- published: 16 May 2013
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Elizabeth Kate "Liz" Claman (born December 12, 1963) is the anchor of the Fox Business Network show Countdown to the Closing Bell at 3 pm ET and co-anchor at 4 pm ET on the Fox Business Network alongside co-anchor David Asman. Claman was previously the co-anchor of the CNBC morning television program Morning Call. Before that, Claman was the co-host of the programs Wake Up Call as well as briefly co-anchored Market Watch and was the anchor of the CNBC newsmagazine program Cover to Cover. Claman also temporarily served on a rotation basis along with other anchors as a substitute for The News with Brian Williams before Williams left MSNBC for NBC News in 2004. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley she also hosts Fox Business Global Power Players segments.
Claman was born to Canadian parents in Beverly Hills, California, on December 12, 1963. Her family is Jewish, and originates from Russia, her mother is of Romanian descent. Her late father, Dr. Morris Claman, was a world-renowned urologist and associate clinical professor of urology at the UCLA School of Medicine. Her mother is actress June Beverly Claman (née Faibish). Claman attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts where she was a disc jockey for the school radio station, WPAA, and then attended Beverly Hills High School. She has been friends with fellow Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan since the second grade.