capitalist behind the Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), was on CNBC's Squawk Box as a guest-host for the majority of Wednesday morning. Langone started off with a nearly poetic list that displayed a fruitful year...

Jorge Perez, Related Group of Florida chairman and CEO, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning to chat about the increase in demand for properties in Miami, Florida, and some of their new approaches to the projects that they have under development. Building in Miami has not reached the...

You're on the go. It's last-minute. You're traveling somewhere and you need a hotel fast. Enter HotelTonight. Their CEO and co-founder Sam Shank appeared on CNBC Squawk Box on Tuesday morning to talk about the company's innovation on finding a hotel. HotelTonight is an app that offers cheap,...

Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday Morning where he discussed what the United States needs to assure economic competitiveness on a global scale. Nohria went through the first process of moving out of the recession and pushing into a sustained...