Mark Koba is a senior editor at CNBC.com. His experience includes 11 years at Bloomberg LP, where among various duties, he was program producer for the award-winning "Bloomberg Small Business" television show. Koba's background includes a decade of news writing and show producing at CNN, E! Entertainment Television, ABC’s "World News Now," "Good Morning America" and CBS's "This Morning." He's been writing on economic topics the last two years.
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Good morning--it's December 1, 2006--24 days until Christmas--and counting. We're having a busy day so far. U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. from Tennessee is guest host on "Squawk Box." He lost that closeU.S. Senate seat race last month to Repbublican Bob Corker.
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Here are some of the scheduled guests for tomorrow on CNBC and cnbc.com: "Squawk Box" has U.S. Representative Harold Ford from Tennessee--as a guest host. And "Squawk Box" also has Bob Langert--he's Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for McDonald's.
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Stay tuned for "Street Signs" today when we cover the story of global hedge funds now controlling some $2 trillion. The guests are Richard Blumenthal--Connecticut's Attorney General and David Friedland who is President of the Hedge Fund Association.
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A new stock market regulatory agency is about to ride into town. The New York Stock Exchange and the NASD are announcing plans to combine their regulatory operations--and make the world's largest securities watch dog.
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They are the most powerful players in the M&A world. You could say they are the go to folks on a CEO's speed dial--when it comes to making deals. The first (or inaugural) issue of Dealmaker Magazine is out--and ranks the best investment bankers on the buy side of Wall Street.
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Toys have been traditional favorites during the holiday season. Toy makers and retailers live for this time of year.
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Good morning. Economic data--Fed speakers--and the debate over the U.S. dollar will be our focus for most of today.
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It goes without saying--well almost without saying-- that it's been a down day for the markets that hasn't been seen in some time--with triple digit losses for the Dow and Blue Chip Index falling as much as 150 points today.
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left/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/__Story_Inserts/graphics/__WALL_STREET/NYSE_lookup_150x200.jpg115020000lefttruehttp://msnbcmedia.msn.comphoto: Oliver QuilliaNYSE traderNYSE traderfalse1Pfalsefalsefalsefalse Abby Joseph Cohen said the S&P would finish this year at 1400.--and that's where it is now. AND she predicted Dow 12,000--which could be viewed as conservative. So what does the Goldman Sachspage90GSfalsetrue2pricetruefalsefalsefalse0QuotefalsetrueChartfalsetrueNewsfalsetrueProfilefalsetrueAdd to Watchlistfalsetruetruehttp://api-cdn.cnbc.com/api/chart/chart.aspGE4true3 Chief Portfolio Strategist predict for the rest of this year and next?
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Consumers don’t seem to have the same appetite for casual dining that they had earlier in the year.