CNBCfix

Comcast jettisoning CNBC,
MSNBC, most cable properties

Paper: "The deal would uncouple reliable growth assets, such as the Peacock streaming service and NBCU's sports properties, from the eroding economics of cable ... The spinoff is indicative of the growing weakness of cable as a medium. Stand-alone cable networks have become complex but toxic assets in the modern media lineup ..."
Craig Moffett: "Investors have yearned for exactly this, or at least something close to it, for years"

Jay Leno, 74, falls down hills, hits head on a rock

Still went on to perform his show later that day at the Yaamava' Resort & Casino in Highland, California, and sought medical attention once he got back to Los Angeles. "It's not that big of a deal. It's all right, it's all right"

University’s concession stand asks for NIL athletics donations

Sportswriter: "That's an interesting angle. At least they asked. I have a feeling some schools are just going to add NIL onto the price of the item. And tickets"

Howard Stern, 70, warns NFLX about buffering

"People are p-----"

Director pulls ‘The Substance’ from fest after chief’s comments

"Should we reject what is esteemed and valuable just to 'make space' for the necessity of social change?"
Reax: "Highly misogynistic and offensive words"

Lawrence Summers, 69, still warning inflation’s roaring back

"Democrats have lost sight of the common man and woman in favor of the attitudes and philosophies of the faculty common room"
Admits: "The outcome was distinctly more towards Trump than would have been my best guess, but not shocking"

AAP seriously reducing its footprint

Announced plans to shutter over 700 stores by mid-2025

‘Mystery’ Trader Joe’s item already selling out

Mystery packs feature three collectible grocery bags inside, for $2.99

Aaron, 41, on coming back: ‘I think so, yeah’

AP: "If the Jets cut Rodgers before June 1 next year, they'd incur a $49 million dead money charge; it would be $14 million after June 1"

Eva, 49, bolts

"Even before [the pandemic], it was changing. The vibe was different. And then COVID happened, and it pushed it over the edge. Whether it's the homelessness or the taxes, not that I want to s--- on California — it just feels like this chapter in my life is done now"

Died: Gerry Faust, 89, got 5 years at dream job

30-26-1

Pa. school board president asked to resign over election post

Paper: "Expressed disappointment in the outcome of the presidential election, calling those who voted for president-elect Donald Trump 'selfish,' followed by two expletives"

NFLX ad tier surges; Christmas Day games sold out

"FanDuel will be the official sportsbook partner, with an in-game segment featuring on-air talent; Verizon, meanwhile, will be the kickoff sponsor"

AMZN shutting down Freevee

"Programming will still be available at no charge for users who don't subscribe to Prime Video"

Jack Del Rio, 61, drives into stop sign, yard, arrested

"I have decided to step away from my position with the team, so they can focus all their attention on the remainder of the season"

Died: Julia Brigden, 75, muse of music legends

Paper: "In 1966, the teenager married her boyfriend, 27-year-old David Freiberg, a founding member of the San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. When Freiberg later joined Jefferson Starship, he co-wrote their 1979 song 'Jane' about Brigden"

Collectors still hurt by Brady’s, 47, disastrous Miami signing

"I have completely lost every ounce of respect I had for Brady, which is terrible because I was one of the biggest Brady collectors out there. I just want the stuff out of my house. I would love to know why he did that. Maybe he wasn't trying to be an a-hole. I don't know his side"

Rex Reed, 86: Tom Hanks’, 68, ‘Here’ is ‘tedious waste of time’

"Might not be the first film in the abominable new process called A.I., but I pray it will be the last"

Buffoon refuses to pay for $3.72M case of Gretzky cards

"The winning bidder — a Canadian real estate agent — never paid any of the $3.72 million purchase price for the 16-box case that was offered at Heritage Auctions last February"
Claimed he paid $3 million; auction house says $0: "I'm not so passionate about it as I've seen, like, other people in the sports collecting world, like how they're so into it, and it's like their lives kind of revolve around it"
Expert: "This is the first time that a high profile item like this, that I can remember, has sold ... and the item is kind of in limbo"

Pair of knuckleheads fail to scale Mt. Whitney

Paper: "One hiker reportedly told responders that she has 'a mass in her brain that is sensitive to barometric pressure.' ... Inyo SAR listed several things that went amiss before and during the incident, the first being the hikers 'attempting Mt. Whitney without prior experience, proper preparation, or essential items such as a map, weather forecast, and bear canister' "

Jay Leno, 74: Election was ‘a great day for democracy’

"There was no cheating; everybody said it was honest"
Late-night TV then and now: "It was different in my day. You kind of made fun of both sides. So you got angry letters from both sides. Now you kind of have to take a side. It's a little bit different, but the nice thing about this election is, it was fair. I was not a fan, but that's OK"
San Francisco columnist: "Democracy died in plain sight ... Americans were so hyped for four more years of this s—t that Trump won last night in a walk. He carried the popular vote too, so I can't even blame the Electoral College this time around ..."

Nick Bosa, 27, says MAGA hat stunt was ‘well worth it’

"It's an important time"

Taylor’s, 34, endorsement fails

"Many of Swift's A-list peers who support Harris in this year's presidential election have made appearances at various rallies ..."

In April, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, 52,
said he wouldn’t repeat endorsement of Biden, 81

"Am I happy with the state of America right now? Well, that answer's no ... goal is to bring this country together ... keep my politics to myself"

Make-up call: NBC gives Trump free football ad after ‘SNL’

"Including an unusual ad during Sunday’s NASCAR coverage"

White House altered transcript of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks

AP: "The transcript released by the White House press office, however, rendered the quote with an apostrophe, reading 'supporter's' rather than 'supporters,' which aides said pointed to Biden criticizing Hinchcliffe, not the millions of Americans who are supporting Trump for president"

Mag: ‘Streaming service Peacock is nowhere near profitable’

Meanwhile, Comcast interested in spinoff of CNBC, other channels: "Spinning cable networks into their own company will make it easier for Comcast to cleave off its TV properties and sell them"

Man walks out less than halfway through Demi Moore’s ‘Substance’

"While my neighbor and I were riveted ... my poor squeamish husband had to walk out before the first half. ... could have been just as strong without the excesses in the second half?"

Baltimore Sun dismantles entire Features Department

Paper: "The guild said it is 'devastated' for the city's chefs, artists, musicians and business owners 'who are no longer considered worthy of coverage by their hometown newspaper— and for readers, who will lose information they can use to decide how to spend their money and time'"

Tarantino, 61, actually impressed by ‘Joker’ sequel

"I really liked the musical sequences. I got really caught up. I thought the more banal the songs were, the better they were"

Skydance clarifies: David Ellison, not Larry, will run Paramount

"In its initial filing, Skydance said that Larry Ellison (who is contributing the bulk of the cash in the deal) alongside Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital would control the new company through various corporate entities"

Cops tipped off workers about PEP plant’s closing

Paper: "Police officers who know employees at the plant had called them Sunday to ask why they were being asked to come to the plant, Carter-Patton said"

Tony Hinchcliffe, 40, tried out ‘garbage’ joke at club first

"Made a surprise appearance Saturday night"

Nick Bosa, 27, crashes NBC postgame wearing MAGA hat

"1st-time offender of the 'personal messages' uniform policy could be hit with $11,255 fine"

Relatives of Jerry Jones, 82, injured in bizarre traffic accident

Car drove over "rising barricade" outside Levi's Stadium

WashPost loses 200,000 subscribers over lack of endorsement

Bezos, 60: "While I do not and will not push my personal interest, I will also not allow this paper to stay on autopilot and fade into irrelevance"

Died: Phil Lesh, 84, bassist for the Grateful Dead

"After the group’s dissolution following Garcia's 1995 death, Lesh often skipped joining the other surviving members when they got together to perform. He did take part in a 2009 Grateful Dead tour and again in 2015 for a handful of 'Fare Thee Well' concerts marking both the band’s 50th anniversary and what Lesh said would be the last time he would play with the others"

Steve Liesman hasn’t heard ‘good response’ from Harris on inflation

"After I listened to the 2 debates and have been following the campaigns, I do not hear a good response from the Harris team about the inflation issue. I don't hear a good response about the immigration issue. Those are 2 really important issues"

Far fewer newspapers endorse Harris in 2024 than Biden in 2020

"Notable endorsements for Harris include the Winston-Salem Chronicle, New York Times, Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Denver Post, The Las Vegas Sun, Los Angeles Sentinel, Seattle Times, The Star-Ledger, Tennessee Tribune, Scientific American and San Antonio Express"

L.A. Times editor quits after owner blocks endorsement

"It makes us look craven and hypocritical, maybe even a bit sexist and racist. How could we spend eight years railing against Trump and the danger his leadership poses to the country and then fail to endorse the perfectly decent Democrat challenger — who we previously endorsed for the U.S. Senate?"

Ted Danson, 76, apologizes to Kelsey, 69, for some ‘Cheers’ slight

"It's stuck in both of our memories. But I feel like I missed out on the last 30 years of Kelsey Grammer and I feel like it's my bad, my doing ..."

San Jose approves 6th COST store — most in the U.S.

"Proximity to a high school and traffic concerns"

Ted, 60, says succeeding Iger, 73, ‘not even on my mind’

"I understand their business pretty well, but not their business culture"

For some reason, Stanley Tucci ‘couldn’t get a job’ after ‘Prada’

"I didn’t quite understand that, but that's just the way it was"

Hollywood expert Scott Feinberg ranks ‘September 5’ Oscars No. 1

"Anora" comes in at 4th

Levi’s heir surges in San Francisco mayor polls

"Pitch that the city needs a political outsider is clearly resonating with some residents"

Golden Globes deems Demi’s ‘Substance’ as Musical/Comedy

"In the end, a deciding consideration may well have been where Moore will stand the strongest shot at a nomination, or even a win"

Speculations: Who might be on James Gorman’s short list?

We're guessing Nelson isn't going to make the cut ...

0.169%: Drunkard, 20, plows through Omaha cemetery

"It hit a few monuments. We don't have an estimate yet on the damage"

Former NBC exec regrets marketing ‘The Apprentice’

"His real boardroom was too old and shabby for TV"

San Francisco hit by surge of fake anti-Israel ads

"These do appear to be vandalism and not purchased ads"

CNBC appears to be giving Sully opportunities

Channel's funniest anchor doing great as utility man, needs bigger stage

TMZ posts, then removes, Liam Payne death photos

"We're not showing the whole body, but you can clearly see his tattoo"

Hiker fatally crushed by tree on grueling Yosemite hike

"Difficult and steep 9.6-mile hike round trip"

Woman, man die when sneaker wave hits Oahu beach

"They were on the shore either watching or taking photos. They were not swimming. The surf came up and washed them in"

Ravens fan who attacked Commanders fans is fired

"After internet sleuths tracked down the attacker’s alleged identity, the insurance firm Maury Donnelly & Parr, Inc. announced that the alleged attacker was out of a job"

Why tech VIPs eat at Menlo Park restaurant:
‘Nobody’s asking for an autograph’

Joan Baez: "It's a really warm place to be. And it's elegant; the food is beautiful. People don't bother me much. If they do, they're nice"

PARA sweetens golden parachutes for co-CEOs

"Paramount’s Compensation Committee also gave the co-CEOs protection to receive their pay even if they decide to leave the company if they’re demoted"

Aaron Ross, Ross Aaron:
Daily Beast doesn’t know that
his name is Andrew Ross Sorkin

“I would bet from a pure media, eyeballs readership way… I think people are fascinated by former President Trump. And so, if you’re asking me strictly on that basis, what it portends for the next four years of the media business ...”

BA layoff plan suggests deep white-collar job cuts

"Choosing not to lay off employees on strike"

LYV hit with class action suit over massive Ticketmaster breach

Paper: "Users fault Ticketmaster for failing to ensure that Snowflake, which wasn’t named in the complaint, adhered to reasonable security measures"

Trump slams ‘The Apprentice’

"(Do they even have the right to use that name without approval?)"
Writer: Influenced by "Barry Lyndon," "has a 'Boogie Nights' energy to it"

Demi Moore, 61, to star in Oakland director’s shoplifting film

Paper: "The story follows a group of shoplifters, called the Velvet Gang, who 'boost' from department stores to make a living, eventually coming into conflict with the head of a luxury fashion brand. Little else is known about the film's plot"

AAPL, AMZN strike TV deal

Paper: "Apple TV+ will cost $9.99 per month, and as with other streaming add-ons for Prime Video, users will be able to watch all their content within the Prime Video app. Apple TV+ will be added later this month"

Atlanta Braves sue ex-employee over Aaron bases

"Heritage sued the team for defamation and attempting to interfere in its business"

Qantas apologizes for showing ‘Daddio’ to everyone on flight

"You should've heard the audible gasps across the plane ... was featuring Dakota Johnson and I really thought they were playing 'Madame Web' or something — I honestly don't know if that would've been worse"

Major Napa Valley wine company sells for nearly $2 billion

Paper: "Wall Street is usually a death knell for wine brands seeking an initial public offering. When Robert Mondavi Winery tried it in 1993, it led to a 'hostile takeover' by Constellation Brands, a Fortune 500 beverage company. But Duckhorn found success in its IPO"

Ackman’s wife, 48, is the real ‘Megalopolis’ architect

Francis claimed he wanted people on the project who'd been "canceled": "What I didn't want to happen is that we're deemed some woke Hollywood production"

Ohio TV reporter shot in apparent domestic incident

“This morning, our friend and colleague Winnie Dortch was the victim of a brutal domestic violence attack"

Flop era is back

"Harris compared 'Megalopolis' with 'Heaven's Gate' ... The narrative that got written almost before the movie was seen by anyone was, 'Is he too big for his britches?'"

$400 million for Floyd

"There seems little question that Waters' incendiary comments, which have made him a pariah from all but his biggest fans and cost him his solo record deal, devalued the catalog"

Edmund Fitzgerald cited as motive for mapping Great Lakes

Congressman:“I know ranking members suggested finding the Edmund Fitzgerald would be a valuable thing but there must be more to it than that"
AP: "The wreckage was actually located days after the ship went down"

Bay Area charger company abruptly shuts down

"The message also notes, 'Commercial charging stations will lose functionality in the absence of software continuity' — without Enel's app, drivers won’t be able find, reserve or connect with charging stations out in public"

CNBC hiring Wealth Reporter

"Candidate should be skilled at developing sources in the wealth-management, family offices and private banking world, and finding information in an industry typically averse to public attention and media coverage ..."

