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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

  • May 7, 2019

    China’s answer to Starbucks

    Picture of a cup of coffee at a Luckin Coffee on January 14, 2019. - When Starbucks came to China two decades ago it promised to open a new store every 15 hours. Now a homegrown rival, Luckin Coffee, plans to build a high tech-driven shop every three and a half hours to dethrone the US giant. The Chinese upstart is burning through millions of dollars to lure customers with steep discounts, challenging Starbucks' dominance by targeting office workers and students who prefer to have their java on-the-go or delivered to their doorstep.
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    The U.S. is out of the Iran nuclear deal, but what about Europe? Luckin Coffee is giving Starbucks a run for its money in China. Italy floats a “citizens’ income.”

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  • May 6, 2019

    How immigrants are revitalizing empty storefronts

    Wooden sign board hanging on door of cafe
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    President Trump’s tariff tweet causes a financial stir. Mike Pompeo talks Arctic meltdown in Finland. How immigrants are breathing new life into abandoned businesses.

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  • May 6, 2019

    Making heads or tails of Facebook’s digital coin rumors

    Paper circles with the Facebook logo are displayed during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered the opening keynote to the FB Developer conference that runs through May 1.
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    President Trump spooks the markets with tariff talk. Facebook gets into the crypto game. What does Brexit hold for the U.K.’s ambitious high-speed rail project?

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  • May 6, 2019

    President Trump’s tariff threat shakes markets

    An investor looks at stock price movements on a screen at a securities company in Beijing on May 6, 2019. - China's key stock indices plunged more five percent on May 6 after US President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese imports, potentially derailing high-level trade talks as they enter their final phase.
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    A presidential tweet on tariffs sends global markets into chaos. Why Mike Pompeo is in Finland today. Voters in South Africa head to the polls this week.

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  • May 3, 2019

    “Greedy” work and the gender gap

    Woman in casual clothes carrying her baby in baby carrier and using a smartphone on the desk.
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    Could the hot jobs market overheat the entire economy? The federal consumer watchdog gives small banks a new level of privacy. Plus, we look the widening gender gap.

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  • May 3, 2019

    CES on Capitol Hill

    Oculus on display at CES on the hill.
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    Fewer teens are getting jobs, due, in part, to not really looking for them. Maine becomes the first state to ban styrofoam, but some say these prohibitions aren’t very environmentally friendly. Plus, the Consumer Electronics Show comes to Capitol Hill.

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  • May 3, 2019

    Is a four-day workweek the future?

    Kickstarter and other companies are experimenting with the four-day workweek to gather data on its impact.
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    From the BBC World Service… Investor hunger for Beyond Meat sent shares soaring on their Wall Street debut. Pepsi backs down from a fight with Indian farmers. Plus, the campaign for a four-day working week is gaining traction.

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  • May 2, 2019

    Why the number of uninsured children is on the rise

    Members of the uninsured Morales family, with five children, wait to enter to be treated at a free dental clinic put on by volunteers with the California Dental Association Foundation on Oc. 27, 2018, in Modesto, California.
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    Inflation is low, but the Fed chair calls it “transitory.” After years of decline, the number of children without health insurance is on the rise. Plus, the condom business isn’t what it used to be.

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  • May 2, 2019

    The food industry is going to the dogs, literally

    The food industry is going to the dogs, literally
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    What does the Fed’s decision to leave interest rates untouched mean for inflation? Auto makers shift from monthly sales numbers to quarterly reports. Plus, some big names in “people food” are cashing in the multibillion-dollar pet food industry.

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  • May 2, 2019

    Doubts over U.K.’s zero carbon emissions target

    A climate change activist in a hammock occupying Oxford Circus in the busy shopping district of central London on April 18, 2019 uses a megaphone on the fourth day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. - Nearly 300 people have been arrested in ongoing climate change protests in London that brought parts of the British capital to a standstill, police said on April 17.
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    From the BBC World Service… The U.K.’s target for lowering carbon emissions has been criticized as unobtainable. Activists shareholders at the Barclays bank’s annual general meeting. Plus, we look at the rise of female gambling addicts.

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