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maximilian simon -lrb- step-son -rrb- yes nov 2007 b00852zv.flac robert peston 's voice speech recorded november robert 2007 from the bbc radio 4 programme '' file on peston 4 '' bbc radio4 file on 4 6 british maurice peston , baron peston -lrb- father -rrb- robert peston
 robert peston 25 april 1960 economics editor of bbc news file : robertpestonjnightingale.jpg bbc balliol college , oxford ; université libre de bruxelles robert james kenneth peston journalist , author , news and tv presenter
robert peston

the honourable robert james kenneth peston -lrb- born 25 april 1960 -rrb- is an english journalist .
from february 2006 until march 2014 , he was the business editor for bbc news .
he became known to a wider public with his reporting of the late-2000s financial crisis , especially with his scoop on the northern rock crisis .
on 17 october 2013 , he was appointed as economics editor for bbc news but continued as business editor as well until his replacement kamal ahmed took over the post on 24 march 2014 .
