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Claire Leka

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Financier

The Resume

    (1970- )
    Filipina/German-Irish
    Wall Street reporter for CNN
    CNN Newsource (2000- )
    Anchored Stock Exchange reports for Reuters Television (1998-2000)
    Senior business correspondent for Conus Communications (1994-98)

Why she might be annoying:

    She works in the boring and greedy field of finances.
    She wants to either anchor or do longer news pieces.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She used to drive to events and set up her own camera.
    Her first broadcasting job paid $25 per day in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania.
    She received a journalism master from The American University.
    To stay fit, she hikes and runs.
    During her down time you can find her reading the latest novels.
    She mentors two young journalists.
    She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.
    She is famed for covering the September 11th attack and aftermath from the New York Stock Exchange for CNN.
    As to September 11th, she said: 'New York is a very tough town. It would take a lot more to shake our confidence. This is still the world's financial center, nothing will change that.'
    The thing she enjoys most about being on TV news is that it is live and thus exciting.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 68 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 62.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 44.17% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 59.05% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 196 Votes: 53.06% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 355 Votes: 53.24% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 409 Votes: 50.12% Annoying