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To: Greta Mc who wrote (7248)	2/15/2001 8:44:47 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17683

NBC, which is cutting 10 percent of its total work force, took the axe to CNBC on Thursday. Nineteen of the employees came from the television side while another 26 were out of CNBC.com. The reduction leaves the financial news cable channel and Web site with a staff of 500. NBC has been handing out pink slips across all its divisions in recent weeks in response to the sluggish television ad market. -- from inside.com You know, If they would lay off some of those overpaid pompous anchors it would be a lot more cost effective. I nominate Mark Haines.

To: Greta Mc who wrote (7248)	2/18/2001 2:34:32 AM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Speaking of Maria, I got a huge laugh at a newsstand a few weeks ago. Her hubby's magazine, Indiv. Investor, had her mug on the cover, with the words "Truth Tellers" as the cover story. The cover byline underneath went something like, "Maria interviews 7 of the most trusted truth-tellers on Wall Street." When I saw it, I actually thought the magazine was National Lampoon...surely the words "truth-tellers" and "Maria" couldn't be taken seriously. For someone like Maria, who's given so much credence to some of Wall Street's biggest bag-artists, it was comical. It was only after I had thumbed through the magazine and couldn't find the "O.C. and Stiggs" monthly feature, that I looked at the cover again and saw it was Individual Investor and not National Lampoon or The Onion.