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They say "don't shit where you eat" but apparently there's a lot of that going on at CNBC

That includes Joe Kernan, Carl Quintanilla and most recently Becky Quick who all hooked up and ultimately married from within the CNBC family.  But according to Page Six, it's Becky's recent marriage -- her second -- that's gotten the most attention, with cries of preferential treatment.:

Is CNBC sexing up their on air ladies with new lower necklines?

This morning's Page Six claims that CNBC is getting worried about their Fox Business babe competition in their generally far sexier wardrobes so they've brought in a new stylist to help sex up their looks.  CNBC says it's not true.... 

THE suits at CNBC are said to be so worried about their blonde Fox Business Network competition that they've brought in a new wardrobe stylist to re-dress their anchorbabes, an inside source reports. Gone are the business suits that on-air cuties Becky Quick, Erin Burnett and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera used to wear. "All of a sudden, they wear nothing but form-fitting V-necks in bright colors and they've gotten all new clothes," said our source. "Pants are no longer relevant." A CNBC rep said, "Not true. No wardrobe change."

That's Becky Quick pictured from this morning.  Also, dig the short skirt and boots below.  Seems like a page that taken from Fox.

V-neck Defense - New York Post Page Six

Becky Quick website mystery

CNBC reporter Becky Quick now has her own website, www.BeckyQuick.com, "dedicated to the beautiful and talented Becky Quick", but she's not the one running it -- fans apparently are.  The New York Post speculates however that her admirers may be CNBC insiders:

Some of the photos on the site, one source notes, were taken inside CNBC and not given out to the public. "The odd thing about this is that these are candid shots taken from inside," said the source.

The site features a guest book where admirers can sign in and sing Becky's praises — or give her superiors some advice about their choice of on-air talent.

"A shame that they can't replace Mark with Becky," writes one CNBC viewer, referring to Mark Haines, the portly host of "Squawkbox." "Not only a visual improvement, but would add intelligence to the dialogue.

We must have been bored with too much time on our hands on Sunday afternoon, because we did a little sleuthing.  The website is registered to 'Leo Galleguillos', with a Carnegie Mellon email address.  That same person is also behind a webite called Jiskha.com, a site started by Galleguillos in the late 90's when he was just a high school student.  We also found the following in a cached Google link from February 2004 (gotta love those cached evidence links spread out like bread crumbs all over the web!):

While at Hudson High School, Leo Galleguillos was the type of student who always got his homework done first. Then, he'd post the answers on the Internet. These days, with his Web site www.jiskha.com, Galleguillos is reaching a broader audience. And, the Carnegie Mellon University sophomore is no longer giving away answers. "Our philosophy now is different," Galleguillos said. "We're not a homework answering service. It might have started out that way." Jiskha is now getting 4,000 hits per day, said Galleguillos, manager of the Web initiative, who counts Mastercard, AT&T Wireless and Classmates.com among the site's advertisers. Also, do a search for "homework help" on Google, and Jiskha comes up fourth on the list.

So it looks like Becky's fan site is run by a Carnegie Mellon student;  where he got the pictures is anyone's guess.

Quick Take - New York Post