﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Site Map -- CNBC.com</title><link>http://www.cnbc.com/rss/RssSitemap2572.xml</link><description>CNBC.com -- First in business worldwide.</description><copyright>Copyright 2009 CNBC.com</copyright><language>en-us</language><image><url>http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/CNBC_Images/componentbacks/logo_small.gif</url><title>Site Map -- CNBC.com</title><link>http://www.cnbc.com/</link></image><item><title>Package delivery company United Parcel Service on Tuesday reported an in-line net profit dragged down by rising fuel costs and a stagnant U.S. economy that hurt both its domestic and international package segments.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25794777/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T12:38:26.033+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25794777/</guid></item><item><title>The average bear market shows a decline of 30%, but then has an average 30% plus bounce when the bottom is reached. 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said on Tuesday quarterly profit rose, as sales of its electronic defense systems and a one-time gain related to a sale of some land offset lower sales for its F-16 fighter jet program.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793669/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T11:40:07.597+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793669/</guid></item><item><title>&lt;strong&gt;SunTrust Banks&lt;/strong&gt;, a large U.S. southeast regional bank, said on Tuesday second-quarter profit declined, hurt by higher credit costs.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793668/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T10:34:20.163+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793668/</guid></item><item><title>Despite the credit crisis and deteriorating economic outlook, Islamic corporate bond issuance in the Gulf soared over the past year, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793552/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T10:00:03.610+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793552/</guid></item><item><title>Chemical maker DuPont Tuesday posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings as strong demand for its corn and soybean seeds offset weakness in the domestic housing and automotive markets.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793544/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T17:29:41.350+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793544/</guid></item><item><title>&lt;strong&gt;Fifth Third Bancorp&lt;/strong&gt;, a large Midwest bank, on Tuesday posted a second-quarter loss due to rising charges related to the tax treatment of leveraged leases and higher credit costs.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793543/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T12:48:11.620+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793543/</guid></item><item><title>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="15837290" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" parameters="q=wb" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wachovia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; posted an $8.86 billion loss and slashed its dividend for a second time this year.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793542/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T18:29:12.243+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793542/</guid></item><item><title>Construction and mining equipment company Caterpillar Inc said Tuesday quarterly earnings rose a greater-than-expected 34 percent as strong growth in emerging economies offset weakness in North America, Western Europe and Japan.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793541/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T12:23:20.250+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793541/</guid></item><item><title>&lt;strong&gt;Logitech International&lt;/strong&gt;, the world's largest maker of computer mice, posted an 11.5 percent rise in first-quarter net profit on Monday, boosted by the strong performance of Harmony-brand remotes.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793153/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T08:32:32.567+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793153/</guid></item><item><title>Democrats and Republicans queasy about a federal rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coalescing around the idea of letting the government slap limits on the multimillion-dollar pay packages of their executives.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793133/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T08:18:46.627+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25793133/</guid></item><item><title>Tropical Storm Dolly continued to strengthen slightly early Tuesday as it moved over the warm waters of the western Gulf of Mexico towards the Texas-Mexico border.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792767/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T17:10:13.337+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792767/</guid></item><item><title>Hurricane Dolly left more than 27,000 electric customers without power in South Texas by midmorning Wednesday as bands of heavy wind and rain came ashore near Brownsville, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792707/</link><pubDate>2008-07-23T16:37:48.770+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792707/</guid></item><item><title>The decline of more than 12 percent in crude oil prices last week shaved about 1 percent from prices at the pump as consumers paid less for gasoline and diesel fuel, the government said on Monday.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792705/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T07:38:27.890+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792705/</guid></item><item><title>Norsk Hydro posted a year-on-year fall in underlying earnings, as the impact of a weakening US dollar and a rise in upstream input costs outweighed the benefit of higher aluminium prices.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792389/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T07:10:53.160+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792389/</guid></item><item><title>Weaker oil cushioned a fall in European shares on Tuesday, but stocks ended a four-session winning streak as Vodafone's outlook disappointed, while credit market worries dogged the financial sector.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792166/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T12:35:43.863+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792166/</guid></item><item><title>Mobile phone group &lt;strong&gt;Vodafone &lt;/strong&gt;cut its revenue outlook, as tougher economic conditions forced consumers to hold back from buying and using new handsets, especially in Spain, knocking its shares to a 20-month low.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792107/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T11:46:04.390+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792107/</guid></item><item><title>Jill Smart, an Accenture executive, was skeptical the first time she stepped into her firm’s new videoconferencing room in Chicago for a meeting with a group of colleagues in London. But the videoconferencing technology, known as telepresence, delivered an experience so lifelike, Ms. Smart recalled, that “10 minutes into it, you forget you are not in the room with them,” The New York Times reported.