CNBC's Bertha Coombs has the details of a young man pretending to be U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder and asking for his ballot to vote; Facebook is acquiring photo sharing app, Instagram for $1 billion; and American Express and other gift card sellers say they will pull their products from New Jersey, in protest of a new law that requires companies to collect zip codes of buyers of cards in the Garden State.
No reason has been given yet for the departure of founder and executive chairman George Zimmer, reports CNBC's Courtney Reagan. Zimmer has long been the face of the company.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 10:52 AM ETCNBC's Rick Santelli, explains why he hears 'crickets" when he asks questions about Fed Chairman Bernanke's policies. "Enough is enough," he rants.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 11:36 AM ETAre reporters lobbing "softball" questions at the Fed chairman? CNBC's Rick Santelli and the Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath, debate whether the economy continues to need quantitative easing. I'm trying to inform the public about what the Fed is up to, says Hilsenrath.