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Site Map -- CNBC.comhttp://www.cnbc.com/rss/RssSitemap2280.xmlCNBC.com -- First in business worldwide.Copyright 2009 CNBC.comen-ushttp://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/CNBC_Images/componentbacks/logo_small.gifSite Map -- CNBC.comhttp://www.cnbc.com/Traders are hoping for a quiet end to the week, ahead of Monday's Memorial Day holiday. They say, though, a lot will depend on what happens with April's existing home sales data, released at 10 a.m., and the price of oil. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24783413/2008-05-23T01:43:37.253+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24783413/Singapore's economy grew in the first quarter at its fastest pace since 2005, but slightly below market expectations, and the government raised its 2008 inflation forecast and warned of increased U.S. recessionary risks. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24783171/2008-05-23T01:07:16.343+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24783171/European shares were set to open little changed on Friday, with investors struggling for direction amid a thin events diary, mixed markets in Asia and modest gains overnight on Wall Street. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24782763/2008-05-23T05:24:42+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24782763/Asian markets were mixed Friday following a pullback in oil prices. A stronger U.S. dollar lifted some exporters in the region. Japan managed to close slightly higher but Australia shed 1 percent, weighed down by declining resource stocks. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24782761/2008-05-23T00:23:39.253+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24782761/U.S. crude oil futures rose on Friday after seesawing before dealers bought defensively ahead of a long weekend and as the market eyed a weaker dollar and strikes affecting French port traffic.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24782739/2008-05-23T19:18:51.517+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24782739/The dollar fell on Friday and was set for its steepest weekly slide against a basket of major currencies in two months, as record high oil prices left the U.S. economy vulnerable to slower growth and rising inflation. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24782738/2008-05-23T16:21:09.847+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24782738/It's a double-dose of odd news Thursday night from Yahoo: losing board member Ed Kozel, one of two true outside tech experts on the company's board of directors; and word that the company is delaying its annual shareholders meeting. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24782463/2008-05-22T23:09:11.277+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24782463/They're stepping up to the plate and asking Donny their million dollar questions... here's their big chance to bring their products and ideas to the next level. Click here for more information!http://www.cnbc.com/id/24781721/2008-05-22T22:13:40.073+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24781721/You’ve got your great idea. Following up on what we covered in today’s show, here are steps you should take to make immediate progress.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24781588/2008-05-22T21:48:11.730+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24781588/U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told CNBC Thursday that rising oil prices are not driven by market speculation but instead reflect tight supplies and growing global demand. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24781020/2008-05-22T21:55:35.063+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24781020/The controversy over China's treatment of  Tibet has had many discussing whether world leaders should skip the summer Olympics in Beijing.  A survey  in Germany and France found a majority believe their leaders should not attend the Opening Ceremonies. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24781003/2008-05-22T21:40:50.707+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24781003/Less than two weeks after an ESPN report connected Bill Duffy Associates with an insider who had allegedly funneled money to BDA’s new client—and standout NBA prospect—O.J. Mayo, CNBC has learned that the relationship between the two is over. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780938/2008-05-22T21:31:38.797+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780938/Rapid prototyping is the process of creating physical objects from computer generated CAD program that a prototype machine can build a 3d design out of plastic or resin. Rapid Prototyping is used to produce models and prototype parts, fast! http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780742/2008-05-22T20:49:51.217+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780742/My opinion on NDA’s is that you need them!  Don’t let anyone tell you differently.  Sometimes, if the product is not unique like t-shirts, jeans, etc. then it’s just a matter of doing your designs and getting them out there to the market place.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780720/2008-05-22T20:44:47.567+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780720/There's no shortage of great ideas - the question is whether or not you have the confidence, drive, and determination to transform your "better way" into a "big idea" to live your "American Dream." The portal to your American Dream is in finding a better way. Whether it's a new idea or a new product, the possibilities are endless. It's time to transform your life. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780421/2008-05-22T20:24:37.923+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780421/Warren Buffett's news conference in Milan, Italy, divided into four video clips.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780413/2008-05-23T13:53:42.973+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780413/Small investors might soon be able to take part in the surging growth of US wind power, as the industry reaches a scale that will increasingly require tapping public capital markets to continue its explosive growth.  