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792080/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T07:15:13.703+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25792080/</guid></item><item><title>A number of major U.S. companies who rely on consumer spending warned about their results on Monday evening, including credit card company American Express, Macintosh computer and iPod maker Apple and cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean Cruises.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791830/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T06:40:45.467+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791830/</guid></item><item><title>Nuclear operator British Energy has agreed to be taken over by French utility EDF for around 12.4 billion pounds ($24.61 billion), a source briefed on the matter said on Friday.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791735/</link><pubDate>2008-07-25T13:58:47.347+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791735/</guid></item><item><title>European shares ended more than 2 percent higher on Wednesday as banks enjoyed their best day in four months, ahead of a vote on a U.S. housing market rescue bill, while autos gained on strong earnings and oil fell.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791340/</link><pubDate>2008-07-23T11:32:47.957+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791340/</guid></item><item><title>Telecom equipment maker Ericsson reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday in a mixed report that analysts said offered tentative signs that the firm is turning a corner.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791339/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T07:59:45.530+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791339/</guid></item><item><title>U.S. parents with school-aged children will spend more on back-to-school merchandise this year, helped by tax rebates, but spending for back-to-college will fall as students struggle with the spike in gas prices, according to a survey released Tuesday.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791288/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T05:27:53.523+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791288/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791223/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T07:20:17.093+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791223/</guid></item><item><title>It's been a rough year for financial counters, with banks hard hit by the fallout out of the subprime crisis and the subsequent credit crunch.&amp;#160; This week, we chart HSBC Holdings and use the RSI to predict trend changes. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791221/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T07:18:27.983+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791221/</guid></item><item><title>The dollar rallied sharply on Tuesday, boosted by a steep drop in oil prices and comments from a Federal Reserve official suggesting that U.S. interest rates may have to rise even before financial markets recover.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791207/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T20:10:20.840+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791207/</guid></item><item><title>Oil prices fell to a six-week low on Tuesday amid concerns over sliding U.S. energy demand and expectations that a tropical storm pushing through the Gulf of Mexico would spare most offshore oil production.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791201/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T20:03:23.203+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791201/</guid></item><item><title>South Korea will Privatize state-invested firms including Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, its finance minister said on Tuesday, lifting shares of the world's No.3 shipbuilder by 5%.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791091/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T05:02:48.793+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25791091/</guid></item><item><title>Protests against China's policies at home and abroad, as well as marketing techniques used by companies that are not official Olympic sponsors, have made the Beijing games a risky proposition for some sponsors. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790926/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T04:47:05.807+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790926/</guid></item><item><title>India's government faces a tight vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday that will decide the fate of a civil nuclear cooperation deal with the United States and could trigger a snap election. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790856/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T04:11:02.333+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790856/</guid></item><item><title>Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines has formally expressed its interest in buying Germany's Hapag-Lloyd to create what would be the world's third-largest container shipping firm, two sources briefed on the deal said on Tuesday. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790611/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T03:31:31.757+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790611/</guid></item><item><title>The Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday that central banks in East Asia were moving too slowly to combat the threat of quickening inflation, which it warned seemed to be seeping into the broader economies of the region. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790318/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T02:53:02.630+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790318/</guid></item><item><title>Universal Studios made a film titled, "Erin Brockovich", which starred Julia Roberts. Julia won an Academy Award® for her portrayal of me. People ask me all the time, is the movie true and accurate?</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790156/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T02:25:53.307+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790156/</guid></item><item><title>When Wall Street Journal reporter Matt Futterman wrote tonight that the William Morris Company will now be representing Alex Rodriguez, my reaction was one of disinterest. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790093/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T02:28:06.023+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25790093/</guid></item><item><title>Maruti Suzuki India, the country's top automaker, reported a smaller-than expected 7 percent fall in quarterly profit, as high costs of raw materials and a new depreciation policy outweighed higher sales. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25789917/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T02:06:37.057+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25789917/</guid></item><item><title>Our entire social system is based upon putting people in boxes, in grade school and high school it’s no different, just different boxes.&amp;#160; You’re a nerd, a cool kid, a hippie, or a jock.&amp;#160; Throughout my childhood, I was always the class clown in school.