If you spend your entire day like we do, keeping one eye on a sea of computer screens awash in green and red numbers and charts, and the other on a TV tuned to CNBC (and occasionally Bloomberg and even more occasionally Fox Business), you come to truly appreciate the business networks' beautiful -- and incredibly smart and knowledgeable -- women anchors. Here are our 12 favorites:


Maria Bartiromo
Bartiromo is one of the original female business news anchors. As a result of he rise to prominence she earned the nickname "Money Honey." She hosts "Closing Bell" on CNBC every day, which airs from 3 to 5 p.m., though she'll frequently pop on at other times with high-profile interviews. Bartiromo allegedly had an affair with Todd Thomson, the former head of Citigroup's Wealth Management division. On one trip home from China, Thompson ran into Bartiromo and made the other Citigroup employees fly home commercial while he took the company's private jet with Bartiromo. Allegedly.  Keep Reading »