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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

  • A waitress takes a break and looks at her phone in the Salvadorian and Latin American restaurant Lauriol Plaza in Washington, DC on January 11, 2018.
    ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images

    Chinese exports rise. The value of gold also goes up. Food server pay might get a big boost soon.

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  • What’s the value of a “brilliant jerk” at work?
    NBC Universal/Screenshot via Netflix

    Markets deal with trade and currency uncertainty. Apple rolls out its credit card. Evaluating those high-achieving jerks at work.

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  • TOPSHOT - People hold up their phones during a prayer and candle vigil organized by the city, after a shooting left 20 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas, on August 4, 2019. - A shooting at a Walmart store in Texas left multiple people dead. At least one suspect was taken into custody after the shooting in the border city of El Paso, triggering fear and panic among weekend shoppers as well as widespread condemnation. It was the second fatal shooting in less than a week at a Walmart store in the US and comes after a mass shooting in California last weekend. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)        (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

    Walmart employees walk out over gun sales. Employers increasingly look into active shooter insurance. The U.S. levies secondary sanctions against Venezuela.

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  • Future Nyamukondiwa inspects a stunted cob in her dry maize field on March 13, 2019, in the Mutoko rural area of Zimbabwe. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

    Glencore shutters the world’s biggest copper mine. Three more global central banks slash interest rates. The U.N. warns one-third of Zimbabweans will need food aid before the next harvest amid drought and economic crisis.

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  • The other BTS craze
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    Investors weren’t mad at China Tuesday. Is the U.S. allegation of currency manipulation even valid? Online retailers are in back-to-school mode. The state of Uber and Lyft.

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  • Aug 6, 2019

    Retraining day

    Dominic Johnjulio checks his side mirrors while learning to drive a dump truck at the New Castle School of Trades in New Castle, Pa.

    The U.S. officially labels China a currency manipulator. Venezuela faces a U.S. embargo. A former auto worker opts for retraining.

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  • China Yuan of Mao dollar bank note are arranged for a photograph on 07 September 2017, in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. ((Photo by studioEAST/Getty Images)

    The U.S. has officially accused China of being one. A major global hotel group says the U.S.-China trade feud is having an impact on growth prospects. Big data helps business deal with unpredictable climate patterns. 

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  • Marriott’s fee kerfuffle
    AFP/Getty Images

    China drops the yuan. 8chan gets rescued. Marriott faces resort fee lawsuit.

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  • The water tower building of the Walt Disney Studios park at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallee.
    Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

    Trump’s rhetoric on trade hits the financial markets. Disney’s stock surges. One former auto worker deals with an uncertain future.

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  • Apple's new privacy labels on apps are like nutritional labels: They're there to read, but will people pay attention?
    Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Hong Kong’s leader warns of “dangerous situation” as demonstrations escalate. India could change the face of its only Muslim-majority state. Why Internet infrastructure providers are reluctant to wade into content issues for sites they service.

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