http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780290/2008-05-22T21:34:13.370+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780290/Stocks held onto modest gains, boosted by an an unexpected drop in jobless claims and merger buzz in the utility sector. Oil was a bargain around $132, after earlier surpassing $135 a barrel.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780076/2008-05-22T20:42:28.943+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780076/OIL, MARKETS & THE ECONOMY...Our stock market panel will discuss and debate all the latest news, trends and developments affecting investors, including an in-depth look at energy prices. On board:http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780056/2008-05-22T20:02:39.510+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780056/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780013/</link><pubDate>2008-05-22T20:06:04.317+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780013/</guid></item><item><title>Morris L. Reid has worked with high-profile individuals, government officials and corporate executives in the successful resolution of complex and high-level political and corporate issues for more than 15 years. As the Managing Director of BGR Group, Mr. Reid has consulted and provided counsel to the leaders of hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and as a Clinton administration senior staff aide to the late Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown and Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo. Reid was also director of Vice President Al Gore's office at the 1996 Democratic Convention and Deputy Director of Vice Presidential Operation for Clinton/Gore '96.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24780011/2008-05-22T20:05:27.037+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24780011/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779703/</link><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:43:49.297+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779703/</guid></item><item><title>David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an online column and an online video. His daily blog, “Pogue's Posts,” is the Times's most popular blog. David is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News and a frequent guest on NPR's “Morning Edition." His trademark comic tech videos appear each Thursday morning on CNBC. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779700/2008-05-22T19:44:35.233+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24779700/This weekend, Memorial Day will mark the unofficial beginning of summer. The markets have historically been relatively flat going into the lazy hazy Days of summer. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779664/2008-05-22T19:46:35.183+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24779664/A few thoughts from the TV editor's desk about CNBC's multiple airings of a video that showed Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer being pelted by eggs thrown by a protester at an event in Hungary a couple of days ago.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779621/2008-05-22T19:38:51.787+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24779621/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779474/</link><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:30:47.390+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779474/</guid></item><item><title>Bill Seidman is a consultant to RWB Capital Management. His services are used primarily in the analysis and selection of securities in the Financial Services Industry. He is currently Chief Commentator at CNBC-TV, Publisher of Bank Director Magazine, and a Director of Fiserv and US Order, Inc.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779472/2008-05-22T19:30:09.810+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24779472/There are signs that emerging-market governments who provide gasoline and other energy subsidies to their citizens are under intense pressure to lower those subsidies, and this is causing some trepidation among stock market bulls. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24779313/2008-05-22T19:39:57.050+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24779313/Investors who spent the past nine months avoiding the US stock market and economy by snapping up multinational companies are now coming back home.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778859/2008-05-27T17:48:53.263+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778859/Wall Street appears resigned to the idea that the Federal Reserve is done cutting interest rates, but a patchy economy could force policy-makers to keep their scissors handy.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778633/2008-05-22T20:13:39.277+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778633/By all measures, this movie, from Time Warner's New Line Cinema, promises to be huge with the female demographic that so loyally watched the HBO series for six seasons. It's that die-hard female fan base that's attracted huge brands to partner with the film, and earned it the nickname usually reserved for the Oscars: the Super Bowl for women. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778625/2008-05-22T19:06:02.260+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778625/Curiously, the much-maligned Adjustable Rate Mortgage appears to be making a comeback. Lennar is putting their special ARM financing right on the front page of their website, offering ARMs at 2.88 percent for the first year, 3.88 percent for the second year, and 4.88 percent for the remainder of the life of the mortgage...http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778484/2008-05-22T18:26:18.073+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778484/After a few delays, we are thrilled to have launched the currency trading portion of the contest. Just looking at some of the results from the first official day of trading on Wednesday, this should prove to be a very exciting competition. Interestingly enough, all of the day's leaders were trading the British pound.