MARGARET BRENNAN
CNBC Reporter
Margaret Brennan is a General Assignment Reporter for CNBC. She reports regularly for Business day programming and specializes on consumer spending and the retail industry. She also contributes to MSNBC and NBC News programs. Brennan also anchors CNBC Marketwrap Updates for MSNBC, CNBC Asia and NBC Mobile.
Brennan began her business news career at CNBC as a producer for financial news legend Louis Rukeyser. She wrote, researched and booked guests for the weekly "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" program and primetime specials. Brennan later worked as a producer on "Street Signs with Ron Insana," for which she coordinated guest bookings and produced interviews with President George W. Bush, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and others.
Before joining CNBC, Brennan interned at CNN's International Newsdesk in 2001 where she coordinated field reporters and translated Arabic language tapes from Osama bin Laden.
Margaret graduated with highest distinction from the University of Virginia. She received a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and was named an Emmerich-Wright scholar for an outstanding thesis. Brennan also received a B.A. in Middle East Studies with a minor in Arabic language. As a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar, Brennan studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan.
She was awarded a 2007 George Mitchell Fellowship and made a Whitehead Fellow with the Foreign Policy Association. In 2003, she was named one of the top journalists under the age of 30 by the NewsBios/TJFR Group.
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- American Apparel Gets Good News But Charney Drama Goes On 25 Jun 2008
Good news for American Apparel: the company was able to reach an agreement on a new mended credit agreement with its lead bank. It is a positive in this tight lending environment to see a company lock in a credit line or letter of credit. - American Apparel: Update On Continuing Saga 19 Jun 2008
As Dov Charney’s personal team winds up its appeal of the latest sexual harassment case against him, there has been a fairly-major reshuffling of the management team that has left Chief Financial Officer Ken Cieply on a job hunt. Back in May, Chief Financial Officer Ken Cieply resigned from American Apparel. - New York's Foreign Model "Shortage" And Your Emails 16 Jun 2008
Getting more foreign models to walk New York city catwalks is apparently a topic more than a few readers feel passionate about. After reading some of your emails, I decided to post a few responses since they seem to cover a wide array of opinion on this sexy slice of the otherwise serious topic of H1-B visa reform. - New York "Suffering" A Foreign Fashion Model Shortage 13 Jun 2008
Anthony Weiner is sponsoring a bill that gives models “of distinguished merit and ability” their own visa classification (P-4 status) which would group them with entertainers and athletes. - Talbot's Credit Crisis 12 Jun 2008
With the tear that Talbot’s stock price has been on, I think that it is safe to say that investors like what they heard from CEO Trudy Sullivan yesterday. Still that $50 million credit facility that it secured from Japanese retailer Aeon (also TLB’s largest shareholder) is a relatively small step in what will be a big turnaround project. - License To Sell: The Video Clips 10 Jun 2008
Here are the video clips of my interviews on American companies licensing overseas. Be sure and check out my blog post on this as well.
- American Apparel Gets Good News But Charney Drama Goes On 25 Jun 2008
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