Shortlist

The 2009 Shortlist

Best Broadcast Journalist

Frank Langfitt of NPR for Brothers' Lives Reflect China's Growing Income Gap
Robert Peston of BBC News for Super Rich
Martin Shankleman & Meirion Jones of Newsnight BBC2 for Gaviscon Expose
Stephen Evans of BBC World Service for Youngstown, Business Daily
Faisal Islam of Channel 4 News for Icelandic Banking Collapse

Best Commentator

Edward Chancellor of Institutional Investor for Inefficient Markets
Philip Coggan of The Economist for A cautionary tale from the future
Tracy Corrigan of The Daily Telegraph for Hedge funds don't need punishing, they're suffering enough
Andrew Hill of the Financial Times for October 2013, that was the week that will be
Jeremy Warner of The Independent for Treasury fiddles as markets crash

Best Communicator

Philip Coggan of The Economist for End of illusions
Hamish McRae of The Independent for How Brown blew his big chance
Faisal Islam of Channel 4 News for Shadow Banking
Michael Lewis of Bloomberg News for The gilded age lays an egg
Nils Blythe & Mark Broad of the BBC for, The unravelling of the financial crisis

Best Corporate Journalist

Simon Bowers of The Guardian for, M & B could blow a year's profit
Rob Cox of breakingviews for Too big to succeed
Yvette Essen of The Daily Telegraph for, Fortunes may be about to change for Equitable Life
David Gauthier-Villars & Carrick Mollenkamp of the Wall Street Journal Europe for, The invisible man
Andreas Kluth of The Economist for, Everywhere and nowhere

Best Deadline or Breaking News Story

Richard Beales of breakingviews for Bear Stearns
Mike Foster of Financial News for, Time to think the unthinkable
News Team of Channel 4 News for, House votes down US bailout
George Hay of breakingviews for, The rights math
James Whittington of the BBC World Service for, Congressional vote against TARP

Best Economics Story

Edward Hadas of breakingviews for Aim for the sky
Martin Hutchinson of breakingviews for, 13 Year Bubble
John O'Sullivan of The Economist for, Putting the air back in
Mark Pittman of Bloomberg News for, Fed defies transparency aim in refusal to disclose
Mark Whitehouse & Carrick Mollenkamp of the Wall Street Journal Europe for, Libor hits US borrowers

Best Finance & Markets Journalist

Patrick Foulis of The Economist for, Get a grip
Katherine Griffiths & Philip Aldrick of The Daily Telegraph for, HBOS was easy meat
Andrew Palmer of The Economist for, But will it work?
Mark Pittman of Bloomberg News, for Evil Wall Street Exports
William Wright & Team of Financial News for FSA steps in to support B&B

Best Magazine Story

Richard Behar of Fast Company for, China Storms Africa
Simon Clark, Michael Smith & Franz Wild of Bloomberg Markets for, China in Africa
Peter Elkind of Fortune for, The trouble with Steve
Stephane Fitch of Forbes for, The other real estate disaster
John Lippert & Alan Ohnsman of Bloomberg Markets for, The end of the oil age

Best Newspaper Story

Andrea Felsted & Francesco Guererra of the Financial Times for, Inadequate cover
Katherine Griffiths, Philip Aldrick, Louise Armistead & Helen Power of The Daily Telegraph for, Will Bradford & Bingley be able to weather the storm
Dominic Rushe of The Sunday Times for, Cleveland, ghost town
Cam Simpson of the Wall Street Journal Europe for, International battle to claim holocaust assets
Peter Thal Larsen of the Financial Times for, Corroded to the core

Best Online or Wire Service Story

Martin Braun of Bloomberg News for, Broken promises
David Callaway & Team of Marketwatch.com for, The Euro at 10
John Foley of breakingviews for Feel the squeeze
George Hay of breakingviews for, Constant pain, debt obligatory
Michael Rapoport of Dow Jones Newswires for, Lurking on the balance sheet

Best Personal Finance Story

Philip Coggan of The Economist for, Apocalypse now
Jilian Mincer of Dow Jones Newswires for, Getting personal
Bridgid Nzekwu & Emma Maxwell of Channel 4 News for, Hidden fuel poverty
Jeffrey Prestridge of the Mail on Sunday for, Abandoned
John Wasik of Bloomberg News for, No, Virginia, There Isn't Bailout Help for You

Best Profile

Simon Bowers of The Guardian for, Inbev boss
Bernard Condon of Forbes for, Babble rouser
Fiammetta Rocco of The Economist for, The shark's last move
Rishaad Salamat & Team of Bloomberg Television for, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary
Patricia Sellers of Fortune for, Melinda Gates

Best Scoop

Nicola Clark & Katrin Benhold of International Herald Tribune for, Pride and panic
William Hutchings & Team of Financial News for, Paulson breaks record
Faisal Islam of Channel 4 News for, Gas prices, early warning
Robert Peston of BBC News for Lloyds TSB HBOS merger
Mark Whitehouse & Carrick Mollenkamp of the Wall Street Journal Europe for, BoE readies bailout plan

Young Business Journalist of the Year

Tim Burke of CFO Europe for, In the hot seat
Sarah Childress of the Wall Street Journal Europe for, New prosperity, old inequality
Charles Forelle of the Wall Street Journal Europe for, Iceland rushes to save its banks
Evan Hessel of Forbes for, Garbage in...

The Decade of Excellence

Philip Coggan of The Economist
Tracy Corrigan of the Daily Telegraph
Peter Elkind of Fortune
Andrew Hill of the Financial Times