Asset TV hires Blaire as Americas head of content and lead anchor

Remy Blaire has been hired as Americas head of content and lead anchor at Asset TV. She replaces Laura J. Keller, a former Bloomberg News reporter who left in January. Blaire will be responsible for Asset TV’s editorial content, video offerings, and partner programming in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. She will reporting to […]

Why investors shouldn’t watch financial television

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, the chief investment officer at Investment Management Associates, writes on LinkedIn about why investors should avoid financial television when deciding what stocks to buy and sell. Katsenelson writes, “We rarely turn on business TV in our office. Stock market movements throughout the day are completely random. The same actors that are influencing […]

Dow Jones seeks a commodities reporter in London

Dow Jones Newswires seeks an experienced and speedy reporter to cover commodities markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The successful candidate will have a minimum of two-to-three years of experience reporting on financial markets, ideally in a real-time news environment. The role requires excellent news judgement; the ability to cut through jargon and […]

Coverage: Saudi Aramco raises $12 billion in massive bond sale

Saudi Aramco raised $12 billion in its debut international bond Tuesday, an issuance that sparked massive interest among investors eager to access the world’s most profitable company. Rory Jones, Summer Said and Avantika Chilkoti of The Wall Street Journal had the news: Government-owned Aramco, known officially as Saudi Arabian Oil Co., received more than $100 billion […]

Debtwire seeks senior municipals reporter

Debtwire, an Acuris company, is seeking a Senior Reporter in New York City or San Juan, Puerto Rico to cover municipal bond markets. Our ideal candidate is a seasoned investigative reporter with an eye for detail, adept social networking capabilities, and a strong interest in market news analysis. Responsibilities: Reporting, writing and filing copy on […]

Bloomberg hires Hirtzer to cover ag markets in Chicago

Michael Hirtzer has been hired by Bloomberg News to cover agriculture markets from its Chicago bureau. Hirtzer had previously been with Reuters in its Chicago bureau covering agriculture and derivatives. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Scientific American, the Guardian, the Globe and […]

MarketWatch.com seeks a markets reporter

MarketWatch seeks a reporter who can distill the moves and whims of the market into smart, punchy news stories and analysis. Though speed is important here, we’re most interested in candidates who can make the smart connections others miss, spotting trends, insights, and longer-term implications that will give our audience of investors and advisers the […]

WSJ seeks a “Heard on the Street” columnist in London

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a talented and highly motivated journalist for a high-profile role writing about European banks, insurers, fund managers and markets for a worldwide audience for its financial and economic commentary section, “Heard on the Street.” The columnist will be based in London, the center of international capital flows, and will […]

CNN Business hires Tappe as a senior writer covering markets

CNN Business general manager Jason Farkas and executive editor Rich Barbieri sent out the following announcement on Thursday: We are happy to announce Anneken Tappe will be joining our team as a senior writer covering markets in New York. Anneken comes to us from MarketWatch, where she covered European markets and bonds. Before MarketWatch, Anneken […]

WSJ seeks deputy “Heard on the Street” editor

Are you a numerate financial journalist or editor with an analytical bent? Interested in helping to shape the conversation about financial and economic developments alongside a talented and sophisticated team of journalists on three continents? The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street” column is looking for a deputy editor to be based in New […]