Silvia Wadhwa (born 1959 in

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) is a German financial journalist. She previously worked for

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in Frankfurt. She reported daily from the

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(usually on ''

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'' and ''

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''), and provided German language business news updates for the N24 news channel. Wadhwa was also the network's

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correspondent, reporting from the bank's headquarters on days of Interest rate decisions and attending the subsequent

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. In December 2007 she began writing a blog, ''€urocentric'', for CNBC.com.

Biography

Having previously covered the German

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s for organizations including

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and ''

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'', Wadhwa joined CNBC Europe in 1998 as a Frankfurt-based correspondent. Between 2003 and 2007, she was co-presenter of the evening programme ''Frankfurt Closing Bell'' and its successor ''

''. Guy Johnson took over as ''Europe Tonight's'' sole host in a March 2007 revamp, but Wadhwa remained a contributor to the show.

References

External links

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Biography on CNBC.comWadhwa's ''€urocentric'' blog on CNBC.com
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