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Friday, Jul. 18, 2008

1. CDARS: FDIC Insurance Up To $50 Million 2. Oil Crisis 3. Curbing Short Sellers 4. Beverly Hills 9021-Oil 5. Merrill & Citi Set Market Tone Freddie's Fix Means Higher Mortgage Rates? Moves to save Freddie Mac certainly seem to make sense on the surface. But as Diana blogs, efforts to raise cash for the troubled company could have major consequences for homeowners... Click here to read more.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK Ackman's Plan for Fannie: Insight on the benefits of his plans will have for the U.S. financial system and markets, with William Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management

PHARMAPALOOZA: Schering-Plough and Merck report quarterly earnings before-the-bell on Monday. Mike Huckman follows the news and numbers. APPLE EARNINGS: While all the talk revolves around the second generation iPhone, it will be the old iPhone, iPods and Macs that will drive second quarter earnings for Apple. Will they beat big, as they have a habit of doing? Jim Goldman reports. TRAILER PARKS OF TOMORROW: Warren Buffett believes in the trailer park. Berkshire Hathaway owns Clayton Homes, a manufactured housing company. These firms were hit hard during the housing boom as people traded up. Now some of those people are in a world of hurt and may go back to the mobile home. Jane Wells talks to the CEO of publicly traded Cavco, another mobile home maker. His company is trying to pitch itself in new ways: 1) Green--uses fewer resources and they're even building a home completely powered by solar, and 2) A "lifestyle" as these homes are grouped in high-end communities. This ain't your father's trailer park. BATMAN AT THE BOX OFFICE: Julia Boorstin looks at the box office tally the Dark Knight racked up, after signs that it could test the best-debuting films of all-time. By Friday, it was virtually sold out coast-to-coast through Monday. Will it mean big bucks for Time Warner? Portfolio Watchlist Insider Trends Financial Glossary Stock Screeners Fund Screeners Earnings Screeners

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CNBC.com's News Now: Regulators Investigate Wachovia HQ

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Thursday, Jul. 17, 2008

1. Microsoft Earnings Analysis: 2. Regulators Investigate Wachovia HQ: 3. Trump on the Economy: 4. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer!: 5. Multi-Million Dollar Homes on the Block: Can't Get No (Customer) Satisfaction? Try "Satisfied Customers" Today's customers are empowered by the web and no longer shackled by geography or loyalty. So how do you keep a customer satisfied in a changing world? Gloria McDonough-Taub blogs on a new book by media pioneer, Pete Blackshaw titled, "Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3,000: Running a Business in Today's Consumer-Driven World." Click here to read more.

EARNINGS IN THE CITI: Following Merrill's big earnings miss on Thursday, Citi's before-the-bell report will be crucial factor as investors decide whether or not to keep on buying financial stocks. Mary Thompson monitors Citi's results and the company's comments. COMMERCIAL REALTY CHECK: Diana Olick looks at the growing number of vacancies in the commercial real estate sector...particularly retail spaces. Reis Inc. is out with a report saying the vacancy rate for U.S. retail space jumped in the second quarter due to the growing number of retailers shutting down stores amid the economic slowdown. What's the next shoe to drop and where should you invest in the commercial real estate space? CALIFORNIA'S BLACK GOLD RUSH: Fashion, Fame and... Oil? Beverly Hills is home to oil fields, wells and derricks hidden in constructions like a kidney shaped mall and a high school playing field tower. But it's not just Beverly Hills: the Los Angeles oil basin is the most urbanized place in the country with active oil production. California is the 4th biggest U.S. state producer of crude. Jane Wells reports. THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL CRAZE: Universal Pictures' Mamma Mia! opens on 3,000 screens on Friday... written, produced and directed by the same team that made the musical $2 billion in theaters. The movie comes nine years after the Broadway show opened... and as the musical currently has nine productions around the world. Many Broadway hits have flopped on the big screen -- Rent, Phantom, the Producers. So how will Mamma Mia! fare for Universal? Julia Boorstin reports. Portfolio Watchlist Insider Trends Financial Glossary Stock Screeners Fund Screeners Earnings Screeners

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