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Site Map -- CNBC.comhttp://www.cnbc.com/rss/RssSitemap2572.xmlCNBC.com -- First in business worldwide.Copyright 2009 CNBC.comen-ushttp://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/CNBC_Images/componentbacks/logo_small.gifSite Map -- CNBC.comhttp://www.cnbc.com/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/17579209/</link><pubDate>2007-03-12T17:25:53.203+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/17579209/</guid></item><item><title>Trish Regan is co-anchor of the "<a href="15838394" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">The Call</a>" (weekdays 11a-12p ET). An Emmy Nominated correspondent, she also reports for CNBC's investigative magazine program "<a href="16586545" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">Business Nation</a>" and contributes to "<a href="http://nightly.msnbc.com/" linktype="External" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams</a>".http://www.cnbc.com/id/17579072/2007-10-22T19:43:46.953+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17579072/Video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software, publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" video games, said Monday its first-quarter loss narrowed from last year, but business continues to be pinched as gamers transition to next-generation gaming platforms. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578973/2007-03-12T15:37:00.697+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578973/Texas Instruments narrowed earnings guidance and tightened sales expectations for the fiscal first quarter. The semiconductor company said after Monday's close that it expects fiscal first-quarter earnings to range from 29 cents to 33 cents a share, compared with earlier guidance of 28 to 34 cents.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578859/2007-03-12T22:27:53.117+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578859/Dubai is again the flashpoint of a patriotism-versus-globalism debate. This time, it's not about a foreign firm encroaching on U.S. shores, but an American company shifting its headquarters to the emirate. And when the firm is oilfield-services provider Halliburton, everyone has an opinion.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578801/2007-03-12T16:29:56.397+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578801/The news this morning of <a href="17569371" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">Ford selling it's Aston Martin luxury auto line</a> brings to the end a 20 year run where Ford tried to make a high-end niche brand work for the world's third largest automaker. While Aston Martin has been a profitable operation, it has never been a good fit- for either Ford or Aston Martin. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578748/2007-03-12T15:09:54.677+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578748/Continental Airlines <cal.n></cal.n>said on Monday it ordered five Boeing 787 Dreamliners, worth about $900 million, increasing its orders for the new plane to 25. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578747/2007-03-12T15:16:06.033+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578747/Painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker's heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City ruled Monday, reversing the verdict in the man's first trial and hitting drugmaker Merck with a total of $47.5 million in damages.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578640/2007-03-12T21:55:01.440+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578640/Second stop on The <a href="15838459" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">Mad Money</a> Back To School Tour '07: The University of Texas at Austin.  CNBC's <a href="17364946" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">Jim Cramer</a> trades in his Booyah for a Yee-Haw when he heads to the Red McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin on March 20th.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578564/2007-03-12T14:59:41.087+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578564/High-level government officials are listening, and asking the questions, this week as the campaign by business interests for a softening of the laws and rules laid down amid the 2002 corporate scandals gets a serious hearing. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578529/2007-03-12T14:55:34.103+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578529/Judy Gold is an Emmy-winning comedienne and hosts HBO's "At the Multiplex with Judy Gold".  She's also the celeb on the first hour of  "Morning Call" for our Trading With The Stars portion of our portfolio challenge. She says she's out to win it all.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578437/2007-03-12T19:10:09.270+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578437/Faryl from NY says she owns a small fashion business here in the US, however, a significant portion of her manufacturing is done overseas, in emerging markets such as China. Since she’s in constant contact with clients and vendors overseas, how can he make fast money in a hot overseas telecom stock?http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578427/2007-03-13T00:59:29.467+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578427/Here's our Fast Money Final Trade. Our guys give you Tuesday's best trades, tonight!http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578423/2007-03-13T01:32:05.937+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578423/You've read the headlines, but what's behind the story? Our guys give you the trader’s perspective - the only other place to find this kind of information is smack in the middle of the floor.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578420/2007-03-13T00:56:35.543+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578420/Few companies struggle with negative public perception the way that Halliburton (HAL) does. (That’s in large part due to its White House connections and possible overcharging on government contracts.) Over the weekend, another PR problem, the nation's largest oil services firm said it was moving its corporate headquarters overseas, to Mideast financial hub Dubai. