CNBC'S 'Squawk Box' Hits the Road to Celebrate Fifth Anniversary.Business Editors FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2000 The Wall Street to Main Street Tour Celebrating Five Years of Turning Wall Street Inside Out Stopping in Washington, DC, Atlanta & Boca Raton "Squawk Box Squawk Box A speaker and intercom system used on trading desks. A squawk box allows a firm's analysts and traders to communicate with the firm's brokers through speakers on the brokers' desks. ," CNBC's "pre-game" jump on the business day, is hitting the road to celebrate its fifth anniversary with a week-long "Wall Street to Main Street" tour. On Monday, October 23, the Squawk Box team - Mark Haines, Kathleen Hays, David Faber and Joe Kernen - will begin the celebration from CNBC world headquarters in Fort Lee, N.J., followed by the Squawk Express bus send-off from Wall Street during "Power Lunch" (12 noon - 2 p.m. EST). Maria Bartiromo will watch the Street while the rest of the team follow Main Streets from Fort Lee, NJ to Boca Raton, FL. While on the road, "Squawk Box" will continue to air in its regularly scheduled time slot (7-10 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy , Monday - Friday) with their signature mix of business news and unscripted un·script·ed adj. Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift. , fast-paced banter. "Squawk Box has been a fundamental part of CNBC's growth and success over the past five years," said Bruno Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , senior vice president of business news. "During this time, Squawk Box has helped to level the playing field, by giving the individual investor access to information that used to only be available to Wall Street insiders. The Wall Street to Main Street tour is a fitting way for Squawk Box to celebrate this important milestone." Tour highlights include: - Monday, October 23: Ft. Lee, N.J. Guest host Johnny Bench, Hall of Fame Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds will join Haines, Hays, Faber and Kernen. Other guests scheduled to appear include LIVE's Regis Philbin; Wall Street guru Abby Joseph Cohen Abby Joseph Cohen (CFA) (born 1952 in Queens, New York) is an American economist and financial analyst on Wall Street. She is a partner and chief U.S. investment strategist at Goldman Sachs. ; International Paper (IP), John Dillon; ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Sports Broadcaster Al Michaels; Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's Mary Meeker; and Eastman Kodak CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Daniel Karp. David Faber also is scheduled to report live on the road from the world's largest light bulb in Edison, N.J. - Tuesday, October 24: Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C. "Squawk Box" will take a hard look at the intersection of politics and business live from Freedom Plaza, in the heart of our nation's capital, with Washington insider guests such as US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and White House Economic Adviser Gene Sperling. Other guests scheduled to appear include Former Press Secretary Clinton Administration, Joe Lockhart; NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Andrea Mitchell; Fannie Mae Fannie Mae: see Federal National Mortgage Association. CEO, Franklin Raines and Gannett CEO, Douglas H. McCorkindale. At this venue, Squawk Box welcomes Washington, D.C. viewers to attend in person. - Wednesday, October 25: The World of Coke, Atlanta, GA Live from The World of Coke in Atlanta, GA, "Squawk Box" will be joined by an impressive executive line-up including Fred "Jack" Guynn, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is responsible for the 6th District of the Federal Reserve, which covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. ; Bell South CEO Duane Ackerman; Georgia-Pacific CEO Alston "Pete" Correll; Earthlink CEO Charles "Garry" Betty and SunTrust CEO L. Phillip Humann. Kathleen Hays, "the Bond Belle", will also report live from the Atlanta Federal Reserve. At this venue, Squawk Box welcomes Atlanta viewers to attend in person. - Thursday, October 26 and Friday, October 27: The CEO Business Council, Boca Raton, FL Join the "Squawk" team as they descend on the bi-annual CEO Business Council in Boca Raton to bring the inner workings of this elite conference straight to viewers. The team will be joined by schedule guests including Texas Instruments CEO Thomas J. Engibous; TYCO TYCO Thank You Captain Obvious CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski; Sprint CEO William T. Esrey; Eli Lilly CEO Sidney Taurel and Conoco CEO Archie W. Dunham. When not on tour, Squawk Box give viewers a jump on the business day with live reports from major investment banks and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Anchor Mark Haines, together with David Faber, Joe Kernen, Maria Bartiromo and Kathleen Hays, mix business with conversation as the day unfolds on Wall Street. Kernen previews his "Stocks to Watch" - special segments in which viewers learn just how smart they were the day before. Faber regularly delivers breaking business stories, and Haines asks tough questions of CEOs on "CEO Call." Hays draws upon her years of covering the fixed income markets to help viewers sort out everything from data just out of D.C. to the reaction from the Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) The second largest futures exchange in the US, and a pioneer in the development of financial futures and options. . And, Bartiromo reports live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. is the recognized global leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 160 million homes worldwide, including more than 77 million households in the United States and Canada. The network's Business Day programming (weekdays from 5 a.m.-8:00 p.m. EST) is produced at CNBC's headquarters in Fort Lee, NJ, and also includes reports from CNBC news bureaus in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Stock Exchange, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, London and Singapore. CNBC viewers can manage their individual investment portfolios and gain additional in-depth information from on-air reports by accessing CNBC.com. |
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