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...everybody, however, views conservation as such a taboo topic. The cantankerous Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has made repeat appearances on CNBC this week to bark out a stern conservation message. "If everyone cut back their driving by 3% we?d have gasoline coming out of our ears!" he told viewers. But he's one of the few lawmakers willing to publicly encourage cutting back. The President's four-point plan to reduce gas prices includes no mention of encouraging personal conservation - even though he has in the past pushed measures that create incentives to do so like giving...
...Former Disney chairman Michael Eisner's talk show debuted on CNBC the other night. It got a zero rating. The show is called Conversations with Michael Eisner. Apparently it was a private conversation." --JAY LENO...
Most attendees were law students, but undergraduates made up a significant proportion of the audience according to Law School spokesman Michael A. Armini. Tickets were distributed at both the Law School and the Holyoke Center approximately one month ago, and CNBC producers contacted some student ticket-holders about participating in the “lightning round” before the show...
Orman, who has earned millions dispensing financial advice on her weekly CNBC show, on PBS specials, in O, the Oprah Magazine and via her books and kits on money matters, prides herself on her ability to focus on one thing at a time and stick tightly to her agenda. "I came to this conclusion after watching the way racehorses win," she explains. "They come out of the gate with blinders on and go for the finish line." Orman does the same. "I don't care what my competition is doing. I don't care how their books are selling...
...according to a book by Nicholas Maier, who worked under Cramer at his firm, some of that profit-making may have been slightly less then ethical. “Trading With the Enemy” criticizes Cramer for using his CNBC appearances to sway the market in his favor and for working his employees into the ground...