From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 9:42 AM

Joseph Balestrino, a fixed-income market strategist at Federated Investors Inc., discusses the outlook for the U.S. debt ceiling and credit rating. Balestrino, speaking with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s "InsideTrack," also talks about the Treasury market, deflation risk ...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 9:42 AM

Chris Skinner, chief executive officer of Balatro Ltd., talks about the European Banking Authority’s stress tests of banks and the outlook for the debt crisis in the euro zone. He spoke yesterday in London with Bloomberg's Caroline Connan.

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 9:42 AM

The cost of living in the U.S. fell in June for the first time in a year as the biggest drop in energy costs since 2008 masked growing inflation in other goods and services like autos, clothing and hotel rates. The consumer-price index decreased 0.2 percent, compared with the 0.1 pe...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Jane King summarizes the top stories this morning on the Bloomberg Business Report.

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Scott Kessler, head of technology sector equity research at Standard & Poor’s, talks about Google Inc.'s second-quarter sales reported yesterday and outlook for the largest Internet-search company. Sales, excluding revenue passed on to partner sites, rose to $6.92 billion, whic...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive officer of News Corp.’s News International U.K. publishing unit, has stepped down amid a phone-hacking scandal that resulted in the closure of the News of the World tabloid she once edited. Maryam Nemazee reports on Bloomberg Television’s "The Pu...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Bloomberg Businessweek’s Paul Barrett talks about the magazine's cover story on the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Barrett speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Simon Maughan, co-head of European equities at MF Global, talks about the stress tests for European banks. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Television’s "On the Move."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Mario Baldassarri, former Italian deputy finance minister, talks about the outlook for the country’s economy and today's confidence vote on an austerity package that aims to balance the budget in 2014. He speaks from Rome with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television's "The ...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Alessandro Roccati, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, talks about the Italian debt crisis and his recommendation of Intesa Sanpaolo SpA. He speaks with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television’s "The Pulse."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:48 AM

Alex de Groote, a media analyst at Panmure Gordon, talks about the resignation of News International Chief Executive Officer Rebekah Brooks amid allegations of phone hacking by the newspaper’s reporters. He speaks with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television's "The Pulse."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 5:39 AM

Sony Kapoor, managing director of policy group Re-Define Europe, discusses the outlook for today’s stress-test report for 91 banks by the European Banking Authority. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:29 AM

Alan Landau, chief executive officer at Novel Asset Management, talks about investing in diamonds. Diamond prices jumped 26 percent in the first six months as rough gem production failed to match surging demand from jewelry buyers in the swelling middle classes of China and India. L...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:29 AM

Chris Weston, an institutional dealer at IG Markets in Melbourne, talks about BHP Billiton Ltd.'s bid for Petrohawk Energy Corp. BHP, the world’s largest mining company, agreed to acquire Petrohawk for about $12.1 billion in cash in its biggest acquisition. Weston speaks with R...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:29 AM

Jean-Pierre Lambert, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ltd, discusses the outlook for today’s stress-test report by the European Banking Authority. He speaks with Owen Thomas on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:29 AM

Sandy Shen, research director at Gartner Inc., talks about Google Inc.'s android operating system and the company’s growth strategy. She speaks from Shanghai with Owen Thomas on Bloomberg Television's "First Look."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:22 AM

Mark Dow, portfolio manager at Pharo Management LLC, and Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at BNY ConvergEx Group LLC, talk about negotiations between lawmakers on the U.S. debt limit. They speak with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television’s "Taking Stock."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:22 AM

Mohan Singh, an analyst at MF Global, talks about Hong Kong’s retail stocks. Singh speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia."

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:22 AM

Callum Henderson, global head of currency research at Standard Chartered Plc in Singapore, talks about global currencies. Henderson also discusses Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, Federal Reserve monetary policy and the U.S. credit rating. He speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg...

From: Bloomberg on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:22 AM

Chris Gothard, Hong Kong-based head of foreign exchange for Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd., talks about global currencies. Gothard also discusses negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders to raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. debt rating, and Federal Reserve monetar...