CNBC.com's News Now: Stocks Close Out Wild Week on Positive Note

Click here to view this newsletter on your wireless. Friday, Apr. 03, 2009     DOW 8017.59 39.51 +0.5%   NASDAQ 1621.87 19.24 +1.2%   S&P 842.5 8.12 +0.97%       NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC PLUS     WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Stocks Close Out Wild Week on Positive Note Stocks closed out a week that began with a wicked selloff and turned to a historic move higher on a fairly quiet note... »read more Banks May Be the Only Winner In New Rules for Toxic Debt There's little dispute that allowing flexibility in valuing toxic assets will be good for the banking industry. The big question is whether it's good for anyone else—including the US government.... »read more Higher Payments on Nearly 1 in 4 Loan Modifications Lenders are boosting their attempts to avoid home foreclosures, but fewer than half of loan modifications made at the end of last year actually reduced borrowers' payments by more than 10 percent, data released Friday show... »read more TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS 1. Bernanke on Housing & Economy  Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed has sought to avoid credit risk and allocation in lending programs 2. Gross Talks Jobs   Reacting to the jobs report and how the markets will respond, with William Gross, Pimco co-chief investment officer/founder. 3. Ford CEO Pay Decreases (It's All Relative)   Ford CEO Alan Mulally's total pay is valued at $13.6M, down from $21.7M in 2007, reports CNBC's Matt Nesto. 4. Battle for the Black Swan  It hasn't been an easy voyage for Odyssey Marine Exploration, with Greg Stemm, Odyssey Marine co-founder and CNBC's Mark Haines. 5. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer!  Mad Money host Jim Cramer shares his stock picks with CNBC's Erin Burnett       TODAY'S TOP BLOG   Farr: Cautious Not Cowardly Navigating No-Man's Land by Breckenfeld, Author of THE COOL FACTOR In my business, working for Fender Musical Instruments Corp., we have a term that refers to celebrities who are famous for something other than music, but who have the urge to dabble in guitar playing – we call them "Civilian Guitarists." It's actually a positive aspect to our industry because it shows that recreational guitar playing can be loads of fun. But very few of these players go on to become recognized as professional musicians. One exception is Bernie Williams, ex-centerfielder for the New York Yankees who has recently embarked on a successful recording career. »See All CNBC.com Blogs     FIRST IN BUSINESS WORLDWIDE     (c)2009 CNBC Inc. All Rights Reserved 900 Sylvan Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

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CNBC.com's News Now: RIM Profit Beats Estimates; Outlook Outstrips Forecasts

Click here to view today's newsletter on your mobile device. Thursday, Apr. 02, 2009     DOW 7978.08 216.48 +2.79%   NASDAQ 1602.63 51.03 +3.29%   S&P 834.38 23.30 +2.87%       NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC PLUS     WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW RIM Profit Beats Estimates; Outlook Outstrips Forecasts Research in Motion reported improved earnings that topped estimates and gave an outlook that was well ahead of analysts' forecasts. Its shares skyrocketed about 20 percent... »read more Stocks Hold Rally as Banks, Tech Surge Stocks spiked higher Thursday as investors began to believe in a rally that sent the Dow industrials to their highest four-day winning streak in more than 75 years... »read more Springtime for Stocks: Rally May Finally Beat Down Bear The bear may finally be beaten. As investors digested this week's flurry of good news—or at least better-than-bad news—talk grew that the long slog through the debilitating bear market could be over... »read more TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS 1. Mark-to-Market: Relaxing the Rules   FASB votes to change the mark-to-market from what it has been known for the last year and a half. Discussing the implications, with Harvey Pitt, former SEC chairman and Robert Albertson, Sandler O'Neill. 2. Obama at the G20  President Barack Obama discusses the G20 meetings. 3. Lewis Banks on America  Bank of America president, chairman/CEO Kenneth Lewis says the economy is showing mixed signals right now. 4. Immelt & Otellini: GE, Intel & Healthcare   General Electric and Intel form an alliance to market and develop home healthcare technologies. Insight on the deal, with with Jeffrey Immelt, GE CEO and Paul Otellini, Intel CEO 5. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer!  Mad Money host Jim Cramer shares his stock picks with CNBC's Erin Burnett.       TODAY'S TOP BLOG   RIM Gets Ready to Rumble, Readies Blockbuster Blackberry On a day that Research in Motion prepares to release what could be promising earnings, I have also been able to confirm that the company is prepping a new hybrid Blackberry that will feature both a full QWERTY keypad and a touch screen. Top industry sources tell me the new Blackberry, with no official name, will be exclusively available on Verizon when it comes to the US, and should be available, I'm told, "in the next few months." »See All CNBC.com Blogs     FIRST IN BUSINESS WORLDWIDE     (c)2009 CNBC Inc. All Rights Reserved 900 Sylvan Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

