India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh headed to Washington Monday for what will be the first state visit of President Obama's presidency. Arvind Ramakrishnan from Exclusive Analysis has more.

The annual Confederation of Business Industry's conference kicked off in London Monday with the biggest names in politics and industry present. CNBC's Ross Westgate has this report.

The volume of activity in sovereign credit defaults swaps linked to the US, UK and Japan has doubled in the past year. Luis Costa from Commerzbank and Thomas Raber from Alvine Capital discuss the market.

CNBC's Silvia Wadhwa spoke to Andrei Borodin, president & CEO of Bank of Moscow, and Hans-Dieter Kemler from BRE Bank to talk about the outlook for Central and Eastern Europe.

The price of gold eased from its recent record highs Thursday. Rozanna Wozniak from the World Gold Council considers the outlook for the precious metal.

Despite its soaring public debt, France looks likely to embark on a 35 billion euro spending spree over the coming years. Douglas Yates from the American University of Paris has analysis.

Europe's leaders looked to who will be the first EU president Thursday. Gabriel Stein from Lombard Street Research and Grace Annan from IHS Global Insight discuss.

A decision on the first EU President is supposed to be made Thursday. Lorraine Mullally from Open Europe considers the outlook for the role and the main candidates.

John Bruton, former Irish Prime Minister and former EU Ambassador to the US, told CNBC he would accept the position of President of the European Union if he was selected. Bruton also discussed what he thinks the role should cover.

The Bank of England was divided on its quantitative easing strategy in November, meeting minutes revealed Wednesday. Neil Michael from London & Capital and Allister Heath from CityAM discuss.