Pete Rose, 83, was signing autographs right up to the end

"Had flown back to Nevada after appearing at a card and autograph show in Nashville alongside other teammates on the 1970s Cincinnati Reds, including Johnny Bench, Dave Concepcion, George Foster, Tony Perez and Ken Griffey, Sr. Rose was seated in a wheelchair"

Lionsgate offering employees voluntary buyouts

"Challenging operating environment ... and achieve greater cost efficiencies ... released a series of underperforming titles in the past two months ... doesn't include Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis,' which the studio distributed but the director self-financed ... saying all executive vps and above will need to be working on-site five days a week starting in the new year ..."

Columnist: ‘Megalopolis’ ‘is a piece of s---’

"This movie is garbage. ... It doesn't work at all. I'm sorry I watched it, and I will genuinely think less of anyone who finds it redeemable"

$20,000 Babe Ruth card stolen from New England shop

"I feel as though I was set up"

Auction of Ohtani ball snagged by fan’s lawsuit

"I think he was disappointed that he had a ball in his hands and some guy took it away from him. Obviously after the fact, everybody's talking about hey the ball's worth millions of dollars or whatever they're saying. But in the moment I think he was just a kid trying to catch a ball in the outfield at the game"

Tepper says Fed needs to do ‘2 or 3’ more cuts

"Powell told you something. ... He told you some kind of recalibration. He has to follow through somewhat. I'm not that smart. I just read what they say and do they have conviction ..."

‘What they’re NOW saying’ — David Muir somehow wins Emmy

Outstanding live news program

Letter writer questions critic roster at Rotten Tomatoes

"There are all kinds of people reviewing movies who seem somewhat random, and the overall quality of criticism seems to have gone way down"

Francis, 85, compares fall of Rome to current U.S. politics

"Well, today, America is Rome, and they're about to go through the same experience ... It was very prescient to do a movie about America as Rome because it's going to happen in a few months .. Our senates and our representatives are all wealthy and manipulating their own power rather than running the country and then we're in danger of losing it"

Owner sends A’s fans goodbye letter with embarrassing typo

"Brought up 'the 1989 Loma Preita earthquake in Game 3 of the Bay Bridge Series'"

Chicago Bears QB, WR focused on who gets
to keep TD ball during tight 21-16 game

"After Odunze hauled in the scoring strike, he and Williams celebrated with a choreographed celebration that saw the rookie signal-caller chase after the receiver to try and retrieve the memento"

CSCO layoffs sting Bay Area

"Seventeen vice presidents and five senior vice presidents are on the list, as are slews of directors, managers, analysts and engineers"

Michelle Obama, 60, makes surprise visit to COST

Promoting Plezi Nutrition, a new brand making 'healthier and delicious' snacks

Chicago City Council member deletes ‘Mazol Tov’ pager post

"It's a tweet. If a handful of my colleagues don't like my personal tweets, they are free to unfollow my account"

Ben Roethlisberger, 42: Steelers should keep starting Justin Fields

"I think that he has earned, deserves the right to stay there"

Andy, 56, orders ’em back to office 5 days a week

"When we look back over the last five years, we continue to believe that the advantages of being together in the office are significant"

Appeals court sacks Favre’s, 54, suit against Sharpe, 59

AP: "Sharpe said Favre was 'taking from the underserved,' that he 'stole money from people that really needed that money' and that someone would have to be a sorry person 'to steal from the lowest of the low'"

Emmy ratings jump 54%, stop streak of all-time lows

Competed against Bears-Texans game

Megan’s scoop: Jensen in suit!

Claims he's "not very informed" about the tariff situation

Error-in spelling: CNBC can’t
even get ‘Al Michaels’ right

Legendary sportscaster hopes not to hear CLF as Final Trade

Died: Chad McQueen, 63, son of Steve was in ‘Karate Kid’

Injured in a fall in 2020, never fully recovered

Carolina Panthers tickets are NFL’s cheapest for Week 2

Luke Combs: "absolutely gruesome" to watch

Salvador Rodriguez returns to CNBC in tech editor role

Previously with WSJ, will continue to be based in Bay Area

Kevin Hart’s, 45, fast food chain suddenly shutters

"Sought to reinvent the labor model with higher wages and health care coverage for hourly workers, as well as 'a lifestyle spending account with access to things like Netflix subscriptions, and access to an interest-earning savings account to which the company contributed'"

No joke: Decades-old SF comedy-hub bar closes without warning

“You were pretty much guaranteed an audience most of the time"

Ajit Jain, 73, dumps more than half of Berkshire stake

"This appears to be a signal that Ajit views Berkshire as being fully valued"

Debate lapse: Candidates never asked in Pa. about U.S. Steel

David Muir not interested in bailout future of company given both candidates will reject deal

Chappell Roan, 26, gets into vulgar argument on red carpet

"Tell 'em, girl!"

Angry bettors send Auburn QB Venmo requests for money

“It’s funny, when they lose money, they want the money back, but when they win money on the parley, no one’s ever saying they want to pay the money"

Shailene Woodley, 32, to star in Janis Joplin biopic

Gets commitment for $2.49 million tax credit from California Film Commission

Boeing union leader expects machinists to reject agreement

Paper: "On Monday, hundreds of Machinists marched in protest through the Everett widebody jet plant during the lunch break, then gathered outside facing the factory's giant doors, shaking their fists in the air and chanting 'Strike! Strike! Strike!'"

AP: Brady debut ‘awkward’

"Sideline reporter Erin Andrews made sure to let Dallas coach Mike McCarthy know that Brady had been complimentary of his play calling. Charissa Thompson gave him a couple of shout-outs when she broke in with score updates on the game between Tampa Bay, one of his former teams, and the Washington Commanders. ... Brady's commentary was knowledgeable, as expected, but also lacking in personality ... awkward laughs, a cringey fist-bump with rules analyst Mike Pereira, and a lot of calling players by their first names ... made excuses for the Browns while trying to find positives in a dreadful performance ..."

‘Megalopolis’ might be mega-bust

Could "rank among the lowest wide launches of the revered filmmaker's career, and put the movie in danger of incurring major losses"

Commanders content VP fired after gotcha video

Paper: "Enteen bashed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, calling him a '$50 million puppet,' and said Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones — whom he claimed hates gay people and Black people — actually runs the league"

CNBC’s Fast Money crew says bailout may be next for U.S. Steel

"You could have them try to bail out the steel industry. Which becomes even more inflationary. And you're buying- and you're directly buying votes then"

Michelin-rated Oakland bar played loud music 18 hours a day

"For more than two years, Plaintiff lived in an ongoing state of anxiety, sleeplessness, and exhaustion because he was unable to work, relax, or sleep at his home without the constant interruption of blaring music, pounding bass, and the noise of boisterous crowds"

WME agent apologizes for Gaza-related text message

"In the aftermath of the text's fallout, Mahershala Ali has been reassigned and may be leaving the agency"

Jason Calacanis turbocharges restaurant with onion ring request

"He's always been very kind to staff, just extremely generous to everybody and polite. And I thought, you know what? He brings all these folks in, he's been coming in for a long time. He's been a really good customer. He's asking for something that other people ask for, too. Why am I not doing it? Let's give the people what they want ... That weekend we were just slammed. We had some of our busiest days, where the cooks were vigorously cutting onion rings in the kitchen and they couldn't keep up. We actually at one point ran out of onions and had to run across the street to the supermarket to buy more onions"

Ex-A’s pitcher calls San Francisco ‘hell hole’ after 49ers player shot

"The mentally ill Libs will still tell you how beautiful it is all while they get mugged and step in s—."

Fans in Harrisburg often get Baltimore Ravens on TV

"In 2024 with the incredible slate of entertainment options we all enjoy, it's hard to believe we're still using this obsolete system and denying the people what they want — and in Harrisburg they want their Sundays to be black and gold"

Chicago Teachers Union leader apparently blames Jamie Dimon
for city’s financial situation

"You can go to Jamie Dimon at Morgan Chase and tell them to renegotiate those toxic payday loans from the Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Rauner era. ... You can figure out how to tax the rich and have those proceeds go to schools ..."

New York Giants unretire No. 1 so first-round pick can wear it

"There were a few things. Probably one of the most important is I kind of polled my family. I've got two sons and a daughter. And, of course, that's their grandfather. Initially, my daughter wasn't that excited about it"

Mayor, 75, sucker-punched in broad daylight on street corner

Assailant looked "rough": "I kept my eye on him, but as he approached, he just hauled off and slugged the mayor right in the back, square in the back ..."

$1 trillion market cap!

"These businesses trade at relatively much lower valuations, versus tech companies which are not a major part of Berkshire's business mix. Moreover, Berkshire has achieved this through a conglomerate structure, a model that many view as 'archaic,' as corporations have increasingly moved to specialization over the decades"

Channing Tatum, 44, gets same line from airport security all the time

"I remember we did a table read and it wasn't even that funny at the table read. It was like whatever. And all of a sudden, man"

Man spent $22,500 on bogus ‘signed’ 1916 Red Sox ball

"Each signature on the baseball has no texture and all have smooth effect which indicates they have been mechanically produced"

Perfect condition Chamberlain rookie found at grocery store

"15 minutes after it arrived I had a bunch of missed calls from the staff"

$24 million! Called Shot jersey lands record price

AP: "Heritage said Ruth gave the road jersey to one of his golfing buddies in Florida around 1940 and it remained in that family for decades. Then, in the early 1990s, that man's daughter sold it to a collector. It was then sold at auction in 2005 for $940,000 and remained in a private collection until being consigned to Heritage this year"

Gorman, 66, chairing latest bid to find Iger’s, 73, successor

"Iger initially agreed to a 2-year contract ... But in July 2023, Iger agreed to a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Disney through the end of 2026 ..."

Can they buy a vowel?

CNBC graphics crews still having trouble with spellcheck

‘Megalopolis’ trailer pulled, had fake critic quotes

"As an experiment, SFGATE asked an AI chatbot to supply excerpts from negative reviews of 'The Godfather.' The chatbot supplied fabricated quotes that it falsely attributed to real reviewers and publications, so there’s a chance the trailer’s quotes are also the result of an AI hallucination"

Oakland bystanders hold driver suspected in hit-and-run

"He tried to blend in and act as if he wasn't driving the vehicle, but he couldn't really explain it all the way, and he was bleeding from his forehead down to his face"

The Whole World Wasn’t Watching: Biden speaks near midnight

AP: "Biden's speech, billed as the marquee event of the evening, was pushed into late night as the convention program lagged more than an hour behind schedule. The delay led convention organizers to cancel a performance from legendary musician James Taylor"

Disneyland overhauling Peter Pan’s Flight

"The changes update the scene of the Never Land Tribe"

Carl, 88, agrees to pay $2 million in SEC fines

"Cumulative personal borrowing was as much as $5 billion"

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens in light blue on Ga. nuke beat

"First newly built nuclear reactors in the U.S. in more than 3 decades"

Massive Bay Area estate sells at auction for half price

Once home to late real estate developer and former Seattle Seahawks owner Ken Behring

Died: Beccy Barr, 46, worked for CNBC in London

Quit at 41 to be a firefighter

Eric Schmidt, 69, walks back comments on remote work

"I misspoke about Google and their work hours. I regret my error"
Had said: "I'm sorry to be so blunt. But the fact of the matter is, if you all leave the university and go found a company, you're not gonna let people work from home and only come in one day a week if you want to compete against the other startups"

Carmel mansion once owned by Clint Eastwood, 94, hits the market

"Brad Pitt bought an oceanfront castle just outside of the seaside town in 2022"

Man, 61, found dead inside grain bin

Attempting to remove a small amount of grain

CNBC misspells Mellody Hobson in screen text listing Trian scoop

Corrected a couple minutes later

CNBC misspells name of late Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki

"Key partner in Google's early years ..."

SF Denny’s, once the state’s most expensive, closes

"The cost of doing business is tremendous. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them"

Double red: CNBC’s gorgeous Seema Mody and Expedia CEO

"We had a strong 2nd quarter ..."

CNBC still yet to tap AI to perform spellcheck

Dom Chu: "Disney pulling back the curtain on parks, cruise lines and movie franchise expansions as it looks to hit the Iger reset button and turn around its sagging stock price"

65 VIX seems bogus

"Actual trades matter more than market quotes. In the case of a big market move outside of normal market hours, investors might find the front-month VIX future to be a better measure of hedging demand than the VIX itself"

Kid who was given Cal Ripken card in 1980 sells it for $69,000

"A similar set, with blue borders, was given away at a game that year. Most of those were destroyed immediately after the game"

Contractor finds 1939 baseball cards in walls of a barn

"Among the 52 cards was a 1939 Ted Williams rookie card"

Portland candidate used $6,400 in tax $$$ to edit Wiki page

"The commissioner requested the sentence, 'Gonzalez was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, where his father worked as a trial judge and federal prosecutor' be changed to read, 'Gonzalez was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, where his father, a Mexican American, worked as a trial judge and federal prosecutor.' The volunteer editor wrote that he denied the request because, 'his father's ethnicity is already mentioned in the personal life section' of his profile"

COST’s California entry scanners create new ‘choke point’

"Led to lines and lots of time spent by employees explaining how it works"

$47 million: DIS claims streaming profit

Iger: "Driven largely by the success of our creativity"

Kenny Pickett, 26, could be at risk of losing No. 2 job in Philly

Sports reporter: "Might be time to have the Tanner McKee over Kenny Pickett discussion. Would be very curious to see them both get reps with the 1st team offense just to see who does better. It might be McKee"

Kate Winslet, 48, old enough for Zurich fest’s Golden Icon

"Breakout debut in Peter Jackson's 'Heavenly Creatures'"

CNet price trend: From $1.8 billion to $500 million to $100 million

Axios laying off 50; Broadcasting & Cable to shut down

Longtime host back for 3rd stint at Bay Area radio station

"Somewhat surprising": "He was fired from the station in 2005 when he made offensive comments about San Francisco Giants players and drew the ire of manager Felipe Alou, who referred to Krueger as a 'messenger of Satan' on an ESPN show"

Died: Jay Kanter, 97, agent for Brando, Monroe

Lemmon's character in "The Apartment" apparently based on him

Affleck, Damon developing movie about Hulk Hogan gawker case

"The case surrounded a 2012 article that included portions of the video filmed six years prior, and it led to Gawker’s website being shut down"

Iger, 73, Willow Bay, 60, control world’s most valuable women’s team

$250 million valuation: "Angel City's board will continue to include Natalie Portman, Julie Uhrman, Alexis Ohanian and Gillian Berry, according to the team"

$42.99 a month for Venu

AP: "Still has many hurdles to clear, including regulatory approval, before it launches"

Died: Sandy Bresler, 87, Jack Nicholson’s longtime agent

Met the eventual Oscar winner in the California Air National Guard

‘Rounders’ sequel?

