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CNBC

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Cable television station which is a division of NBC Universal. The station focuses on business and investing news most of the day, while broadcasting other types of programs in the early or later hours of the day. The station has a variety of shows which are broadcast each weekday, including "Mad Money" with Jim Cramer. Officially know as the Consumer News and Business Channel, until 1991.

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