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778329/2008-05-22T21:31:17.937+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778329/Its price has become one of the most widely discussed, debated and feared topics on Wall Street and on Main Street. But what's next? Will it continue to climb toward a "super spike" or have we seen the top for oil prices?http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778307/2008-05-22T20:48:43.123+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778307/At a time when Microsoft and Yahoo publicly stumble about, trying to come up with some way to take on Google's search juggernaut, we now get more market research data showing Google continues to gobble up market share. And it's the kind of news that neither Microsoft nor Yahoo can afford to hear. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778104/2008-05-22T19:20:40.340+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778104/Peter Navarro is a business professor at the University of California, Irvine. His latest book is The Well-Timed Strategy: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778074/2008-05-28T15:38:34.343+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24778074/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778072/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T15:39:55.437+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24778072/</guid></item><item><title>The traders have returned from their visit to the Windy City -- and as far as we can tell, Chicago was "their kind of town!" Here's what you didn't see on TV!http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777917/2008-05-22T17:54:06.203+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777917/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777814/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T17:26:56.670+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777814/</guid></item><item><title>Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs at Yale University’s School of Management and the Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice as well as the Founder, President & CEO of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute of the Yale School of Management. He spent ten years as a professor at the Harvard Business School.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777811/2008-05-28T17:15:13.920+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777811/Tomorrow a Société Générale special committee will unveil a long-awaited report into how one 31-year-old trader was able to build up €50 billion in long positions and then give everyone the impression his huge bets were low-risk.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777801/2008-05-22T18:47:52.750+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777801/Driving around Southern California’s Ventura and Los Angeles counties, we saw many of those boarded up stores or “for lease” signs in small businesses. In Oxnard, California the local retail organization told me that these areas are getting “redeveloped” but store owners were much less optimistic. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777784/2008-05-22T19:18:52.653+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777784/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777768/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T17:34:52.333+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777768/</guid></item><item><title>Kenneth R. Timmerman is a journalist, political writer, and conservative Republican activist who in 2000 was a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland. Timmerman is executive director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, an organization that works to support democratic movements in Iran. Timmerman authored Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson. Born in New York in 1953, Timmerman obtained a BA from Goddard College un 1973 and an M.A. from Brown University in 1976. He moved to France, where he pursued a career as a novelist, publishing a novel called Wren Hunt in 1976 and a novella called The Iskra Scrolls in 1980.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777765/2008-05-22T19:08:04.557+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777765/David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His articles and financial market comments have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and other publications.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777544/2008-05-28T15:33:08.943+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777544/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777542/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T15:34:03.663+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777542/</guid></item><item><title>Sources are telling CNBC that the top legal counsel for the NBPA, Gary Hall, was paid to work for Bill Duffy Associates—the agency that represents Mayo that is under investigation--at least twice. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777513/2008-05-22T18:37:16.170+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777513/It has become crystal clear a major political storm is brewing. "Change" is a nebulous rallying cry that by itself doesn't mean much in particular. But it may be an effective one for Democrats nevertheless because of the level of unhappiness with the way things are. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777357/2008-05-22T17:14:24.250+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777357/Are energy stocks topping? With oil (the commodity) and energy stocks going parabolic in the past couple of months, it's little wonder that there has been a concerted attempt to short the energy complex this week. Mostly, it has been unsuccessful.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777352/2008-05-22T17:12:55.080+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777352/John Kilduff is Vice President and Co-Head of MF Global.  