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Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

SHORT BIO

Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.

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A different kind of foreclosure battle

Feb 17, 2011
This final note today, in which the foreclosure shoe is on the other foot. You know how we were explaining earlier how some of the big banks have...

NYSE: What's in a name?

Feb 15, 2011
This final note today, picking up where Heidi Moore left off: What we're going to call the New York Stock Exchange now that it's owned by the...

Spending on Valentine's Day? Not me

Feb 14, 2011
This final note today, from the Marketplace Desk of I haven't gotten my wife anything for Valentine's Day -- and I'm not gonna either, just on...

German bid for NYSE has people talking on Vall Strasse

Feb 10, 2011
This final note today, the lighter side of the pending New York Stock Exchange-Deutsche Bourse deal. We're cribbing from Barry Ritholtz and his...

Up today: Exchange stocks and nose jobs

Feb 9, 2011
This final note today. A couple of 'em, actually. One substantive, one a little more tongue in cheek....

A "Butch Cassidy" retraction

Feb 8, 2011
This final note today. A shout out to the cinephiles who clearly know their "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" better than I do. That scene I...

The cost of a Super Bowl ad over a year in time

Feb 7, 2011
This final note today, a last word and some perspective on the utter ridiculousness of Super Bowl ads. More specifically, how much money companies...

B of A named most valuable banking brand in the world

Feb 1, 2011
This final note today, from the Marketplace desk of how the heck does this happen? Bank of America has somehow become the most valuable banking...

Dubai's real estate boom is sinking -- literally

Jan 27, 2011
This final note today. A commentary on the fleeting nature of real estate booms. Back in the good old days, like what -- six or seven years ago? ...

Future presidents may not get your $3

Jan 26, 2011
This final note today, an ode to the $3 check-off box on your tax return. The one that lets part of your tax check be used to help publicly finance...