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Monday, Dec. 31, 2007

1. Kerkorian's Energy Play: Delta Petroleum announced today it will sell a 35% stake to Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corporation. Roger Parker, CEO of Delta Petroleum, discusses the deal. 2. Existing Home Sales: A look at home inventories and sales, with CNBC's Diana Olick, Rick Santelli & Steve Liesman. 3. Buon Giorno Gabibbo: The big war between Western Kentucky University and the Italians, with CNBC's Darren Rovell. 4. CNBC's 2008 Predictions: CNBC's reporters share their words of wisdom for the year to come. 5. Dylan's New Year Countdown: CNBC's Dylan Ratigan is in Times Square with a countdown to the New Year.

The Biggest Tech Stories of '07 and '08 Here's but a mere sample of the year's top tech tales: Apple iPhone release; Halo 3; Xbox-Wii-PlayStation; HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray: Google's mobile strategy; all things wireless; Oracle, Microsoft earnings; and, yes, Star Wars' 30th anniversary! Now: what's coming in 2008? Click here to view posting.

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THE FINAL TRADE

	Want to know the trades that may make you money next week? Here's your playbook to tackle the Street: Which Tech name should continue its run in '08? Najarian: (AMZN) is a (BUY). Will engineering and construction stocks continue their run in '08? Adami: Yes. E&G stocks are still a buy. Which loser from '07 could see a turnaround next year? Najarian: E*Trade might be worth a look on takeover speculation..

		Trade School- Playing the M&A Game Click here for the Fast Money Trade School Lesson of the week.

	Is it a buy or a sell? Next week, the Fast Money Five tell you how to read the street’s biggest events so your fast money stays fast Monday: Earnings Before: Earnings After: Eco: Existing Home Sales Tuesday: NEW YEAR'S DAY – MARKETS CLOSED Wednesday: Earnings Before: Earnings After: Eco: ISM Manuf., FOMC Meeting Minutes**** Thursday: Earnings Before: MON Earnings After: BBBY, FINL Eco: ADP Employment Report Other: Oil Inventories Friday: Earnings Before: Earnings After: Eco: Jobs Report (50K)****

		The Fast Money five takes a look at the week's biggest market movers. (GPN) (Global Payments) (AMZN) (Amazon.com) (DSW) (DSW Inc.) (CKP) (Checkpoint Systems) (MBI) (MBIA) Click here to see if you have these recent Pops & Drops in your portfolio.

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		Time to get back into the game my Fast Money friends. Next week the market will be closed on Tuesday, but the pace of trading should return to its more familiar frenzied pace as investors look to pair losses, flatten positions and take the pulse of the market as we head into the new year. Some questions to ponder as we prepare to man the trenches of capitalism: To what extent will the credit crisis begin to resolve itself? Will the rally in hyper growth Tech names like Apple and Google continue? Will the rally in commodities continue, or might a slowdown in the U.S. economy lead to lower oil and gold prices. The Fast Money will be watching. Also hitting the Fast Money radar will be the slew of economic reports out next week. We start with existing home sales on Monday. Fed minutes will be released on Wednesday. But the grand daddy of them all will be the Jobs report on Friday. It should offer us a telling glimpse as to the effect the mortgage meltdown has had on job creation. Plenty of opportunities to make money my Fast Money friends. And ultimately, what more can you ask for than that. Remember, an open market is one in which you can make money, and we will try to do that all next week. I hope you join us. . -Dylan If you have questions about The Final Trade or suggestions for Fast Money, please send an email to FastMoney@cnbc.com

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Friday, Dec. 28, 2007

1. Buffett's Bond Insurance Play: Warren Buffett is making a big move into the bond insurance business, reports CNBC's Becky Quick. 2. Banks Battle for Capital: Banks are battling for capital, Citi may be cutting jobs and Bank of America has no more soup in its cafeteria, reports CNBC's Charlie Gasparino. 3. Residential Real Estate Woes: A look at what the problems in the residential real estate sector mean for the broader economy, with Nouriel Roubini, chairman of RGEMonitor.com, and CNBC's Diana Olick. 4. Top Golden Parachutes of '07: CNBC's Mary Thompson takes a look at the top golden parachutes of 2007. 5. Bhutto Funeral: Pakistan's government blames Al Qaeda and the Taliban for the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Bhutto, reports NBC's Ned Colt.

My 7 For '07: The Pharma Year in Review The seven biggest stories in my sectors in 2007? Avandia, Dendreon, Pfizer, Biogen were just a few of the topics that made this a fascinating year for the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industries...Click here to view posting.

		VIDEO OF THE WEEK Markets React to Bhutto Death: Global political concerns rattle the markets after Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is killed today, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.

EXISTING HOME SALES: Diana Olicks breaks the 1000am National Association of Realtors Existing Homes Sales data and follows the market's reaction as the year of real estate woes comes to a calendar close. CAUCUS COUNTDOWN: The frenzy continues as candidates barnstorm Iowa trying to win over caucus-goers. John Harwood wraps up any bombshells from Sunday AM talk shows and tell us what to expect in Iowa and beyond. NEW YEAR'S EVE EFFECT: After a softer than expected holiday shopping season will New Year's party product sales give a much needed boost to specialty retail including grocers, warehouses, liquor stores. Will consumers drink away 2007 worries? Brennan talks to the folks from Moet in their temporary Soho bubbly boutique. BILLION DOLLAR MASCOT MELEE': Western Kentucky University's athletic mascot is known as "Big Red" debuted in 1979, but in Italy it's the children's character "Gabibbo". The creator of the Italian children's profitable phenomenon admitted copying his character from WKU -- yet when WKU sued in an Italian court for the licensing rights and profits, they lost. Darren Rovell digs into this battle of for Big Red.

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