Health secretary eyes "bright light" on insurers

2010-03-04T14:45:24Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration stepped up pressure on health insurance companies on Thursday, calling on some of the top U.S. companies to be more public in explaining "jaw-dropping" rate increases to consumers.</p><p>Reuters) - News Corp's Fox Business Network is in talks with rival network CNBC's former on-air editor Charles Gasparino, acco...

Madoff moved to prison hospital

2010-02-23T11:55:38Z

<div><p>Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff has been moved to a prison hospital from his cell where he is serving a 150-year jail sentence, the CNBC broadcast network reported Wednesday.</p><p>It did not provide details.</p><p>Madoff, 71, was moved Decem...

Citi TARP talks uncertain, Treasury official: report

2010-02-23T17:35:33Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's negotiations to exit TARP are uncertain, but headed in the right direction, a U.S. Treasury official told television network CNBC.</p><p...

Bank of America completes US TARP repayment

2010-02-23T18:23:39Z

<div><p>Bank of America said Wednesday it had completed repayment of 45 billion dollars to the US government from a capital injection under a program to stabilize the financial system.</p><p>The repayment, announced a week earlier, followed "the successful completion of a securities offering," a Ban...

AIG shares fall after analyst questions reserves

2010-02-23T22:57:27Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of AIG fell 12 percent on Monday after an analyst raised concerns about a possible deficiency in the company's non-life insurance reserves.</p><p>According to CNBC, Bernstein Research estimated ...

CNBC: Pimping for State Street Bank?

2010-02-24T15:44:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Guest Opinion</div><div><p>If street thugs were to hold up a convenience store and drive off with $1 million, it would be national news. But when a venerable Boston bank rips off California's two largest pension funds for $56 million, it's business-as-usual -- at least to the anchors of Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, listens during a taping of CNBC television special at Columbia University on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Bank of America CEO Lewis to retire by end of the year: report

2010-02-25T00:23:49Z

<div><p>(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp &lt;BAC.N&gt; CEO Ken Lewis will retire by end of the year, CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources.</p><p>O...

President's opinion of Kanye West sparks debate

2010-02-25T06:44:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Was Obama's opinion of West an off-mike moment that shouldn't have been tweeted?</div><div><p>President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.</p><p>

ABC sorry it tweeted Obama's 'jackass' comment

2010-02-25T06:59:05Z

<div><p>ABC News has apologized after a high-profile news anchor reported on Twitter that US President Barack Obama called rapper Kanye West a "jackass" in an off-the-record conversation.</p><p>The exchange, provoked by West's conduct at the Reuters) - CNBC on Thursday reported that accused swindler Allen Stanford was taken to hospital.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=57571814&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright">&...

PAUL LAUDICINA OF A.T. KEARNEY: RETHINKING OUTSOURCING

2010-02-25T17:50:45Z

<div><h1>PAUL LAUDICINA OF A.T. KEARNEY: RETHINKING OUTSOURCING </h1><p>Whether we are truly emerging from recession--as a Wall Street Journal survey of economists and other reports contend--or are setting ourselves up for another reversal, one thing seems clear: When the global economy awakes from its lon...

A case for holding onto your junior mining stock losers

2010-02-26T08:11:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Using long-term warrants can limit your risk exposure</div><div><p>Let’s be honest, these are very challenging times to be an investor. Regardless of all of the positive spin from CNBC and from many newsletter writers and analysts, this has not been the best of times to be ‘in the game’. </p><p>For those of us who are ‘in the game’ the questi...

Obama Dead Fly

2009-06-26T10:19:44Z

This image made from video released by CNBC, shows President Barack Obama getting ready to smack a fly dead during an interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood, left, in the White House on Tuesday June 16, 2009 in

Warren Buffett compliments Bernanke and Geithner

2010-02-26T17:16:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Buffett praises Bernanke, government, saying right steps were taken to help economy</div><div><p>Billionaire Warren Buffett says the United States has a good team leading the Treasury Department and CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A drawn-out $900 million deal by the Ricketts family to buy storied baseball team the Chicago Cubs has hit a possible snag, CNBC reported on Wednesday, but a spokesperson for the buyer said talks were going smoothly.</p><p>CNBC said th...

Apple sinks after "aggressive" iPhone pricing report

2010-02-27T00:13:21Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc tumbled more than 3 percent to a session low of $139.57 on Monday after CNBC reported that the company would introduce "aggressively" lowered price-points for its newest iPhone.</p>&...

U.S. banks rush to raise capital

2010-02-27T12:54:29Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo sold more than $15 billion of shares and bonds, as the two companies rushed to the head of the line of banks looking to raise funds following government stress tests.</p><p>

Former CNBC host Dylan Ratigan lands at MSNBC

2010-02-27T14:31:03Z

<div id="subtitle">MSNBC gives Dylan Ratigan a daytime show after he left CNBC</div><div><p>Former CNBC "Fast Money" host Dylan Ratigan has landed a new daytime program at MSNBC.</p><p>Ratigan's new show will air on the news...

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