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Rep. Morris Brooks (R-AL) and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) discussed their feelings on yesterday's late deal in temporally resolving the nation's debt. Brooks believes that the event was bordering a train wreck, while Himes defending the resolution, saying that raising the debt ceiling won't increase U....

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning where he discussed ending the threat of government shutdowns and regurgitated more GOP sentiment on what the party perceives as the Affordable Care Act's snowballing failures. "Let's first give up the threat of shutdowns...

Omega Advisors Chairman & CEO Leon Cooperman discussed his favorite portfolio picks on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning, including sharing his bullish market approach and favorites in Europe. For tech... "We rotated out of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) when Apple was trading to 600 and put the...

Rep. Morris Brooks (R-AL) appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning where he expressed the desire to see Democrats come up with a fiscally responsible offer to the United States' complex spending problem.  "Let's face it, I mean Republicans have overreached on the healthcare bill and I think...

BlackRock Investment Institute Senior Managing Director Peter Fisher talked about a trend of investors selling their short-term bonds, as well as market doubt while facing the possibility of the government defaulting on it's debt while appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning.  "This is an...

Jack Welch, Jack Welch Management Institute executive chairman and former chairman and CEO of General Electric (NYSE: GE) was Friday morning's guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box. Currently, he sees an uneven economy that's bogged down by government, and according to Welch, the Affordable Care Act...

Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Jack Welch Management Institute Executive Chairman, appeared as a guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning, where he expressed frustration with the craziness of the government shutdown and a dislike for the amount of...

Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Jack Welch Management Institute Executive Chairman Jack Welch acted as a guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning. While on the air, Welch had plenty to comment on in terms of the big news in business, including JP Morgan's (NYSE:...

Founder and President of Kynikos Associates Jim Chanos appeared as a guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning where he predicted bad news for global coal as the world switches to natural gas. Chanos also discussed some problems that big oil is facing, and talked about why some state-...

President of Kynikos Associates Jim Chanos offered loads of insight while he served as a guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning, including a look into some of his long and short trading picks.  Starting with the ugly. "We had some data out after the [Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)]...

Co-founder and chief investment officer of Highland Capital Mark Okada went over his fiscal concerns for the United States while discussing investment strategies for periods of market volatility  on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning.  "When Bernanke did not, did not start the taper a few weeks...

Equity Group Investments Chairman Sam Zell still sees the "American dream" as a possibility despite issues that range from poverty to education cuts. Zell also discussed the need for bipartisanship in the political scenarios that the Unites States faces, and the blurred lines (no pun intended) of...

Sam Zell, entrepreneur and chairman of Equity Group Investments, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning as a guest host. While on, he expressed his outrage over Washington D.C.'s inability to end the government shutdown, laying into continued quantitative easing and the president, while...

Christian Wetherbee, a Senior Citi (NYSE: C) Investment Research and Analysis analyst covering airfreight, surface and marine transportation, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning where he highlighted Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) and FedEx (NYSE: FDX) as good investments. He also discussed...

Rating analyst and managing director for S&P's sovereign-ratings group Marie Cavanaugh appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning where she talked about the chances of downgrading the United States' debt.  "We changed the outlook to stable earlier this year for, because of the improvement in...