“Heard on the Street” writer Barley leaves WSJ

Richard Barley, who wrote for the “Heard on the Street” column at The Wall Street Journal, has left the paper. He covered economics and markets, including fixed-income, foreign-exchange and equities, with a particular focus on the euro zone. Barley wrote on Twitter: “It’s been an amazing time to write about finance and markets and economics […]

Who wrote the first “totally honest” markets story?

Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig is trying to find out who wrote the following “article,” which appeared more than 20 years ago. Zweig writes, “And, while it is steeped in the experience of the mid-1990s, when it must have been written, it would have gotten a laugh in 1929 and probably will still be funny 50 […]

Hyde moves to Bloomberg TV’s afternoon lineup in New York

Caroline Hyde, previously co-host of “Bloomberg Markets” from London, has moved to New York to become part of Bloomberg Television’s afternoon lineup. That includes co-hosting “Bloomberg Markets: Americas” and “What’d you Miss?” from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hyde joined Bloomberg in 2008 to cover the European debt markets for Bloomberg News as a corporate […]

Chatterley’s CNN International markets show to debut Sept. 10

Julia Chatterley, who left Bloomberg Television last month for CNN, will launch her new show on CNN International from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 10. The show will be called “First Move with Julia Chatterley” and will cover market moves in the U.S and around the world, and look ahead […]

Reporter Gaudiano leaving MarketWatch.com to become advisor

Anora M. Gaudiano, a markets and investing reporter at MarketWatch.com, is leaving the website to become a financial advisor. She has been at MarketWatch since December 2013. Before that, Gaudiano worked at the Financial Times as a U.S. equities reporter and as an online news editor. As the equities reporter, she wrote the daily stock […]

USA Today hires Herron to cover personal finance, real estate

USA Today business editor Philana Patterson sent out the following announcement on Friday: I am happy to announce that Janna Herron will join USA TODAY’s Money team to cover personal finance, real estate and financial markets. For more than a decade, Janna has reported on and written about business, personal finance and real estate news and trends. […]

Business Insider UK hires Kelley to be editor of finance and markets

Trista Kelley has been hired by Business Insider UK to be its editor of finance and markets. She will start in mid September. Kelley had been at Bloomberg News in Tokyo and London for the past 14 years before she left in February. Her most recent job at Bloomberg was team leader for coverage of […]

MarketWatch.com seeks a markets reporter

MarketWatch.com 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 […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks ETF reporter

Dow Jones Newswires is looking for a reporter to provide real-time coverage and analysis of exchange-traded funds for a professional audience of institutional investors, active traders and financial advisors. The right candidate will be passionate about ETFs and and have a sense of urgency about covering market moves and investing trends. This role will involve […]

Coverage: Apple hits the $1 trillion market cap mark

Apple Inc. hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion on Thursday as the iPhone maker became the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach $1 trillion. Sara Salinas of CNBC.com had the news: The stock gained 2.92 percent during trading after a strong fiscal third-quarter earnings report earlier this week to close at $207.39. It reached the […]