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25789629/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T01:17:30.203+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25789629/</guid></item><item><title>The greatest deterrent to those with dreams, ideas, and aspirations for starting their own business is the fear of the unknown.&amp;#160; If you are successfully working for someone else, and you are dying inside wanting to start your own business, yet you are afraid of losing the security of your job—think of General Douglas MacArthur, who said, “There is no security in life, only opportunity.” </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25789518/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T01:04:58.697+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25789518/</guid></item><item><title>He was thrown out of 25 venture capital offices trying to start his first multi-million dollar company... 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But Tokyo rallied 3% higher. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25788492/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T10:03:39.937+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25788492/</guid></item><item><title>Was it the “popular” kids who called you a nerd? The rich kids who called you a “loser?” A doctor who diagnosed you with ADHD after a five minute interview? If they had no clue who you really were, why put so much stock in their opinion? </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25788475/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T00:30:59.020+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25788475/</guid></item><item><title>After taping tonight’s interview I thought a lot about where I’ve come from since high school days.&amp;#160; I can remember feeling jealousy when I flipped through the pages of the high school yearbook and seeing the photos of all the cool kids that were voted “most popular, “most athletic” or “most likely to succeed.”</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25788408/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T00:31:36.537+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25788408/</guid></item><item><title>An emergency rule to curb abusive short selling will likely be extended beyond 19 major financial firms as pressure mounts on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to broaden the measure.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787852/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:54:31.123+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787852/</guid></item><item><title>The workplace—whether a high-rise office building, factory floor, or retail store—is really just an adult version of high school, though many of us pretend otherwise.&amp;#160; Look around.&amp;#160; The Class President is in the corner office.&amp;#160; The Party Animal is out entertaining clients.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787655/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T00:31:11.690+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787655/</guid></item><item><title>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apple was &lt;/strong&gt;among those companies reporting earnings, while &lt;font size="2"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Ladenburg Thalmann's&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/font&gt;Dick Bove was sued sued by a small bank in Florida.&lt;/strong&gt;</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787638/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T22:34:56.373+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787638/</guid></item><item><title>THE STOCK MARKET &amp;amp; ECONOMY&lt;strong&gt;…&lt;/strong&gt;Our stock market and economic all-stars will discuss and debate all the latest news, trends, and developments affecting investors. On board: </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787499/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:11:12.423+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787499/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787463/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:24:15.897+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787463/</guid></item><item><title>I've touched some nerves lately. (Once again, I won't post emails using expletives, even though I'm sure it makes you feel better to say it.) </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787117/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T20:43:22.850+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787117/</guid></item><item><title>The human condition pretty much guarantees that you will get in your own way at times… don’t make the problem worse by buying into labels that others slap on you! I know it’s tempting...</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787090/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T00:30:07.897+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787090/</guid></item><item><title>1) American Express reported a notable miss ($0.56 vs. expectations of $0.83), and it's not hard to see where the bulk of the miss came from. a $600 million ($374 after-tax) addition to U.S. lending credit reserves. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787044/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:03:04.037+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25787044/</guid></item><item><title>SanDisk&amp;#160; Monday reported a sharp swing to a loss in its quarterly results as pricing was hurt by an industry glut of memory chips for gadgets, sending its shares down 9 percent after-hours. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786899/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T20:21:50.413+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786899/</guid></item><item><title>I said it earlier, and I'll say it again: traders trade, investors invest, and those with a longer term time horizon--months instead of weeks; weeks instead of days--will reap the rewards when it comes to Apple. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786816/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:08:45.970+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786816/</guid></item><item><title>Schering-Plough, whose shares fell earlier after its Vytorin cholesterol fighter failed another study, said its earnings fell 23 percent but beat forecasts.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786815/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:09:05.067+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786815/</guid></item><item><title>As Dolly intensifies and moves into the Gulf of Mexico, here is Weather Insight's latest forecast for possible oil and gas disruptions...</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786753/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T20:18:31.463+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786753/</guid></item><item><title>Whether to display confidence, remember who's the boss or to be gushingly optimistic, here are Jack Dougherty's Nine keys to make the most out of any opportunity!