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578408/2007-03-13T00:36:25.850+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578408/After reaching record highs and then sliding on the global equity slump and lending blowup fears, investors have started to bid aggressively for Wall Street stocks again. With quarterly earnings from Goldman Sachs (GS) hitting the street tomorrow and Lehman Brothers (LEH) following on Wednesday, how much longer can you continue to bank on the investment banks?.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578407/2007-03-13T00:33:20.257+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578407/Buyout king KKR devoured low-end discount store Dollar General for $6.9 billion today. Seduced by the sector’s steady cash flows and large real-estate holdings private equity has already scooped up main street brands such as Neiman Marcus, Albertsons and Toys “R” Us – dropping $52 billion in the past two years alone. Is the next retail buy-out around the corner or is the fast money leaving the mall?http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578406/2007-03-13T00:26:58.710+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578406/A Valero spokeswoman said the company is cooperating with the investigation, but would not comment while the probe is underway. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578382/2007-03-12T14:37:37.190+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578382/The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges today against four former senior executives of Nortel Networks of an accounting fraud that helped the company meet internal targets and Wall Street expectations.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578379/2007-03-12T14:33:08.643+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578379/So much for the little guy. Big boys like defending champion Florida and No. 1-ranked Ohio State are among the top-seeded favorites, while the darling mid-major teams get surprisingly few chances to turn the NCAA tournament into a free-for-all for underdogs. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578261/2007-03-12T15:48:27.240+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578261/CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, announced today that <a href="17579209" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">Trish Regan</a> is joining the network as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for its Business Day programming.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578194/2007-03-17T03:06:07.983+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578194/Countrywide Financial Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo told CNBC's Maria Bartiromo that there's been an "overreaction" to the subprime lending shakeout, though he believes the problem may could get worse before turning the corner.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578033/2007-03-13T21:50:00.007+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578033/Chris Moneymaker is the 2003 World Series of Poker Champion--and with a last name like he has, you have to believe he's a natural for our Trading With The Stars portion of the CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17578027/2007-03-12T19:07:34.477+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17578027/Tsakos Energy Navigation, a Greek shipper of crude oil and petroleum products, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 27%, as a larger fleet offset a softer market and higher operating costs.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577966/2007-03-12T15:10:11.177+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577966/After sitting down with Paul Atkins, a Republican commissioner at the SEC, it became clear that many in Washington D.C. are simply hung up on hedge fund regulation. Atkins, who served the SEC from 1990-94 and was re-appointed in 2002, has a practical view of regulation: The SEC should focus on protecting the most investors. And that would mean mutual fund investors. Atkins told me, "There are 90 million investors in mutual funds and I think that ought to be the SEC's prime worry ...http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577847/2007-03-12T13:46:48.397+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577847/Hall of Famer Johnny Bench joined the line-up of celebrities taking part in the "Trading With the Stars" portion of the Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. Bench appeared today on "Squawk Box"--the show he's trading for.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577584/2007-03-12T19:04:01.103+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577584/SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins told CNBC's Melissa Lee that the federal regulatory agency should focus on mutual funds and insider trading--not hedge funds.In a taped interview aired on "Squawk Box," Atkins called efforts to regulate hedge funds “not the wisest effort” A Congressional hearing on the issue is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Washington. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577577/2007-03-12T14:23:32.193+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577577/Stocks were set to start the week lower after concerns about sub-prime mortgage lending dented enthusiasm for a very busy Merger Monday.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577430/2007-03-12T13:09:02.207+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577430/Power supplier Enel said Monday it has signed a share swap deal with merchant bank Mediobanca to buy a further 2.98% of sought-after Spanish electricity company Endesa.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577312/2007-03-12T14:57:51.680+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577312/Chris Johnson, chief executive officer and chief investment strategist at Johnson Investment Research, told "Squawk Box" Monday that he expects the market to rise for at least the next month. “The bottom line is that we’re seeing a lot of signs right now that the short term....http://www.cnbc.com/id/17577025/2007-03-12T13:00:54.710+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17577025/Health insurer UnitedHealth Group  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health Services  for $43.50 per share to help it expand in the fast-growing U.S. Southwest.