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CNBC

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TV Network

The Resume

    (April 17, 1989- )
    Full name is Consumer News and Broadcasting Channel
    Successor to The Satellite Programming Network
    Owned by NBC Universal
    24 hour business and consumer news network

Why CNBC might be annoying:

    It gave us the inane ' Mad Money with Jim Cramer'.
    They had considerable difficulty getting cable carriage at first, as many providers were skeptical of placing it alongside the longer-established Financial News Network
    Ratings depend on the state of the economy.
    It did not use the peacock logo until 1996 despite ownership by NBC.
    In CNBC's Easy Money contest traders were able to open their browsers, enter various stocks into the trading module, but execute the trade after hours (assuming the browser and module were still open).
    This allowed traders to profit off of after-hour market movements in stocks that, for example, reported better than expected earnings.
    They issued a statement on the same day on their website, stating the network was 'investigating' whether one or more finalists wrote and executed computer program scripts to bypass the contest’s security measures.

Why CNBC might not be annoying:

    They merged with FNN in 1991.
    It is the second most profitable of NBC Universal's thirteen cable channels in the United States.
    They launched a High Definition simulcast of the network in 2007.
    They have a very informative website.
    They run several CNBC stores at a couple of airports in the United States.
    At one point in the late 1990's they were ahead of CNN in the ratings.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 72 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 31 Votes: 77.42% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 69 Votes: 44.93% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying