dennis neal, you are up front and center. you have all kinds of stuff cooking tonight. >> i'm ready to go. >> how about getting aig off the taxpayer dole. end them! >> meanwhile, we ought to do what we say we're going to do. those people earned that money. >> you're sure they earned. >> it the ones who left, they aren't the ones who lost all the money. the ones who lost all the money left rich. the one whose are there. the "cnbc reports" starts right no now. >>> "cnbc reports" a downer of a week but that doesn't mean we're down-and-out. dennis still selling the hope and for good reason. >> this horrible frightening recession is ending now. >> dennis has a new round of evidence tonight that shows he's right. >> show me the money. >> aig's execs get set for bonus time. are they deserving. an attorney representing them nor an cnbc sports exclusive. christmas in july. see which retailer is getting ready for the christmas season way before december 25th. is it a good idea? dennis neal starts right now. >> good evening, i'm dennis

first, let's check in with my friend, dennis neal, the one and only brilliant dennis neal to see whatoks up at the top of the hour. >> i will speak up in defense of those aig bonuses and the obama posse herd riding herd on too many businesses and what some are call iing o-bum-ogate. >> he wasn't looking at what you think he was looking at. >> we are "the kudlow report." we'll be right back. announcer) we speak c and guess ? the car listens. you say call nina, you get nina. you say play puccini 12 sony speakers... you say get to the game, you t there step by st with our voi activated sync technology, we speakhe 2010 ford fusion. get in... and drive one. e speak one financial lauage. companies onhe planet the langge of exchanging. together, wee helpg to shape the exchangingorld. se euronext. weng the exchanging wld. >>> as though we didn't have enough last winter, aig now owned by the government and run by the government once again talking about bonuses, retention bonus, i don't know, if you're as sick of this aig bonus story as i am, i am totally sick of it. a couple quick points. yes,

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let's bring in dennis neal and bureau chief ron grover. i will start with you. what would be the single most important move you can make to try to benefit the bottom line and stem the bleed something. >> pray for recovery. that advertising was back into one of the best portfolios on the planet. the only thing that is advertising is the last thing to rebound. >> you don't think he can pull this off. the debt load is crushing him. >> viacom has much more exposure to the game than we realized. a rock band has been holding up the company and we are seeing video games tanging in a way it wasn't earlier. it was late to the recession party and they are hurting. >> the second half is more promising. they had the beatles release of rock band on 9-9-09. it will play on guitar hero as well as rock band. we have been saying 8:00 at night, the recession is over. >> they have company on that. >> absolutely. >> i would also take a look at the studio. they are actually going to do better than they had been. a lot of them they released they paid all the money out and they produc

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firepower in dennis' attempt to end the downturn and the key report, from merrill lynch, the recession is over. goldman sachs and johnson & johnson. the money is pouring in. all is not well in neal's world. new details in the president's push for health care. >> we will not add additional debt to the american people and we will produce a product that will give to the american people that will give a sense of stability and well-being. >> translation, new taxes are on the way, who will pay and how mu much? we have a lot to fight about tonight. "cnbc reports" starts right now. >> good evening. i'm dennis kneale. the recession is over. let me repeat that. the recession is over. i've been telling you that for two weeks now. tonight, i'm not being redundant for a change. tonight, i'm quoting the head line from major new report out today from merrill lynch, one of the largest brokerage firms in the world. merrill says the recession ended june 30th, the same day i declared on this show this recession ends right here right now. we have myriad other signs of hope today. they don't come from a broker trying to sell you something. intel came out tonight with a loss but its revenue was a billi