Prior to joining the company, he was Senior VP of Energy Risk Management Group at Fimat USA, Inc. where he was responsible for providing corporate energy risk management services, which included daily market research, market analysis, advisory services, and managing the hedging of energy price exposures, through the utilization of various exchange listed and over-the-counter, custom tailored, derivative products.  He has also held senior positions at ABN AMRO Incorporated, Metallgesellschaft Corp., and Lehman Brothers, Inc.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777336/2008-05-28T19:20:12.930+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777336/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777334/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T19:20:26.680+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777334/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777281/</link><pubDate>2008-05-22T17:03:00.870+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777281/</guid></item><item><title>Nearly 32 million people tuned in. Good news, bad news for News Corp. Good news--ratings didn't slip, as they have been most of the season. Bad news--David and David were so much better than Jordin and Blake a year ago, the competition so much stiffer, why didn't the ratings outperform? http://www.cnbc.com/id/24777013/2008-05-22T18:59:38.050+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24777013/Polls are mixed on the McCain-Obama race for president. But there are some good things coming out of the McCain story. First on the polls: Rasmussen has McCain four points ahead, 46-42. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776943/2008-05-22T16:38:40.710+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776943/Everyone loves (hates) a train wreck. But love 'em or hate 'em very few can turn away from one. Whether real or some embarrassing reality show stage-up where people will go to any depth to get on TV, we seem to line up to watch the pain, writes Farrell.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776810/2009-05-21T14:24:16.317+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776810/McDonald's new chicken sandwich - the company's biggest product launch of the year - bears remarkable resemblence to that of a rival chain. Nothing new in the fast food industry, says The New York Times.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776721/2008-05-22T16:59:18.890+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776721/Simply put, Indy is expected to appeal to pretty much everyone except little kids. It's what they call a "four quadrant" movie here in Hollywood, the elusive film that will attract young and old, male and female. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776691/2008-05-22T16:49:50.497+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776691/If you think oil's been leading energy prices higher, think again. Coal is up more than 90% this year -- more than twice the move in petroleum. Should you be on board?http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776560/2008-05-22T19:54:59.640+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776560/Could your family road trip lead to sizzling summer trades? Find out about the unlikely places in which the traders see opportunity!http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776554/2008-05-22T22:21:21.880+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776554/Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Wendy's and Dell popped while Moody's and Under Armour dropped.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776549/2008-05-22T22:31:15.257+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776549/Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight...http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776547/2008-05-22T16:30:34.520+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776547/Emerging markets need petroleum to fuel their progress. But with crude surging to new highs how much longer can they withstand oil’s super-spike?http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776531/2008-05-22T22:14:47.400+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776531/Q: On Fast Money's Trader Radar we look at the stock that was lighting up screens across Wall street today. Based in Boise, Idaho, don't let the name of this company fool you. The circuits on its chips are smaller than the suggest one millionth of meter. The stock short circuited today after investors worried it may make an unwise acquisition. Who is it?http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776503/2008-05-22T17:39:51.690+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776503/This content is only available online. You won't find these trades on TV!http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776499/2008-05-22T23:36:25.197+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776499/Crude retreats, giving stocks an opportunity to edge higher, but not without shaking up the market. Find out how to trade the airlines, Ford, consolidation in energy and more.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776492/2008-05-22T22:10:12.140+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776492/Delinquencies for Alt-A mortgages (these are the low-doc, no-doc loans where you don’t have to prove your income, etc.) rated between 2005 and 2007 are continuing to climb, with total delinquencies now as high as 17 percent in some cases. That’s 6 percentage points higher than previous estimates.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776457/2008-05-22T16:39:53.070+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776457/High food prices will continue for at least a decade even if they drop from the levels that sparked street protests or riots in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean in recent months, government-backed international agencies say. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776222/2008-05-22T15:56:05.700+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776222/Warren Buffett told reporters in Italy today that the high price of oil doesn't really affect his investment decisions.  