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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • “Taco Tuesday” is already trademarked… by a company in Wyoming
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    The Fed governors will likely raise interest rates amid global economic tumult. LeBron James wasn’t the first to try trademarking “Taco Tuesday.”

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  • Sep 17, 2019

    Less than zero

    Less than zero
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    Oil prices dip. The GM strike looks a lot different than the last one. Trump’s proposed negative interest rates would likely have negative effects on the economy.

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  • An artist's impression of a galactic trash orbiting Earth.
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    Apple heads to Europe’s second-highest court over Irish taxes. Hong Kong’s government seeks public-relations help. Preventing space collisions is costly and logistically complicated.

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  • Sep 16, 2019

    Clash for clunkers

    A sign in front of United Auto Workers Local 598 after the UAW declared a national strike against GM at midnight on Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.
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    What could be the financial and geopolitical fallout of an attack on Saudi oil facilities? How a trade deal with Japan could help U.S. farmers. Nearly 50,000 go on strike against GM.

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  • Leading the way on transgender health care
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    50,000 strike against GM. An attack on Saudi oil facilities sends the price of crude soaring. A program in Oregon focuses on highly specialized health care for the transgender community.

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  • This AFPTV screen grab from a video made on September 14, 2019, shows smoke billowing from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq about 60km southwest of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's eastern province.
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    From the BBC World Service… Oil prices are up after a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility. There’s a growing trend toward virtual internships.

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  • A for lease sign is posted in front of an apartment building on February 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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    American consumers keep the economy strong. Europe has new “open banking” rules. Will the rest of the country take California’s lead on housing affordability?

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  • The value of a company eulogy
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    Democratic candidates sound off on China. California renters get some protections. What would be in your company’s obituary?

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  • An aerial metro rides as participants compete in a stand-up paddle rally organised by the National Society of Sea Rescue (SNSM) on the Seine river with the Eiffel tower in the background in Paris on June 28, 2019 during the national day of of the Sea Rescuers.
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    A Metro strike hits Paris. New European banking rules come into force this weekend. A scheme in England aims to equip inmates with work skills for life after jail.

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  • A vegan seitan burger is seen at the Vedang fast food restaurant in the Mall of Berlin on May 18, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
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    What signal is Purdue’s opioid settlement sending to the rest of Big Pharma? Fake meat is here to stay. Brazil’s flex fuel industry might not be flexible enough.

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