Twitter may be dominated by endless comments about Justin Bieber, comedians trying out their stuff, and, recently, a whole lot of complaining about vuvuzelas. But the microblogging service is also a great way to gain real-time access to some of the sharpest and funniest minds in business and finance. Just in time for FollowFriday, we asked the irrepressible Roben Farzad of Bloomberg Businessweek to share his top picks among the business Twitterati; you can follow the Twitter list we've set up to easily track all of them. And if you've got favorites, please suggest them in the comments field below; we'll sift through the suggestions and add the best ones to our list.
A former Wall Street Journal reporter, Heidi N. Moore now lances freely and calls herself a handmaiden to capitalism. She posts all sorts of cheeky tweets on M&A, subprime slime, and gossip at the WSJ.
Recent tweet:Chinese cos. are hiring important-looking Westerners as pretend CEOs, which shows they really are learning from us. http://bit.ly/cJE0kD
A former Forbes techie, Kafka now writes for the Wall Street Journal’s All Things D. He knows hardware and the Silicon Valley scene especially well, but also has a penchant for posting great YouTube time-wasters.
Recent tweet:Of course KFC brought us the double down. They’re the same people behind the “failure pile in a sadness bowl” http://bit.ly/cHyrhn
The heart and soul of The New York Times’s business coverage. Often envied, but never replicated. A (tireless) institution unto himself, sporting almost 288,000 followers.
Recent tweet: lol. just filled a ford with gas. the gas cap on the car reads: “ford recommends bp.” do you think ford STILL recommends bp?
The editorial director at Harvard Business Review Group, author of Myth of the Rational Market, MoneyWatch blog warrior, and former Time Magazine columnist, Fox is just a sharp biz writer and witty spectator of the whole scene.
Recent tweet:Just bought Kindle version of @EricPooley’s #TheClimateWar. Because that’s better for the climate, right?
A columnist for Barron’s, Savitz does a commendably thorough job of posting highlights from tech-centric Wall Street research and news outlets on his Tech Trader Daily blog.
While he’d never be so bold as to suggest himself for this list, MoneyWatch’s editors have taken the liberty. Farzad offers sharp observations about the markets and the tech sector, as well as the occasional random gem (see below).
Recent tweet: The American who went a-huntin’ for Bin Laden is totally the lost Doobie Brother http://is.gd/d1gNu
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