In response to a question from CNBC Europe's Anna Martin, Buffett said that while oil does affect his operating businesses, it has a similar effect on his competitors.  "There's a real impact on society, but not much on our investment decisions."http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776187/2008-05-22T15:43:44.587+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776187/Dr. Paul Kedrosky is an analyst for CNBC television; a columnist for TheStreet/RealMoney; the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best-known business blogs on the Internet; and he is frequently quoted in major publications around the world.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776033/2008-05-28T19:17:49.170+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24776033/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776031/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T19:18:20.013+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24776031/</guid></item><item><title>Stocks held onto modest gains, boosted by an an unexpected drop in jobless claims and merger buzz in the utility sector. Oil was a bargain around $132, after earlier surpassing $135 a barrel.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775921/2008-05-22T17:47:57.023+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775921/Americans are fooling themselves if they think U.S. inflation is under control, the manager of the world's largest bond fund saidhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775898/2008-05-22T15:33:53.270+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775898/At a recent Bankrate conference, Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, gave an excellent keynote address on the constant evolution of the the digital world we live in.  Here are some of the growth stats, Lee shared.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775835/2008-05-23T12:47:32.737+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775835/Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon Stephen Greenberg is announcing the Hampton's Plastic House in which for a half a million dollars, a lucky consumer can get a summer mansion in Hampton's with a season full of lipo, new boobs and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of treatments including...http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775673/2008-05-22T15:50:53.890+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775673/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775625/</link><pubDate>2008-05-22T15:02:21.293+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775625/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775620/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T17:53:41.987+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775620/</guid></item><item><title>Vicky Ward has been a Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair since 2001, specializing in investigative reporting. She has covered a wide range of topics, from the falls of Jean-Marie Messier, Carly Fiorina and Morgan Stanley's Phil Purcell, to controversial profiles of Bruce Wasserstein and the shady financier Jeffrey Epstein. She has also written extensively about the art world, focusing on institutions like the Getty, and Guggenheim as well as the collector and businessman Francois Pinault. She has covered a failed oil coup in Arica, written about CIA agent Valerie Plame, and written about society figures such as Brooke Astor and Leila Hadley Luce. She is also a weekly columnist for the London Evening Standard and is writing a biography of the famous French courtesan, Madame Claude.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775618/2008-05-22T16:28:49.740+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775618/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775581/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T17:59:58.510+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775581/</guid></item><item><title>Brian Wesbury is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P., a financial services firm based in Lisle, Illinois and serves on the Board of Advisors to First Trust Capital Partners, an affiliated private-equity firm. The Wall Street Journal ranked Mr. Wesbury the nation's #1 U.S. economic forecaster in 2001 and USA Today ranked him as one of the nation's top 10 forecasters in 2004.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775579/2008-05-22T16:09:58.993+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775579/Tell Us: Who's to Blame for America's Oil Crisis?http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775533/2008-05-22T15:00:48.560+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775533/It just keeps getting worse. Pfizer, which is staring down the loss of a $13 billion-a-year drug (Lipitor) in the 2010-11 timeframe, needs the rest of its product portfolio and its drug development pipeline to be firing on all cylinders. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775486/2008-05-22T15:20:47.160+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775486/Leo Hindery, Jr. is Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a New York-based media industry private equity fund which he founded in 2005 and which is a successor to six previous InterMedia investment funds that he formed beginning in 1988.  The investments of those earlier funds were sold in 1998-1999.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775379/2008-05-28T19:13:04.503+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775379/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775376/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T19:13:57.300+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775376/</guid></item><item><title>Jon Fine is the media columnist for BusinessWeek and an on-air contributor to CNBC.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775071/2008-05-28T15:20:46.177+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24775071/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775069/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T15:24:38.843+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24775069/</guid></item><item><title>Cameco, the world’s largest uranium producer, has told the Canadian nuclear regulator that its refinery might have leaked uranium, arsenic and fluorides into Lake Ontario, The New York Times reports.