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Mark Haines Co-anchor of 'Squawk on the Street' Mark Haines, 65, co-anchor of CNBCs morning "Squawk on the Street" show and one of the business news network's most recognized faces, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at home, the network announced in New York. It did not specify the cause. Haines joined CNBC in 1989 and was a founding anchor of the "Squawk Box" morning show in August 1995, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average was about 4,600. He told the Chicago Tribune in 2001 that the ensuing boom years — in which the Dow tripled — were a heyday for his business, at least until stock-market losses and widespread layoffs made business news gloomy again.

The Federal Communications Commission has ruled in favor of Bloomberg Television in its bitter fight with Comcast Corp. over where its business channel was carried on the cable giant's systems. In a ruling issued by the agency's Media Bureau on Wednesday, the FCC agreed with Bloomberg that Comcast is required to place the business network in the same neighborhood as other news channels, particularly those owned by Comcast, including CNBC and MSNBC. "We agree with Bloomberg that the plain language of the condition suggests that the commission intended that the condition would apply to Comcast's existing channel lineups," the FCC said.

Liz Claman recently popped up on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" in a spoof about the buzzed-about website Chatroulette, which connects random strangers -- often doing strange things -- via webcam. In the skit, Stewart encounters a parade of top TV journalists trolling the site: household names like Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Keith Olbermann . . . and yes, Claman, a news anchor at Fox Business Network. The driven television journalist has taken to Twitter and "The Daily Show" to raise her profile and whip up excitement -- and viewers -- for the 2 1/2 -year-old Fox Business Network.

After spending more than a week defending himself against mounting allegations of sexual harassment, you'd think Herman Cain might try not to appear condescending toward women. Or, that after announcing during a televised debate that "Princess Nancy" blocked Congress from taking up a Republican healthcare bill, his campaign might hope the comment would fade away. Nope, not the Herman Cain campaign. Moments after Cain uttered the comment, this popped up on the candidate's official Twitter page, THEHermanCain: "The answer to Health Care: HR3000, the bill killed by 'Princess Nancy' in committee.

The Federal Communications Commission has ruled in favor of Bloomberg Television in its bitter fight with Comcast Corp. over where its business channel was carried on the cable giant's systems. In a ruling issued by the agency's Media Bureau on Wednesday, the FCC agreed with Bloomberg that Comcast is required to place the business network in the same neighborhood as other news channels, particularly those owned by Comcast, including CNBC and MSNBC. "We agree with Bloomberg that the plain language of the condition suggests that the commission intended that the condition would apply to Comcast's existing channel lineups," the FCC said.

Call it another case of being too fast on the Twitter. The perils of dashing off observations on the micro-blogging site were brought into sharp relief Monday when several overeager ABC News employees -- including "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran -- rushed to tweet that President Obama had called Kanye West a "jackass" for interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. The problem: Obama made the comment during off-the-record chatter as he prepared to do an interview with John Harwood, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent.

"Watch this show, or I might have to go to football." Dennis Miller, former "Monday Night Football" commentator, promoting his new talk show on CNBC

While speaking of peaceful coexistence with NBC's new cable network, CNBC, the president of the rival Financial News Network nonetheless disputed Tuesday the number of subscribers that CNBC said it had when it began operations April 17. FNN chief David Meister told reporters in New York that after looking at the newcomer's work for several weeks, he feels that "CNBC is really not trying to compete with us." He also said FNN's research shows that CNBC is in only about 5.3 million homes, not the 13 million homes it claims.

'Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage' Where: CNBC When: 6, 7, 9 and 10 tonight Rating: Not rated

WorldCom Inc. former Chief Executive Bernard J. Ebbers, indicted on charges of defrauding investors, told CNBC that he didn't "know the facts" about alleged accounting fraud at the long-distance company. Ebbers' remarks to CNBC reporter David Faber are his first public comments on the collapse of WorldCom since the company filed for bankruptcy protection about a year ago after it admitted it had misstated its finances.

