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There is a song named after her entitled "Maria Bartiromo" by Joey Ramone of The Ramones. It is on his record "Don't Worry About Me".Graduated from New York University where she majored in journalism and minored in economics.Is often referred to as "Money Honey" and "Econo Babe" by stock exchange traders because of her resemblance to Sophia Loren .Loves Oreo cookies.Managing editor and current hostess of "The Wall Street Journal Report" (1992), shown in syndication.CNN producer and assignment editor [1988-1993].In 1995, became first journalist -- man or woman -- to report live on TV daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.As a teenager, she checked coats at her parents' Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. Her father was the chef.Has a brother and a sister.When she and her siblings were young, their mother invested in Christmas clubs.Does not like to use credit cards.Joined CNBC in August, 1993.Got her first TV job in 1987, as an intern with CNN.After graduation from Fontbonne Hall Academy, a local Catholic girls' school, she went to Long Island University before transferring to New York University.Raised in Bay Ridge, an Italian working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn.Youngest of Vincent and Josephine Bartiromo's three children.Her husband, Jonathan Steinberg, is a publisher and the son of financier Saul Steinberg . Jonathan is the founder and CEO of WisdomTree Investments, a financial investment services company in Manhattan.Will be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2011.Has received several awards including the Union League of Philadelphia's Lincoln Statue Award (2004) and the Coalition of Italian-American Association's Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award (1997) and was nominated in 2002 for a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism for her series on the widows of September 11.Was the Grand Marshal for the 2010 New York City Columbus Day Parade.In January 2007, she filed trademark applications to use the term "Money Honey" as a brand name for a line of children's products including toys, puzzles and coloring books.Inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame on June 14, 2011 in Chicago.