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Elon Musk’s Fired-up Response to CNBC Over His Tweets: ‘I Don’t Care’
May 17th, 2023 3:11 PM
Twitter owner Elon Musk is doubling down on his defense of freedom of speech, despite CNBC trying to grill him over his tweets.
Elon Musk Will Be Temporary Twitter CEO After Deal Closes
May 5th, 2022 12:28 PM
Tesla CEO and tech billionaire Elon Musk will serve as temporary CEO for Twitter after his deal to buy the platform closes, according to CNBC.
Trump Defends CNBC’s Cramer from Woke Twitter Mob, Says ‘No Pandering’
Business
September 16th, 2020 2:52 PM
CNBC’s Jim Cramer may have made a Freudian slip yesterday when he called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “Crazy Nancy” to her face on live TV. He has since apologized. But the Twitter woke mob had smelled blood. In response to Cramer’s gaffe, blue check marks all over the Twitterverse were either blowing their collective gaskets or calling for Cramer’s head to be served up on the proverbial silver…
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GAFFE! CNBC’s Cramer Calls Nancy Pelosi ‘Crazy Nancy’ to Her Face
Business
September 15th, 2020 3:52 PM
CNBC’s Jim Cramer’s insult gaffe to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have been a huge Freudian slip.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer: President Trump Is ‘Great for the Stock Market’
Business
February 6th, 2020 10:09 AM
Forget the liberal media’s scrambling to throw cold water on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address. CNBC host of Mad Money Jim Cramer gave high praise for Trump’s economy, a major focus of the president’s speech Tuesday.
April Exceeds Expectations, 3.6% Unemployment Lowest Since ’69
Business
May 3rd, 2019 3:06 PM
April was a great month for jobs with another upside surprise.
CNN reported on May 2, that it was expected to be “a healthy but unspectacular” 185,000 jobs. Unemployment was expected to remain at 3.8 percent. MarketWatch was expecting a “robust increase” of around 213,000 jobs.
As Lefty Media Embrace 70% Top Tax Idea, Greenspan Calls It ‘Terrible'
Business
January 8th, 2019 1:03 PM
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has many policy ambitions, among them she floated the idea of hiking the top tax rate to a whopping 70 percent to pay for a “Green New Deal.”
Although a chorus of media liberals defended and even applauded the socialist’s “soak the rich” suggestion, some high-profile economists opposed it because it would harm the economy. A CNBC reporter also…
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Blockbuster 312K Jobs ‘Good for the Economy,’ ‘Working People’
Business
January 4th, 2019 11:06 AM
The December jobs report crushed expectations on Jan. 4, with 312,000 jobs added, a strong participation rate, wage gains and two months of upward revisions. That was 136,000 jobs more than expected.
CNBC, Bloomberg See 4.1 Percent GDP as ‘Win for Trump’
Business
July 27th, 2018 11:57 AM
CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and Bloomberg.com viewed the latest U.S. GDP report as good news for the Trump administration. The 4.1 percent second-quarter GDP estimate announced July 27, was the best quarterly pace in almost four years. Bloomberg.com called it a “Win for Trump” that same day.
Networks Ignore Consumer Confidence Rebound to ‘Lofty’ Levels
Business
April 27th, 2018 11:06 AM
CNBC’s on-air editor Rick Santelli reacted to the April consumer confidence numbers positively, but the same night ABC, CBS and NBC evening news programs all ignored the latest update of consumer attitudes toward the economy, as did their Spanish-language counterparts, Univision and Telemundo. “Some breaking news: Consumer confidence, we are looking for a read on April and the number is 128.7,…
Media Fall for ‘Equal Pay Day’ Agenda With Gap as Low as a Penny
Business
April 11th, 2018 3:01 PM
You’ve probably heard already. April 10, was “Equal Pay Day,” a symbolic day media, politicians and celebrities use each year to complain about gender-based pay discrimination — by abusing a statistic that does not illustrate that.
Santelli Recalls February 2009: Bailout ‘Dissension was Born
February 19th, 2014 11:23 AM
CNBC’s Rick Santelli recalled the five-year anniversary of the stimulus, housing bailout and blowing “a gasket” during “Squawk on the Street” today.
“On Feb. 19 I blew a gasket. But basically, what was born at that point was the voice of dissension. How do we know that? Many of course still remember the IRS issues. President said maybe there wasn’t a smidgen of, of, of negativity there or…
Bush’s Former Chief Economic Adviser: 'Lower Proportion of Americans
November 2nd, 2012 4:55 PM
On the Nov. 2 edition of CNBCs “Squawk on the Street,” former chief economic advisor to George W. Bush and Hoover Fellow Ed Lazear commented that today’s jobs report may not be as good as the Obama administration and media make it out to be. “You have to think about how much do you need to keep employment constant as a proportion of the population,” he stated.
CNBC Host Upset 'American Political Community' Worried about 'Killing
December 14th, 2009 6:11 PM
It's a good thing New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wasn't a used car salesman because CNBC "Squawk on the Street" co-host Mark Haines would have driven off the lot in a lemon. Friedman appeared on the Dec. 14 broadcast of "Squawk on the Street" to promote the paperback release of his book, "Hot, Flat, and Crowded." And once again, he made the case the United States is lagging behind in…
