Silvia Wadhwa (born 1959 in Hagen) is a German financial journalist. She previously worked for CNBC Europe in Frankfurt. She reported daily from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (usually on European Closing Bell and Europe Tonight),[1] and provided German language business news updates for the N24 news channel. Wadhwa was also the network's European Central Bank correspondent,[1] reporting from the bank's headquarters on days of Interest rate decisions[2] and attending the subsequent press conferences. In December 2007 she began writing a blog, €urocentric, for CNBC.com.[3]

Biography

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Having previously covered the German financial markets for organizations including Reuters and Handelsblatt,[1] Wadhwa joined CNBC Europe in 1998 as a Frankfurt-based correspondent.[1] Between 2003 and 2007, she was co-presenter of the evening programme Frankfurt Closing Bell and its successor Europe Tonight.[4] Guy Johnson took over as Europe Tonight's sole host in a March 2007 revamp, but Wadhwa remained a contributor to the show.

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  1. ^ a b c d "Silvia Wadhwa Bio". CNBC.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  2. ^ Wadhwa, Silvia; Nimmermann, Philipp (6 December 2007). ECB Likely to Hold. Frankfurt, Germany: CNBC. Retrieved 12 December 2007.[dead link]
  3. ^ Wadhwa, Silvia (11 December 2007). "Welcome to €urocentric!". CNBC. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  4. ^ Wadhwa, Silvia; Hobbs, Simon (18 September 2006). Europe Tonight 2007 Opening (1). YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
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