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Source: SmartMoney

"As we looked out over the financial landscape to find the 30 most influential people in investing, that mark looked bigger than the Babe's....For evidence that the markets fixate on Bartiromo, 39, just look to her May 1 report on a cocktail-party chat she had with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Her revelation -- which suggested he might be less dovish on interest rates than traders had thought -- sent the Dow tumbling 88 points in minutes. But she's no one-sound-bite wonder. CEOs from the likes of Exxon Mobil and Time Warner line up for her interviews, and academics have quantified the 'Bartiromo effect' on a stock. 'Respect for her has grown significantly,' says Jim Huguet, co-CEO of investment advisory Great Companies. So has her reach: In the past year, she added a BusinessWeek column and a radio show to her empire."

This Time, It's Not the Economy

Source: The New York Times

October 24, 2006

"In many ways, the economy has not looked so good in a long time. The price of gas at the pump has tumbled since midsummer. Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in more than five years. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average has finally returned to its glory days of the late 1990's, setting records almost daily....'No question that a strong economy is going to help our candidates,' Mr. Bush said in a CNBC interview yesterday, 'primarily because they have got something to run on, they can say our economy's good because I voted for tax relief.'"

Bush Seeks to Switch Focus to Economy

Source: Financial Times

October 24, 2006

"President George W. Bush yesterday sought to change the subject from the deteriorating situation in Iraq by focusing on the strength of the US economy just two weeks before America goes to the polls in mid-term congressional elections....'The economy is strong and we have a plan for victory in Iraq,' Mr Bush told CNBC, the US business TV channel. 'The other folks (Democratic party) will raise the taxes and they don't have a plan for victory in Iraq. My advice is: let's watch what happens in the poll that actually matters on November 7.'"




Source: Associated Press & Chicago Tribune

"President Bush said Monday that the domestic automakers need to keep their commitments to workers on health care, dismissing talk of any government bailout....'They made a private contract with their employees. They need to keep it,' Bush told CNBC's Maria Bartiromo."

President Googles, But E-Mail Is Out

Source: The New York Times

October 24, 2006

"President Bush has referred to the World Wide Web as the Internets, but that does not mean he does not know how to use it. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo of CNBC, Mr. Bush said he did enjoy using Google Earth, which shows satellite images of selected areas. 'I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes,' he said. But Mr. Bush is no fan of e-mail. 'I don't e-mail, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president,' he said. 'I don't want to receive e-mails because there's no telling what somebody's e-mail would show up as a part of some kind of a story, and I wouldn't be able to say, 'Well, I didn't read the e-mail.' 'But I sent it to your address, how can you say you didn't?' So, in other words, I'm very cautious about e-mailing.'"

How the 'Money Honey' outgrew a frivolous label

Source: marketwatch.com

August 9, 2006

"Thanks to good, old-fashioned hard work, Bartiromo, 38, has outgrown the frivolous "Money Honey" label that the nickname-loving media stamped on her a decade ago. And with the passing of the legendary Louis Rukeyser, the 13-year CNBC veteran has deservedly become television's best known business journalist."

Bernanke Smoothly Cheers the Street

Source: BusinessWeek

July 19, 2006

"You may not be able to guess the Fed's next interest rate move, but you can bet on one thing: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke isn't about to dish to Maria Bartiromo after his July 19 testimony before the Senate Banking Committee."

How the Pioneering Reporter Became an NYSE icon and punk muse.

Source: The Guardian

July 14, 2006

"[Bartiromo's] interview with Ebbers denying that his company was in trouble just months before WorldCom filed for the biggest ever bankruptcy was used by prosecutors in his trial. 'We said, look is there anything fraudulent going on at this company and he said absolutely not.'"

A Tale of Two CEOs

Source: The Wall Street Journal

July 12, 2006

"Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli still doesn't get it. In an interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo last week, he seemed genuinely bewildered as to how he had become the corporate world's equivalent of America's Most Wanted -- under attack for greed and arrogance by shareholder activists and media hounds."

Bernanke Flexes His Muscles

Source: Fortune

July 10, 2006

"That Ben Bernanke. He keeps saying the wrong things. Again and again in recent weeks, the new Federal Reserve chairman's plainspoken words--in congressional testimony, in speeches, in a chat with CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo at a Washington dinner--have moved markets, mostly downward."

Lunch with the FT: She's the one

Source: Financial Times

May 12, 2006

"'You nailed the guy. You nailed him good. Is he gonna resign?' exclaims a large luncher at the table by the door as Maria Bartiromo steps into San Pietro. The luncher is Ken Langone, billionaire co-founder of Home Depot. The guy she "nailed" is Ben Bernanke, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve. And Bartiromo is the talk of the town, even more than usual."

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