Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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Feb 22, 2021
Biden set to roll out PPP loan changes
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The Small Business administration is going to open up a special two-week lending window starting Wednesday as part of an effort to aid smaller firms and companies owned by people of color. Plus, a new survey on how Black business owners are feeling about the economy right now. And, one factor in rising house prices: the soaring cost of lumber.
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Feb 22, 2021
Japan airlines ground some Boeing 777s following United flight engine failure
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Two Japanese carriers have stopped flying aircraft similar to the model that suffered engine failure in the U.S. Also, businesses join a general strike over Myanmar coup. Plus, will the creation of a “Great Green Wall” help stop desertification and aid farmers in northern Africa?
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Feb 19, 2021
GameStop saga spills over onto Capitol Hill
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The House Financial Services Committee hearing on Thursday spent a lot of time looking at the separate roles played by Robinhood and hedge funds. Plus, the federal relief needed to bring back laid-off state and local government workers. And, the federal government’s balancing act between pandemic relief spending now and more spending later.
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Feb 19, 2021
Biden’s first G-7 summit as president
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The U.S. will officially rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement, and Biden will announce a $4 billion dollar global vaccine effort. Plus, how Biden’s new bill on immigration would create a faster path to citizenship for farm workers who are unauthorized. And, Texans grapple with damage to their homes from the winter storms, including bursting pipes.
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Feb 19, 2021
U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are workers, not independent contractors
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From the BBC World Service: The U.K.’s Supreme Court ruled Uber drivers should be classified as workers and not contractors, and as such are entitled to a raft of benefits and payments.
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Feb 18, 2021
Reddit, Robinhood and hedge funds face Congress
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Elected officials in Washington get into the GameStop trading frenzy today. Plus, 861,000 more people registered for unemployment last week. Before the pandemic, there had never once been a week even above 700,000. And, people who are undocumented were excluded from relief money under the CARES Act. We speak with a restaurant worker in Los Angeles about his experience.
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Feb 18, 2021
Facebook bans news in Australia
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Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform. It comes in response to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms. Also, SPACs are taking over Wall Street and European stock exchange floors, but what are they and why are they so popular? We’ll explain.
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Feb 18, 2021
A slow news day in Australia … for those reading it on Facebook
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Facebook turned off news feeds in Australia in the latest response to a law that would make Big Tech companies pay for news content that appears on their platforms. Plus, how the worst ice and snow in Texas in a decade is affecting farmers and ranchers. And, highlighting the hardworking people who process unemployment benefits.
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Feb 17, 2021
Do vaccine incentives actually work?
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Does it help if companies sweeten the deal for workers to get COVID vaccinations? Plus, news today that we went out and bought more things in January. Direct COVID payments were the catalyst. Also, New York is suing Amazon, claiming the company failed to provide workers with a safe environment at two warehouses during the pandemic. And, how the winter storms sweeping the U.S. are affecting vaccine distribution.
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Feb 17, 2021
Bill Gates’ solutions for climate change
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Gates’ new book is called “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” Plus, a closer look at how Texas’ power grid works amid ongoing outages for millions of people due to winter weather. And, the Biden administration extends forbearance for homeowners with federally backed mortgages.
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