Heather Gillers

Wall Street Journal reporter covering municipal bonds and pensions

chicago, illinois, united states

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I cover municipal bonds and pensions for the Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing desk. Before joining the Journal four years ago, I wrote about city budgets and school funding for the Chicago Tribune. I have 15 years of journalism experience. I earned my bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and my master's degree from Medill School of Journalism. My recent stories are available here: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/heather-gillersYou can reach me at heather.gillers@wsj.com or (929) 384 3212.

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SpaceX, Anthropic and Nvidia help snap tech stocks out of their recent malaise

A trio of the biggest names in AI gave investors reasons to love tech stocks again this week, shaking the volatile sector out of its recent malaise. Elon Musk reported SpaceX is now profitable and said the firm might merge with Tesla, his $1.5 trillion el... See more

msn.com•Heather Gillers•Oct 21, 2026

What to know about the SpaceX-Tesla merger talks

Investors and analysts are buzzing about the possibility of a SpaceX merger with Tesla, after CEO Elon Musk sounded bullish on the idea in the company's earnings call Tuesday night. He said both SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees of independe... See more

msn.com•Heather Gillers•Oct 21, 2026

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