Reporter, Marketplace
Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.
Online retailers are changing their prices multiple times a day, raising prices when they can, lowering them when they must. Want a better deal? Wait 10 minutes.
The Newtown shooting has prompted an unusual and swift response from corporate America, from divesting in gun makers to suspending gun sales.
Guar gum, made from beans grown mostly in India, is key to fracking. Its price has gone on a wild ride, sending oilfield companies scrambling.
In the cellphone era, what’s the value of a payphone? New York sees advertising and Internet hot spots as the future for its 11,000 payphones.
From a simple Christmas greeting in 1992, texting has become a cultural and financial phenomenon. But has this communication form peaked?
As paranoia about online tracking grows, so too the number of businesses that help consumers prevent marketers from mining their personal data.
Walmart files a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board to try and stop anti-Walmart protests from taking place on Black Friday.
Petitions for state secessions are popping up, but are they economically feasible?
Angered by his political stunts and comments, petitioners urge Macy’s to end its Trump products and fire him as a pitchman.
Storm Sandy totaled tens of thousands of vehicles, and that’s expected to raise prices for used cars across the country.
