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Current DateTime: 04:43:44 07 Nov 2009
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  • Sept. 15: Inadvertant Republication

      A story from Sept. 20, 2008, "Morgan Stanley: US Plan a Game Changer," was mistakenly republished and distributed through automatic feeds.

  • Sept. 9: The Qnexa Question

      An earlier version of this story reported that some patients had experienced "higher" triglycerides. Actually the patients reportedly experienced "lower" triglycerides.

  • Sept. 2: Clunkers Put Cars on Road to Recovery: AutoNation CEO

      An earlier version of the story misidentified AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson's company as AutoZone.

  • Aug. 12: Crowd-Driven Discounters Tap Bargain-Hungry Market

      An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified eSwarm as a group buying Web site. The company operates a social networking service.

  • July 30: Investment Banking: Rebound Amid a Revolution

      An earlier version of this story misstated the amount of Goldman Sachs earnings, listing them as $344 billion when it should have read $3.44 billion.

  • July 23: AT&T Beats Profit Forecast, Wireless Growth Strong

      An earlier version of this story provided an adjusted earnings per share figure instead of a net income earnings per share figure for the year-ago period.

  • July 21: Examining Michael Jackson’s Personal Finances

      An earlier posting stated that Michael Jackson's 50 percent stake of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing holdings could be worth as much a $500 million.

  • July 16: IBM Blows the Street Away

      An earlier posting misstated a figure in these results. The correction has been made.

  • July 10: GM CFO Young: No Positive Cash Flow Until 2010

      GM CFO Ray Young said that the new GM would not see a positive cash flow until 2010. An earlier version of the story inadvertently listed the year as 2009. 

  • June 25: Hertz CEO: We're Buying Cars...Lots of Cars

      Hertz Global expects its second quarter revenue to be between $1.7 billion and $1.75 billion. An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the value to be $1.7 million to $1.75 million.

  • June 17: S&P Cuts Rating On 18 Banks, Dims Outlook on 4 Others

      S&P cut its outlook but left the rating intact for PNC Financial Services, First National Bank of Omaha, M&T Bank and Valley National Bancorp. An earlier report inaccurately indicated that the ratings were cut for those institutions.

  • June 12: Wall of Shame: UAL Corp.’s Glenn Tilton

      A previous version of this story indicated that the existing UAL Corp. has traded since February. It has been trading since February 2, 2006.

  • June 9: Happy Hour: The New Day Job

      After the original post was published, Kitano hotel clarified that its $8 special on beer, wine and appetizers ended last week.

  • June 9: Print In Peril: Boston Globe Votes No; Zell's Tribune Troubles

      In the original post, the story's headline incorrectly suggested that Zell had left the Tribune Company

  • June 8: Slide Show: Who Is the Worst CEO?

      This story listed United Technologies' George David as the company's CEO. He is the former CEO, and is now serving as chairman.

  • June 8: Free Money?

      A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Health Care REIT's CEO, George L. Chapman, had recently resigned. It was former President Raymond W. Braun who resigned, in January 2009.

  • June 8: Futures Jump After Jobs Report; Apple Up

      Correction: The original story mis-stated the reason why Apple founder Steve Jobs took a leave of absence in January. He left for undisclosed health reasons.

  • June 5: Cramer's Spec Stock of 2009

      The original story stated that SLM Corp. fell $54 on news that President Obama planned to overhaul the student-loan business. In fact, at publish time the stock was down $54 from where it received a takeover bid in April 2007.

  • May 29: The S&P 500's Leanest Companies

      Originally listed as an industry laggard was Life Techonolgies (LIFE), but it was brought to the attention of CNBC that due to a recent merger of companies, ThomsonReuters data did not reflect the combined revenues for Life Technologies over the past 12 months. This ranking has been changed to reflect this correction.

  • May 21: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Gather Fellow Philanthropists

      This blog post originally mis-characterized the nature of a Web site.

  • May 20: Minor Upgrades With Major Impact

      A previous version of this story listed Rio Tinto as a Brazilian company. The correct firm was Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.

  • March 31: Barclays Confirms Talks to Sell iShares

      This story was corrected to show Bob Diamond said Barclays will not need to raise new capital. It originally reported Diamond as saying the bank would not need to raise new capital in the next six months.

  • Mar 16: Slideshow: Companies at Risk of Default

      The slide concerning Lear Corp. had an incorrect image.

  • Mar 5: New Mortgage Plan: Who Qualifies and How It Works

      Correction: A statement made by Luxury Mortgage Corp. indicated that borrowers needed to be delinquent in order to qualify for the FNMA program known as Hope Now Streamlined Mortgage Modification Plan. However, the subject matter of the article that the quote was used in was meant to address the new and recently released FNMA program known as the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. Luxury Mortgage Corp. would like to clarify that borrowers do not have to be delinquent on their mortgage in order to qualify for this new modification plan. Therefore, borrowers that are current on their mortgage may qualify for the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.

  • Mar 5: Director Luc Besson on the Film Industry's Outlook

      Correction: A video clip, "Director Luc Besson on the Film Industry's Outlook," was incorrectly edited to make it appear as though Mr. Besson was interested in making acquisitions. In fact, Mr. Besson is NOT interested in making any acquisitions. CNBC regrets any confusion this error may have caused.

  • Mar 4: Are ETFs Distorting Market

      Correction: A story that appeared on Feb 27th said that a quarter of Schwab investors use ETFs as their primary way to trade when it should have said a quarter of active investors surveyed by Charles Schwab use ETFs as their primary way to trade.

  • Feb. 13: CV Therapeutics

      Correction: A story that appeared on Feb. 13 erroneously stated that CV Therapeutics agreed to a $1 billion takeover bid by pharmaceutical firm Astellas Pharma. There has been no agreement.

  • CNBC.com Corrections Policy

      It is CNBC.com's policy to correct factual errors and clarify confusing statements. Significant errors of fact and substance are noted on this page as well as on the page originally containing the error. Minor errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar will be corrected on our Web site without notice. If you think CNBC.com has published something in error, please email us at youropinion@cnbc.com.




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