"I just saw Edward Norton a few weeks ago, [and] all of us want to do it ... You’ve got to figure out the chain of title and who owns it, and everybody’s got their hand in the pot ...”

Ackman, 58, withdraws IPO

"Currently, he has more than one million followers on social media platform X. On the platform, he has expressed his views on topics including the U.S. presidential election and antisemitism"

Sheriff defends decision not to jail 1st person arrested for violating Portland’s camping rules

"I believe we need to utilize the corrections system as a place for people who pose a genuine danger to the public, and that does not include individuals whose only offense is living unsheltered"

Lines were everywhere at national baseball card show

"There are lines to get in the door in the morning. There are lines to get coffee. There are big lines for lunch. There are lines to the bathrooms (downstairs is slightly better and the VIP lounge area is the best) ..."

Target shutting down East Palo Alto store

Popular location for back-to-school items for Stanford students

NFLX doing debt offering to raise $1.8 billion

First since the company was elevated to investment grade; last was April 2020

Jimmy Kimmel, 56, won’t host next year’s Oscars

"He's been vocal in recent years about his desire to have more balance in his life, which played into his decision to take the summers off"

Cleveland’s 8th time hosting baseball card show probably its last

"The show has simply outgrown the I-X Center’s overall capacity to hold the 100,000-plus crowds that would now appear to be the norm. The lack of hotels within walking distance, traffic entering and exiting the property and parking were all issues that regular attendees have complained about"

Google inexplicably pulls plug on newspaper columnist’s website

"The only thing I could think of is, my account was deleted exactly at midnight, and my blog posts automatically at midnight. Thursday’s was fairly benign ..."

Olympics taking heat for ‘Last Supper’ tableau

"If people have taken any offense we are, of course, really, really sorry"

James Woods, 77, was told not to promote
‘Oppenheimer’ due to his right-wing views

"When 'Oppenheimer' came out, there was a discussion about my Twitter, and it was gently suggested that I basically remain invisible — which was painful"
"Woods added that anybody looking to make a career in Hollywood has 'no chance' if they are outspoken about their conservative views"

JD, 39, irks Jen, 55

"All I can say is… Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day"

CNBC hangs up on ‘Last Call’

Replaced by — what else — "Shark Tank" reruns: "Anchor Brian Sulliivan is expected to stay with CNBC, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the network aims to find positions for the ten or so staffers who worked on the show"

Beyoncé reportedly gave Harris permission to use ‘Lemonade’

Last-minute approval from singer's reps for "Freedom"

Died: Jerry Fuller, 85, wrote ‘Travelin’ Man’ for Ricky Nelson

"Show and Tell" for Al Wilson; discovered Glen Campbell

Ackman, 58, on conspiracy rampage

“If I were China, I would invade Taiwan tomorrow" ... "If this were a hostage situation, that letter would not qualify as proof of life"

Cher, 78, ‘tortured’ by Biden’s exit, thinks Democrats can’t win

AP: "She said it was time to think 'way outside the box' and proposed a split ticket"
Mark Hamill, 72: "Accomplishments unmatched by any president in our lifetime"

NFLX redesigning TV home page

"Our biggest update in a decade ... We've also simplified the navigation bar and moved it to the top of the page ..."

GOPers baffled by Kid Rock performance

"A handful of attendees gyrated along with the musician. Others, however, remained still while displaying reactions of bafflement or revulsion"

Mich. Democrats retaliated against rep who wants Biden to step aside

"Removed from a strategy call about the coordinated campaign"

Scott Wapner contributing to new venture ‘CNBC Sport’

"The company has hired Michael Ozanian ... as a senior sports reporter ... Various CNBC reporters will add beats tied to the topic,\and focusing on the intersection between business and sports. CNBC journalists Alex Sherman, Contessa Brewer, Scott Wapner and Jessica Golden will contribute to the endeavor, while others will contribute reports on individual sports, such as Sara Eisen on Formula 1 and Dominic Chu on golf"

SUV with 5 people inside drives into Yellowstone geyser

"Inadvertently drove off the roadway"

Beloved chef Naomi Pomeroy, 49, dies in inner-tubing accident

Snagged while floating down the Willamette River

$6.99 Prime memberships, 6-month free trials for Prime Day

Offer applies to individuals who receive SNAP, Medicaid or other qualifying government assistance

BlackRock pulls ad that showed Thomas Crooks

"In 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which several unpaid students briefly appeared in the background, including Thomas Matthew Crooks. We will make all video footage available to the appropriate authorities, and we have removed the video from circulation out of respect for the victims"
Markets: Trump Media stock surges

Harry, 39, accepts Tillman Award

Tillman's mother, before ceremony: "I am shocked as to why they would select such a controversial and divisive individual to receive the award. There are recipients that are far more fitting"

AP: $136 million fine is ‘major blow’ to Jane Fraser, 56

"While the regulators said the bank had made progress, there were still significant problems at the bank that required the OCC and Fed to assess additional penalties"

Biden team clapping back at George Clooney, 63

"'The President stayed for over three hours, while Clooney took a photo quickly and left,' the source said"

George, 63, opines to bystander on Biden’s fitness for the job

"I don't think he can serve four more years"

Minnie Driver, 54, won’t live in red state if Trump is elected

"Living in California, you are somewhat insulated. But do you want to go and live in a bubble? Do you run away from the fire or do you go back and help?"

Rob Reiner, 77: ‘It’s time for Joe Biden to step down’

"If the Convicted Felon wins, we lose our Democracy"

Reed, 63, bails on Biden, 81

"Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous"

Died: Robert Towne, 89, superstar screenwriter

Contributed the Brando garden scene to "The Godfather"

Ari Emanuel, 63, unleashes Aspen assault on Biden, Dems

"He said he was going to run for 1 term, and he's doing it to restore democracy. He then runs for a second term — that's the first bit of malarkey, as he would say. He and his cohorts have told us that he's [been] healthy for over a year ..."

Laid-off tech workers doubt ever making high salary again

"When Nexica applied for a nonprofit recruiting job, she found that 1,400 people had applied already — and for significantly less money than the role usually pays. Instead of a salary of around $125,000, this one was offering between $80,000 and $90,000. ... Even been seeing desperate users talking about living in their cars ... Though laid-off tech workers are floundering, staffing agencies in charge of placing them say that their business is booming"

Morgan Stanley sees steepening yield curve if Trump wins

"Increased deficit spending also could lead to climbing long-term rates, the strategists said"

Pat Tillman’s mother ‘shocked’ by award for Prince Harry

"Such a controversial and divisive individual ... There are recipients that are far more fitting"

CNBC.com: Democratic fundraiser says
‘everyone ... thinks Biden should drop out’

"Game over ... Biden's got to leave. He's got to get out now and if he doesn't get out we're going to get f------ crushed"

YouTube boasting leads cops to home of graffiti artist, 40

"Currently out of the area," but "law enforcement is aware of his location and pursuing criminal charges"

Paramount cuts nearly all content on Comedy Central website, others

"While episodes of most Comedy Central series are no longer available on this website, you can watch Comedy Central through your TV provider. You can also sign up for Paramount+ to watch many seasons of Comedy Central shows"

Ultramarathoner awarded $13 million over sidewalk fall

"She fell on a stretch of sidewalk 'perennially covered in water and algae,' according to her lawsuit. Other residents testified in court they had also fallen there"

FUNDRAISERS: Home of family of 5 burns during church service

"They got a call that their house was on fire and it was a total loss ... unfortunately they do not have insurance"

Stanley Cup hits 5-year ratings high with Game 7 thriller

Peaked at 10.3 million viewers for the closing minutes

AI fail: CNBC still not using spellcheck

The "2024" is also a little redundant

IRS apologizes to Ken Griffin, 55, over tax leak

Part of a settlement of lawsuit

Donald Sutherland lived in $3 million Santa Monica beach house

Paper: "Built-in furniture is still intact from Sutherland's days there. Extensive security measures he put in place also remain, keeping paparazzi and fans at bay"

FUNDRAISERS: Tree cutter who died in fall, had 3 kids

Tragedy occurred day before 52nd birthday

Star surfer dies by shark

"A lifeguard loved by all who was well known on the North Shore"

Woman falls from boat, is hit by another boat, dies

Caller reported person unconscious in the water

Died: Donald Sutherland, 88, ‘very proud’ of Canadian stamp

On the National Security Agency watchlist between 1971 and 1973

Willie Mays: 1931-2024

At age 20, 10th Black player in major league history

Oregon may tap corporations for $750 universal income for all

"Would establish 3% tax on sales in Oregon above $25 million, distribute that money equally among Oregonians of all ages. As of Friday, its backers had turned in more than 135,000 signatures, which is higher than the 117,173 required to land on the ballot ..."

Stevie Nicks, 76, postpones concert

"Her next scheduled concert is at Soldier Field in Chicago on Friday, June 21 with Billy Joel. That concert is still on"

Fans claim new Bon Jovi albums carry fake autographs

"Bon Jovi store is sending out autopen signatures. Talk Shop Live is also sending out the same ones. The UK signatures appear to be hand signed"

NYU student says roommate stole $50,000 of designer gear

"Concocted a scheme whereby she would steal Plaintiff's jewelry and high-end designer clothing and handbags and sell same through The RealReal"

FUNDRAISERS: Abruptly laid-off Alamo Drafthouse employees

"We have not been paid for the last two weeks of labor we provided"

Annual meeting is a bust

"No detailed remarks about its strategies"

Sorkin: CEOs found Trump ‘remarkably meandering’

" 'This is not necessarily,' as one person said, 'this may not be any different or better than a Biden thought, if you're thinking that way'"

Fauci book: Trump told him he cost economy $1 trillion

Would "announce that he loved me and then scream at me on the phone"

FUNDRAISERS: Landscape company that had truck stolen, smashed

"Truck belonging to Nine Yards Lawncare was stolen by a man running from police while employees were stopped at Wendy's ... leaving behind roughly 25-30-thousand dollars in damage that insurance will not be covering"

Chicago honors William Friedkin with street name near high school

Sherry: "Billy loved Chicago, no matter where he went, this was always his home. When we first met, he told me stories about Senn. Of all the awards he ever got, I think this is the one that would've meant the most to him"

FUNDRAISERS: Popular Staten Island diner that burned

Customer: "Everybody loves this place, everybody is going to chip in, and we are going to get it back up and running. Love their french fries"

Died: Mark James, 83, songwriter of ‘Always on My Mind’

Credits include "Hooked on A Feeling," "Suspicious Minds"

Reporter’s trip to Cupertino: gender-neutral toilet stalls

"Opened in 2017, the building is a huge ring, with 4 stories above ground and a circumference of nearly a mile. Apple's plot of land is so massive, and its trees and gates are positioned just so, making it hard to see the building from outside the security zone ... I rode a golf cart for several minutes before alighting at WWDC's keynote area ... The size and the quiet omnipresence of money reminded me, for a moment, of Vatican City ... In the actual ring building, a small army of Apple employees toil away for their 3 mandatory in-office days a week ..."

FUNDRAISERS: Repairing home for vet who lost sight in Vietnam

"Repairing the roof is the main goal of the fundraiser, especially a hole that Hunt says allows quite a bit of water to get into the house"

School board members heckled for cutting virtual academy

"You're full of crap!"

Academy museum revising exhibit on Hollywood Jewish History

"Heard the concerns from members of the Jewish community"
"Specifically, the letter writers objected to the presence of the words 'tyrant,' 'oppressive,' 'womanizer' and 'predator' in the exhibit's wall text. They also wrote that Hollywoodland was 'the only section of the museum that vilifies those it purports to celebrate'"

FUNDRAISERS: 22-year firefighter burned by wildfire

"Already required surgery and will most likely require additional procedures. ... Expected to make a full recovery, this will take time and support ... The funds will be used to cover essential supplies to manage his ranch during his recovery. Your donation will ensure his animals and property are well cared for, allowing him to focus on getting better"

Why is it ‘WWDC’ if AAPL, others make ‘worldwide’ 1 word?

CNBC: "We are live from Cupertino, California, where Apple is holding its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), often called 'Dub Dub' by attendees"

AI fail: CNBC graphics crew adds letters to ‘reopening’

"Why are we seeing such confidence out there?"

FUNDRAISERS: Mom & daughter’s car hit at light, daughter dies

43-year-old charged; BAC was .130%

Sunday Ticket on trial

"If you're a fan that wants to watch a game in the local market other than the three to four being aired ... you can't go buy a single game" and are forced to buy the entire Sunday Ticket premium package

FUNDRAISERS: Firefighter seriously burned at duplex

"They were not surprised that he went in without the protection of a hose line because he thought there was a child in that duplex"

Chicago Sky team ‘harassed’ trying to check into hotel

"Approached Carter and her teammates with a camera"

FUNDRAISERS: First-responder couple with 2 health emergencies

Officer returns to work after being shot, comes home to find wife unconscious

NVDA: $3 trillion and beyond

Vaults past AAPL for No. 2

NBA ‘closing in’ on deal with NBC, DIS, AMZN

Stunning 265% increase over what the NBA was getting from Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD), Disney/ESPN and ABC in the current deals

Oakland honoring Bruce Lee by renaming intersection

Opened martial arts studio in 1965 at Garnet Street and Broadway

Died: Ben White, 52, CNBC contributor

Regular since 2013

$3.99 Trader Joe’s tote bags going for $99 online

Insulated offshoot of the canvas bags from March

Paramount postpones employee town hall as M&A questions swirl

Suggested there should be more clarity on the company's future by June 25

Interactive Brokers strategist warns against chasing GME rally

"If you're chasing the stock up here, you're more likely than not the source of liquidity for whoever is controlling this account to sell into your enthusiasm"
Guy Adami on "Fast Money": "Makes somewhat of a mockery of the market"

More than 1,000 student SAT tests canceled in Oakland

"Wi-fi" issue at Marriott hotel

Reservation cancellations are burying SF restaurants

"I don’t like charging people the cancellation fee. It feels like a lose-lose at times. We do get a little bit of the money back that maybe we missed out on, but it doesn't feel like it's encouraging that person to return to the restaurant"
Toronto: Restaurant says Zachary Quinto yelled at crew “like an entitled child ... made our host cry"

Florida men allegedly stole $34,000 from HD in Michigan

Tracked by employee on highway until police took over

Reader wants Aspen to enact congestion fee

"It all can be done with license plate readers and you can exempt anyone you want (Aspen residents, for example). A high percentage of the vehicles entering Aspen are driven by a single occupant who’s coming to tend to a house of the wealthy"

Maya Hawke, 25, admits getting role in ‘Once Upon’ by nepotism

"I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles"

Brady roast makes Top 10 originals

Despite the fact it was only up for a few hours of that week

Thousands of college students trash California lake

Left bottles, cups, wrappers and cans ... some students even threw trash in the lake despite being given trash bags by forest service employees ...