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774981/2008-05-22T15:06:22.240+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774981/The job market may be getting tough,  but these companies are hiring  more entry-level workers than a year ago. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774970/2008-05-22T16:24:50.087+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774970/Kevin Ferry is the Co-Founder of Cronus Futures Management.  He created the company in 2 with five other traders focusing on fixed income, foreign exchange and equity futures trading in the electronic world.  Currently, Chief Market Strategist, Ferry has 24 years experience in futures trading.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774781/2008-05-28T15:00:08.233+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774781/<description /><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774779/</link><pubDate>2008-05-28T15:00:58.417+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774779/</guid></item><item><title>Whether you're interested in researching and applying for a patent, finding a manufacturer, finding an investor or simply starting to act on your Big Idea, here's where to start! Click ahead for some of the most helpful business links on the internet!http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774757/2008-05-22T14:11:12.007+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774757/Nearly 2.1 billion shares and $43 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge.  Here are the bets being made today...http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774694/2008-05-22T14:19:18.390+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774694/The US mortgage market will recover slowly from a wave of bad loans that threw financial markets into crisis and the lending system will need repairs, Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner said Thursday.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774579/2008-05-22T14:03:03.190+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774579/Day 4 of the Warren Buffett European offensive, and expectations of an imminent bid have been managed down. Mr Buffett says he is not stalking targets, he wants companies that meet his criteria to call him. He even gave out his phone number on a number of occasions during the Lausanne press conference.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774498/2008-05-22T14:01:58.017+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774498/CNBC.com is planning live coverage from Milan of Warren Buffett's fourth news conference in four days.  It's scheduled for 11:45a ET.You can see the entire event on our <a href="javascript:window.open('http://www.cnbc.com/id/24598146',%20'cnbc_live',%20'width=720,%20height=450,%20status=no,%20toolbar=no,%20menubar=no,%20location=no,%20resizable=yes');%20void(0);" linktype="External" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">Live Video player</a>.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774386/2008-05-22T13:47:33.770+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774386/U.S. home prices posted their sharpest first-quarter decline since the government began tracking the data 17 years ago.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774352/2008-05-22T14:25:05.227+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774352/<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837290?q=f" linktype="External" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">Ford Motor</a> warned on Thursday that it no longer expects to meet a key target of returning to profitability in 2009 and would cut production through this year in response to a slumping U.S. auto market. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774288/2008-05-22T20:36:54.943+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774288/Prices are clearly at a level that represents a full-blown energy crisis, and the stock market sell-off, yesterday, evidenced the sentiment that the economic outlook and energy demand are likely to deteriorate at a rapid pace. http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774209/2008-05-22T14:03:23.877+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774209/Your source for finding online content mentioned on CNBC TV. <ul> <li><a href="24775533" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">Tell Us: Who's to Blame for America's Oil Crisis? </a>We want your opinion on the looming crisis.</li><li><a href="24774028" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">Pogue Extra</a> CNBC contributor David Pogue reports on Netflix and Roku enabling viewers to download films and watch them on TV in roughly 20 seconds.</li><li><a href="http://www.ofheo.gov/media/hpi/1q08hpi.pdf" linktype="External" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">OFHEO Home Price Index</a> Decline in house prices accelerates in first quarter of 2008.</li><li><a href="24726087" linktype="Internal" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" fullscreen="false" location="true" menubars="true" titlebar="true" toolbar="true" omnitrack="false" hidetimestampicon="false" hidecontenticon="false" contenticononly="false">Oil-Proof Your Portfolio</a> Just when it looked like stocks were about to break through a wall, they appear to have slipped on a road covered with oil. </li> </ul>http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774173/2008-05-22T13:25:22.577+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774173/Warren Buffett's news conference in Madrid, Spain, divided into four video clips.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774140/2008-05-22T13:35:05.250+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774140/CNBC Contributor David Pogue on Netflix's Roku, a product that enables near-instantaneous movie downloads.http://www.cnbc.com/id/24774028/2008-05-22T13:49:47.280+00:00Nationalhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/24774028/