''Today's Business'' is an American business news television program that aired on
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
in the early morning, 5–7 am ET timeslot, hosted for the end of its run by
Liz Claman
Elizabeth Kate Claman (born December 12, 1963) is the anchor of the Fox Business show ''The Claman Countdown''. Claman was previously the co-anchor of the CNBC morning television program '' Morning Call''. Before that, Claman was the co-host o ...
and
Bob Sellers. In January 2002, New York Post mentions producers are taking away this programme with expanded hour. Finally, it was replaced by ''
Wake Up Call'' on Feb 4, 2002. The show covered news that was expect to affect the stock market trading day ahead and overnight business news in Asia. It listed as CNBC’s second most-watched program.
''Today's Business'' anchors
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Felicia Taylor
Felicia Rodrica Sturt Taylor (born August 28, 1964) is a retired American anchor-correspondent who worked for CNN International's ''World Business Today'', and contributed to the Business Updates unit for CNN. She was the co-host of Retirement Liv ...
and
Susie Gharib (1994(?)-1998(?))
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Bob Sellers and
Bonnie Behrand (''Today's Business: Early Edition'', 1999)
*
Tom Costello and
Sydnie Kohara (1999)
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Bob Sellers and
Liz Claman
Elizabeth Kate Claman (born December 12, 1963) is the anchor of the Fox Business show ''The Claman Countdown''. Claman was previously the co-anchor of the CNBC morning television program '' Morning Call''. Before that, Claman was the co-host o ...
(2000–2002)
''Today's Business: Early Edition''
In 1999, ''Today's Business: Early Edition'' was added on weekdays from 5–6 am ET on CNBC. It was hosted by
Bob Sellers and
Bonnie Behrand, which expanded the whole ''Today's Business'' block to 3 hours.
''Today's Business: Early Edition'' provided frequent round-ups of key business and general news stories, along with sports updates. Regular segments included "Wake Up with Jay", highlights from Jay Leno's ''Tonight Show'' monologue, and live weather reports from Chief Meteorologist Joe Witte.
CNBC Europe edition
A business news television program also titled ''Today's Business'' aired on
CNBC Europe from 6–7 am
CET
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(5–6 am
WET) between January 2001 and March 2007. It was originally based on the
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
U.S. morning version of ''Today's Business''.
The European ''Today's Business'' was presented by
Steve Sedgwick from 2006 through the end of the program's run in 2007. Earlier presenters of the program were
Simon Hobbs
Simon Hobbs is a British-born journalist who became an American citizen in 2018. He worked for business news channel CNBC for 18 years, first in London and then at the New York Stock Exchange and for five years he was a co-anchor of the 10am hour ...
(2001–2003),
Serena Al-Awa (2003), and
Guy Johnson (2003–2006). The executive producer of morning programming is Harry Fuller.
Segments on the program included a review of the previous day's business, a news headlines round-up, as well as early results from the market. The program also linked up with
CNBC Asia
CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at ...
for continuing coverage of the Asian session.
The program was renamed from ''Today's Business Europe'' in May 2003. While the title was only slightly altered, the program was reduced from two hours to one (with the then-titled CNBC ''
Europe Squawk Box
''Squawk Box Europe'' (since May 2011, billed on-screen as just Squawk Box) is a television business news programme on CNBC Europe, aired from 7-10am CET (6-9am WET) each weekday. It also airs on CNBC Asia between 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. Hong Kong / ...
'' gaining an hour). While ''Today's Business Europe'' had been presented in front of CNBC Europe's video wall, the new program, initially co-anchored by Guy Johnson and Serena Al-Awa, was presented from behind a desk.
The program ended its run on March 23, 2007 and was replaced on March 26, 2007 by a new show, ''
Capital Connection
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'', co-anchored by
Maura Fogarty at CNBC Asia in Singapore and Sedgwick in London.
Worldwide ''Today's Business''
Around CNBC's global branches, there are many counterparts of ''Today's Business'' in the world:
References
External links
Today's Business official website (Internet Archive)
{{CNBC Europe Business Day
1994 American television series debuts
2002 American television series endings
1990s American television talk shows
2000s American television talk shows
1990s American television news shows
2000s American television news shows
CNBC original programming
Business-related television series