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Erika Soderstrom

Associate Producer

Erika works with a group of extraordinary producers to chase business and economic stories heard on “Marketplace Morning Report.”

Latest from Erika Soderstrom

  • People wearing protective facemasks sit on a train usually full with passengers ahead of the Lunar New Year.  (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Wuhan, the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak, has stopped all transportation in and out. Perceptions of government corruption worsen. Female entrepreneurs discuss their biggest challenges in Africa.

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  • Microsoft’s unsafe haven
    GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images

    The NASDAQ and S&P hit all time highs, indicating impeachment is having little effect on investors. The IRS goes after Microsoft over its alleged use of tax havens.

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  • Michael Bloomberg has spent over $200 million on ads in the two months since he announced he's running for president.
    Oli Scarff/Getty Images

    Climate change continues to be the No. 1 item on the agenda at Davos. Bloomberg forces other Democratic presidential candidates to spend big with his $200 million TV ad push. Congress is finally funding gun violence research again.

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  • Battle for our eyes: As Disney+ announces UK launch date, Netflix reports its results

    Netflix results are out as Disney+ announces its U.K. launch. What the coronavirus could mean for global trade. Corruption on an epic scale in Angola.

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  • The floor of the Texas House of Representatives.
    Andrew Schneider

    The spread of norovirus hits Chinese markets. President Trump remains bullish on “his” booming economy in Davos. When will consumers get their fill of streaming services? Texas could become a target for out-of-state donors.

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  • Demonstrators march in the snow in 2015 through Lafayette Park, outside the White House, to rally against the Supreme Court's decision in favor of Citizens United.
    Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

    President Trump touts the booming U.S. economy at Davos. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin teases another tax cut. How political campaigns have changed ten years after Citizens United.

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  • A woman wears a mask near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province
    Getty Images

    As more die from the Wuhan virus, stocks in Chinese drug makers surge. The “next trade war.” What the rail strike means for Paris tourism.

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  • Attendees walk past the Microsoft logo during the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 6.
    Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

    Microsoft promises to erase its carbon footprint by 2050. Climate change is the big item on the docket for Davos 2020.

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  • Trump’s 3-year report card

    How is Trump’s economy doing three years in? Unionizing the video game industry. The longest-running strike in France is coming to an end.

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  • Jan 20, 2020

    A royal future?

    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex depart Canada House in London in early January
    Getty Images

    British investment in Africa. An end to the longest-running strike in French history. How much could Harry and Meghan make from their split.

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