Joanna Slater
New York Bureau Chief
Joanna Slater is the Globe's New York Bureau Chief. Prior to joining the Globe in 2010, she worked for The Wall Street Journal, where her assignments included reporting on the financial crisis out of New York and covering South Asian business and politics from Mumbai. Read more...
Joanna Slater
New York Bureau Chief
Joanna Slater is the Globe's New York Bureau Chief. Prior to joining the Globe in 2010, she worked for The Wall Street Journal, where her assignments included reporting on the financial crisis out of New York and covering South Asian business and politics from Mumbai. She spent seven years in Asia, based first in Hong Kong and then in India, where she wrote about a wide range of topics, from the massacre of the royal family in Nepal to the Kashmir dispute to discrimination against HIV-positive children. She won the Young Journalist Award from the Society of Publishers in Asia. Joanna grew up in Toronto, attended Smith College, and completed two masters degrees from Columbia University.
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Kissinger 'still a bit of a rockstar' in world affairs, focusing on China
He is the ultimate practitioner of realpolitik, a legend of statecraft at once revered and reviled for his role in shaping the American century.
Friday, Jun 10, 2011
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Cory Booker: The mayor Oprah calls a ‘genius'
The mayor of Newark has made it his personal quest to clean up a crime-ridden city with a crumbling education system, and he is attracting serious money and garnering comparisons to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. But can he deliver?
Friday, Jun 03, 2011
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Goldman Sachs back under the microscope
Receives subpoena from top prosecutor in Manhattan seeking information on firm’s conduct prior to credit crisis
Thursday, Jun 02, 2011
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Foundation continues crumbling in U.S. housing
Home prices slump to lowest level in nine years, with further declines expected
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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U.S. economy still not firing on all cylinders
Data released this week expected to show little improvement on previous month’s performance
Sunday, May 29, 2011
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First Cirque du Soleil takes Manhattan, then the world
CEO says company's future lies in expanding its operations in Europe and Asia
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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Strauss-Kahn gets bail, but legal troubles have just begun
Evidence against former IMF head is "substantial [and] continuing to grow every day," assistant district attorney says
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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‘Jury charmer’ offers first hint of Strauss-Kahn defence
Benjamin Brafman, a veteran of high-profile cases, says forensic evidence ‘will not be consistent with a forcible encounter’
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Could U.S. target another giant hedge fund?
Threads related to the investigation of Raj Rajaratnam suggest SAC Capital Advisors could be in the sights of authorities
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Rape charges expose troubled past of ‘the Great Seducer’ Strauss-Kahn
Denied bail and deemed a flight risk, head of the IMF has gone from one of the most powerful figures on the global financial scene into a source of scandal and disgrace
Monday, May 16, 2011
