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vanityfair.com - 10/1/2008
Who Is Wall Street's Queen B.?
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Bankruptcies ... fire sales ... banks on the brink: these are dark days for Wall Street. But, for CNBC and Maria Bartiromo, things couldn't be better. At 41, Bartiromo is a star, the Barbara Walters of business news, and the prize in an expected bidding war when her CNBC contract comes up for ...

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Wednesday links: hedge fund haze
Abnormal Returns — ... slowed in September.  (Economix, Real Time Economics) The odds of a Fed rate cut this year are on the rise.  (Real Time Economics) Forecasting is difficult.  (Freakonomics) Is Apple (AAPL) immune from an economic downturn?  (Silicon Alley Insider) The battle to be the face of CNBC.  (Vanity Fair) Which teams have the “secret ...

"On The Floor" With Nicole Petallides
MadeMan.com — ... above inhabited by Mark Haines and Erin Burnett on Squawk Box, FBN has a little cubby-hole style pit right in the thick of the action. It appears to really work to their advantage because it gives Nicole easy access to her source material. She s even bold enough to steal a chair from a nearby trading booth if she wants. In addition to the exchange floor tradition of a 'mandated jacket' dress code, I also think it s forbidden to say No to a girl who steals your chair. Vanity Fair released an article recently from its November issue called Who Is Wall Street s Queen B.? The ...

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