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Here’s what we learned today on The Opening Bell: 1.    CEOs think oil prices are headed higher next year. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly made that clear to me. 45% of Southwest’s fuel portfolio is hedged this year and 65% for next year. He said the average oil price ranges from low 70s to mid 80s. Oil just closed at a new high today and is up 60% on the year. 2.    Joshua Rosner ... read more

This morning I spoke to Ron Gettelfinger the UAW president about the UAW deal with Ford. I’ve interviewed Ron on multiple occasions where we’ve specifically talked about the pending UAW deal with Ford. When I read the details this morning, I wasn’t surprised to see Ford drive a hard bargain to get the same kind of concessions that GM and Chrysler did in order to remain competitive but, I was ... read more

This morning on The Opening Bell, I interviewed Republican Senator Mike Crapo. Senator Crapo is one of the 9 Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee which voted against the health-care bill yesterday. This morning, he told me why he objects to the bill and where he thinks the combined Senate Finance and Senate Health Bill is headed. Senator Crapo said: “The merger of the two bills ... read more

I cannot believe I did not post this blog and interview. Forgive me! On Friday I spent the morning with Jim Skinner, McDonald's CEO. It was an exclusive interview with a CEO who rarely does live interviews. Given his track record, you can see why he chooses a lower profile. Jim Skinner joined McDonald's as a trainee in 1971 in Carpentersville, Ill. He became CEO in 2004. Since he took over ... read more

This morning's Opening Bell had a nice mix of guests. Well-known value investor Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners, Eric Best, chairman & CEO of Mercent, which sells services and software to help major e-tailers like Amazon sell products, and in a FIRST on FOX Tony Coles CEO & President of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, which announced earlier this morning it was purchasing Proteolix for $810 million dollars in ... read more

A little over a week ago ,I had the privilege of spending the day with Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola (KO). We caught up with each other in Birmingham, Alabama where we visited Coca-Cola’s third largest bottler, Coca-Cola United. There, we were given unprecedented access to the process by which Coca-Cola bottles and markets its beverages. We saw the assembly lines, the precise ... read more

This morning in a "First on FOX Business", I was joined on The Opening Bell by Daniel Hamermesh, professor of economics at the University of Texas. Hamermesh was one of the original architects of the New Jobs Tax Credit in 1977. The tax credit was created to stimulate jobs in the late 70s in response to the 1973-1975 recession. Depending on whom you speak to, some say the tax credits in the late ... read more

Yesterday, I interviewed another industry heavyweight: Kevin Roberts CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world's largest advertising agencies. We caught up with each other at the World Economic Forum in an exclusive interview. First of all, he was larger than life. Incredibly charismatic! He talked about advertising the way you expect an advertising executive to talk about advertising. He's ... read more

Yesterday I caught up with my friend T. Boone Pickens. I always enjoy seeing him. He's 81 years old and has more energy than I do. Hard to believe, but it's true :)!! He always tells me wonderful stories about his kids or his fourth  wife. He's larger than life and as down to earth as anybody you'll ever meet. He told me a wonderful story about a meeting with the president of the United States ... read more

Earlier today, I caught up with Starbucks (SBUX) Chairman & CEO Howard Schultz. Starbucks' stock is up over 120% year to date. Schultz just exercised options worth almost $20 million, taking a $15 million dollar paper profit, but he had an option to sell those shares once the stock options were exercised. He decided to hold them. He is in it for the long-haul and very bullish about the company's ... read more