In 1989, Haines joined the newly created CNBC network. Haines was the host of the CNBC TV shows Squawk Box and Squawk on the Street. Haines was on the air when news of the September 11 attacks first broke in 2001 [2]. Squawk on the Street was expanded from one hour to two on July 19, 2007, when co-anchor Liz Claman of Morning Call left to co-anchor Fox Business on the Fox Business Network. Haines also presented a financial segment prior to the market open each day on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Haines' longtime co-anchor on Squawk on the Street was Erin Burnett. On May 6, 2011, just weeks before Haines died, she moved on to CNN. With the loss of both prior hosts, Simon Hobbs & Melissa Lee filled in as co-anchors.
On March 10, 2009, Haines famously called the bottom of the stock market during the financial crisis, forever cementing his legacy with the term "The Haines Bottom."
Just after the market opened on May 25, CNBC broadcast that Haines had died the previous evening. There was silence on the NYSE trading floor and CNBC presented a retrospective on his life and career.[5] A special television program about his life and career aired on CNBC that evening.[6]
^De La Merced, Michael J.; and Stelter, Brian. "Mark Haines, CNBC Anchor, Dies at 65", The New York Times, May 25, 2011. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Mark Haines, an anchor at CNBC who for years narrated the vicissitudes of the markets, died on Tuesday evening at his home in Marlboro, N.J., the network said on its Web site."
^Durand, Dr. David. "M.D." Retrieved June 9, 2011.