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CNBC.com's News Now: World Leaders in London

Click here to view today's top stories on your mobile device. Wednesday, Apr. 01, 2009     DOW 7761.6 152.68 +2.01%   NASDAQ 1551.6 23.01 +1.51%   S&P 811.08 13.21 +1.66%       NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC PLUS     WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Job Losses at 742,000 in March; Planned Layoffs Fall Job losses in the U.S. private sector accelerated in March, more than economists' expectations, according to a report by ADP Employer Services Wednesday... »read more Detroit Automakers' Sales Fall, but Less Than Feared March sales fell sharply for General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler, but not as much as industry analysts had feared for any of the companies. Sales of Japanese automobiles also fell, though less steeply than they did for U.S.-based automakers... »read more Pending US Home Sales Climb But the Market Remains Weak Pending sales of existing U.S. homes rose modestly in February but the market is still weak in the face of continued declines in home values and a recession, a realty trade group said on Wednesday... »read more TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS 1. Ross: The Future of Detroit  Fritz Henderson is a good choice to lead GM and the financing of dealers has yet to be addressed, says Wilbur Ross, Jr., WL Ross & Co. chairman/CEO, with Mike Jackson, AutoNation CEO. 2. Un-Fairfield Greenwich  Discussing the fraud charges against Madoff "watch-dog" Fairfield Greenwich, with William Galvin, Sec. of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and CNBC's Larry Kudlow. 3. Jobs Down 742,000  Clarity on the bigger than expected drop in employment data, with Joel Prakken, Macroeconomic Advisers; CNBC's Steve Liesman & Rick Santelli. 4. World Leaders in London  The very latest on the G20 summit, with CNBC's John Harwood. 5. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer!  Mad Money host Jim Cramer shares his stock picks with CNBC's Erin Burnett.       TODAY'S TOP BLOG   The Domino Effect Of A Fake Pizza Promotion Domino's Pizza CEO Dave Brandon is busily promoting the chain's "Big Taste Bailout" promotion. Turns out Domino's gave away 11,000 pizzas this week by mistake. »See All CNBC.com Blogs     FIRST IN BUSINESS WORLDWIDE     (c)2009 CNBC Inc. All Rights Reserved 900 Sylvan Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

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CNBC.com's News Now: Roubini's Read on the Recession

Click here to view this newsletter on your mobile device. Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009     DOW 7608.92 86.90 +1.16%   NASDAQ 1528.59 26.79 +1.78%   S&P 797.87 10.34 +1.31%       NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC PLUS     WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Earnings Alert: First Quarter Likely to Disappoint Investors Investors who think the recent run-up in stocks is a sign that the market has turned a corner could be in for a rude awakening once first-quarter earnings start.... »read more Stocks End Bad Quarter On Positive Note Stocks closed out a tough quarter on a positive note, helped by gains in technology and big banks... »read more Fed's Move to Lower Mortgage Rates May Backfire The Federal Reserve's latest moves to push down mortgage rates quickly raised expectations about helping the housing recovery, but it may be months before the impact is entirely apparent and the effects may not all be positive, say people in the real estate and housing industries... »read more TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS 1. Gross Talks Corporate Bonds   Bond holders are still negotiating and hoping, with William Gross, Pimco, and CNBC's Erin Burnett. 2. Roubini's Read on the Recession   The solutions and government interventions that need to be tackled in order to take the economy and financial system off of life support, with Nouriel Roubini, RGEMonitor.com chairman/NYU Stern School of Business professor and Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. 3. The Black Swan's Political Calamity   The solution to the financial crisis is to look at what is needed now, not to fix the current system, says Nassim Taleb, "The Black Swan" author and Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. 4. Springtime for Stocks   Stocks are on track to finish the month of March with its best monthly gains in nearly 20 years, with Jim Rogers, Rogers Holding and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo 5. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer!   Mad Money host Jim Cramer shares his stock picks with CNBC's Erin Burnett.       TODAY'S TOP BLOG   Dorn: Which Came First - The Happiness Or The Success? Studies show that it's not an either/or situation. Happiness and success are connected in interesting and often counterintuitive ways. Talking about how success leads to happiness ignores half of the story. There is increasing scientific evidence that increasing happiness leads to success. »See All CNBC.com Blogs     FIRST IN BUSINESS WORLDWIDE     (c)2009 CNBC Inc. All Rights Reserved 900 Sylvan Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

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