vanityfair.com - 9/30/2008
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Bankruptcies ... fire sales ... banks on the brink: these are dark days for Wall Street. But, for CNBC and Maria Bartiromo, things couldn't be better. At 41, Bartiromo is a star, the Barbara Walters of business news, and the prize in an expected bidding war when her CNBC contract comes up for ...
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Who Put The 'B' In CNBC?
Dealbreaker —
... The November issue of Vanity Fair has a story featuring two ladies near and dear to all of our hearts: Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett. Specifically, what may or may not be a network-manufactured rivalry between the "Money Honey" and the "Street Sweetie." Both parties claim the catfight is in no way based in reality, though Erin does admit to "getting it," telling writer Suzanna Andrews, "Maybe it's...a male-fantasy thing." ...
Links^2: Bonds, Banks, Bush, Wall Street Warriors, etc.
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed —
Even more links that keep flooding into my inbox: Administration, Congress Completely Fail Communications Test (Advertising Age) Corporate bonds have worst month since 1980: "the only thing you know is that if you don't buy anymore, you can't get hurt anymore" (Bloomberg) Libor rises most on record: Anyone not funded through 2008 is essentially toast (Bloomberg) Bartiromo vs Burnett at CNBC (Vanity Fair) Failed WaMu still leads the list of top yielding one-year CDs, but one-star Corus is close behind (Bankrate) Interesting Cramer apology on Wacovia ...
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