</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786649/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T00:31:48.253+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786649/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786557/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T18:47:39.980+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786557/</guid></item><item><title>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, calling it critical that the markets have confidence in &lt;strong&gt;Fannie Mae&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Freddie Mac&lt;/strong&gt;, said he expects&amp;#160; congressional approval for a proposed rescue plan this week.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786505/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T20:29:43.720+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786505/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786483/</link><pubDate>2008-09-22T04:48:54.920+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786483/</guid></item><item><title>Stocks slipped as the bank rally that has stretched four sessions appeared to run out of steam ahead of Wachovia's report. Merck fell following disappointing results from a cholesterol-drug study.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786290/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:22:21.523+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25786290/</guid></item><item><title>In a press release, BankAtlantic's Chairman, Alan B. Levan refers, in part, to yours truly, in saying, "In the wake of the highly publicized failure of IndyMac, breathless television reporters filled the airwaves with the repeated question on the minds of an anxious public...</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785987/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T19:12:27.493+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785987/</guid></item><item><title>Richard Bove, a prominent U.S. banking analyst, was sued Monday by &lt;strong&gt;BankAtlantic Bancorp&lt;/strong&gt;, which accused him of defamation and negligence over a recently published research report, the bank said.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785904/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T19:06:27.730+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785904/</guid></item><item><title>Stocks slipped as the morning bank rally fizzled. Merck fell following disappointing results from a cholesterol-drug study.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785685/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T19:29:44.900+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785685/</guid></item><item><title>When the Phil Gramm flap broke out about 10 days ago, with his Washington Times interview miscues about a nation of whiners and a mental recession, other McCain economic advisors were quick to lambaste the former Texas senator. Douglas Holtz-Eakin told the PBS "Nightly Business Report" that Gramm is no longer giving advice to McCain or his aides. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785647/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T18:33:34.070+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25785647/</guid></item><item><title>This is all great news for Warner Bros. and its parent company Time Warner. The studio faltered with high-budget "Speed Racer," which bombed at the box office. 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What's changed for everyone else since then, skeptics ask? 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Here's what to look out for in the grocery aisles.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784982/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T21:26:42.597+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784982/</guid></item><item><title>One of the lessons Darst shared with Cramer and is now sharing with his readers is you can’t do it alone – you need Uncle Frank. 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Ever been told you were a loser and will never make it big? Tonight, we show you how to turn it all around and show you how no matter the odds, you can truly make it big! &amp;#160;Your playbook starts here.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784683/</link><pubDate>2008-07-22T00:42:25.290+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784683/</guid></item><item><title>Following are the &lt;em&gt;day’s &lt;/em&gt;biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of &lt;strong&gt;AIG&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Biogen &lt;/strong&gt;popped while &lt;strong&gt;Hasbro&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;CME Group &lt;/strong&gt;dropped.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784673/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T22:44:39.240+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784673/</guid></item><item><title>Yahoo is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft...</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784672/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T16:59:16.220+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784672/</guid></item><item><title>Congressman Gary Ackerman has introduced legislation to bring the regulation back. Check out what he had to say to Cramer.</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784666/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T23:31:35.253+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784666/</guid></item><item><title>Oil’s march higher might be over but Joe Terranova doesn't think the price of crude is going much lower either. How do you trade the road to nowhere?</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784635/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T22:38:45.310+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784635/</guid></item><item><title>They’re the exclusive carrier for iPhone but they’re also facing massive competition from cable. What’s can you expect from AT&amp;amp;T on Wednesday?</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784634/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T22:31:14.410+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784634/</guid></item><item><title>Now that Carl Icahn is on the board what’s the trade ahead of Yahoo! earnings Tuesday after the bell?</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784633/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T22:23:16.600+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784633/</guid></item><item><title>&lt;strong&gt;Q: &lt;/strong&gt;On Fast Money’s trader radar we look at the stock that was lighting up screens across Wall Street. One of America’s largest toy and board game manufacturers suited up for a big day today after Iron Man toys boosted results. But it ended up no Candy Land after the company also said it had to raise prices because of higher costs for plastics. 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What's the "Word on the Street?"</title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784622/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T22:08:55.300+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784622/</guid></item><item><title>The fact is, Apple has beaten the Street for the past seven straight quarters, and there's every indication that the company will do so again this time around. And yet the stock still languishes. </title><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784577/</link><pubDate>2008-07-21T16:34:09.037+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/25784577/</guid></item><item><title>As of this morning, 93 (just under 20%) of the S&amp;amp;P 500 companies have reported earnings. 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