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Nova Safo

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Nova Safo is a correspondent for Marketplace, and co-host of the “Marketplace Minute” newscast.

He returned to Marketplace after a three-year detour at the international news wire service Agence France-Presse, where he was a Midwest correspondent covering 16 states and serving thousands of clients in print, online news, and broadcast TV and radio. 

He has also been a correspondent for the now-shuttered CNN Radio, a staff journalist at NPR and Yahoo! News, and freelancer for SoundVision Productions, LA Public Media (a project of the CPB and Radio Bilingue) and other outlets.

Episodes by Nova (217)

Marketplace Minute

Job openings remain at an elevated 8.5 million

May 1, 2024
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Employment costs, home prices increase at faster pace

Apr 30, 2024
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Congress has a deal on new air travel safety measures and consumer protections

Apr 29, 2024
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Inflation accelerated in March

Apr 26, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1147

A stock pop and a stock flop

Apr 25, 2024
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U.S. economic growth slowed in the first three months of 2023

Apr 25, 2024
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TikTok divest-or-ban requirement is nearly law

Apr 24, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1145

The dollar store dilemma

Apr 23, 2024
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A lot of Americans may have had their health data stolen

Apr 23, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1144

Big change coming to nursing homes

Apr 22, 2024
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Latest Stories (357)

COVID-19

Some delayed stimulus payments may not arrive until you file 2020 taxes

by Nova Safo
Jan 7, 2021
If the IRS has out-of-date information for your bank account, you may have to claim the stimulus as a credit on your 2020 taxes.
There’s a glitch in the direct payments system: For some taxpayers, the IRS has out-of-date bank account information.
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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States' remote-work-income-tax squabble is heating up

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Nova Safo
Dec 25, 2020
Billions of dollars in taxes are at stake.
In 2020, the commuter became an endangered species.
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Trump's prescription for lower drug prices hits a roadblock

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Nova Safo
Dec 24, 2020
A federal judge has issued an injunction to the Medicare rule change, saying the administration rushed it through.
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COVID-19

What's included in Congress' $900 billion COVID relief bill?

by David Brancaccio , Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Nova Safo , Rose Conlon , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Dec 21, 2020
The headline items are $600 checks to individuals and an additional $300 per week in unemployment benefits for many.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill on Dec. 20, 2020.
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COVID & Unemployment

Unemployment recipients aren't getting support they're eligible for, report finds

by David Brancaccio and Nova Safo
Dec 1, 2020
In 29 of 41 states that reported data, people in receipt of pandemic assistance benefits were being paid below the federal poverty line.
Gig workers have received unemployment benefits many would not have been entitled to before pandemic assistance began.
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GM makes U-turn in Trump's fight over California emissions

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Nov 24, 2020
GM had previously sided with the Trump administration in a legal fight over California setting its own emissions standards.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to the news media before the automobiile maker's annual meeting of shareholders at GM world headquarters June 12, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan.
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U.S. approves return of Boeing's 737 Max airplane

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Nov 18, 2020
Airlines using Boeing's 737 Max will have to get FAA approval for pilot training programs and complete required maintenance.
The plane had been grounded after a pair of deadly crashes revealed design flaws and trouble in the air certification process.
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China, Asia-Pacific countries sign deal to form world's biggest trading bloc

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Nov 16, 2020
The China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership forms the world’s largest trading bloc.
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh attend the signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact at the ASEAN summit held online in Hanoi on Nov. 15, 2020.
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COVID-19

Second coronavirus vaccine, from Moderna, shows promise

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Nov 16, 2020
Pharmaceutical company Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data.
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Elections 2020

Facebook, Twitter and more crack down on violent rhetoric, election misinformation

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Nov 6, 2020
Social media companies are now in the business of trying to swat down misinformation, as is clear from the 2020 election.
Since Election Day, Twitter has put about a third of President Donald Trump’s tweets behind a fact-check label.
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