Scott scoop: Wapner reports Peltz, 81, has unloaded DIS stake

Roughly $120 a share, making about $1 billion

James Blunt: Carrie Fisher pressured by ‘Star Wars’ over weight

She'd been really mistreating her body, and she'd just got the job again of being Princess Leia in a new 'Star Wars' movie. So she was really on a high and a positive, but they had applied a lot of pressure on her to be thin"
Carrie in 2015: "I'm in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance. That is so messed up. They might as well say get younger, because that’s how easy it is"

2 Irish nationals accused of ‘wide-ranging’ roofing scam

Arrested shortly before they were scheduled to board a plane leaving the country

Massive fire tears through Oakland lumber warehouse

"Fire officials advised nearby residents to close doors and windows and rail traffic in the area was temporarily halted in both directions"

Richard Dreyfuss, 76, remarks prompt venue to apologize

Wore a dress into special "Jaws" screening
Rant began while speaking about Streisand, moved into Oscars' inclusion, trans kids

Died: Al Ruddy, 94, producer of ‘The Godfather’

"Million Dollar Baby," "The Longest Yard," "Cannonball Run"

Woman, 78, plows into Ann Arbor nail salon

“Nobody got major injuries. It’s a miracle no one got hurt"

Vegas visitors pack Interstate 15 on way back to SoCal

"For the first time ever on a long holiday weekend, Nevada and California officials agreed to open the shoulder on the southbound I-15 between Primm and the California agricultural checkpoint"

Grateful Dead members honor Bill Walton

"He loved this band and we loved him"

Died: Bill Walton, 71, basketball, pop culture superstar

Won 73 straight college games during UCLA's 88-game run
Once stuttered, froze in class at UCLA: "My classmates just laughed at me, right to my face. It was the lowest moment of my life"

Bonehead night clerk, 27, allegedly stole baseball cards at hotel

"Attempted to sell some of the cards to a local shop on the Monday after the theft"

Big crowds for first Wayfair store, in suburban Chicago

Paper: "Before the doors officially opened at 10 a.m., hundreds of shoppers had gathered outside — some arriving as early as 5:30 a.m. for a chance to shop for furniture and home goods"

Washington Post has lost $77 million in the last year

"Has been bleeding digital readers for several years"

Pittsburgh gets 2026 NFL Draft!

"When Pittsburgh's bid was submitted, people involved with the process were projecting anywhere from 200,000 to 300,000 people. The 2024 draft in downtown Detroit set a new attendance record with more than 775,000 fans for the three-day event"
"Just for the yinzers to experience that, it's going to be awesome"

Bay Area town fighting burglars using ‘bait houses’

"We're going into their homes, and we are embedding GPS trackers into property items of value that we know that the subjects who are burglarizing homes tend to target"

Apple Studios hit with suit over ‘Flower Moon’ awards

Paper: "Hoffman says she designed the jacket worn by lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, which she says has 'garnered much praise for its authenticity and originality'"

Died: Fred Roos, 89, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer

Raised in Riverside and Los Angeles, attended Hollywood High, 2 tours in Korea

GameStop is buying graded baseball cards

"Store employees will be responsible for evaluating the authenticity of the slabs, which a checklist of things to look for before accepting any trade. The prices offered by GameStop are non-negotiable"

Christopher Reeve documentary gets 2 days of theatrical release

Widely embraced at Sundance, sold to Warner Bros. for $15 million

Roast beef: Kim Kardashian, 43, says Brady event was ‘abuse’

Told Nikki: "I don't know how you do this. It's abuse LOL"

Cannes plays ‘Godfather’ music for Coppola on red carpet

AP: "At a screening Thursday, a man emerged mid-film, walked across the stage to a microphone and posed a question to Driver's character on the screen above"

Autopsy in on teen death during spicy tortilla chip challenge

"Died from eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract and also had a congenital heart defect"

Oakland woman, 51, arrested for stealing taco truck

"Rummaging through the inside with an apron on"

Chiefs kicker, 28: Women more excited to have kids than degrees

“I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you. Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world"

Antony Blinken, 62, misses point of Neil Young song in Kyiv

AP: "Some observers scratching their heads"

NFLX to stream NFL Christmas Day games for 3 years

Unclear how much it paid; will hire its own announcers

A-List Hollywood stylists offer shapewear advice

“The main mistake people make is getting shapewear that is too tight on them"

NFLX says its ad tier has 40 million monthly active users

Reportedly 15 million as recently as November

Morgan Brennan, gorgeous in cap and gown, speaks at NYU

Advance statement: "My educational background in social science—and specifically anthropology—is perhaps the most powerful tool in my proverbial toolkit because it enables me to approach financial, economic, political, and geopolitical news in a unique way, one rooted in identifying my own biases and moving past them in order to seek the facts and analyze the intersection between human behavior, social and cultural dynamics, and the flow of money which impacts and effects nearly everything in this world"
On "Overtime" Tuesday: "We talk into the, these boxes, these cameras all day, and it reaches a lot of people, but to actually be standing there live in front of an audience of 1,500, whoo, I had butterflies"

CNBC’s gorgeous Dee Bosa gets exclusive interview with Sundar

AI and companies: "I think they'll see it in their performance"
Would he sue OpenAI: "I think it's a question for them to answer ... I don't have anything to add
Patrick Moorhead at EC: "Those were definitely not softballs"

Red Lobster closing more than 50 locations

AP: "Last year, Red Lobster significantly expanded its iconic all-you-can-eat shrimp deal. But customer demand overwhelmed what the chain could afford, which also reportedly contributed to the millions in losses"

Indeed, they did: Prolific CNBC advertiser laying off 1,000

"Unlike last year, where our reduction was driven by cost savings, we are taking this action because we need to simplify our organization to make it easier and faster for us to make decisions, and help us to more effectively grow revenue and hires"

Died: Jim Simons, 86, pioneer in quantitative investing

"Relied entirely on an automated trading system to take advantage of market inefficiencies and trading patterns"

Former CNBCer Jillian D’Onfro gets new job

Hired by San Francisco Standard

Died: Jeannie Epper, 83, TV’s ‘Wonder Woman’ stuntwoman

Doubled Lindsay Wagner on "Bionic Woman" and Kate Jackson on "Charlie's Angels," took a famous tumble down a mudslide for Kathleen Turner in "Romancing the Stone," did the stunt driving for Shirley MacLaine when she threw Jack Nicholson from a Corvette in "Terms of Endearment" ...

Spellcheck before AI: CNBC misses badly on ‘infrastructure’

Morgan: "A milestone for American infrastructure today ..."

CNBC spellcheck has trouble with ‘Therapeutics’

Interesting ARK Venture holding

Mel Kiper Jr. has no cellphone but 5 landlines

Mel: "I've got one, two, three, four different numbers for Mel"

CNBC Make It hires Sawdah Bhaimiya as a reporter

Graduate of Queen Mary University of London

KC & Co. mark CNBC’s 35th anniversary at NYSE

Scott Wapner: "It's a momentous day for us here at CNBC as we mark our 35th anniversary. A heartfelt and very large thank-you to all those who helped us get here, and it does take a village. Our president, KC Sullivan, obviously is up there on the podium today, other senior executives and longtime employees ..."

CNBC’s gorgeous Kate Rooney stuns in ballcap in SBF coverage

Ultra-chic black outfit: "Both of the parents, uh, have law degrees and were legal scholars"

Tom Lee gets ‘Star Trek’-like glow on Closing Bell Overtime

"I think we got a lot of good economic data recently ... monetary policy that is confirmed to be dovish ... I think sentiment continues to be, uh, overly cautious"

Still no spellcheck for CNBC’s slick new graphics

Fat-finger mistake

Joumanna Bercetche bolts CNBC to join Bloomberg

New anchor of Daybreak Middle East and Africa

David Faber jabs Scott Pelley, says Fed ‘not exactly’ his expertise

"I'm a little afraid that '60 Minutes' may not have a deep understanding of Fed policy. Sorry about that ... I'll stick with Timiraos of the Journal or Steve Liesman, please, not, or Sara Eisen. Not Scott Pelley. No offense, Scott. Great journalist. But not exactly his area of expertise. It's our area of expertise!"

The Verge hires CNBC.com tech policy reporter Lauren Feiner

Penn graduate, bachelor's degree in communication

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco co-writes book with daughter

"We toured the homes of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and were left with more questions than answers about the enslaved men, women, and children who were viewed as property and worked in bondage"

Spellcheck not always working on CNBC’s new graphics

"I'd expect more margin pressure on corporate America"

Megan Cassella starts as new CNBC D.C. correspondent

Leslie Picker is Senior Banking and Financial Correspondent ... "Kate Rooney will own our on-air coverage of much of Amazon's business" ... Deirdre Bosa's reporting "will increase its focus on the Alphabet empire and its far-flung businesses ..."

Gorgeous Morgan Brennan with kids at Englewood Cliffs

"It is a family affair here today"

NYSE cheers: Longtime CNBCer Joe Terranova rings closing bell

Marking 3 years of JOET ETF with Virtus

Redrawn CNBC logo uses NBC Tinker font

"The changes mean that the network name extends beyond the left and right feathers of the peacock above, instead of sticking closer to the width of the icon in the old version ... One thing that didn't change with the new CNBC graphics is the use of Gotham as its primary typeface. With the exception of the logo, this font is used in almost every on-screen element"

CNBC changes logo 1st time in 27 years amid graphics overhaul

"Most U.S. viewers scan things from left to right, says Poulton, and the changes will ensure the new logo is the first thing they see when they read information on the screen"
CNBCfix mini-review: Decent job, had to be updated sometime, fresh look, too much white background that'll quietly get changed in the near future, and it's not any more screen space for the on-air talent
Also: "CNBC recently laid off a small number of digital workers who were not involved in core coverage areas"

Elon Musk, 52, says ‘F---’ 3 times on live CNBC program

Singled out Iger in the audience, saying "Hi Bob!"

CNBCfix review: Sara Eisen’s Formula 1 production is for those who buy teams, not tickets

Quick — do you know who Lewis Hamilton is?

What about Max Verstappen?

Knowing or not knowing those answers will probably determine whether you think Sara Eisen's CNBC documentary "Inside Track: The Business of Formula 1" deserves the checkered flag.

At the very least, it seems Eisen could've posed a question about the hottest name in wheels to most CNBC viewers, Elon Musk. Is there any reason Musk couldn't build his own Formula One car that would leave these other engineering teams in the dust? Eisen doesn't go there.

The top F1 team apparently is the Red Bull team, even though Red Bull, the company, does not actually manufacture cars. Christian Horner tells Eisen that winning races "absolutely" affects Red Bull sales and that F1 provides Red Bull's biggest promotional boost. (Actually demonstrating such would make this an interesting program about advertising.)

The CNBC camera catches a very interesting moment. A young fan with some kind of high-level access requests an autograph from Lewis Hamilton. Fortunately for F1, Hamilton does accommodate this on-camera request, albeit briskly. Are the stars of F1 as approachable as their professional cousins of NASCAR? Should autograph-seekers have access to this particular area? Great questions.

The undertone of the program, which Eisen acknowledges in a couple instances, is that Formula 1 seems mostly an elitist sport, like Ted Turner's America's Cup races, in which wealthy sportsmen compete for pride, not dollars. Eisen states at the top, "It's considered the most elite of all racing leagues." Viewers unfamiliar with F1 can see these are dashing hipsters, not the gearheads like A.J. Foyt and the Unsers who long ruled the Indy pits.

Why is CNBC profiling F1? Possibly a few reasons: It's an international activity and CNBC is an international brand; it's not (yet) heavily covered in American media; Team McLaren is sponsored by CNBC, which we learn in the 37th minute. (And we learn this program is sponsored by T-Mobile For Business, the "exclusive partner" of the recent Las Vegas Grand Prix.)

Adhering to the title of "Business" of this production, Eisen disappointingly shows almost none of the excitement of F1. No interviews with fans about why they care, no clips of famous finishes or wipeouts, etc. It is an entity apparently without controversies, evidenced by Eisen's questions to the principals.

But Eisen is light on the business side too. Whether a given team makes money in a given year probably is not as relevant as whether the team wins prominent races. Whether the circuit itself makes money is probably a lot more important, and a separate issue. F1 is owned by Liberty Media, an American conglomerate that bought the entity of Formula One in 2017. The face of Liberty Media, Greg Maffei, says, "A lot of people including us thought it was a full price. It wasn't as if we bought it on the cheap." Eisen curiously doesn't explain (maybe because it's complicated) how the circuit is tradeable by a tracking stock(s), whose 1-year performance looks rather weak.

But it's not like Liberty Media fields the racing teams. Those are independent entities. This corporate structure prompted this page to research the corporate entity of the National Football League, whether officially or informally. Is the NFL known as a partnership? Cooperative? Collaborative? Corporation? We couldn't find any quick answers.

Eisen reports that Roger Goodell spoke with F1 principals "in a closed-door meeting" in Montreal; a door is even shown shutting for effect. (As if Roger would be giving motivational speeches open to the public — he only gives sportswriters about 15 minutes for the entire year, around Super Bowl time.)

Apparently there are 10 teams in F1. Guenther Steiner of the MoneyGram Haas team says, "Just adding teams to have more teams to dilute the other ones, why- why would any business do that?" That's a great question that Eisen doesn't tackle. The NFL has added teams over time because 1) the new teams pay the existing teams a lot of cash and 2) sometimes Congress gets on the NFL to put a franchise in certain places. Why adding teams, or not adding teams, is smart for F1 needs more explanation.

A chart of the income streams shown early in the program suggests a racing team has 3 channels of income, but there are several categories within each channel that kind of overlap. It seems sponsors who want their stickers on the car are the safest money.

Whatever engine science is being done in F1 apparently stays within F1 and isn't snapped up by automakers for the general public; viewers learn Lewis Hamilton's car is made of ultra-lightweight composite carbon. Eisen doesn't mention how fast these crews can change a tire, long a staple of auto-racing reporting.

