Word: cnbc
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Everybody was waiting for Eminem. In the weeks leading up to the Grammys I went on MSNBC, CNN, "Charlie Rose" and even CNBC to talk about Slim Shady, a.k.a. Marshall Mathers. I'm still waiting for a call from the Food Network. My take on it basically boiled down to this: Eminem has some talent - all you have to do is listen to his smoothly rapped hook on "Forgot About Dre" to realize that. But, truth be told, his album isn't all that. Wyclef, OutKast, Dead Prez and even Dr.Dre made better, richer, edgier albums last year...
Sharon Epperson is a correspondent at CNBC Business News. You can e-mail her at sharon.epperson@nbc.com
...Economy days, the stock market was a source of stability. Wealthy old men would read the listings in the morning paper and learn that their shares had swung up 1/4 or down 1/8. Today we have the Internet and the "CNBC effect." People see a trend as it's happening and call or click their broker to chase the momentum. High volatility on the upside is fun; it's nice to see that a stock you bought on Tuesday is worth 30% more on Thursday. But on the downside, it can turn a minor downtick into a major bloodbath...
...think of a privileged little scene earlier in the day in the mahogany-paneled men's locker room of a private club in Boston. Two investment bankers, plump and pink from their game of squash, stand stark naked before the large television set on the wall, tuned to CNBC. They watch the crawl of stock quotations on the screen; their brows darken, and the pink drains from their cheeks...
Sharon Epperson is a correspondent at CNBC Business News. You can e-mail her at sharon.epperson@NBC.com