The US economy will start to show growth again by the tail end of 2009 or in early 2010, Jim Turley, chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, told CNBC at Davos.

Technology giant Intel is confident it will remain strong despite the current economic downturn. CNBC spoke to Christian Morales, general manager of Intel Europe.

Squawk Outside the Box takes a look back at a historical year for the financial markets with Michael Browne from Sofaer Global Research and Julian Pendock from Senhouse Capital.