Jeff Tyler

Reporter, Marketplace

Jeff Tyler is a former reporter for Marketplace’s Los Angeles bureau and reported on issues related to immigration and Latin America. Tyler began his career at Marketplace producing and editing stories and in 2000 his desire to report allowed him to move to the other side of the microphone becoming a foreign correspondent for the program. Tyler admits that working for Marketplace has given him a crash course in world economics. His work has taken him from Argentina and Brazil to Indonesia and Pakistan. A California native, Tyler is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. After college, he worked for a travel guide company, writing a guide for Honduras and editing a travel guide for Mexico.

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Aug 22, 2009
Twitter searches for tweet success
The social networking site faces two big challenges: It's not making money and its popularity is becoming a liability. So it's considering selling consumer information to businesses. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Aug 21, 2009
The Spanish (and others) are coming!
Spain's second largest bank, BBVA, has reportedly won an auction for a Texas bank that was on the verge of collapse. Other foreign banks may be looking for bargains as well. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Aug 18, 2009
Legal system fights against wage theft
A recent study shows that more than half of the country's 100,000 or so day-laborers were not paid for work they did in the last two months. Jeff Tyler reports what the legal system is doing to protect these workers.
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Aug 1, 2009
Shopping’s not a snap with food stamps
Food stamps help thousands of families in need. But to get the most of out of them you need some smart shopping strategies. Reporter Jeff Tyler follows one woman who's become very savvy at navigating the food benefit system.
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Jul 31, 2009
GDP results ‘less bad’ than expected
The Gross Domestic Product shrank last quarter by 1 percent. a smaller decline than what economists expected. Bill Radke explores GDP in the bigger picture with Bankrate.com analyst Greg McBride.
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Jul 30, 2009
New areas hit with foreclosure wave
Foreclosures continue to swamp states like California, Nevada and Florida. But now states like Idaho and Arkansas, which didn't have high rates of subprime mortgages before, are also starting to feel the pain. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Jul 25, 2009
Best or worst time for wage hike?
The federal minimum wage is now $7.25 per hour as the final step in a three-tiered adjustment set in motion years ago. Jeff Tyler reports on the implications of the wage hike during the worst recession in 50 years.
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Jul 24, 2009
Minimum wage hike not huge help
Employers aren't thrilled about the additional costs that will come with paying workers a higher minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Jeff Tyler also reports the purchasing power of the minimum wage isn't what it used to be.
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Jul 21, 2009
Proposed Calif. budget slashes services
California lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement on the state budget with colossal cuts to school programs and children's medical care. Lots of smaller programs and services would also get the axe. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Jul 21, 2009
Can bank trusts save commercial loans?
With commercial real-estate loans failing at an alarming rate, financial firms are creating real-estate investment trusts, or REITs, to buy the mortgages at deep discounts. Jeff Tyler reports.
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