Bloomberg News editor Curran dies at 59
John J. Curran, a Bloomberg News editor who previously was a longtime journalist at Fortune and editor of Mutual Funds magazine, has died. He was 59. Charles Stevens of Bloomberg writes, “In a career...
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NY Daily News real estate writer dies
Jason Sheftell, a prolific real estate reporter for the New York Daily News, died this weekend at the age of 46. Edgar Sandoval and Corky Siemaszko of The Daily News write, “‘He had an enthusiasm...
Biz reporter Stanley Cohen dies at 93
Stanley Cohen, the longtime Washington editor of Advertising Age, died earlier this month at the age of 93. A story on the National Press Club website states, “An elevator ride away from the Club...
Colleagues, Wall Street friends and readers remember Abelson
Barron’s has collected a series of remembrances about Alan Abelson, its former editor and longtime columnist who died last week at the age of 87. Here is one from Rhonda Brammer, a former Barron’s...
A giant in business journalism
Howard Gold writes for Marketwatch.com about why Barron’s columnist Alan Abelson, who died last week at the age of 87, was one of the greatest business journalists of all time. Gold writes, “In a...
The legacy of Alan Abelson’s life
John Kostrzewa, the business editor of the Providence Journal, writes about the biggest legacy that Barron’s columnist Alan Abelson leaves the world of financial journalism. Kostrzewa writes, “But in reading his obituary, here’s what...
Why we will all miss Alan Abelson
Brooke Southall of RIABiz.com writes about why readers of Barron’s will really miss columnist Alan Abelson, who died earlier this week. Southall writes, “Often things happen on Fridays and his columns that appeared Saturday...
Former Arizona biz columnist Heltsley dies
Ernie Heltsley, a business columnist and real estate reporter for the Arizona Daily Star, died May 4 in a hospice at age 79, reports the newspaper. Carmen Duarte writes, “John Bolton, who was Heltsley’s...
Former KC Star biz editor Miller dies
Janet Miller, a former business editor of The Kansas City Star and Times, died Thursday. She was 65. A story in the Star stated, “Miller, who was 65, joined the newspaper in 1969 as...
Abelson could move stock prices
The writer who critiqued Wall Street and companies the most during the last 30 years of the 20th century was Alan Abelson of Barron’s, whose death at age 87 was announced on Thursday. While...
