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Jeremy Hobson

Former Host, Marketplace Morning Report

Jeremy Hobson is the former host of  Marketplace Morning Report. Hobson started at Marketplace in 2007 as a reporter based in Washington, D.C.  He later covered Wall Street and its impact on ordinary Americans for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau. He started reporting from New York one week before Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008.  Hobson hosted Marketplace Morning Report from 2011 through 2013. Before joining Marketplace, Hobson frequently found himself in the right place at the right time when it came to big stories: He was calling Florida precincts for NPR’s 2000 election coverage, he was working for Boston’s WBUR during the Boston Catholic Church Sex Abuse scandal, and he was an intern for NPR’s Guy Raz in Turkey at the start of the Iraq War. In addition to those roles, Hobson has worked as producer for NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! He has also worked as a host and reporter for public radio stations WILL Urbana, WCAI Cape Cod and WRNI Providence. Hobson’s radio career began in earnest at the age of nine when he started contributing to a program called Treehouse Radio.  Hobson is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. He lives in New York and enjoys hiking, traveling and extremely spicy foods.

Latest from Jeremy Hobson

  • To cope with the recession, many companies are considering layoffs or pay cuts. Across-the-board pay cuts are mounting and more are expected to follow. But is it better for companies to cut pay or let employees go? Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • The inauguration ceremony was appointment television for a lot of people, even though it was a workday. So, lots of Americans played hooky. Jeremy Hobson spent some time with people who were watching Obama on a big-screen TV in Harlem.

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  • Cell phone providers are wheeling out temporary towers to boost their networks for the Obama inauguration today. Companies expect millions more people to be on the phone or texting. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • The government is giving Bank of America a $20 billion rescue package for losses incurred by the acquisition of Merrill Lynch, which the Feds encouraged the bank to buy. The bank reported its first quarterly loss in 17 years. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • Shareholders worry whether Apple can thrive without CEO Steve Jobs at the helm. Scott Jagow talks to Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson about why Jobs leaving is such a big deal and how the company might be able to cope.

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  • On the heels of its brokerage merger announcement, Citigroup is also expected to sell off several financial services to counter a potential $10 billion loss. Jeremy Hobson reports what the bank might be shedding.

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  • Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the London School of Economics on the roughly $800 billion recovery plan. He noted that further government action would be needed, and inflation is not a concern. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • Aluminum maker Alcoa has announced a quarterly loss of more than $1 billion, and it plans to cut 13% of its workforce to balance it out. Jeremy Hobson reports why stronger demand could help the company.

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  • With most of the U.S. auto industry relying on a government bailout to survive, now's not the best time for the Detroit Auto Show to be glitzing up. Jeremy Hobson reports what the show will be focusing on instead.

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  • Citigroup is expected to announce a deal to merge its brokerage house, Smith Barney, with Morgan Stanley. Inside sources say a deal is likely by the middle of the week. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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