Susan Antilla
Susan Antilla is a monthly columnist for Bloomberg View. The author of “Tales From the Boom-Boom Room,” the 2002 book that exposed a culture of sexual harassment at financial companies, she has written about business for 3 decades.
A Bloomberg columnist since 1995, Antilla won the 2012 “Excellence in Financial Journalism Award” from the Society of the Silurians and received the “Women’s Leadership Award” from Manhattanville College. She began her career in 1978 as a business reporter at Dun’s Review magazine, and became stock market reporter for USA Today in 1982. She opened the New York bureau of the Baltimore Sun and later became Sunday “Wall Street” columnist for The New York Times. Antilla has been an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at New York University.
Articles By Susan Antilla
Wall Street’s Legal Magic Ends an American Right
American business entered its Teflon era on a spring day 25 years ago.
Ex-Con Man Says JOBS Law Makes Guys Like Him Rich
Mark L. Morze knows a good investment opportunity when he sees one, but he hasn’t pursued his fortunes quite the way the rest of us have. Morze, 61, hung his hat for 4 1/2 years at federal prisons in Lompoc and Boron, California, after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud for cooking the books at the infamous carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best in the 1980s.
The JOBS Act Won't Create That Many Jobs
When sponsors name a piece of legislation the "JOBS Act" (an acronym for "Jumpstart Our Business Startups"), it's a good idea to examine their claims about how many jobs it creates. In this case, they're so overblown that a new name might be in order. “JOBS In Theory” might work.
Occupy Vigilantes Write New Volcker Rule Script: Susan Antilla
It isn’t every day that a reporter gets to sit in on a high-stakes policy meeting in New York’s financial district, but that’s exactly what I did on a balmy evening in late February at 60 Wall Street, the U.S. headquarters of Deutsche Bank AG.
Antilla: Debit-Card Pitchwoman Orman Flirts With Conflict
Suze Orman, the ubiquitous guru of personal finance, released a new book on Jan. 10, and her fans couldn’t part with their $16 a copy fast enough. In less than two weeks, “The Money Class” rose to fourth place among paperback advice books on the New York Times best-seller list.
Wall Street’s Big Swingers Get the Biggest Breaks: Antilla
On the surface, the year 2011 was one of ramped-up securities regulation and scary times for financial scammers, with enforcement cases soaring at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and coverage galore about the humbling of inside traders and municipal-bond riggers.
Financial Advisers Reflect on Their Affection for SEC: The Ticker
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may not look like a warm-and-fuzzy regulator to you, but to discerning investment advisers, it is as loveable as a government agency can be.
Money Managers Make Their Distress Your Problem: Susan Antilla
Is it possible that, even after the uncountable lessons of the past three years, investors have learned nothing? A popular financial planner and blogger made a very public disclosure of his personal economic meltdown last month, telling the story of how he got in over his head with a Las Vegas house that had two mortgages, no equity, and a date with destiny for a short-sale with Wells Fargo & Co.
Wall Street Killer Instinct AWOL in Occupy Spat: Susan Antilla
I’m starting to get worried that Wall Street and its supporters are losing their touch.
Anita Hill, 20 Years On, Seeks Equality: Susan Antilla
Anita Hill sits at a tiny conference table in her office at Brandeis University, just outside Boston, as I quiz her on the obvious themes. Her testimony during hearings to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court? Admittedly a “terrible” experience, “but I want people to understand that I survived it.” Attacks on her character? A good thing for women in the workplace because now “they know what to expect” should they ever go public about harassment.
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