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Gharib is the real Money Honey

Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman profiles “Nightly Business Report” anchor Susie Gharib and proclaims her to be the least-heralded business news star because her show has more viewers than CNBC.

Friedman writes, “When Gharib was at Fortune, ESPN called and her TV career took off. By the time she moved to WABC, financial news was hardly a staple on the newscast.

“‘The Dow [Jones Industrial Average] was at 2,000, and I had to convince the producer to cover this story,’ she laughed. ‘I was on between [weatherman] Storm Field and the sports guy!’

“Then, individual investors became enchanted by mutual funds. ‘The whole dynamic changed in the ’80s,’ she recalled. ‘The key was when people started managing their own money.’

“She later worked for CNBC, of which she has fond memories.”

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