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576763/2007-03-12T14:39:55.690+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576763/Private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts  said Monday that it will acquire discount retailer Dollar General  for $22 a share in cash, or about $6.9 billion.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576605/2007-03-12T13:40:43.663+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576605/Here some of Tuesday's big movers on European stock markets: Cadbury Schweppes, Altana, Altadis, Alliance Boots, SABMiller, Lagardere and Swisscom.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576603/2007-03-13T15:23:02.377+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576603/The CEO of Akzo Nobel may be feeling like a lottery winner this morning after making a deal with Schering-Plough.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576570/2007-03-12T11:39:57.130+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576570/Trump Entertainment Resorts said Monday it hired Merrill Lynch to help it weigh strategic options for financing, capital structure and other alternatives.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576480/2007-03-12T15:20:26.017+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576480/The largest independent U.S. subprime mortgage lender said on Monday its lenders plan to halt financing, pushing the company closer to bankruptcy amid dwindling cash and $8.4 billion in obligations that could come due immediately.  The stock was halted on Monday.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576282/2007-03-12T21:15:00.497+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576282/Shares of Alliance Boots, Britain's largest chain of pharmacies, jumped 6.7% Monday after the company said last week that it received an approach about a possible takeover of the business.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17576050/2007-03-12T10:47:37.337+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17576050/Swedish hygiene and paper product maker SCA said on Monday it had signed a deal to buy all of Procter & Gamble's  European tissue operations for 512 million euros ($672 million) in cash.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575520/2007-03-12T09:13:34.373+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575520/ In a sign that the New York Times  may be trying to appease investors who have criticized it, the newspaper publisher invited Morgan Stanley money manager Hassan Elmasry and another large shareholder, T. Rowe Price Group, to make presentations to its board of directors late last month, The Wall Street Journal reported.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575418/2007-03-12T10:19:55.470+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575418/Akzo Nobel said on Monday it was selling its drugs unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for 11 billion euros ($14.5 billion), dropping plans to float it in a public share offer.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575417/2007-03-12T14:59:33.210+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575417/Swisscom, the former state telecommunications monopoly, said Monday it offered to buy Fastweb, Italy's second-largest fixed-line phone company, for 3.7 billion euros ($4.9 billion) to expand into the Mediterranean nation.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575415/2007-03-12T08:52:48.240+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575415/European Union consumer chief Meglena Kuneva has hit out at Apple's bundling of its popular iPod music players and its iTunes online music store, according to German weekly magazine Focus.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575300/2007-03-12T08:03:08.930+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575300/China expects to start making homegrown large commercial aircraft by 2020, an aviation industry official said Monday, raising the possibility of future competition for Boeing and Airbus in the country's booming market for new planes.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575279/2007-03-12T09:42:04.457+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575279/Here some of Monday's big movers on European stock markets: Akzo Nobel, Alliance Boots, ICI,Swisscom and DSG International.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575172/2007-03-12T15:53:49.457+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575172/Wall Street may be losing its competitive edge to foreign markets because of increased government regulation, according to some business groups and legal experts. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17575008/2007-03-12T20:47:01.140+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17575008/Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell wants to take newspaper publisher and broadcaster Tribune private in a transaction valued at about $13 billion, according to financial newspaper Barron's.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17574970/2007-03-12T13:46:16.333+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17574970/Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity was looking at a possible bid for Canada's CanWest Global Communications' stake in Australia's Ten Network Holdings, a source familiar with the situation said Monday. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569383/2007-03-12T14:27:27.083+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569383/China's central bank said on Monday that it would gradually promote reforms of the yuan's exchange rate regime and improve its foreign exchange management this year. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569381/2007-03-12T01:58:17.153+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569381/CLP Holdings, Hong Kong's largest power utility, said on Monday it would sell a 1,320 megawatt coal-fired power station in Taiwan to joint venture firm OneEnergy for $500 million. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569378/2007-03-12T01:42:31.193+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569378/TOM Group said it planned to pay about HK$1.57 billion (US$201 million) for the shares it does not already own in TOM Online. