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After a distinguished career at The Wall Street Journal, Larry Ingrassia was named the business and financial editor of The New York Times in January 2004. At the Times, he oversees a staff of about 100 reporters and editors responsible for covering the economy, business, energy, finance, technology, telecommunications, health care, media and agribusiness.

Ingrassia worked as a reporter for the Chicago Sun Times from 1974-78. He joined The Wall Street Journal in 1978 as a reporter in its Chicago bureau. He moved to the Minneapolis bureau next and was Boston bureau chief from 1986-93, when he became London bureau chief. In 1999, he was named editor of the newspaper's Money & Investing section. He served as an assistant managing editor from December 2003 until he moved to the Times. Ingrassia has appeared regularly as a guest co-host on the CNBC-TV program, Wake Up Call.

Ingrassia has directed coverage that has won both Loeb and Polk awards. In 2003, his reporters contributed to a series of stories that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of corporate scandals. Ingrassia's reporters also contributed to Pulitzer-winning coverage for breaking-news stories about Sept. 11. He also led the reporters that covered the Barings Bank collapse in 1995, earning the Overseas Press Club of America award for best business reporting.