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Lenovo's Senior Vice President Peter Hortensius On Motorola Acquisition
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 11:29am | 332Lenovo Group (OTC: LNVGY) Senior Vice President and soon-to-be Chief Technology Officer Peter Hortensius appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning, where he highlighted the company's acquisition of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Motorola Mobility handsets as well as the company's commitment to...
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Stephen Ross Talks The Related Companies' Purchase Of Time Warner Building
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:49pm | 327The Related Companies founder and chairman Stephen Ross appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning where he discussed buying Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) Columbus Circle building and headquarters, Time Warner Center, for $1.3 billion amid the media conglomerate's plan to move into New York City...
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Rep. Paul Ryan Reacts To President Obama's State Of The Union Address
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:42pm | 486Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, was full of slick marketing lingo when he responded to President Obama's State of the Union address on the Republican party's behalf on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning. Ryan started the dish with a few dashes of insulting comments, saying...
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Wilbur Ross Points To China As Almost Ready For Western Investment
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 2:58pm | 503Billionaire investor and WL Ross & Co. LLC (Invesco Institutional) CEO and chairman Wilbur Ross Jr. appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box, where he discussed China's GDP and why he's confident that it's almost time for more outside investors to come into the emerging market. “I think China is...
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Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini Talks Medicare Advantage Growth
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 1:45pm | 316President, Chairman and CEO of Aetna (NYSE: AET) Mark Bertolini commented on the company's Medicare Advantage product and its growth across the country on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning. According to Bertolini, “Medicare Advantage is too big now,” a perception that some policy makers agree...
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Larry Summers On Why Economic Growth Over Next Five Years Is Crucial
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 12:38pm | 441Lawrence “Larry” Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, former President of Harvard, and former Director of the White House United States National Economic Council, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box where he discussed the importance of building out infrastructure during a tepid economy. “I...
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Raymond James' David Henwood Calls Best Stocks For 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 12:23pm | 447Raymond James Chief Investment Officer David Henwood, who oversees and writes for the company's annual publication Analysts' Best Picks, gave his list of top stock picks for 2014 on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning. “We pick solid names,” said Henwood. “Names that are marketable; we think...
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Lakshman Achuthan Sees U.S. In Current Recession
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 3:24pm | 296Economic Cycle Research Institute's Lakshman Achuthan is confident that the economy is in the middle of a recession that most are blind to. He went over the details of this belief on Tuesday morning's Squawk Box on CNBC. “We've called; made a call for a recession in the middle of 2012 and we're...
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Gerald Storch Explains Holiday Season 2013's Retail Slump
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - 11:34am | 375Marking the last day plunge that some shoppers take on Christmas Eve, Gerald Storch, founder and CEO of Storch Advisors and former chairman and CEO of Toys “R” Us, went behind the scenes of the successes and failures of the retail sector this holiday season on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning. As...
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TV's Top Nerd Chris Hardwick Talks 'Talking Dead' and Show Formats
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 10:27am | 417Sporting a Space Invader holiday sweater, Chris Hardwick, founder of Nerdist Industries, better known as host of both AMC's The Talking Dead and Comedy Central's new gameshow @midnight, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning to discuss the unique format of his “after show” for The Walking...
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Sebastian Thrun Disrupts Higher Education With Udacity
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 1:47pm | 578Sebastian Thrun, Udacity co-founder and Google VP and Fellow, co-developer of Google Street View and the infamous self-driving car, recently gave up his role as a tenured Stamford professor in order to integrate online education into standard practice. He talked about the experience and new...
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Jim Cramer's Take On GM's Announcement of Mary Barra as Next CEO
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 11:59am | 339Mary Barra, General Motors' (NYSE: GM) current head of worldwide product development, will replace Dan Ackerson as CEO. As reported by CNBC's Phil LeBeau, historically, she is not only the first CEO of an automotive maker, but the world's largest automaker. Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money...
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Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Predicts 7.2 Percent Growth For Friday's Job Numbers
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 12:35pm | 357Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's (NYSE: MCO) Analytics, talked ADP numbers on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning, with private sector employment increasing by 215,000 jobs in November and sporting a revise for October from 54,000 to 184,000 jobs, up 130,000 amid the window of resolution...
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Expert Explains Where ACA Site Needs Improvements Most
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 4:30pm | 311Michael Leavitt, former Secretary of Health and Human Services and founder of Leavitt Partners, a firm that assists with the states implementing the Affordable Care Act, appeared on Monday's Squawk Box on CNBC to discuss the ACA website's struggle to improve functionality amidst heavy scrutiny...
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StellaService CEO Sees Amazon Keeping Throne As Online Retailer King
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 4:12pm | 273Jordan Leiser, co-founder and CEO of StellaService, a data collector for online retail, talked a bit about how they track companies and how the rest of the retail world competes with the online Goliath Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning. “We track the ordering experience,...