How should one look when reporting on auto racing, including on pit row? Eisen is seen in 15 different outfits (if our count is correct) reporting from numerous locations, generally a workpersonlike approach, a lot of blue, including a denim look. Eisen notes "the real fuel behind Formula One" is the sponsorships; Eisen quietly wears Nike shoes (but presumably, unlike her subjects here, isn't compensated for that particular logo).

Eisen says early that Formula One had attendance of 4.1 million in 2018 that climbed to 5.7 million in 2022. But that could mean any number of things, that the circuit expanded to more fan-friendly environments or added races. Near the end of the program, we get the time peg — the release of this documentary around the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Renee Wilm, CEO of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, says the Vegas event sold only "south of a thousand" general admission tickets, which cost $500. Those numbers say more than anything else in the program. If less than a thousand fans are paying the minimum $500, then ...

Eisen suggests a big change for Formula One was the Netlfix "Drive to Survive" series in 2019, which Eisen says is one of the "biggest moves" by Liberty Media, one that "turned drivers and team principals into global celebrities." (One star of this series, Guenther Steiner, somehow says with a straight face that he's "never seen" the production, an assertion believed by Eisen.) Well, 4 years is a long time in media, and if so many of these drivers are global celebrities, how come Eisen barely mentions only a few of them and has little more than a soundbite from one of them, Lewis Hamilton?

By the time of the commercial break after the first 10 minutes, Eisen supplies not much reason to keep watching. At times, she has little to ask of her subjects. One early question to Toto Wolff is, "You're unique because you are CEO, principal and part-owner of Mercedes. Which one takes the most time?"

(It's also not clear why the "TV PG" label turns up in the screen; perhaps because someone says "p----- off" at some point.)

There's a mention about F1 courting women and also a token late reference about climate change. Team owner Christian Horner bluntly states that F1 can never go all-electric, asserting "the combustion engine still has life in it."

Eisen never mentions that Formula 1 has strong headwinds in the U.S. They're called NASCAR and the Indy 500. Racing is a tremendous sport and a big pie and there is some crossover and there's plenty to go around worldwide, but it seems hard to believe that the American public that has followed the Indy 500 and Daytona 500 for so many decades has enough room to embrace F1 as anything beyond a niche following.

Eisen's program has too little to show and too little to tell. When is the annual racing season, and where do they race? This production can air around racing events for potential team buyers or sponsors with international reach; for everyone else, there's "Shark Tank."

Back to back in black: Gorgeous CNBC duo color coordinate on ‘Fast Money’

Outfits Thursday; jackets Friday
"Maybe your Kate Spade purse, which apparently needs to be innovated, according to Oliver Chen ..."

V for victory: More spelling trouble from CNBC’s graphics crew

"At least in the housing market, the market has tightened 3 times since the July rate hike"

Ron Insana, 62, predicts ‘mild recession,’ rate cuts next year

"To keep any slowdown from becoming a meaningful recession"

CNBC International President John Casey stepping down

After 29 years, "It's finally time for me to move onto my next chapter"

‘You make every day better’:
Happy 30th year, Bob Pisani!!
David Faber leads sensational
tribute at Post 9

David: "I want to welcome you to the 30-year club at CNBC ... I know you've been here longer than 30 years, so it's confusing to me, it's officially 30 years, but you were the real estate reporter when I walked in to Fort Lee 30 years ago ..."
Bob: "It's 33 years ... a lot of us were here for several years before we became official staff"
Bob's fashion critique: "Also you can see the, uh, different styles of clothing here ... This is what you call a monochromatic, and at that time, uh, it was earth tones, it was greens and browns ... double-breasted in the early 1990s ... striped shirts became very big, this is the late '90s right now ... really bright ties were very big up until about, about the dot-com bust ..."
David: "You are so beloved by so many here; probably No. 1 on everybody's list. You make every day better just by being here, so thank you"
Bob: "Well I appreciate it, I elected to stay with this company 20 years ago because CNBC is a congenial place to work, it's a great company, it's got great management ... of course my colleagues, second to none, the smartest people in the room. And that's why I stay. Because every day, you learn something. You learn something sitting next to you guys ... We're lucky to be a part of CNBC"
David: "Never looked better"

Gorgeous Michelle Caruso-Cabrera talks Mexico on ‘Fast Money’

"The next president of Mexico is gonna be a woman ..."

Ex-CNBCer Josh Lipton gets Yahoo Finance gig

"Most recently held a corporate communications position at Apple"

CNBC evidently had a display at the FutureProof conference

"Sneaker collections on display"

Meredith at Post 9!

Blonde Day at NYSE: "Here's the real opportunity, for, um, uh, for regulators, and I feel like I have the David Bowie song 'We could (sic 'can' is the actual lyric) be heroes' in the back of my mind- my head. Um, and, um, you have 75% of the market, controlled market share, with 34 institutions. That means 25% of the market is controlled by 4,200 institutions. And so, as the banks get smaller, the small banks have to get larger ... You have what I call the Leveraged Revolution, which brought everybody to the coasts, that was the housing revolution and the leveraged revolution, that was our last economic revolution. What is clear today, the new economic revolution is clean energy, um, uh, reshoring, manufacturing, and demographic migration. And that's happening in the South ... this is where banking hubs should be ... I live in D.C., so I've got plenty of time to talk to regulators ..."

Ron Insana joining Dynasty Financial Partners

"Will serve as Dynasty's spokesperson on investment, economic and related topics"

AI, maybe, but no spellcheck

Screen text was up for 5 minutes

Jim Cramer accuses UAW of ‘class warfare’

CNBC king has called Fain "frightening"

CNBC panelist calls Biden ‘socialist,’ Trump ‘incompetent’

"All you've got are bad choices. You've got the fringe socialists on the left and you've got the fringe, you know, conservatives on the right. When Marjorie Taylor Greene is a spokesperson for your party, then you gotta say, Where else can I put my money. So, I think that's what Fitch is getting in front of ..."

CNBC reports ‘Telsa’ deliveries

"These were much better numbers than Wall Street was expecting ..."

Courtney Reagan wishes Leslie Picker ‘Happy Early Birthday’

"Market is closed on my birthday"

Seema scoop!! Mody scores exclusive with Tim Cook in D.C.

"Did Modi seem receptive?" "Uh, that one I'm not gonna comment on"

Anthony Scaramucci predicts Donald Trump will exit race

"He does not like this. He is stressed about it"

CNBC graphics crew struggles to spell Contessa Brewer’s name

"Best! April! Ever!"

CNBC graphics crew doubles down on Russian ‘weapons’

That's how you make each line roughly the same length

Carl Quintanilla mentioned on Jumping the Shark Wikipedia page

2021: "Musk might be in danger of turning himself into an unserious figure, which isn't a great narrative for the CEO of one of the world's largest companies"

CNBC’s gorgeous Seema Mody stuns in black at Post 9

"Ticker ATMU, up, uh, 10% here in early trade ..."

2 business titans recently slammed work-from-home

Elon Musk, in David Faber interview: "Said he believes it's morally wrong for people in the 'laptop class' to advocate for working from home when service workers, such as people who work in factories, still have to show up in person"
Sam Zell, died May 18: "In the last few weeks, he criticized the Federal Reserve and work-from-home culture in his characteristic manner. He was quoted as saying the Federal Reserve “screwed up” by hiking interest rates and that working from home was “bulls---"

David Faber throws out first pitch at Mets game

"I did not bring the heat"

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens stuns in new hairstyle, ready for shampoo commercial

"A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan says the couple was involved in a quote near-catastrophic car chase with paparazzi in New York yesterday ..."

Hadley Gamble at Cannes!!!

Guest of Saudi royal family: "I did try to ask Hadley about her Shell game, but wisely, she said, 'I can't talk about it.' She was very nice, and pretty hot, so I could see how Shell and Barrack enjoyed her company"

CNBCfix review: Faber didn’t find a groove in Musk interview

Much of the conversation was choppy, David sometimes had to interrupt himself to ask about time, too much of the early portions stumbled over TSLA engineering goals ... best part involved presidential politics, also remote-work exchange, how much sleep Musk gets ... a few questions weren't really questions; David referenced controversial tweets that David didn't seem to have great knowledge of, David sometimes shown looking at camera instead of at Musk, last question about careers/AI kind of odd, AI is mostly a boring subject to talk about if you're not a software engineer ... there's far much more that this interview subject has to say and offer and undoubtedly wants to talk about ... Musk said Google has made autonomous driving work in tightly controlled environments but doesn't have a "generalized solution" that "works anywhere" ... Says "January is often the worst month" for car sales; "People should get off their goddamn moral high horse with their work-from-home bullsh--. Because they're asking everyone else to not work from home while they do..."

More Hadley Gamble, 41

"Ms. Gamble, especially, is known to fly with him regularly on TPG's planes" ... "She'll be interviewing someone with a Louboutin dangling from her toe ..."

Hadley kept it quiet

"Barely anybody knew there was even an investigation, and even fewer knew there had actually been an affair ... Insiders aren't even sure how Shell and Gamble might've met, since she's based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. One speculated it may have been at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, since it's a major event for the business-centric CNBC. Shell did attend at least once, in 2013, when he was quoted on his thoughts on the ticketing for the Olympics ..."

CNBC graphics crew has trouble with ‘maritime’

China's drills "much-less aggressive compared to the action that was conducted after the former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, had visited Taiwan last summer"

CNBC graphics crew can’t spell A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T

Josh Brown buys more, sees AI potential

CNBC thinks Donald Trump is being ‘arranged’

Frank Holland correctly pronounced the term

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens stuns in Houston in new hairstyle

"Tensions have been rising ahead of that meeting tomorrow around some of those provisions in the IRA ..."

Brian Sullivan, CNBC’s funniest anchor, underwhelms in premiere of ‘Last Call’

CNBCfix review: As soon as someone said "We're leading off Sully's new show with national debt statistics and a congressman nobody's heard of discussing it," KC Sullivan should've been throwing his hands in the air "No No No" ... None of the material, at all, was visual, nor was much of it debatable. ... Breaking news on Jes Staley ... Show should lean toward tried-and-true TV subjects and not try to react to incredibly humdrum daily headlines ... National debt picked to lead show obviously because it's the most "serious" among subjects of gambling on pro wrestling and the anti-ESG presidential candidate, quickly glazed over eyes with charts with all kinds of numbers; Sully insisted everyone needs to care "regardless of your political persuasion" and "we don't think it's a partisan issue" (tip: everything about this is a partisan issue) (tip 2: it will be addressed like it always has been, our great-grandkids will just borrow against our great-great-grandkids) ... Vivek Ramaswamy says he's against not "the existence of ESG funds" but the "new practice of merging state power and corporate power" to advance things such as Green New Deal. He added almost no analysis to this subject other than indicating he dislikes efforts to push this concept; that the show reached for this kind of niche on Day 1 is curious to say the least ... Segment on gambling on pro wrestling needed another voice or two, not just a reporter, explaining why this would or wouldn't succeed ... Heidi Heitkamp and Anthony Scaramucci did bring a little life to the show as panelists; Sully promised a panel every night "until we decide not to." ... Scaramucci, whose sense of humor is almost at the level of Sully's, did make a good joke about his time in the White House. ... Kate Kelly discussed an obscure rep making uninteresting trades in defense stocks that sorta concluded with the idea that there's really no outrage here ... Hard to see how this premiere is any improvement on Shep Smith's ensemble, let alone a headline-making new program ... it appears, thankfully, CNBC will not re-air this program at 4 a.m. Eastern and preempt European "Street Signs" as Smith's show did ... nevertheless, this page is confident Sully will find a groove, find more interesting things to talk about, inform and entertain viewers ...

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens stuns in new outfit, hairstyle

Natural gas prices: "It's kind of 3-fold, in terms of factors ..."

Al Michaels calls criticism of low-wattage
playoff broadcast ‘Internet compost!’

"A lot of folks who understand this industry are annoyed with the over-the-top yelling that makes a game sound like an offshoot of talk radio. I'm in that corner, but there are others who obviously think otherwise"

Died: Scott Minerd, 63, had heart attack during workout

Ackman: "I am deeply saddened to hear about @ScottMinerd's death. He was a brilliant man whom I got to know in the last five or so years. He was an old fashioned handshake businessman whose word was his bond. He was also a lot of fun"
Brian Sullivan: "Scott was a giant of a man ... avid bodybuilder ... terrific human being ... man of God ... he donated a lot of time and money to various causes, he never publicized it ..."

Terrence A. Duffy spotted early trouble signs at FTX

"I said, 'My net worth doesn't start with any b's. I'll give you a 3 to 1 that I have more money than you.' I said, 'I'll tell you what, I'll give you a 4 to 1 I got more money in my right pocket than your net worth.' I said, 'You're a fraud, and I'm going to make sure that we get this out there.' And that was it. So we went to Congress"

Max Meyers developing new 7 p.m. Eastern CNBC program

"After four years leading 'Squawk Box,' Max will have an opportunity to deploy his deep markets knowledge and vast network experience to carve out CNBC’s place in prime time"

CNBCfix review: Bob Pisani prefers index investing
to GE stock in Shut Up & Keep Talking

Everyone at CNBC is the smartest person in the room, but there's very little about the vintage concert poster scene; celebration of old school doesn't really mention any school ...

Mobster who schemed to boost Social Security
payout claimed he worked for Lehman

Paper: "On his claimant form, Marcello stated he worked for bankrupt or defunct companies like Lehman Brothers and ITT Technical Institute to make it harder for the government to track"

CNBC cancels Shep Smith, 58, plans business show at 7 p.m.

Anchor's last telecast to be sometime later this month
KC: "I believe we must prioritize and focus on our core strengths of business news and personal finance"

Jon Najarian debuts on Fox Biz, gives intro to Options 101
as Charles Payne suggests buying META options may be ‘crazy’

Charles Payne: "Options are all the rage these days ... Nobody does options better than the Najarian brothers ..."
Doc: "The liquidity that you get in these contracts ... you can make a bullish bet or a bearish bet ... and they have grown by leaps on bounds, and that pun is not intended. Uh, literally, long-term options are called LEAPS, but most of us are trading in the shorter-term ..."
Charles: "I got the Meta up here ... there's been some serious volatility. One time it went up 18%, another time it went down 27%. I can see why you would, you know, do something crazy, uh, like- like buying these, I mean it's, but you think it's better to sell int- sell the short-term options, go out a little bit further, and then, what they call a straddle, would you be on both sides of this trade considering how much it could move in either direction?"
Doc: "You took the words out of my mouth. A straddle is the combination of the call and the put. Um, and so with the stock trading right here at roughly 129. That's trading for $15, Charles. Which means that the market could be, in, in some people's opinion, um, as much as $15 lower or $15 higher ... what I did today was I sold the 116 puts that expire in 2 days. ... that's where we think support is ..."
Doc: "I love Apple ... I buy that one and then sell calls against it all the time, Charles. I can pull about 22% a year out of that trade"
Charles: "It's an honor to have you on the show. ... We'll see you again real soon"
CNBCfix review: Nice eloquent commentary, including fielding Twitter questions, but explaining how to trade options takes far more than a 6-minute soundbite; should just assume viewers who care already know how to do it and are just looking for current trades.

