Billy Cyr, president and CEO of Sunny Delight Beverages Company and a member of the YPO Cincinnati Chapter, discusses the impact of the U.S. drought on his business on CNBC’s Street Signs.

Billy Cyr, president and CEO of Sunny Delight Beverages Company and a member of the YPO Cincinnati Chapter, writes a blog for cnbc.com discussing the difficulty with mandates for renewable fuels, especially in the face of the recent drought in the United States.

Dave Maney, founder and publisher of Economaney.com and a member of the YPO Global One Chapter, writes a blog for cnbc.com about middle market companies and their views on utilizing technology versus increasing their employment rosters.

Mike McGill, co-founder and managing partner of MHT Partners LLC and a member of the YPO Lone Star-Dallas Chapter, writes a blog for cnbc.com about the U.S private equity market and the recent valuation spike for middle market companies.

Stanley Szeto, chairman and CEO of Lever Style and a member of the YPO Hong Kong Chapter, discusses the July 2012 YPO Global Pulse results with CNBC Asia. The survey shows a big drop in business confidence in Asia over the last two years with Japanese and Korea executives indicating the most pessimism.

Alan Zafran, a member of the YPO Global One Chapter and a founding partner of Luminous Capital, discusses with CNBC’s Street Signs the July 2012 YPO Global Pulse results and why U.S. CEO confidence is faltering.

Michele Raucci, chairman of Sixiang Holdings and a member of the YPO Italy Chapter, joins CNBC to discuss the July 2012 YPO Global Pulse results and why less than one-third of European CEOs expect business conditions to improve over the next 12 months.

An article in Upstart reports the July 2012 YPO Global Pulse results in the United States, with American top executives’ confidence plummeting as electioneering ramps up and employment numbers erode.