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Jeff Horwich

Jeff Horwich is the interim host of Marketplace Morning Report and a sometime-Marketplace reporter. He is the former host of "In The Loop" from Minnesota Public Radio and a former business and economics correspondent for MPR. He is a graduate of Duke University and has a Master's in applied economics from the University of Minnesota.

Latest from Jeff Horwich

  • Jul 12, 2012

    NBC in talks to buy back Microsoft stake in MSNBC.com

    NBC is reportedly in talks to buy back Microsoft's chunk of MSNBC.com, essentially ending their partnership. Originally the two companies went in together on the telvision news network and the website.

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  • Jul 11, 2012

    The appeal of picking the first option

    We live in a world full of options: 50 different kinds of cereal, hundreds of iPhone apps. But a new study has found that people consistently choose the options that are thrown at us first.

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  • Jul 11, 2012

    Tax rates hit historic low in 2009

    A new report from the Congressional Budget Office says the tax rates paid by most Americans were at near-record lows in 2009. Who's paying less, who's paying more, and what's causing the change?

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  • Jul 10, 2012

    Texas opts out of key health care reform provisions

    It's been almost two weeks since the Supreme Court ruled President Obama's health care overhaul constitutional. Today Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially announced his plans to opt out of the Medicaid expansion and insurance exchanges included in the Affordable Care Act.

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  • Jul 10, 2012

    RIM struggles to keep BlackBerry afloat, heads to annual meeting

    One of Canada's best-known companies also looks more and more like one of the world's shakiest. Today in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM puts on a brave face for shareholders at its annual meeting — maybe a little tricky when its share price is down 95 percent from its peak.

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  • Jul 9, 2012

    Wireless providers have doubts about texting campaign donations

    About a month back, the Federal Election Commission approved a proposal to allow campaign contributions via text message. Both Obama and Romney camps have showed their support for the plan. But now Reuters is reporting that wireless carriers in the country might not be so easy to convince.

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  • Jul 9, 2012

    Tenants angry over Olympic plans for missiles

    Residents of some apartment buildings in London are upset that the British military plans to put anti-aircraft weapons on their roofs during the Olympic games.

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  • Jul 6, 2012

    One solution to the nation’s unemployment problem

    So as this unemployment report continues to show stagnant growth, many politicians, experts, armchair economists are chiming in on the best way to solve the unemployment problem in the U.S. One idea being floated is inspired by Germany: working fewer hours.

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  • Jul 6, 2012

    Obama adviser Alan Krueger talks June jobs numbers

    The economy added 80,000 non-farm jobs in June and the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent. Alan Krueger, chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, puts the latest numbers in perspective.

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  • Jul 6, 2012

    Why companies practice ‘stack rating’

    The other day on its website Vanity Fair previewed an article about life at Microsoft. And it details a particular human resource practice that drove employees up the wall: something called "stack rating." What exactly is it?

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