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.
Features By Jeff Tyler
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Smucker's squeezes out new products
Jam maker Smucker's reported its profits rose slightly in the last three months. The company is a dominant player in the food industry, and it plans to roll out dozens of new products in the coming months. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Fertilizer will be big business
An Australian company offered billions to buy the largest producer of potash in the world -- a deal that the Canadian company declined. Why fertilizer? With growing middle classes in populous countries like India and China, fertilizer to grow all the food in those countries will soon be big business.
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Cotton prices rise on demand, disasters
Cotton is getting more costly. Prices are flirting with highs not seen in over a decade. It all comes down to supply, demand and natural disasters. Jeff Tyler explains.
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Wal-Mart's bank ambitions in Mexico
In Mexico, one firm is opening new bank branches left and right. The name might sound familiar -- Banco de Wal-Mart. That's right. Wal-Mart has its own bank in Mexico. Jeff Tyler reports it's recruiting new business from inside its retail stores.
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Can 'free' online games make money?
American video game companies often charge a monthly for their online games. But they're starting to adopt the business tactic of their Asian counterparts: Let them play for free, but charge for the virtual weapons and outfits.
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Convention hackers told to keep it conventional
Attendees of this week's Black Hat and DefCon hacker conventions are being told to hush up.
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Cities struggling to spend federal money for foreclosed homes
Two years ago, cities across the nation received money from Congress to buy and take care of foreclosed homes to prevent neighborhoods from becoming blighted. The September deadline to spend all that money is looming, and cities are struggling to spend the money, before it gets taken away.
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City budget cuts visible in staffing
Cities grappling with smaller bottom lines have had to cut back on personnel across the board, from public transit to the police department.
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Three-hour tarmac rule makes more delays
The Department of Transportation levied heavy fines against airlines that leave passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours, which led to a decrease in long tarmac delays -- but increased flight cancellations.
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Obama wants jobless benefit extension
An extension of unemployment benefits didn't make it into the financial reform bill, but President Obama wants his Republican colleagues to consider an extension of benefits again -- but will it be the stimulus the economy needs?
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