CNBC’s gorgeous Ylan Mui devastating in new outfit as Sully
tries to claim Powell might quit because he’s irritated by senators

Ylan: "Jay Powell is facing some new political pressure ..."
Sully: "Powell has a contract, right ... you can't force him out. He's got a deal. However, as we have seen in the past ... Powell is not immune to political or human pressure, is he? I mean, You can make life uncomfortable enough for him that he may choose to move on on his own. It's not impossible he would leave early, is it?"
Ylan: "Sure. It's certainly not impossible but I would not want to imply that that is the environment that, uh, Democrats are trying to create at this point"
Sully: "You don't have to say it Ylan. We've seen other high-ranking members of Congress tweet about it themselves. It's out there. It's public"

CNBC’s gorgeous Jane Wells stuns on banks of Mississippi

Barge rates "are up a whopping 2,000% above benchmark"

Dee Bosa and Kate Rooney: Pair of CNBC superfoxes

Crypto fraud "still a pretty big issue"

Tyler outlines CNBC’s 3-days-in-office plan; Contessa
has ‘told bosses’ about concerns

Jim Stewart: "The Times is asking everybody to be back 3 days a week. Um, and the Guild ... has balked and said, uh, we're not coming in. ... I'm not in the Guild, you know, but I'm not- I haven't been going in this week either. I just don't want to get in the middle of the fight."
Tyler: "We're sort of on a 3-day-a-week plan as well here, uh, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in, and Fridays and Mondays optional, that sounds- that sounds pretty reasonable."
Jim: "Yeah, I can't object to that ... it is helpful to be with your colleagues."
Contessa: "I'm skeptical, and Tyler, and I've told our bosses this, part of it is that I think you can't put the genie back in the bottle. The- the other thing is, if you look at productivity, and we know that productivity was sustained during work from home, that it necessarily dies if people have to go home to manage their life rather than incorporating work into life at home, and the 3rd thing, and I'm not reading anybody talking about this, but all these companies, Apple, Starbucks, JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs, have very well-publicized commitments to climate initiatives. I wanna know about this conflict between being concerned about the environmental impact and forcing your workers to undertake in many cases significant commuting challenges in order to just have collaboration and chance encounters at the office."
Jim: "There are so-called 'Writing Rooms' in the Times where people would go in there, close the door, put a do not disturb sign on there, and, and vanish, you know, for the entire day. Now they don't need to be in the office."

Seema Mody & Dee Bosa: Pair of CNBC superfoxes

Dee: "One place ... I'm certain prices are still high — Disneyland"

CNBC’s ultracute Pippa Stevens stuns in black, shorter cut

"Nuclear has long divided ESG people"

CNBC’s gorgeous Seema Mody knee-buckling in new ensemble

"Companies are really struggling on the ground in China ..."

Man in underwear appears in CNBC interview with Kari Firestone

"Both Sorkin and Firestone ignored the blooper in the moment"

CNBC’s gorgeous Dee Bosa devastating in lime after VAC

"I am rested and ready ..."

Died: John O’Brien, 68, led largest independent futures brokerage

Paper: "Earned his trading spurs in the pits of the Chicago Merc starting in 1977, where he dealt mostly in futures for cattle, gold and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index"

CNBCer Jon Najarian sells Chicago home for $1.5 million

Paper: "In Lincoln Park, Najarian and his wife had owned the three-story, 4,200-square-foot Greystone since buying it in 1998 for $975,000. They currently own another house elsewhere in Lincoln Park that they bought in 2008 through a land trust for $1.85 million"

Gorgeous Kristina Partsinevelos stuns in green on Canada Day

"All indices posted weekly losses ..."

Ultracute Pippa Stevens stuns in blue, new hairstyle

"First month of outflows in years" in ESG

Crypto-sight: CNBC’s gorgeous Kate Rooney electrifies Miami

"There's a sense of shock right now" about industry crash

Former CNBCers Gary Kaminsky, Susan Krakower tapped by Magnifi+

Chairman and Chief Creative Officer: "I have seen the value add that Magnifi can provide investors and advisors to break through the clutter" ... "The marketplace wants this kind of targeted content ..."

Startup aims to sell stock trending data for $19.95 a month

Paper: "One Chicago trading veteran, apprised of what Duffy was doing, said he doubted the service could be better than those already commonplace"

Ultracute Pippa Stevens stuns in red, new hairstyle

"Natural gas, surging to the highest since August 2008 ..."

Rahel Solomon joins CNN

"Solomon previously worked as a general news reporter at CNBC, where her reporting appeared on many television and digital programs including The News with Shepard Smith, Halftime Report and Power Lunch. Prior to CNBC Solomon was a morning news anchor for CBS3 in her hometown of Philadelphia, PA"

CNBC’s graphics crew twice botches Warren’s name

But they did get "Berkshire" right

Lee Cooperman salutes Shep Smith’s news show

"I'd like to give a shout-out to, uh, Shepard Smith. You know, I hate these cable stations that are not really news stations anymore, they're advoc- advocacy stations. ... I think I respect him because he's giving the news the way it's been given. Objectively, without an opinion. And that's the way it should be"
Judge: "I'm sure he's tickled by what you just said and that may end up in a promo"
Lee on politics: "I find it totally offensive when the president, who I voted for him, frankly, uh, says that the taxes being paid by rich people are 8% of their income. That's total baloney. He's redefining the tax code, basically. He's including in income unrealized gains. The last time I checked, we had an income tax not a wealth tax ... Unrealized gains are not part of income"
Judge: "They keep talking about it because they think it, it scores political points, for them"

Double grammar botch for CNBC graphics crew

"By the way April has also tended to be stronger uh even than usual when the prior 5 months have been weak, as they kind of have this time, has not lived up to the strongness, uh, that we normally see into April ..."

Anthony Scaramucci on Magnifi: Putin out of office before Biden

"I predict that Vladimir Putin will not outlast Joe Biden. OK, so before Joe Biden leaves office, Vladimir Putin will be long gone, and he'll be a stain on Russian history ..."

Sara Eisen, Joe Kernen at Bengals’ Super Bowl!!

"5 min in the stadium and who do I run into?"

Sara cute checking phone for details on Meta report

"Zuckerberg appeared red-eyed and wore glasses, a person said. Employees were told he might tear up because he'd scratched his eye ..."

Seema Mody devastating in burgundy on ‘The Exchange’

"Companies are already starting to warn Wall Street of the effect of a rising dollar"

Gorgeous Karen Finerman gets virtual kiss from Jamie Dimon

"OK I'll accept it, uh, EC, if you can send over a little video of that for me to keep, please, thank you ... He is the greatest finance executive of our generation, no doubt"

Lauren Thomas scoop: Peloton halting production

"It's now left with thousands of cycles and treadmills sitting in warehouses or on cargo ships, and it needs to reset its inventory levels"

CNBC’s gorgeous Sara Eisen stuns in post-holiday violet

"Energy's the only positive sector right now"

Supercute Pippa Stevens complimented by Kelly on jacket

Kelly: "Pippa Stevens has more over at the commodity desk. Love the blazer, Pippa"
Pippa: "Oh, thank you Kelly, and yes, U.S. oil reversed early losses today and is now in the green for a 7th straight session, that's the longest daily winning streak since February ..."

Supercute Pippa Stevens stuns in navy blue at table

"Solar stocks are selling off ... following regulatory headwinds and ongoing supply chain problems ..."

First cars! Tyler Mathisen, Ron Insana, Mike Farr share stories

Insana: 1979 4-door tan Chevy Nova
Farr: 1969 Chevy Nova
Mathisen: 1969 Chevy Malibu Chevelle, gold, followed by a "horrible yellow Camaro — it had no air conditioning ... it was lemon yellow, and it was a lemon ..."

Gorgeous Rahel Solomon devastating in black leather

"NASA is delaying its initiative to put astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest"

Drew Brees blitzed by Tyler over how to ‘thread the needle’ between the game and gambling

Kelly: "Joining the NBC family as a broadcaster, working with the sports-betting site PointsBet"
Tyler: "Realize that you've gone to work for our parent company NBC and, and, and welcome to the, welcome to the club. Um, but I wonder how you and NBC thought through the idea of having one of its paid commentators being a major endorser of a gambling, um, uh, product, No. 1, and because we're accustomed as viewers to seeing the broadcasters be in theory, um, journalists covering an event. So how did you think through the appropriateness of that, and how do you intend to thread the needle between covering the game and covering the betting on the game"
Drew: "Uh, what I do as- as an analyst on the- on the show is just give my very open and honest analysis of the games, um, of the players, of the, um, the subject lines, and um, it's- it's- it's very much based on my experience, and, as a, as playing quarterback in the NFL for 20-plus years. And so, I just- you know, I keep it at that. And then really it's, for those who are choosing to, to bet, bet in-game, uh, use the PointBet- PointsBet platform, I think they're taking any, any number of different, uh, avenues, to, to kind of develop their own strategies their own knowledge base in regards to how they wanna bet"
Tyler: "So then, so then let's go to the 2nd question, which is the sponsored segment that Contessa just mentioned, uh, will that involve you directly, is that a halftime feature, what is it, and, and what would your role be on that, I mean, are you gonna be taking apart, OK, right now it's 22-21, and so it looks like the over/under at 45 is in jeopardy here. What it- what- I, I, talk me through that one"
Drew: "Uh, that's- that's usually something that comes up through the course of the broadcast, or- or through the course of the show, and that's kind of a shared subject line between everybody that's- that's on there, and so at times, you'll have different people commenting, or just maybe explaining kinda where that's at. Um, but it's- it's- it's not, it's not necessarily that each one of us are up there, uh, predicting the lines or predicting the yardage, or you know, any of the end game betting topics"
Tyler: "But back to the sponsored segment, what is the sponsored- what is the purpose of the sponsored, or have you even gotten that far down the line. What is- what does the sponsored segment look like in cover"
Drew: "Well I don't think we've gotten that far down the line. Um, but, I- I think if you- I think if you watch obviously Football Night in America or any of the other shows that are in and around Sunday Night Football, or just the coverage of the highlights of the day or what have you, um, those- those topics are mixed in, in different ways"
Tyler: "I guess- I guess what I'm driving at Drew, and- and- and- and we're all admirers of your work, is the- is the difference this is making in the way we, um, we consume the sports product. And, and, it used to be that if, and up to right now, it used to be that if there was reference to gambling, it was often with a wink and a kind of disguised, um, uh, way. Al would say something like, 'Well this field goal is important only to people who blah blah.' It was not explicit. This is a change"
Drew: "Yeah I mean, I- I think that, that sports betting is something that obviously has been much more widely, um, embraced and, uh, accepted, especially, you know, by the NFL in the- in the stance that they've taken, and obviously the, the major networks as well, um, and so you see it become a lot more prevalent. Um, I mean, take a look at the journey that fantasy football has been on over the last 10 years, call it, you know, and the vested interest now that people take in watching games even if it's not necessarily to watch their favorite team or root for their favorite team, it's now because they have this collection of players on their fantasy team that they're rooting for because they're in these fantasy leagues that, you know, um, so I think it's just the next evolution"

The most underrated question on Wall Street:
Who gets my money after I’m gone?

Why determining where to donate money can be as stressful as acquiring it

CNBC superfox Ylan Mui stuns in black at Capitol

"Under the initial plan from the White House, as little as $600 in account transactions over the course of the year could've triggered those new IRS reporting requirements ..."

Sara stuns in pink/orange combo on ‘Closing Bell’

"There's always a risk of a policy mistake. Is the Fed gonna start tightening into a weakening economy?"

Which big-bank CEO has the best picture/portal on corporate site?

The official CNBCfix.com ratings of what these images convey ...

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase: Round frame is a nice touch; image a bit overwhelmed by the larger blue bar above; expression a little less than relaxed; fairly gray for a color photo. Grade: C

James P. Gorman, Morgan Stanley: Curiously elongated information bar; (the bio text is on board of directors page, which includes same photo but oddly b/w with other board members); photo feels a bit forced; size of face is smaller than all other members of exec team on same page; minimal ego, polite, agreeable presentation. Grade: C+

Brian Moynihan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Largest of the photos but proportionally reduced headsize; sense of professionalism, diligence, straightforwardness; least ebullient of the group; rare red text for nameline. Grade: B-

Charles W. Scharf, Wells Fargo: Collection of contrasts; combination neat/casual; youthful smile and graying hair; Silicon Valley-type look for legacy financial institution; implication of intellect. Grade: B

Jane Fraser, Citigroup: Relaxed, confident, energetic, eager to get to work, impossible to dislike; "Can I help you?" not "Go do this"; professional, appealing if conservative colors; perfect dimensions of image. Grade: A

David M. Solomon, Goldman Sachs: Comfortable, engaging, approachable, down to earth; warmest presentation of the group; equally at home with Treasury secretaries or building custodians; talks Libor or NFL playoffs; collar does look a bit trapped and while spacing is fine, font differential between nameline and title is significant. Grade: A+

Seema Mody married! Beams when Tyler,
Kelly make wonderful announcement

Kelly: "Are you on the honeymoon? What's goin' on?"
Seema: "No honeymoon. Not the right time, everything that's happening. But we'll get there. Sometime this fall or winter. We'll take that vacation. And celebrate. We're super happy"
Tyler: "We love you and we are happy that you are in love as well (Kelly claps)"
Seema: "Thank you, thanks so much"

CNBC graphics crew struggles with grammar

Eamon: "Potential good news there for airline passengers, especially since I'm gonna be on a flight this afternoon. That's good to know"

CNBC offers new definition of the term ‘phone poll’

"Scott, I feel like that could've happened to any of us"

Kristina Partsinevelos debuts on CNBC

Welcomed by Sara, Wilf on 5/19 "Closing Bell": "I'm excited; this is my first-ever hit"
CNBCfix review: Impressive enthusiasm, a little bouncy, one of the more animated Market Flashes in recent memory
"Rapid Fire" debut, 5/20, heard someone at party touting ethereum: "I was at a party, and we were talking about this, and, uh, somebody at the party just said think of ether like a giant foundation, a platform, where you can keep building applications, you can keep providing smart contracts, you- it's gonna be the center of decentralized finance ... bitcoin on the other hand doesn't offer that platform"
Kelly: "My husband is a TikTok star ... you know, big in the insurance world"

Sleepy debut for ‘TechCheck’

With the TV business, like so many others, still in work-from-home mode, it seems a little odd to be launching a new show.

