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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

Latest from Meredith Garretson Morbey

  • The mouse still makes money.
    MN Chan/Getty Images

    Former Twitter employees are accused of spying. Disney’s theme parks continue to be huge moneymakers. Why the U.S. could benefit from a German-style investment injection.

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  • A pub in Kilkenny, Ireland
    Cleere’s Bar & Theatre

    Kilkenomics: an Irish festival where comedy meets economics. There’s progress in the U.S.-China trade war. A financial win for Australian women’s soccer.

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  • A UPS drone carries a cardboard box from CVS to a customer.
    UPS

    The U.S. and China could be softening on tariffs. The T-Mobile-Sprint merger is a go. The hunt for the president’s tax returns continues. CVS floats drone-delivered drugs.

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  • Can impeachment lead to a government shutdown?
    Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

    The president will have to sign spending bills to keep the government funded as impeachment proceedings move forward. Germany’s reunification could have lessons for closing the American wealth gap.

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  • Two varieties of the soft fruit have been developed which can grow right into November. (Credit: BBC)

    New British varieties can be grown into Winter. Softbank reports its first loss in 14 years. Plus, revelations of a Boeing whistleblower.

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  • Some African universities move away from a “just in case” education
    CRISTINA ALDEHUELA/AFP via Getty Images

    Will a British makeover save Barnes & Noble? TikTok forgoes an appearance before U.S. lawmakers. Colleges in Africa focus on problem-solving, not degree curricula.

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  • Can Apple help alleviate California’s housing crisis?
    GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images

    The stock market just won’t quit. Apple invests in housing in California. Germany’s $2-trillion gambit on the reunification of East and West.

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  • A member of the Association of Vapers India smokes an e-cigarette.
    Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

    What increased scrutiny means for the biggest tobacco brands. Chile’s president won’t resign. Plus, a new chapter at Barnes and Noble.

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  • Jovan Bravo, 31, is one of 125 residents of Stockton, CA receiving a $500 monthly stipend from a pilot project testing the concept of universal basic income.
    Sammy Caiola

    Jobs numbers were better than expected, and stock markets start the week of strong. We look at Uber’s stock “lockup” period. A Stockton, California charity tries out a guaranteed $500 a month for families.

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  • West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early Nov. 11, 1989, as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall between East and West Berlin.
    Gerard Malie/AFP via Getty Images

    McDonald’s ousts its tech-friendly CEO after an inappropriate relationship. What are the economic lessons 30 years after the the fall of the Berlin Wall? Holiday shopping season no longer starts on Black Friday.

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