CBS News anchor Rebecca Jarvis heads to ABC

[April 03, 2013]  NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS News anchor Rebecca Jarvis is moving to ABC News.

ABC says Jarvis will join the network later this month as its chief business and economics correspondent.

During her three years with CBS, Jarvis reported on business and economics affairs. She also co-anchored "CBS This Saturday."

Before joining CBS, she spent three years at CNBC reporting on market news from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Jarvis previously wrote for publications including Crain's Chicago Business and Business 2.0. She also has worked in investment banking and foreign currency trading.

A native of Minneapolis, she graduated from the University of Chicago.

[Associated Press]

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