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569374/2007-03-12T00:56:09.180+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569374/Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said that the country was preparing a range of policies aimed at capping its huge trade surplus, but he stressed that their impact could not be seen overnight. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569373/2007-03-12T00:45:06.137+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569373/Japan's economy expanded by 1.3% in the final quarter of last year, revised data showed on Monday, up slightly from a preliminary reading due mainly to companies' capital spending. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569372/2007-03-12T01:20:13.450+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569372/Cash-strapped Ford Motor  has sold a controlling stake in the Aston Martin brand, made famous by its exotic sports cars in James Bond movies, raising $848 million to help fund its turnaround plan.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569371/2007-03-12T14:26:26.007+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569371/Conrad Black, the  former chairman of the Hollinger International newspaper empire faces charges of racketeering, mail and tax fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice in a U.S. federal trial that begins in Chicago on Wednesday. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569370/2007-03-11T23:04:17.613+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569370/Crude oil futures ended sharply lower Monday, falling for the third straight session, amid forecasts for warmer weather in the U.S. Northeast, the key heating oil market, and with traders expecting OPEC to keep output steady at its meeting this week.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569269/2007-03-12T19:44:22.257+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569269/Stocks closed higher as investors overcame concerns about subprime lending to spark a late-day rally.  "We're going through a short-term bounce," Mark Arbeter, Chief Technical Strategist at Standard & Poor's, told CNBC.  "Volume, so far, on the upside has been fairly light, which is not encouraging. "http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569267/2007-03-12T20:09:31.280+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569267/The dollar fell as government bond yields dropped today in a sign that investors' comfort with being in riskier, higher-yielding trades remained fickle ahead of U.S. economic data this week.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569266/2007-03-12T18:14:14.403+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569266/That hour of sleep you lost this weekend thankfully was not over the stock market's performance last week. After starting Monday on the edge of what could have been an ugly precipice, Wall Street by Friday recovered some of its losses and a good deal of confidence.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17569150/2007-03-11T22:42:40.090+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17569150/The ancient battle of Thermopylae was the stuff of 2007's first certified blockbuster as the bloody action tale "300" debuted with ticket sales of $70 million over its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17567702/2007-03-11T21:00:35.410+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17567702/We're adding some "star power" to the Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. In conjunction with the Challenge, we're pitting CNBC program against program and celebrity against celebrity to see who has the best stock-trading chops. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17566295/2007-03-12T18:11:21.327+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17566295/Well--the first week of the Million Dollar Portfolio challenge is over--so let's see where we stand. Nancy Beaumont sits on top of the leader board with a portfolio value of $1,645,296.56 or a weekly gain of 64.5%. Nancy has multiple portfolios registered for the contest...http://www.cnbc.com/id/17566159/2007-03-12T18:05:45.670+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17566159/The oil services giant will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17565990/2007-03-12T17:44:15.820+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17565990/China will soon create one of the world's largest investment funds, with ramifications for global stock, bond and commodities markets and for how the U.S. finances its trade deficits.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17565989/2007-03-11T17:32:52.677+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17565989/In an exclusive interview with CNBC's David Faber, Express Scripts'  CEO George Paz said his nearly $27 billion bid for Caremark Rx is his "best and only" offer unless the rival pharmacy-benefits manager opens its financial records for review.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17565800/2007-03-12T15:01:28.930+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17565800/Chrysler Group said it would recall almost half a million vehicles, including recent models of the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Durango after reported fires and its new Dodge Avenger sedan because of faulty door latches. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17565799/2007-03-11T17:10:46.500+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17565799/Friday Night's OTM had an interesting conversation with a former and current contestant: Chris Thomson. Chris is a buy-side analyst with a money management firm. He was in the top five from last year's Squawk Box Portfolio Challenge--so he knows where of he speaks.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17565630/2007-03-12T19:06:00.867+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17565630/Hey folks--need a strategy session for the contest? CNBC's "On The Money" had two great guests Friday night to offer their best advice--one even wrote a book on winning the challenge.