CNBC tried to convince viewers that's the case on Monday (4/12/21), when Carl Quintanilla, Dierdre Bosa, Jon Fortt and later Julia Boorstin ushered in "Tech Check" at 11 a.m. Eastern.

The show was indistinguishable from "Squawk Alley" and most other CNBC content. The premiere edition included exclusives with 3 decent Silicon Valley gets — Pat Gelsinger, Dara Khosrowshahi and Reid Hoffman. Fine, but the big get came earlier on a different CNBC show — Satya Nadella discussing the MSFT-NUAN deal.

“What a news day, uh, to kick off our premiere,” said Carl Quintanilla. Jon Fortt said of MSFT-NUAN, “This is exactly the kind of story that we are centered on here on Tech Check, the meaning behind it.” Sounds good, but the crew spent 8 minutes out of the hour on this subject, hardly opining on it themselves and bringing no outsiders in to say whether it's a good deal or a bust.

There were no noticeable sponsors indicated in the graphics, and there were no analysts nor print journalists nor tech fund investors on this episode.

Carl Quintanilla in his opening remarks described the show as "Our new show about the busines of technology." Dee Bosa followed up with, "We will also be covering the biggest stories and opportunities for investors." It's safe to say that's what's been happening in this time slot for about the last 31 years.

Pat Gelsinger, the first guest, billed as "exclusive" by Jon Fortt, played along, telling Fortt, "Great to be on the inauguration of, uh, 'Tech Check,' uh, with you." Fortt correctly asked what Gelsinger wanted to hear from the White House in the semiconductor meeting. Gelsinger said he wants to see "funding" for the CHIPS Act. We're not sure how successful industries need government investments to compete with China, but we're guessing that whatever Gelsinger wanted to hear, he heard.

At the 13-minute mark, Quintanilla requested what every new CNBC show asks for — tweets. "We wanna hear from you. We're gonna solicit views from viewers," Quintanilla said. What a surprise. Later in the show, they read off a batch and actually went through them too quickly for viewers to see what each one said. The question was, Which tech stories aren't being covered enough? Zzzzzzzzzz.

CNBC has been using the name "Tech Check" for years as a series of daily online snippets, usually not much more than 1-minute long, in which Bosa or another West Coast correspondent rattles off the day's Silicon Valley headlines. Bosa on Monday indicated those types of features will continue. "Tech Check is not just a 1-hour show here on CNBC. It is a brand that will have a full digital presence online," Bosa said. Is it possible for something online to have a half-full digital presence?

1.5 stars out of 4

Died: Jack Sandner, 79, chaired CME in 1980s, ’90s

"In 1997, he announced a revolutionary plan: allowing traders to use the internet to send orders for futures contracts directly to the trading floor"

Tyler Mathisen refers to Nancy’s tearing of speech

Marc Morial: "Let's recognize some fundamental rules of engagement"
Tyler: "The rules of political behavior, uh, seem to have been, uh, in decline for some time ... I'm not pointing fingers at any particular individual or group of individuals ... Just to make the point one more time before we go. I don't wanna point fingers at any indi- at any one individual. But I will say this. Uh, behaviors, whether they are rhetorical, or they are things like tearing up the, uh, State of the Union Address on the podium, uh, in the House of Representatives, that is poor political behavior. I'll leave it there"

Gorgeous Meg Tirrell is deemed ‘MVP of CNBC’

Guy Adami, "Fast Money" of 12/23: "I don't know what a yeoman, is, Mel, I have no idea, but Meg Tirrell has done absolute yeoman's work over the last 9 months on the back of everything that's going on, singlehandedly. Good for Meg"
Melissa Lee: "She is the MVP of CNBC, that's for sure"

Double Black Friday: Gorgeous Ylan & Kelly on ‘The Exchange’

"McKinsey estimates that students could lose on average between 60 and 80 thousand dollars in lifetime earnings because of this disruption"

Anyone for Barunch? CNBC can’t spell contributor’s name

"I'm bullish longer term, but I expect volatility to continue"

CNBC graphics crew has trouble spelling ‘restaurateur’

"It's gonna be brutal to not know how to plan"

Double birthday!! Sara & Wilf!!!

Wilf: Also shared by Bill Griffeth, Brian Steel, "Mrs. Quintanilla"

Fireworks on July 2: Gorgeous Jane Wells live from Alhambra

"They're runnin' out of inventory here ..."

Marcus Lemonis takes big loss on suburban Chicago mansion

7-bedroom, Georgian-style home sells for $3.65 million, bought for $4.9 million
Paper: "Lemonis ... also sold an adjoining 1-acre lot Wednesday to the same buyers for $1 million. Lemonis paid $1.65 million for the lot in 2013. In total, Lemonis lost nearly $2 million on the two properties, which means he sold them for a combined loss of 29% relative to what he had paid in total in 2013"

AOC trounces MCC

Apparently won't have to wait for mail-in count

‘Joseph’: Tensions boil between Joe Kernen, Andrew Ross Sorkin

Joe: "You panicked about the market, you panicked about COVID, you panicked bout the ventilators, you panicked about the PPE, you panicked about ever going out again"
Andrew: "One hundred thousand people died. One hundred thousand people died, Joe, and all you did was try to help your friend the President. Every single morning on this show. You abused your position"

CNBC’s Aditi Roy beams when Kelly asks about Emmy

Kelly: "A baby girl, right ... I'm looking, is that an Emmy over your shoulder"
Aditi: "OK, there's a big story behind that because I had been nominated when I was in local news, I can't tell you, I think about 10 times, and never won, I was the Susan Lucci of the Philadelphia news Emmys, and I finally won ... And I did have a baby girl back in November"
Kelly: "You look great, it's good to see you, congrats"

CNBC’s gorgeous Rahel Solomon on fire on ‘Worldwide Exchange’

"The company did not want to discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on its bottom line"

Sara’s winter fashion show: Eisen gorgeous in Davos

"Why the New York Times is partnering with Facebook — but not Apple ..."

What in the world is a ‘streat’?

Maybe cross between "street" and "streak"?

Twins!!! CNBC’s Melissa Lee welcomes baby boy, girl

Guy Adami: "Happy to report she had very healthy twins, a boy and a girl"
Karen Finerman: "Melissa, we are so delighted for you. I mean it's the best news possible"

Rousing standing ovation for CNBC superstar Bill Griffeth

Tyler: "It's impossible to overstate what Bill means to CNBC ... He is simply put, the best communicator I've ever seen"
Bill: "I so appreciate the, the interest. I couldn't do this cold turkey. So, you know, CNBC and especially President Mark Hoffman have been so kind to allow me to transition to this new, uh, time, of being anchor at large"
Sue: "You know what they say about CNBC. It's like the Hotel California. You can check out, but you never leave. You never leave"

CNBC’s gorgeous Rahel Solomon breathtaking in stripes

"Yet another tough day in fact for crude oil ..."

How to make graphics fill the line: repeat words

Early morning stumble for Sully's crew

CNBC’s devastating Hadley Gamble spends day at EC

Aramco: "Internally, there are a lot of questions about whether they'll reach that 2 trillion valuation ..."

Kelly Evans hasn’t heard of pair of lingerie upstarts

Courtney: "You know, you've got ThirdLove, and Adore Me and all of these other startups in the lingerie category"
Kelly: "I've never even heard of those, are those direct-"
Courtney: "... It's actually pretty hard to make a really good bra. Uh, you have to work really, really hard at that"

Casual Tuesday: Seema Mody spectacularly gorgeous in jeans

"There's really no timeline for that U.S. infrastructure bill..."

Royal superfox: CNBC’s Dee Bosa gorgeous in blue jacket

"Uber's results didn't just miss, but they look particularly ugly next to Lyft's big beat"

CNBC’s Morgan Brennan stuns in red at Post 9

Easily handles long day with Sara off

Arthur Laffer, 78, bestowed with Medal of Freedom by Trump

President: "I've heard and studied the Laffer curve for many years. A very important thing you did, Art"
David Stockman: "He more than any single living person is responsible for the GOP's cowardly betrayal of its historic commitment to fiscal rectitude ... the greatest Fake Economist to ever come down the pike"
Jay Inslee: "Laffer is the last person who deserves a Medal of Freedom"
Bloomberg lede: "History hasn't exactly put the 'Laffer Curve' on a pedestal"
Kansas: Paid $75,000 to advise Sam Brownback on cuts, "led to job growth far below expectations and a massive budget shortfall"
Holtz-Eakin: "Academics like to sneer because he's not an academic researcher ... We've never had a real-world experiment like the one he discussed"
Jared Bernstein: Probably the most influential economist living today ... convincing politicians that tax cuts will pay for themselves ... "None of that has occurred"
Larry Kudlow: Championed award, heard saying "yee-haw" after supply-side kudos

Dee Bosa & Leslie Picker: Pair of CNBC superfoxes

"The reason that Uber has been able to raise 20-billion-plus dollars in the private market is that investors also, this is the bull case, look at the total addressable market, right"

CNBCers forget spell-check

Text appeared at least twice

CNBC’s Contessa Brewer stuns in sharp cut, jacket

Lights up "Rapid Fire" on Kelly Evans' "The Exchange": "If you see 'plane crash' and 'Boeing' in the same sentence all over social media, it's a real- this is a, a problem of crisis and communications for this company"

30 years!!! CNBCers give Sue Herera sensational standing ovation

Newsroom rises; Bill presents cake
Tyler: "Today is a special day. We celebrate Sue's 30th anniversary with CNBC."
Sue: "Thank you so much guys. I'm very touched. All right, you're gonna make me cry."
Melissa: "Look at the newsroom, I mean, really, rarely does this happen, Sue. All for you."
Sue: "You know what's also very rare, in any business, but especially I think in the broadcast business, where you get to work with so many lovely people."
Tyler: "There is no one better. There is no one nicer. What the viewer sees, the viewer gets. You are a gem."
Sue: "Thank you to the viewers for sticking with us, you know for all of those years."
Sue: "I had NO idea ...!!!"

Sensationally gorgeous: Camera over shoulder
of Joumanna Bercetche in London

"It's been a big couple of days as far as trade and trade narrative is concerned"

Gorjus mom Sara beams with son Sam in TV debut

Family day at NYSE

Family surprises David Faber in spectacular Post 9 moment

The man of the hour: "That picture with the glasses is just, holy cow. ... If you keep your hair, no offense to anybody, and it doesn't change color that much, you really don't age that much. At some point, it may catch up with me. ... Thanks to everybody for being here today. Nik Deogun. Samantha Wright, my longtime producer who came down today. Brian Steel ... Oh my God, my wife and my son are here! And my daughter! I'm not gonna cry ..."
Carl's incredibly gracious tribute: "David, you may not cry, but I'm about to. ... As long as they know that as proud as they are to have you as their husband and dad, that's how proud we are to work with you every day, David"

Nik’s gone consulting

"In today's world, every company is in some ways a media company with its own story to tell, not only through traditional media channels but also directly. Understanding how to tell that story responsibly and engagingly is similar to the challenge journalism faces"
Not many specifics as far as CNBC accomplishments in Hoffman memo: "This is a tremendous opportunity for Nik, a testament to his management and leadership skills and an acknowledgment of the extraordinary contributions he has made to help build the CNBC brand and business. Nik brought well-honed journalistic chops and integrity, commercial instincts, and an exceptional work ethic to his time here"

Astoundingly gorgeous travelers in Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
‘Sunny’ ad are Shir Elmaliach, Sian Welby

"The video uses Instagram's stories aesthetics as it follows the two when they travel together in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. ... The main theme in the campaign is the Israeli sun, with Boney M's 'Sunny' played in the background"

Photographers mesmerized by Chrystia en route to podium

Canadian conservative: "The Mexicans simply outhustled us"

MCC marks 20 years at CNBC!

Michelle starts story: "I'm interviewing at CNBC 20 years ago ..."
Bill continues: "... I walk into the office, there's the boss with a young lady who says, 'My grandfather loves you'"
Michelle finishes: "And I'm sitting here with Bill Griffeth today. It is an honor. Fantastic."

