Bolton celebrates one year covering alternative investments on Fox

Deirdre Bolton joined Fox Business Network as an anchor in February 2014 and is the host of “Risk and Reward with Deirdre Bolton,” which started one year ago this week and reports on alternative investment strategies. Prior to joining Fox Business, Bolton served as an anchor at Bloomberg Television, most recently as host of “Money […]

WSJ/Dow Jones seeks stock market reporter in Shanghai

The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires are looking for a Shanghai-based reporter to introduce the world’s wildest stock market to the world’s biggest investors. The Shanghai market can jump or fall by 3% in minutes as armies of fast-trading individual investors pile in or out. Now that market is opening up to the […]

Dealreporter seeks IPO reporter

Dealreporter, an online news service that is part of the Mergermarket Group, has an opening for a financial journalist to cover equity capital markets from New York. This fast-paced role is entirely focused on off-diary/enterprise reporting and is a great opportunity for a reporter looking to move into an investigative journalism position. Articles may range […]

Reuters seeks ag commodities columnist

Reuters is looking to appoint an agriculture analyst/columnist to join its highly respected team of analysts and columnists covering all aspects of the global commodity markets. This is a high-profile position on a small team that has a very big impact. Other columnists cover the energy and industrial metals markets as well as commodities in […]

Marketwatch seeks deputy markets editor

MarketWatch seeks an editor to help lead a large team of reporters and editors in reshaping how the stock, bond, currency and commodity markets are covered. The ideal candidate will have a background in business journalism, preferably with some markets and investing experience, and an interest in a role that demands a range of skills. […]

FastMarkets seeks metals reporter in Chicago

FastMarkets Ltd, the leading online provider of data, news and research for base, precious and minor metals, is looking for an entry-level reporter to join its expanding editorial operations in Chicago. The ideal candidate for this role should have an interest in financial journalism and be keen to learn about the dynamic world of physical […]

Cramer: “Real Money” should be educational and accessible

Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” show on CNBC is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, and Thursday’s show will have a live audience. The show typically features guest interviews, viewer calls and the opinions of Cramer himself about specific stocks and other investments. In 1996, Cramer helped found TheStreet, a financial media website for individual and […]

Coverage: U.S. stocks erase gains

Stock market investors might be suffering from whiplash these days. The dollar is gaining in value, sending markets down and stocks giving up their gains from last year. Joseph Ciolli, Oliver Renick and Michelle Davis had this story for Bloomberg: The dollar’s ascent to highs not seen since the invasion of Iraq sent a shock […]

ProPublica’s Eisinger taking book leave to write “The Chickenshit Club”

Jesse Eisinger, an investigative business journalist for ProPublica, is taking a book leave for the next year. Eisinger tells Talking Biz News that he will be writing on white collar crime and (non)punishment, tracing the Department of Justice’s inaction from the Enron case to the present day with detours back to the 1930s and the […]

CNNMoney hires markets and economy reporter

CNNMoney.com executive editor Lex Haris sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: He’s been a big part of the CNNMoney newsroom since September, and now it’s official: Patrick Gillespie has joined the Markets and Economy team as our newest reporter. We like that he’s strangely obsessed with the economy and data, and that he’s completely […]