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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

  • Venezuelans sleep outside their homes due to the fourth mega blackout that left 23 states of the country without power. (Photo by Humberto Matheus/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    Nissan slashes global headcount. The European Central Bank mulls a rate cut. Frequent blackouts likely to roil Venezuela’s economy.

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  • Real diversity or “racial outsourcing”?
    Mario Tama/Getty Images

    American farmers face an uphill battle with climate change. The new British PM has a whole economy, not just Brexit, to fix. Are companies putting an undue burden on Black employees to reach “diversity”?

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  • Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, speaks about a lawsuit filed against the Federal Government concerning the threat that the 2020 Census will undercount members of the African American community and other minorities across the nation, at the National Press Club on March 28, 2018 in Washington, DC.
    Mark Wilson/Getty Images

    The DOJ opens an antitrust probe into Big Tech. Lawmakers want to make sure African-Americans get counted in the upcoming census. Boeing’s 737 MAX woes show on the balance sheet.

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  • A person walks by the building of the Washington-based global development lender, The World Bank Group, in Washington. (Photo by Eric BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)

    Britain gets a new leader. China’s Alibaba opens up to U.S. sellers. The World Bank hosts a “talk-a-thon.”

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  • Cosmic Crisp™ is the trademark for the variety WA 38
    PVM/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    The IMF has warnings about global trade tensions. The clock it ticking for Britain’s new PM on Brexit. The Cosmic Crisp shakes up the apple industry.

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  • There’s nothing old-fashioned about artisan ice cubes
    Steven Byeon/Marketplace

    Three million Americans are at risk of losing their food stamp benefits. Harleys go electric. Who knew ice in your cocktail was such a big deal?

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  • Tory leadership favorite Boris Johnson got stuck on a zip-line during his tenure as Mayor of London in 2012. (Photo: Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

    Boris Johnson is expected to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s next prime minister. India takes a step towards banning cryptocurrencies. How flies are helping to eliminate food waste.

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  • Professional Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master Devon Chulick in a session with clients Amanda Perry, Justin Stuart Paul and Shashir Redd.
    Photo by Kelsey McClellan for Bloomberg

    The IMF readies its global economy report card. The new GDP numbers promise to show a growing U.S. economy. There’s real money to be made as a dungeon master.

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  • A cannabis tour member rolls a joint as the tour group makes a stop to smoke marijuana, on a cannabis tour organized by L.A.-based Green Tours, January 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
    ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

    China’s new stock market soars. Corruption allegations threatened Puerto Rico’s economy. The legal cannabis industry might finally be able to access the banking system.

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  • A gong is seen during the listing ceremony of the first batch of companies on the SSE STAR Market at Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on July 22, 2019 in Shanghai, China.
    VCG/VCG via Getty Images

    Tensions in the Persian Gulf send crude prices higher. A Nasdaq-style stock board launches in Shanghai. India blasts off on its second moon mission in more than a decade.

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