Bloomberg’s Katz joins Capital Alpha Partners
Bloomberg News reporter Ian Katz has joined Capital Alpha Partners, a Washington-based firm that provides strategic policy research to financial institutions. Katz has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist for outlets including BusinessWeek, the Miami Herald and Associated Press. At Bloomberg, he covered financial regulation and market issues, the Treasury Department and Federal […]
Market News International seeks reporter/editor in DC
MNI, a global financial news service, has an immediate opening for an experienced editor/reporter for the Washington, D.C. bureau, covering economic policy, Federal Reserve, Treasury, economic data, financial regulation, oil, commodities or similar topics. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of reporting experience, a strong background covering related topics, including economic data reports, familiarity […]
Coverage: Fed tempers forecast for economy
The Federal Reserve reduced estimates Wednesday of how much it expects to raise short-term interest rates in 2016 and beyond, noting soft global growth and volatile markets. Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir of Reuters had the day’s news: A moderate economic expansion and “strong job gains” would make it appropriate to hike rates over the year, the U.S. central […]
AFP seeks economics news editor in Washington
Agence France-Presse is seeking an English-language economics news editor to work in its Washington DC office, AFP’s main hub for North America. Candidates should have at least three years experience reporting and editing business, finance and economic news and be able to generate original story ideas. The position involves writing and editing stories on a […]
Coverage: China stocks fall as the yuan drops
The Chinese central bank guided the yuan to its weakest point in three weeks, and markets reacted swiftly over concerns about how the country’s economy is actually doing. Bloomberg News had details on why the yuan was dropping so rapidly: Chinese stock-index futures in Hong Kong climbed and the yuan plunged after the central bank […]
Dallas Morning News hires economy writer
Dallas Morning News business editor Paul O’Donnell sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m extremely pleased to announce that Jill Kimiko Cowan will be joining our staff next month as our new economy reporter. Jill comes to us from the Tennessean in Nashville, where she has been writing about growth and development in Franklin, one of […]
Coverage: Mayor of London joins Brexit camp
Things became a bit more difficult for Prime Minister David Cameron as popular London Mayor Boris Johnson came out in support of a potential “Brexit” from the European Union. The news caused the sterling to fall to its lowest point since 2009. Patrick Graham of Reuters had the day’s news: Sterling sank against the dollar […]
Bloomberg seeks economics editor in Hong Kong
Bloomberg is seeking an experienced economics editor to join Bloomberg Intelligence in Hong Kong. Bloomberg Intelligence provides a comprehensive view of an industry, its key constituents including companies and credits, as well as the economies in which they operate. BI, combined with the power of the Bloomberg Professional service, gives users unsurpassed depth and breadth […]
NY Times biz desk shuffles some assignments
New York Times business editor Dean Murphy sent out the following announcement on Friday: Some BizDay colleagues are moving to new places and/or taking on new roles. Here’s a rundown: Adrienne Carter, our international business editor for the past two years, is moving to London, where she will continue in the same role in a […]
WSJ seeks economic data reporter in London
The Wall Street Journal seeks a reporter in our London office to run our premium, real-time delivery system for European economic data. In addition to organizing coverage of core economic data — working with bureaus across Europe as well as point people in New York — the reporter will assist with covering regular important releases […]
