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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • Jun 16, 2020

    The Supreme Court ruling on protections for LGBTQ workers

    An activist holds a Pride Flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday after the Court ruled LGBTQ people cannot be fired for their sexual orientation.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    The Supreme Court rules Title VII protects LGBTQ people from discrimination in hiring and on the job. Plus, Chesapeake Energy, a pioneer of the shale oil and gas revolution, is reportedly readying its bankruptcy filing.

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  • Jun 16, 2020

    Shipping faces a “humanitarian time bomb”

    Crew changeovers cannot take place on schedule where countries have delayed implementing new protocols.
    Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

    Crew changeover delays at major shipping hubs have led some seafarers to threaten to put down their tools. China faces fresh economic pressure from a new COVID-19 outbreak. A slump in oil demand is expected through 2021. 

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  • Jun 15, 2020

    COVID-19’s effect on Native American economies and well-being

    The Northern Arapaho Tribe’s Wind River Hotel and Casino, located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, has been closed since mid-March.
    Savannah Maher

    The pandemic has closed casinos, a major economic engine for Native American tribes. Money out of the stock market following news of a COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing and infection increases in U.S. states. Bankrupt Hertz is flooding the used-car market.

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  • Jun 15, 2020

    The latest on extra unemployment benefits

    National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said the $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July.
    Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

    The White House is worried that the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits makes not working too attractive. The new head of the U.S. Postal Service. And, how COVID-19 is reshaping the response to domestic violence.

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  • Jun 15, 2020

    English consumers urged to “shop with confidence”

    All shops in England can now reopen for the first time in three months with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
    David Rogers/Getty Images

    As non-essential stores in England open for the first time in three months, the boss of bookseller Barnes & Noble and Waterstones explains how quarantining books works. Investors worry about a potential second wave of COVID-19 infections.

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  • Jun 12, 2020

    The corporate money going into social justice groups

    Corporations have been pledging contributions to Black Lives Matter, and they're also matching employee donations.
    Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

    Employees are crowdsourcing donations to social justice groups, which their employers matching. Plus, a roller-coaster week on Wall Street, a new number on consumer sentiment and spikes in new COVID-19 cases. And, household debt increased in the first quarter.

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  • Jun 12, 2020

    Stock market turbulence returns

    In a week when the Nasdaq reached an all-time high, it then fell 5.3% on Thursday.
    Bryan Thomas/Getty Images

    The stock market’s biggest drop since March. A big part of the Republican National Convention is moving from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida. Calls to change the measure that lets police departments get surplus military hardware and supplies.

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  • Jun 12, 2020

    UK economy shrinks at record level

    The U.K.'s economy shrank at a record level with COVID-19 restrictions in place.
    PA Media

    The U.K.’s economy shrank by 20.4% in April, the sharpest contraction since records began. Asian and European stocks follow Wall Street down on fears of a second wave of the coronavirus. And, Sony has revealed its new Playstation 5.

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  • Jun 11, 2020

    Companies back away from facial recognition technology

    There are several bills in Congress that address facial recognition technology, none of which are on the verge of passage at this stage.
    Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

    After IBM said it will no longer sell or research facial recognition software, Amazon announces amoratorium on police use of its technology. Grubhub’s acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway. The stock market tumbles after a Federal Reserve reality check.

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  • Jun 11, 2020

    Fed reacts to inequality, high unemployment

    "We will use our tools to support maximum employment and take that definition to heart," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.
    Federal Reserve via Getty Images

    America’s top economic policymakers at the Federal Reserve think the COVID-19 economy will linger on. How the U.S. shelters homeless people during a pandemic. And, how Starbucks has been hit the decline in commuting.

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