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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

Episodes by Sabri (583)

Marketplace Morning Report

A "good ol' boys" culture at the FDIC

May 8, 2024
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A (Bud) light at the end of the tunnel?

May 8, 2024
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Consumers, jobs and interest rates — oh my!

Apr 29, 2024
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A copper gold rush courtesy of the energy transition

Apr 29, 2024
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Welcome back, net neutrality

Apr 26, 2024
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One thing we can all agree on? Housing is too expensive

Apr 26, 2024
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What's up with the weak GDP growth?

Apr 25, 2024
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EPA aims to quash coal emissions once and for all

Apr 25, 2024
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Manufacturing comes out of its own private recession

Apr 24, 2024
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Millions of Americans could get a pay bump

Apr 24, 2024
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Can company culture survive Zoom?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 14, 2021
"Culture doesn't come for free," one professor told us. "You have to keep feeding it."
Hand in Hand Soap's financial controller Arnie Cohen and his green-winged macaw Zoey make an appearance during a recent meeting.
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Why there's a flood of new stock market investors

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 13, 2021
This explosion didn’t happen just because everyone was stuck at home. It started before the pandemic.
New retail investors could have a good shot at growing their savings if they take a long term approach.
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Inflation, after the pandemic, is going to change. Or is it?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 12, 2021
On Twitter, the White House Council of Economic Advisers says a coming uptick in inflation may not last.
The prices of construction materials like lumber have climbed at alarming rates. Is that likely to last?
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More countries scrutinize foreign efforts to acquire their companies

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 9, 2021
The U.S. government is concerned about the national security risks in Chinese companies buying American companies.
The Chinese flag at one of its U.S. consulates. Thursday the Commerce Department stopped seven Chinese firms from buying American-made technologies.
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Infrastructure plan has positives and negatives for GDP

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 8, 2021
Infrastructure adds to gross domestic product, but interest rates can take away from it.
Lower-income workers have been able to raise their wages faster than middle and higher-income workers, says a new NBER working paper.
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IMF warns global growth will be lopsided

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 5, 2021
It may take years for much of the world to match the U.S. and China, where bigger vaccine rollouts have sped up economic recovery.
As some countries recover, interest rates rise, making it harder for the economies of other countries to rebound.
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COVID-19

For Broadway performers, a year of pandemic unemployment and reflection

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Apr 2, 2021
As Broadway eyes reopening, a performer reflects on a year offstage.
"I think theater is resilient," said Broadway's Kathryn Allison. "There's nothing like sitting in a theater with a group of people, watching something that you know tomorrow's audience will never see."
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H&M affirms commitment to China amid consumer boycott

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Jennifer Pak , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 31, 2021
"Companies might have to choose a side," says our China correspondent Jennifer Pak, "use Xinjiang cotton or be locked out of the world’s second-largest economy."
The clothing retailer last year announced on its website that it would no longer source cotton from Xinjiang, a province where the U.S. and other governments accuse China of holding at least 1 million Uyghurs in forced labor camps, which China denies.
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Race and Economy

Addressing the boardroom diversity problem in the U.S.

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Daniel Shin
Mar 31, 2021
Take Your Seat CEO Jerusha Stewart on how barriers to networking contribute to a lack of diversity in corporate boardrooms.
Some studies suggest networking and lack of access to companies on a personal level is preventing many Black directors from getting noticed by boardrooms.
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COVID-19

Addiction has soared during the pandemic. Here's how one treatment center is responding.

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson and Rose Conlon
Mar 30, 2021
The incoming CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation on meeting demand for and expanding access to addiction treatment.
"We’ve known that addiction is a disease of loneliness," said Dr. Joseph Lee, the incoming CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, about the increase in demand for treatment.
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