Shibani Sona Joshi (born October 4, 1975) is a

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for the Fox Business Network.

Career

Joshi began her journalism career as a news production assistant at

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where she contributed to Lou Dobbs ''Moneyline'' and CNN ''Money Morning''.Fox Business Biography
/ref> Joshi was a producer in New York City for Reuters Television and ''Times Now'', the joint venture news channel with The Times of India. Joshi served as a reporter covering breaking news for News 12 Westchester. Joshi has also served as the host of ImagineAsian TV's ''The Pulse'' variety show, contributed to ABCNews.com and '' ABC News Now'' covering technology and business stories, and was a co-host of American Desi's ''Point of View'' talk show. From 2004 to 2006, Joshi held the position of Senior Manager in Strategy and Business Development at Disney/ABC Media Networks where she worked on the launch of ABC News Now. She has been a guest on the

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's late-night satire show '' Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld''. Joshi now runs her own website that reports on matters of high technology.

Germany and solar power

Joshi is known for asserting that Germany's advantage over the US in the production of solar power stems from the additional sunlight Germany receives. In response, Slate.com's Will Oremus noted, "virtually the entirety of the continental United States gets more sun than even the sunniest part of Germany" Joshi retracted her statement and restated " fact, the difference come down more to subsidies and political priorities and has nothing to with sunshine."

Family

Joshi is a native of Oklahoma City. Both of her parents are

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s from India. Her father, Dileep Joshi, is a retired vice president for manufacturing and engineering at Lucent Technologies. Her mother, Meghana Joshi, was formerly an information technology manager in Norman, Oklahoma at Johnson Controls, Inc. Joshi was married to Rahul Advani, a principal at Energy Capital Partners, but the couple later divorced.

External links

FoxBusiness.com bio

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, Shibani Living people American women journalists American women writers of Indian descent Fox Business people American Hindus University of Oklahoma alumni Harvard Business School alumni 1975 births Writers from Oklahoma City 21st-century American women