Aaron Task

Editor at Large

Aaron Task has been at TheStreet since July 1998. Prior to TheStreet, he spent about 14 months as assistant markets editor of Microsoft Investor and markets reporter for MSNBC's Internet site. Prior to that, he spent a year and a half as an on-air reporter for the Dow Jones Investor Network, covering a variety of industries, including semiconductors and energy.

Task also has worked as a reporter for The Bond Buyer and has done freelance work for the CyberTimes section of The New York Times' Web site.

Task received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Rutgers College.

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Video

'08 Enters with a Thud

By Farnoosh Torabi | By Aaron Task

Shares tumble after ISM disappoints, NCC slashes its dividend and BOA downgrades chips.

02:08PM 01/02/08

Video

Hipsters 'Ablaze' Over New Apple MacBook

By Farnoosh Torabi | By Aaron Task

TSC's Scott Moritz was first with the news about Apple's new MacBook, which is shaping up to be the 'must have' tech item of 2008. Plus, can Amazon.com compete in music?

06:44AM 01/02/08

Podcast

Laggards Lead as Stocks Sulk Into '08

By Aaron Task

After a year of huge losses, financials and housing are the big winners on the last day of '07. Joe Capone weighs in.

04:45PM 12/31/07

Video

Real Story Wrap: December 31, 2007

By Aaron Task

Stocks pared losses but were still mired in the red Monday afternoon as relatively benign housing data did little to entice buyers on the final trading day of a rocky year.

04:43PM 12/31/07

Video

2007 Lurching to a Close

By Farnoosh Torabi | By Aaron Task

Shares stumble on the final day of 2007 as traders sell losers for tax purposes and are reminded the subprime saga isn't over yet.

01:04PM 12/31/07

Video

Best Buy Bucks Gift Card Losses

By Farnoosh Torabi | By Aaron Task

The electronics retailer is picking up on a new trend that lets it keep its gift card revenue, even for cards that go unused. Farnoosh Torabi and Aaron Task report.

12:15PM 12/31/07

Video

Baidu's Highflying Year Capped With Tragic Death

By Farnoosh Torabi | By Aaron Task

Shawn Wang, Baidu's CFO, died in a car accident over the holidays in China. How is it challenging the country's largest search engine?Farnoosh Torabi and Aaron Task report.

12:04PM 12/31/07

Podcast

Stocks Dither as Traders Eye Bargains

By Aaron Task

James 'Rev Shark' De Porre and Teddy Weisberg spy opportunities in beaten-down stocks as '07 comes to a close.

04:57PM 12/28/07

Video

Real Story Wrap: December 28, 2007

By Aaron Task

Stocks were volatile in a low-volume session Friday and ultimately closed flat as weak housing data ran up against positive headlines out of the financial sector.

04:33PM 12/28/07

Video

New Year, Same Problems

By Aaron Task | By Brittany Umar

Veteran trader Teddy Weisberg says Fed easing is a positive but geopolitics and a slowing U.S. economy will restrain stocks in 2008.

01:56PM 12/28/07

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Dow Jones S&P 500 NASDAQ 10-Year Note
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