Power Lunch Europe

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show_name = Power Lunch Europe


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genre = business news, analysis
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presenter = Louisa Bojesen
(2005-present)
Patricia Szarvas
(2005-2007)
Ross Westgate
(1999-2005)
Kavita Maharaj
(2003-2005)
Jo Sheldon
(1999-2001)
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country = GBR
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language = English
network = CNBC Europe
first_aired = 1999-11-08 [cite news
last = Shelton
first = Ed
title = MEDIA: CNBC launches broad ranging business show
publisher = PR Week
date = 1999-11-05
url = http://www.prweek.com/uk/login/required/101489
accessdate = 2007-07-23]
last_aired = present
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website = http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838641/site/14081545/
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"Power Lunch Europe" is a television business news programme on CNBC Europe, aired from noon to 1pm CET (11am to noon WET) each weekday, though it shares little with its US counterpart other than its name. It is currently presented by Louisa Bojesen.

For many years, prior to March 2007, the format of the programme remained constant. The first half of the programme consisted solely of a segment called "Halftime Report", presented from the CNBC Europe video wall. This detailed the major trades from each of the major European bourses (the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Paris, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange), as well as several of the minor exchanges, commodity and bond trading, and United States futures exchanges. The second half, presented from the desk, consisted of a number of interviews.

The programme was given a major revamp on 2007-03-26, in line with significant schedule changes at the network. The programme titles were re-coloured and a new theme tune was introduced. The "Investor's Clinic" segment of the programme, where viewers' questions are put to a panel of guests, has been increased in frequency to twice-weekly, and the "Halftime Report" now fills only the final fifteen minutes of the programme, focusing on just the equity markets. Other new segments introduced at this time include "Research Notes", a daily look at changes in analyst ratings, and an update on the top stories in the United States from "Worldwide Exchange" anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (since replaced by Brian Shactman).

The programme is regularly extended to two hours on days of European Central Bank and Bank of England interest rate announcements (and on those occasions, pre-empts the second hour of "US Squawk Box"), and also on US holidays (when "Squawk Box" is not aired).

ee also

*"Power Lunch"

References

External links

# [http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838641/site/14081545/ Power Lunch Europe - CNBC.com]