Reporter, Marketplace
Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.
Retailers hoping to offset fees they pay to Visa and MasterCard may soon be able to charge shoppers for paying with plastic instead of cash.
Lunch is the meal most associated with the workday — and work. How the power lunch came to be, and where it might be headed.
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What baristas and tailors and over-educated sandwich-makers tell us about the economy.
The U.S. imports more flags — mostly from China — than it sells abroad. Coincidence or not, flag exports have fallen since the financial crisis.
Will Google’s decision to manufacture its Nexus Q media player in the U.S. instead of China pay off?
Online travel site Orbitz offers pricier hotels to Apple computer users after data shows they tend to pay more than Windows PC owners.
How much does it cost to go through the foreclosure process?