Heidi Moore

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Heidi N. Moore is The Guardian's U.S. finance and economics editor. She was formerly the New York bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent for Marketplace.

Prior to joining Marketplace, Moore was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where she was the lead writer for the paper’s award-winning Deal Journal online and daily newspaper column during the height (and depths) of the world financial crisis. In addition, she wrote an analysis of banks and mergers and broke news of SEC investigations, big acquisitions, and Barclays Capital buying most of Lehman Brothers out of bankruptcy.  Before that, she was U.S. Bureau Chief for London-based, Dow Jones-owned weekly newspaper and daily website, Financial News. For six years, she was a senior writer covering Wall Street banks and power brokers for The Deal magazine.

Moore’s articles on Wall Street banks and finance have been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Financial Times and Slate.

Moore is a graduate of Columbia University and a native New Yorker. In her free time, Moore enjoys running and traveling.

Latest Stories (229)

Bank of America retrenches as rivals grow

Mar 8, 2011
Stung by bad mortgages and mergers, Bank of America plans to cut costs, staff and branches as rivals Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase expand.

Hedge fund insider-trading trial to start

Mar 7, 2011
The insider trading trial of the Galleon Group founder puts the hedge fund industry in the spotlight. Are these traders geniuses or just connected?

Pittsburgh bank clings to free checking

Mar 1, 2011
Defying a trend, regional bank PNC Financial Services says it will keep free checking accounts -- but withdraw other perks for bank customers.

Blackstone to buy almost 600 shopping centers

Feb 28, 2011
Betting on American consumers and rebounding property prices, private equity investor Blackstone Group is to buy nearly 600 shopping centers.

Costs squeeze household goods like Charmin

Feb 25, 2011
Procter & Gamble announced higher prices as rising raw material costs roil household names in the household products market.

A "Flash Crash" prevention plan

Feb 21, 2011
Experts have advised U.S. financial regulators to place tougher rules on high-speed computer trading to prevent a sequel to the May 6 "Flash Crash." But technology is driving stock markets to merge, raising questions about whether bigger exchanges will make things worse. New York bureau chief Heidi Moore reports.

Senate to query regulators on financial reform

Feb 18, 2011
Six months after the Dodd-Frank law passed, the Senate Banking Committee questions regulators about their progress in fixing the financial system.

NYSE: American icon goes global to survive

Feb 15, 2011
The New York Stock Exchange-Deutsche Borse merger creates a global icon that in many ways leaves stocks and retail investors behind.

New York Stock Exchange agrees to merge with Deutsche Borse

Feb 15, 2011
The parent company for the New York Stock Exchange has agreed to a merger with Germany's Deutsche Borse, pending regulatory approval. The deal will create the largest exchange for stocks and derivatives in the world. Heidi Moore explains.

JPMorgan Chase chases tech investment

Feb 14, 2011
JPMorgan Chase is starting a fund to invest in private Internet media firms. But with bubble-like valuations, is it too late to get a good price?