Jeff Tyler is a reporter for Marketplace’s Los Angeles bureau and reports on issues related to immigration and Latin America. Tyler began his career at Marketplace producing and editing stories and in 2000 his desire to report allowed him to move to the other side of the microphone becoming a foreign correspondent for the program. Tyler admits that working for Marketplace has given him a crash course in world economics. His work has taken him from Argentina and Brazil to Indonesia and Pakistan. A California native, Tyler is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. After college, he worked for a travel guide company, writing a guide for Honduras and editing a travel guide for Mexico.
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Mexicans working legally in the U.S. face challenges
Over 150,000 Mexicans come to the U.S. to work legal, temporary jobs each year. Hear how the guest worker system looks from the other side of the border.
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Egypt: Wider elections in store
Many countries have faced the challenge and cost of organizing open elections.
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Al Jazeera English to launch U.S. campaign
The cable news network based in Qatar has been broadcasting developments in Egypt around the clock. It says that millions of Americans are being deprived of the opportunity to watch the network.
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Postcard from Monterrey, Mexico
This restaurant in Monterrey, Mexico, specializes in BBQ goat and fresh blood soup.
Monterrey -- Mexico's third largest city -- looks a lot like...
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Target hires counselors to help employees
The discount store aims to cut absenteeism and high staff turnover by helping workers with problems such as financial stress and poor health.
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Potential fallout from WikiLeaks obtaining Swiss bank data
A former Swiss banker gave the website WikiLeaks the names of around 2,000 alleged tax-dodgers with accounts in the Cayman Islands. The website plans to release the names shortly. Jeff Tyler reports.
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The next step for Haiti: Trade
A year ago today, almost a quarter million people were killed in the Haitian earthquake. The country's poor economy is still trying to recover, and as Jeff Tyler reports, the biggest potential lies in trade.
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Governor announces California's tight budget plan
Governor Jerry Brown announced his budget plan this morning: a proposed $12 billion in spending cuts. There will be cuts in services like welfare and health care, and it's also expected that Brown may ask voters to raise taxes. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Mexico's job industry is growing stronger
The recession in the U.S has forced many Mexican migrants to return back home. In turn, the Mexican economy has gotten stronger, workers are getting paid better and unemployment rates have leveled off. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Illinois faces $13 billion budget deficit
States all around the country are facing huge deficits. One in particular is Illinois, which is currently trying to plug a $13 billion gap -- almost half the size of the state's total budget. Jeff Tyler reports.
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