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17555005/2007-03-12T18:09:42.950+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17555005/Hey everybody. CNBC's "On The Money" started their first re-cap of the contest on Friday. Here's some of what we learned: The first two leaders from Tuesday and Wednesday, both employed similar strategies, they went all-in on a stock that was forecast to have positive earnings, or looked to bottom fish and catch the bump.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17553355/2007-03-12T18:08:08.670+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17553355/In a matter of seconds, Cramer lambastes three callers' stocks. Sometimes the truth hurts.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17543646/2007-03-10T00:43:48.467+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17543646/Should I be a pig with Dynegy? Do "airline" and "buy" belong in the same sentence? How do I play the "new" market? Cramer answers viewer questions.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17543351/2007-03-10T00:33:00.017+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17543351/Normally, Home Gamers expect to hear buy calls from Cramer, but today he picked out a couple of offerings that investors should ignore -- unless, of course, the price is right.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17543033/2007-03-10T00:00:29.793+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17543033/Cramer gives his take on Dell, Under Armour, Bausch & Lomb and more...http://www.cnbc.com/id/17542549/2007-03-09T23:41:33.083+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17542549/There’s a better way to make money off March Madness than the office pool – and you probably have better odds when you’re watching Mad Money.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17542357/2007-03-09T23:26:15.607+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17542357/In stocks, good earnings aren’t always what drive prices. It’s who shoots first in the battle of the bulls versus the bears. Next week, they’ll be giving each other the thousand-yard stare.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17541926/2007-03-09T23:15:27.140+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17541926/The aerospace firm was awarded a $400 million contract for F-16 aircraft sales to several foreign countries and also won a $248 million contract to support the F-22 weapon system, the Pentagon said on Friday.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17541853/2007-03-09T22:35:01.343+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17541853/In this market, how would you invest a million dollars? That’s what CNBC.com wanted to know, and here are some of your answers: http://www.cnbc.com/id/17541790/2007-03-09T22:49:15.527+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17541790/You've seen the headlines - the guys tell you what's behind these stories, and what traders are saying about the news to each other.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17541165/2007-03-10T01:39:23.553+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17541165/After last week's market turbulence, the impact of Friday's jobs report takes on even more weight. Two analysts joined "Closing Bell" to discuss how investors may have digested the figures -- and what they'll be watching for next.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17541142/2007-03-09T22:32:06.953+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17541142/This weekend marks "Selection Sunday." It's the unofficial start of the NCAA's March Madness, and for most, the "unofficial" start of the office pool.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540982/2007-03-10T01:52:16.173+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540982/Over the past few weeks, we saw what happens to companies who make home loans to people who cannot repay them. But the same so called sub-prime credit is not only used to buy houses. A Federal Reserve official said today that people with shaky credit might not be able to pay back a wide range of loans on everything from flat screen TV’s to motorcycles. Where will the next shoe drop as bad lending practices hit other industries?http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540669/2007-03-10T01:27:25.027+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540669/Wall Street has a new love; who’s thin, smart, and fast. This romance is with the semiconductor chip. Now that you’re playing more games on your Razr and about to enjoy March Madness on your new flat screen TV, the sector's enjoying a rebound after suffering from a flood of chips in '06. With Texas Instruments issuing a business update on Monday, is there still fast money to be made in the fast chips?http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540653/2007-03-10T01:25:18.450+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540653/Goldman Sachs … Lehman Brothers … Bear Stearns … these names conjure images of one thing - making money. But with a mortgage lending crisis brewing and a recent stock market swoon, these three investment banks have lost a combined $17 billion in market value in the last month. Next week, they release earnings. Is the broker bull run over, or should you bet with the house?http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540638/2007-03-10T01:24:28.513+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540638/Here's our Fast Money Final Trade. Our guys give you Monday's best trades, tonight!http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540635/2007-03-10T01:52:54.770+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540635/The mortgage lender has also stopped writing new loans to people who do not make down payments, a spokeswoman said.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540588/2007-03-09T21:22:44.873+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540588/Former NFL player Bill Romanowski can do many things in life now that his career is over. One thing he can’t do is launch his <a href="http://www.getneuro1.com/" linktype="External" target="_blank" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">own nutrition company</a>. I mean, what’s more absurd than that? Sure the guy was legendary for taking tons of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes - you name it. But the dude admitted to using human growth hormone. So with all that in mind, I walk into work this morning and get this e-mail in my box ... http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540570/2007-03-09T21:52:58.140+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540570/How can you appreciate the thrill of victory without suffering the agony of defeat. Following are the guy's stock picks that left them grabbing their sides, doubled over in pain, or otherwise injured.