Lee Cooperman moved by extraordinary
Wall Street tributes read on CNBC

Scott Wapner: "I also reached out to some of, uh, the heavyweights if you will of- of this business, uh, to get sort of their thoughts on, on what you've meant to the industry ... Mario Gabelli, who ... stuck with you through thick and thin, writes to me, 'After Lee started his firm in the early '90s, he would grill me on stocks that he thought I had a core competency in. It was as though I was his younger teammate. He still does that.' Uh, David Tepper, uh, wrote to me, 'I knew Lee from when he headed an investment committee at Goldman Sachs I was on, and I always considered him one of the all-time great stock-pickers.' David Einhorn says, uh, 'Lee has boundless energy, is a fantastic storyteller with a long memory and has an anecdote for every situation. But even more he has a heart of golden generosity. He is a terrific example for everyone in my generation.' Uh, Lee when- when you hear that, I'm wondering what you think"
Lee: "Well, it brings tears to my eyes. … Shouldn't do that to me. Not in a public arena"
Trump's trade: "I think it's very dangerous, I think he's on the wrong track, and I hope he backs off"
SEC: "One of my cause celebre maybe in my next life will be to get a losing-party-pays legal system. Believe me, if losing party pays, I would've gone to trial"

David Lynch, 72: Trump ‘could
go down as one of the greatest presidents’

"He has disrupted the thing so much. No one is able to counter this guy in an intelligent way"
Backpedals: "Unfortunately, if you continue as you have been, you will not have a chance to go down in history as a great president. This would be very sad it seems for you — and for the country. You are causing suffering and division"

Graduation gift: CNBC’s Seema Mody speaks to alma mater

"When I sat in your seat many years ago, I knew exactly what I was going to be — a star doctor, perhaps a dermatologist. I had acne growing up, so I thought it would be a good way to give free samples and solve the problem ... I started to realize this may not be for me, but I stuck it out ... I had to let go of my dream of practicing medicine ... After a couple of stops, I found my true calling in journalism"
Pals: "Friendships matter. Having the right friendships matter even more"
Bitcoin reporter: "I did not let my limited knowledge of a certain subject stop me from saying yes to a certain opportunity"
Tributes: "Mrs. Johnson taught me how to write and inspired me to study the English language through teaching of Shakespeare ... Mr. Johnson in the math department still doesn't have very much hair ... He is amazing — relentless, but in a good way ... Mr. Braun taught me how to embrace different religions and see life through different cultural lenses. Plus he taught me how to laugh at corny jokes — that's very important"

Triple-cute: Sara, MCC, Missy wear sneakers on ‘Power Lunch’

Doesn't mean we have to forget about heels

Gorgeous Hadley Gamble relaxes on set in Russia

Sizzling in St. Petersburg

CNBCfix review: When the Wolves Bite could stand a protein shake

"Wapner, accidentally it seems, at times draws a beautiful contrast of America's wealth hierarchy. ... But that's below the surface. Unwilling to opine, Wapner fails to find a voice"

Larry Kudlow, You’re hired

"A thought that I have is the United States could lead a coalition of large trading partners and allies against China, or to let China know that they're breaking the rules left and right. That's the way I'd like to see. You call it a sort of a trade coalition of the willing"
Hoffman statement: "Larry's been part of the fabric of CNBC since our founding in 1989. We thank him for his many contributions and wish him well."
Emotional appreciation: "I talked to Mark today; it's extremely kind. Um, the last 25 years of my life has been tied up with CNBC, which changed my life, changed my profession, um, and has been a family to me, and however this thing works out, it will be God's will, uh, if there's an opportunity when my service is complete, I hope very much to come back and help CNBC. It is my family and it has changed my life. CNBC also years back gave me a 2nd chance after my crash and burn ... I love this place"
New York Times: "Mr. Kudlow’s selection startled some in the West Wing, who were unaware it was happening ... latest move by Mr. Trump to surround himself with loyalists ... Stock markets, which have been rattled by the White House tariffs, did not react positively to news of Mr. Kudlow's appointment on Wednesday. ... Mr. Kudlow criticized the president after the emergence of the 'Access Hollywood' tape in October 2016. He later re-endorsed him, but Mr. Trump, who nurses grudges, was angry for some time, according to people close to him"
Bloomberg: "He cited a source — who he hinted was Trump — telling him that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'has been on the phone with the president' making concessions on NAFTA negotiations 'hand over fist.' ... Earlier this month, he wrote a column for CNBC describing the president's tariffs as 'a regressive tax on low-income families.' ... In December 2007, he was arguing there was no recession and that the 'Bush boom continues' ... warned in 2010 that former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen would usher in a new era of higher inflation"
Politico: "Trump offered the job to Kudlow over the phone Tuesday night while Kudlow was at dinner at Cipriani restaurant in Manhattan ... During the call, Trump said he was seeing Kudlow's photo on television and told him: 'You're looking handsome, Larry.' ... Kudlow's television presence is part of the reason Trump wanted him for the job, according to a senior White House official. Trump regularly complains that he does not have enough talented people making the case for his policies on television."
Wall Street Journal: "Grew up in a Republican family in northern New Jersey's upwardly mobile suburbs, became a leader of the antiwar movement during the Vietnam War"
Jerry Bowyer, 2013: "Larry's fundamental commitment was to optimism, not to free market capitalism ... producers calling and saying 'Larry's looking for the optimism case.' Larry putting formerly optimistic guests 'in the penalty box' for not providing it. Larry dropping good thinkers with good minds when they turned pessimistic."
Associated Press: "He converted from Judaism to Catholicism, according to a 2000 interview with the religious magazine Crisis. After graduating as a history major from the University of Rochester in 1969, he worked on Democratic campaigns in New York. But he evolved into a committed Republican ... Customarily attired in narrow-lapelled suits, Kudlow has relied on the same Savile Row-trained, New York-based tailor, Leonard Logsdail, for 26 years. Logsdail said Kudlow still wears some of the first suits he made for him. 'He does take care of them,' the tailor said."

Dan DiMicco tells Sully, ‘You’re dead wrong’

Sully: "Dan, you know better than anybody. China is not that big of an importer of steel to the United States"
Dan: "That's where you're dead wrong"
Sully: "They're 11th"
Dan: "Is this Brian?"
Sully: "Yes it is"
Dan: "Brian, you're dead wrong on that"
Sully: "I'm not just wrong- how am I dead wrong. They're 11th"
Dan: "Those are the kind of numbers people throw out when they're trying to make a distorted point because they don't want to see what's going on for the American people. OK, here's the real deal. China's overcapacity is huge ... Just because we've won some trade cases against China in the short term that has cut back on their direct shipments of steel, doesn't mean that the steel that they are making isn't going into other countries and forcing them to sh- to move their products that they were selling in other countries in the world (sic last 3 words redundant) now into the United States"
Sully: "Dan my numbers- I just wanna be clear for the audience. I mean, my numbers are from the U.S. government"
Dan: "But they don't include the trans-shipping, they don't include the impact ..."

Claudia Cardinale, 79, attends funeral for Mireille Darc

Alain Delon also on hand

Wilfred Frost estimates Tuesday’s suit cost $700

Wilf: "I don't know, 700"
Kelly: "I didn't know if you're gonna go for it. Explosive information!"
Wilf: "I don't know exactly. ... It's not super expensive"
Kelly: "Maybe not for your job. But for a suit, in general, you know, not that I know; I don't know these things"

CNBC struggles with 2 words in early morning graphic

But Carolin show-stopping in magenta

Bust

Sully: "Friendly with many of us … Anthony obviously giving perhaps an unfortunate interview to the New Yorker magazine's Ryan Lizza in which he, uh, used some choice language … maybe the most short-lived tenure of any communications director in the White House"
Melissa: "Remember that initial White House press briefing in which he took the lectern and basically wowed a lot of people, they really thought that, uh, Scaramucci had done an excellent job, that initial day, uh, and then it seemed to be sort of a descent from there"
Tyler: "This sounds like, Mr. Scaramucci, meet General Kelly. Mr. General Kelly, meet Mr. Scaramucci. And that does sounds like it did not go well"
Kayla: "You can bet that this is going to be toward the top of the list of the questions that (Sarah Huckabee Sanders) will be receiving … His appointment in the beginning ruffled feathers … at first the president really liked it, but then when Anthony Scaramucci became the story … reports in Page 6 in the New York Post about his family drama"
John Harwood: "The likeliest scenario, that, uh this is something that John Kelly, uh, who means to impose discipline on the White House staff, uh, insisted upon … Obviously in any normal White House, he would've been fired as soon as that interview took place"
Kayla: Kelly "is definitely not someone that if you are in the White House you want to be messing with"
Tony Fratto: "You can't parachute into those jobs any more than I can parachute into being a hedge fund manager"
Melissa: "It's simply bad judgment isn't it"
Pat Buchanan: Kelly "basically was repelled by what Scaramucci said and the way he said it … and he exercised immediate and swift and decisive command … I think it's an extremely healthy sign of the potential of the general ... his first step was dramatic and impressive and correct"
Sully: "President Obama went through 4 chiefs of staff in 4 years … and that was a record by the way"
John: "This is, um, a disorderly White House from the top, and that's really the problem"
Sully: "Robert Costa tweeting right now saying uh that uh apparently according to his sources the president did not like the vulgarity in the New Yorker article … He does not drink, he does not smoke, he does not necessarily curse … "

CNBC struggles to correctly spell ‘Lloyd’

"Judge" Scott Wapner: "They are likely watching uh right now"

Lookalike stunners: MCC & Danielle DiMartino Booth

Oops: In dovishness debate, Steve Liesman twice calls Danielle "Diane"
Tweet: "Agree w/ your growth comments … BTW: Green (as in dress, not $) looked great"
Danielle: "Much obliged. Green is for GO and yet the Fed said so little"

Kelly’s getting married! Flowers on ‘Closing Bell’

Nuptials on Saturday
Bill: "I only found out myself last hour ... you guys are a match made in heaven"
Kelly: "This is so nice ... This is beautiful. I feel like everybody watching has sort of seen me grow up in many ways, so, thank you all for being part of the journey … I love working down here by the way. These guys, and gals, are fantastic ..."

CNBC’s gorjus Carolin Roth stuns in stripes

Devastating morning on "Street Signs"

Wow! Sara in maroon on ‘Worldwide Exchange’

Early morning news bombshell

Uh-oh — someone at CNBC forgot to type the main info here

They should come up with a better strategy for dummy text

CNBC’s Louisa Bojesen: ‘I never go on dates’

Louisa: "Front of the FT this morning, they make a point with a big picture of the Shard, saying the Shard has defied the doubters as setting record rents for the South Bank. Here's like a little picture of the Shard, so it's a huge building in London-"
Seema Mody: "Have you ever been up there?"
Louisa: "I haven't. Have you been?"
Seema: "I hear it's a great date spot"
Louisa: "Really?"
Seema: "Yeah, I'm told"
Louisa: "I wouldn't know. I don't know. I never go on dates"

Bill Griffeth: Sara and I didn’t coordinate purple attire

Bill: "This was not planned. Yes, we match, but it was nothing"
Sara: "We're just so in synch. We don't even have to tell each other"

Blue & golden: Seema Mody & Nancy Hulgrave on ‘Worldwide’

CNBC producer in spotlight in Madrid

Seema Mody in stripes

CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" ends week on a high note

CNBC’s Carolin Roth mesmerizes in Europe

Stanchart interview closes with a visual flourish (above)

CNBCfix review: Al Michaels’ book leaves the drama on the field

Other than digs at Cosell and Esiason, "Miracle" man prefers compliments to controversy
The contenders: Gowdy, Scully, Buck, Costas, Nantz, Cosell ... is Al Michaels
the greatest sportscaster of all time?

CNBC contributor Rich Ilczyszyn, 46, dies

Family: "Rich had a love for life as well as an appreciation for the fragility of it. He always encouraged others to live fully and spend time with those they love and hold dear. iiTrader is a testament to Rich's inherent creativity and resilience. iiTrader will continue to innovate and move forward"

Bill Fleckenstein slams interview with Jackie DeAngelis

"The certainty with which the woman that I got interviewed by this week sees the future, and the need to be involved in stocks is rather remarkable since most talking heads don’t know anything about investing"
Still waiting: Article notes no sign of short fund promised since late 2013

CNBCfix review: Excitement in backwardation in Secret Club

Kate Kelly's dry account of commodities world fails to pose an important airline question

Mark of celebration: Hoffman leads rousing cheers at CNBC

"There's been a lot of highlights ... I would say the proudest I was of the organization, was in the- leading up to the financial crisis in 2008, and the year or year and a half or so that followed it, I felt like, as if all of the hard work that had gone into building the organization over the first 20-plus years, or so, had really paid off ... I was so proud of the way CNBC not only reported the story, but the way they treated the seriousness of those events"
Tears: "Do I see a little moisture in your eyes, Tyler?"

 
 
 

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera:
‘Paul Tudor Jones said out loud what we all know to be anecdotally true,’ Karen Finerman is ‘exception that proves the rule’

Karen Finerman: "Well my first response was I just could not believe he said it. And so I, I wanted to make sure that I had it right, and I went and I looked at the video, and of course you just showed it, so yes, he said it, and, uh, I, I, I know, I know that he's apologized, that he didn't mean to offend anyone, and I believe he was saying it, he was- an attempt to be very candid, I can't believe also that he didn't think that will- would never get out, but it's sort of- I mean on so many levels, it makes me wonder, 1, what if you don't nurse, do you not then have that- are you, do you keep your judgment then if you don't nurse. That's sort of something that popped into my head"
Amanda Drury: "And also, is he also saying that global macro traders that are guys are not great dads because they're always off 24/7 on the phone trading stuff"
Karen Finerman: "Right, I just- I don't really accept that premise either. If you are a mother, I really sort of do wonder, how long this would knock you off your game for. And, it, I don't know, on so many levels, I know so many women, far more successful than I, who have done an extraordinary job of raising kids, and also, uh, you know, trading, trading their books"
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: "I think Paul Tudor Jones said out loud what we all know to be anecdotally true. That women, it's not that they don't have the ability, it's just, if they have a child, priorities tend to change. It takes up a lot of time. A child is a huge, huge commitment. And so-"
Amanda Drury: "And not necessarily a bad thing"
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: "It's not necessarily a bad thing, he's not saying that, that they can't do it, it's just, it gets a lot tougher. Priorities often change. And I think Karen, you are awesome, but you are the exception I think that proves the rule. Let's face it: How many other women are on 'Fast Money.' I mean when you look at the breakdown of people- when you look at the breakdown of people who are on CNBC. It's a guys-and-ties network. I mean let's not kid anybody!"
Karen Finerman: "Yes I hear you-"
Brian Sullivan ridiculously removes tie: "Here we go, no more guys in ties"
Karen Finerman: "Let me just add 1 thing"
Brian Sullivan: "I don't wanna get accused of dodging the conversation. All right, I know hedge fund managers that have what they call the large-house indicator. Right. What they say is, if they have an investment manager, or a fellow hedge fund manager, whatever, that starts to build a new mansion, they will often times use that- or CEO of a company, they'll use that as a negative and either get out of it or trim, because building a home is a year-long process, takes a lot of energy, you're not focused on what you're doing. So I don't think just has to be about gender. If you've got any big undertaking you take on, that reduces your focus. I'm not defending what he said-"
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: "Except this happens to be about having babies for women, which is just a huge thing in, in most women's life"
Brian Sullivan: "If I was a hedge fund manager and a CEO of a company bought a 200-foot yacht, I would sell the shares of that company probably short that next day"
Karen Finerman: "I mean also there's the private plane indicator, you get the private plane, you're not hungry anymore, then you don't care. I, I don't really buy that, I think it also makes the case that women don't have the judgment to know, after they've had a baby, whether or not they are still interested in being in the game. Now that may be his experience, and I believe him when he says that's what he's found to be true, and he gave a couple examples of a, you know, two women from Maryland the '70s, he probably has more recent examples than that, but is he just open to the possibility, the possibility, that maybe it's not true, that there will never be just as many women investors as men, never, period, end of story. Isn't it possible?"
Amanda Drury: "And the other thing is Karen, and you've touched on this, I mean, we would've said in the past, it would've been decades, maybe not even so long ago, we would've said that we can't have a good female doctor, she can't possibly be on call because she's got to be at home feeding her child at night. Right?"
Karen Finerman: "And now look. Now look, there are just as many women, or maybe it's about the same number of women graduating from medical school as men and you're right, years and years ago, that was thought as an impossibility"

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