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 […]

CNBC won’t cover SALT conference

CNBC has decided not to cover the SALT investment conference after its founder Anthony Scaramucci has decided to relaunch “Wall Street Week” with the help of two former CNBC employees, reports Linette Lopez of Business Insider. Lopez writes, “SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci parted ways with CNBC last summer. A former contributor to the network, his […]

Bloomberg Markets seeks editor for Strategies section

Bloomberg Markets magazine seeks an editor for the Strategies section. The editor will write and edit stories on developments in fixed-income, stock, foreign-exchange, commodities, derivatives and other markets and on using Bloomberg Professional service. The person in the role will coordinate with Bloomberg core product, application specialists, marketing, analytics and news staff around the world […]

FT’s MandateWire seeks reporter in New York

MandateWire is an institutional investment newswire service providing coverage of contract wins, losses and opportunities in the asset management industry. Over the last 12 years, MandateWire has built an unrivalled reputation among investment managers in North America, Europe and Asia as a provider of sales intelligence and analysis. It tracks the investment strategies and asset […]

Bringing back “Wall Street Week”

Anthony Scaramucci doesn’t intend to copy Louis Rukeyser, who hosted the iconic “Wall Street Week” show on public television from 1970 to 2005. But Scaramucci, who’s bringing back the show in April as its host, says the new “Wall Street Week” will borrow some of the same themes and strategies that made the original show […]