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540141/2007-03-10T02:22:19.820+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540141/Jennie from NY says she’s planning on taking a trip to Vegas this summer and noticed some volatility in the casino sector. Is buying into Las Vegas Sands the way to go or is there a better play?http://www.cnbc.com/id/17540134/2007-03-10T01:44:17.927+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17540134/Every once in a while, I have to sit back and admire the work of our reporters. While I get breaking news on the air, they’re the ones who actually break the news. ... I often joke that “scripts are for wimps!” -- but in order to be a good anchor or reporter, you really have to have that attitude. And ours do.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17539617/2007-03-12T21:11:57.007+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17539617/"I am concerned by the dollar's decline and the shift of foreign investors into non-dollar reserve currencies and assets. Until the dollar stabilizes, the stock market will be volatile due to funds flowing into safer investments." -- C.R., CAhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17539597/2007-03-12T20:44:24.830+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17539597/Hollywood talent agencies are always selling stars, negotiating to get their clients big gigs, whether its writing, starring in, or directing movies and TV shows. But now, the super-agency, which has more than 3,000 clients, is teaming up with an Internet video-streaming company to actually create TV-quality programs for consumers to watch on computers, cell phones and other gadgets like iPods. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17539561/2007-03-09T20:41:32.340+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17539561/Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to keep benchmark short-term interest rates on hold for some time but leans strongly toward the bank's next move being a rate cut, according to a Reuters poll on Friday.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17539064/2007-03-09T20:01:22.777+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17539064/A Republican who backs marketplace regulations might seem paradoxical -- but Michael Oxley, ex-GOP representative, co-authored the sweeping 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Does the former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee still approve of "SarBox"? He gave his views, on "Power Lunch."http://www.cnbc.com/id/17538377/2007-03-09T19:56:53.560+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17538377/Trump Entertainment Resorts shares rose sharply Friday, fueled by speculation of a potential sale of the hotel and gaming company, CNBC's David Faber reported. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17538230/2007-03-09T20:02:28.620+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17538230/Shares of Yahoo  tumbled Friday amid reports that the Web portal's deal with AT&T to sell high-speed Internet access may be on shaky ground.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17538087/2007-03-09T20:54:29.697+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17538087/Wages haven't kept up with productivity gains, making the current economic expansion good for corporate profits, but not so good for hourly workers. Wage growth is good news for consumer spending -- and not inflationary -- as long as productivity continues to increase.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17538057/2007-03-09T20:49:25.853+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17538057/Is the worst over?Since the market's recent selloff began Feb. 27, stocks have been slowly climbing their way back. But most analysts think the market is due for further declines, though not necessarily huge ones. http://www.cnbc.com/id/17537911/2007-03-10T23:45:25.703+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17537911/Indiana University's Winston Kotzan and friends had a vision: Bring Mad Money to Bloomington. Thanks to them, your favorite 63-year-old CNBC stock picker rolls into town April 4. Here's their story.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17537860/2007-03-09T19:00:13.267+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17537860/The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued a public health advisory for three widely-used drugs manufactured by Amgen for the treatment of anemia.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17537543/2007-03-09T20:30:14.670+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17537543/OK, that may be an exaggeration, but wow, what a difference a year makes. The giant <a href="http://www.go3.com.au/" linktype="External" target="_blank" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">Electronics Entertainment Expo</a> that rolled into Los Angeles every year, with 60,000 crazed gamers, will be dramatically scaled back this year to an intimate 5,000 attendees. And that means the <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/" linktype="External" target="_blank" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false">Computer Games Developer Conference</a> in San Francisco this week, with its 16,000-plus conventioneers, now ascends to the top spot as the industry's biggest gathering.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17536732/2007-03-09T19:21:24.620+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17536732/Mixed messages: analysts decoding Friday's jobs report see a slightly disappointing February, but a stronger December and January. However, the different numbers didn't stop two experts from telling "Morning Call" that the news is good.http://www.cnbc.com/id/17536680/2007-03-09T18:37:27.293+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/17536680/