Maria Bartiromo Wiki

[edit] Personal Life Bartiromo grew up in the Bay Ridge section of southern Brooklyn. As a teenager, she checked coats at her parents' Italian restaurant, at which her father was the chef. Bartiromo graduated from New York University with a BA degree in journalism and a minor in economics. On 13 June 1999, Bartiromo married Jonathan Steinberg, son of fallen investor Saul Steinberg. Jonathan ("Jono") was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Individual Investor Group, a now-defunct financial services company in Manhattan.

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[edit] Career Maria Bartiromo advertisement in Times Square. Before joining CNBC in 1993, Bartiromo was a producer and assignment editor with CNN Business News. Although Bartiromo was not the first person (she took over from analyst Roy Blumberg) to report regularly live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, she quickly became the most popular. With CNBC she hosted their Marketwatch program from 10:00 to 12:00 ET, as well as being a regular contributor to Squawk Box for many years before leaving the morning program. Bartiromo was nicknamed the "Money Honey" during the boom years of the stock market in the late 1990s due to her striking looks. She was also nicknamed the "Econo Babe".

[2] Since the 90s, the nickname "Money Honey" has spread to refer to attractive female financial news reporters in general. On January 16th, 2007, Bartiromo filed to trademark the term for herself. The multiple trademark applications were for many children's products including piggy banks, cookie jars, mouse pads, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, comic books, notepads, children's paper placemats, coupon books, backpacks and items like toy banks and toy cash registers.

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[5] She has also made appearances on numerous non-financial television shows, including NBC Universal's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Caroline Rhea Show, and McEnroe, as well as guest-hosting on Live with Regis and Kelly. Her first book was Use the News: How to Separate the Noise from the Investment Nuggets and Make Money in Any Economy. Bartiromo currently (as of 2008) co-anchors with Dylan Ratigan the Closing Bell show on CNBC from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET. Her current contract with CNBC expires in 2008.

[6] The late Joey Ramone released a tribute song to Bartiromo on his debut (and only) solo LP release.

[edit] Host shows Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo (a CNBC show where she anchors and co-produces. She interviews prominent business people, entertainers, athletes, and politicians in this program.) Closing Bell (2002-present) Market Wrap (1998-2000) Business Center (1997-1999)

[edit] Controversies Nicholas Maier, a former employee of Jim Cramer, alleged in his book, Trading with the Enemy (Collins, 2002), that Cramer would feed rumors to Bartiromo intended to affect the value of his positions when Bartiromo repeated them on the air. Time characterizes this as Cramer "gaming" Bartiromo. Cramer denied the accusation.

[7] In 2003, Bartiromo interviewed Citigroup's CEO, Sanford I. Weill, and stated that she owned 1,000 shares of Citigroup stock. A number of journalism boards consider it unethical for reporters to own shares in the companies on which they report, and CNBC subsequently updated its disclosure policy.

[8] Scandal also surrounded Bartiromo when she broke live on CNBC that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on March 4, 2006 that his position on interest rates was "misunderstood". This appeared to indicate that he would not be soft on inflation compared to his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, contrary to the thinking of most market analysts. Other members of the press, along with Bernanke himself, felt that the comments had been made off the record, and that by using her seemingly random seating position at the dinner, Bartiromo got access to market-making news which other reporters had no way of attaining (interest rates, and speculation on them, being a crucial price-setting tool for many financial instruments).

[9] In 2007, controversy arose over the nature of Bartiromo's relationship with Todd Thomson, former chief of Citigroup's wealth management unit. Thomson at one point flew with a group of employees to China, then left the employees to make their own arrangements for the trip back while he took the corporate jet back to the U.S. with Bartiromo. In another instance, Thomson

[10] spent $5 million for programming on the Sundance Channel that Bartiromo was tapped to host. Thomson was eventually ousted by Citigroup for reasons including his contact with Bartiromo.

[11] CNBC has stood by Bartiromo, claiming that her relationship with Thomson was a case of

[12] "legitimate business assignments".

[edit] Trivia Joey Ramone, former vocalist/songwriter from punk rock group The Ramones, wrote a song about her in his latest album "Don´t worry about me" released on february 2002 (track 4)

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[edit] Quotes "I ask the tough questions in a civilized manner."

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[when asked about the Money Honey nickname] "Frankly, I'm flattered. I know what I do."

[14] "I am a big saver, much more than my husband. It concerns me that this country has a zero per cent savings rate."

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[edit] References ^ WEDDINGS; Jonathan Steinberg, Maria Bartiromo, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE6D71638F930A25755C0A96F958260>. Retrieved on 29 September 2007 ^ Zaslow, Jeffrey, Maria Bartiromo, <http://www.usaweekend.com/98_issues/980125/980125talk_m_bartiromo.html>. Retrieved on 29 September 2007 ^ Jones, Del, "CNBC journalist lands in the news spotlight", USA Today, <http://www.usatoday.com/money/2007-01-30-bartiromo-usat_x.htm>. Retrieved on 20 October 2007 ^ McLaughlin, Tim, "CNBC "Money Honey" looks to sweeten her pocketbook", Reuters, <http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN2939490420070129>. Retrieved on 20 October 2007 ^ United States Patent and Trademark Office Search System, <http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=khn9dh.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=Bartiromo&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24ALL&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query> ^ Wighton, David, Lunch with the FT: She's the one, <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/77ed78d0-e0bc-11da-90ad-0000779e2340.html>. Retrieved on 29 September 2007 ^ A Bartiromo Bounce? - TIME ^ CNBC Defends Anchor Bartiromo - WSJ.com ^ Bernanke slips on Bartiromo peel - MarketWatch ^ Bartiromo Did Nothing Wrong, Says CNBC, CNBC Defends Maria Bartiromo As Questions Arise in Her Reporting of Ousted Citigroup Head - CBS News ^ "Shake-Up Puts Citigroup CEO On the Hot Seat." ^ Bartiromo Did Nothing Wrong, Says CNBC, CNBC Defends Maria Bartiromo As Questions Arise in Her Reporting of Ousted Citigroup Head - CBS News ^ Money &Business - NY Daily News ^ Money &Business - NY Daily News ^ Money &Business - NY Daily News

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