Financial news behemoth Bloomberg has tapped ABC News veteran Andrew Morse to run its U.S. television operations. Most recently an executive producer of innovation and integration at ABC News, Morse will oversee Bloomberg's cable channel of the same name, which is trying to establish itself as a rival to Comcast Corp.'s CNBC and News Corp.'s Fox Business. He succeeds David Rhodes, who left Bloomberg in February to become president of CBS News. He will report to Andy Lack, the former NBC president who is now chief executive of the Bloomberg Media Group.

Mark Haines Co-anchor of 'Squawk on the Street' Mark Haines, 65, co-anchor of CNBCs morning "Squawk on the Street" show and one of the business news network's most recognized faces, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at home, the network announced in New York. It did not specify the cause. Haines joined CNBC in 1989 and was a founding anchor of the "Squawk Box" morning show in August 1995, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average was about 4,600. He told the Chicago Tribune in 2001 that the ensuing boom years — in which the Dow tripled — were a heyday for his business, at least until stock-market losses and widespread layoffs made business news gloomy again.

Frank McCourt has been on a speaking binge in New York after spending the last year saying very little to Dodgers fans in Los Angeles. He was on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday morning, and I would have guessed the Screaming Meanie would have been on the "Squawk Box" before Frank, but these people are full of surprises. Frank seems really upset because Commissioner Bud Selig won't take his call. He said, "I just want to know why he's ducking me. I don't understand.

'Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage' Where: CNBC When: 6, 7, 9 and 10 tonight Rating: Not rated

Whether it's banana peels or bald tires, frozen-food containers or soda cans, Americans make 250 million tons of garbage each year. What happens to all our castoffs after we haul them out to the curb is the subject of "Trash Inc.: The Secret Life of Garbage," a one-hour documentary airing Wednesday on CNBC. "I can't tell you how many pairs of pants and shoes I've gone through, traipsing through these dumps and landfills," said Carl Quintanilla, the Emmy-winning CNBC reporter who spent his summer wading through refuse from New York and Pennsylvania to Nevada, Hawaii and Beijing to learn where garbage goes, who handles it and what's at stake economically and environmentally.

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At 6 a.m. (EDT) Monday, CNBC, the nation's newest cable network and NBC's biggest-ever push into cable, will start its 24-hour-a-day service with "World Business," a lot of hope and only three well-known names. CNBC--the initials stand for Consumer News and Business Channel--says it's starting up with 13 million homes, or 26.3% of the nation's cable-equipped homes, able to receive its programming. A rival claims the actual figure is only 6 million. The "name" anchors it will have on launch day are a mixed lot: former CNN anchor Mary Alice Williams, who may not be permanent; conservative talk-show host John McLaughlin, and Dick Cavett, once of ABC, then PBS, and better known for his discussions of cultural creativity than of crass commerce.

Bridget Baker's corner office at NBC Universal in Burbank is adorned with photos of her hobnobbing with kings. In one, a young Baker stands alongside a silver-haired Johnny Carson, in another she is mugging with denim-clad Jay Leno, and in a third, she's rubbing shoulders with bow-tied and bushy-eyebrowed Ralph J. Roberts. Roberts, the 90-year-old co-founder of Comcast Corp., might not be a household name, but he and his son, Brian, the company's chief executive, are poised to exert more sway on the future of NBC than the network's royal comedians.

Liz Claman recently popped up on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" in a spoof about the buzzed-about website Chatroulette, which connects random strangers -- often doing strange things -- via webcam. In the skit, Stewart encounters a parade of top TV journalists trolling the site: household names like Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Keith Olbermann . . . and yes, Claman, a news anchor at Fox Business Network. The driven television journalist has taken to Twitter and "The Daily Show" to raise her profile and whip up excitement -- and viewers -- for the 2 1/2 -year-old Fox Business Network.