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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • Demonstrators march in the snow in 2015 through Lafayette Park, outside the White House, to rally against the Supreme Court's decision in favor of Citizens United.
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    President Trump touts the booming U.S. economy at Davos. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin teases another tax cut. How political campaigns have changed ten years after Citizens United.

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  • A woman wears a mask near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province
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    As more die from the Wuhan virus, stocks in Chinese drug makers surge. The “next trade war.” What the rail strike means for Paris tourism.

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  • Attendees walk past the Microsoft logo during the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 6.
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    Microsoft promises to erase its carbon footprint by 2050. Climate change is the big item on the docket for Davos 2020.

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  • Trump’s 3-year report card

    How is Trump’s economy doing three years in? Unionizing the video game industry. The longest-running strike in France is coming to an end.

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  • Jan 20, 2020

    A royal future?

    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex depart Canada House in London in early January
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    British investment in Africa. An end to the longest-running strike in French history. How much could Harry and Meghan make from their split.

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  • Thru the wringer for $100K a year
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    What can we expect from forthcoming deals with China? The government wants journalists to write their stories by hand when reporting on certain economic data. A six-figure salary as a fast food restaurant manager is very well-deserved.

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  • How to un-Huawei an entire industry
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    China’s growth is the slowest it’s been in 26 years, and the birth rate is not helping. It’s Canada’s turns to sign the USMCA. How Germany’s car industry grew to depend on Huawei.

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  • A stock image depicting a grandfather with his grandson

    China’s birth rate falls to its lowest in seven decades. Why one of the world’s richest women wants to become president of Angola. A British coin sells for a record $1.3m.

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  • Slouching towards 30,000
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    Foreclosure filings are at an all-time low. The Dow inches closer to 30,000. Chinese social media influencers are trying to cash in on livestreaming.

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  • Six of the remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls at the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2020.
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    Who wins and who loses in the phase one U.S.-China trade deal? Corporate money isn’t staying out of Democratic presidential campaigns. Russia’s chief taxman is on deck to become the next prime minister.

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