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Victoria Craig

Victoria Craig is the former host of Marketplace Morning Report’s global edition produced by the BBC World Service in London. She graduated from the University of Missouri (go Tigers!) with a degree in broadcast journalism. Before moving to the U.K. in 2017, she covered Wall Street,  reporting for five years on U.S. stocks and the economy from New York City. When she’s not in front of the microphone, you can find Victoria baking or curling up with a good book at home, hiking in the English countryside, or travelling through her new European playground.

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  • A member of staff prepares gambling chips for the opening of the casino at the MGM Cotai resort in Macau on February 13, 2018.
MGM China opened its new multi-billion-dollar mega resort in Macau's glitzy Cotai strip on February 13 following multiple delays and last minute hiccups in the government approval process. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE        (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    From the BBC World Service: Shares in a range of Macau casino companies fell by up to a third as authorities announced a 45-day consultation period on future regulation of the sector. The President of the European Commission has warned of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” unless efforts are stepped up to share coronavirus vaccine doses around the world. And vaccine manufacturer BioNTech has announced it aims to start producing malaria and tuberculosis shots in Africa.

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  • Democrats want to keep pandemic relief programs like the child tax credit going.
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    Also today: Jeffery Cleveland drops in to discuss the rise and fall of prices as well as what the Fed might be thinking about as inflation appears to slow down. We examine a bill that could alter how businesses like Amazon handle warehouse quotas.

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  • Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of blood testing and life sciences company Theranos, arrives for the first day of jury selection in her fraud trial, outside Federal Court in San Jose, California on August 31, 2021. - A female entrepreneur whose multi-billion dollar start-up looked set to revolutionize medical testing, before it crashed and burned in a blaze of fraud claims, goes on trial on Tuesday. (Photo by Nick Otto / AFP) (Photo by NICK OTTO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Also today, Hurricane Nicholas made landfall early this morning along the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana, and it has once again disrupted Gulf oil production.

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  • The Evergrande name and logo are seen outside the construction site of an Evergrande housing complex in Beijing on September 13, 2021. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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    From the BBC World Service: The Chinese conglomerate Evergrande has detailed the extent of its financial problems. Plus, we examine the future of Norway’s oil sector following the country’s general election. And assess the plight of Nigerians who live near the country’s toxic gas flares, which are a result of oil extraction in the country. 

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  • Employers have a message for those seeking work: Help wanted. Also, free college.
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    Also today: Julia Coronado joins us for today’s economic discussion. The BBC reports on the struggle of female gamers to boost their earning potential in the competitive gaming world of esports.

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  • When the U.S. blacklists Chinese companies, it's relatively straightforward for American businesses: just cut ties. But China’s new anti-foreign sanctions law complicates things a bit more.
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    Also today: Here in the U.S., we look at how employers are cooking up ways to draw in and retain workers in the middle of the nationwide labor shortage.

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  • Evergrand has racked up more than $300 billion in debt.
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    From the BBC World Service: Evergrande has operations in health care, autos, theme-park developments and even bottled-water production. It’s also China’s second-biggest property developer, though with massive debts, credit ratings agencies say time is running out for the company. Plus, while nearly half of the world’s professional online gamers are women and girls, they’re only taking a fraction of the competition prize money.

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  • The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen at the new ICE Cyber Crimes Center expanded facilities in Fairfax, Virginia July 22, 2015. The forensic lab combats cybercrime cases involving underground online marketplaces, child exploitation, intellectual property theft and other computer and online crimes.  AFP HOTO/Paul J. Richards (Photo by Paul J. RICHARDS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

    Also today: We discuss President Biden’s vaccine rules for businesses with a former OSHA head. Supermarket chain Kroger is hoping to keep growing by enlisting ghost kitchens, which are restaurants that only do delivery and takeout.

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  • Evacuation flights have resumed from Kabul Airport, weeks after the last American troops left the country.
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    From the BBC World Service: Officials from Qatar working with the Taliban say Kabul airport is now up and running, with special charter flights operating to Doha. Plus, how city planning has evolved to include more counter-terrorism measures since 9/11. And, climate change is one of the top issues for voters in Germany’s upcoming election.

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  • WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 09: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. As the Delta variant continues to spread around the United States, Biden outlined his administration's six point plan, including a requirement that all federal workers be vaccinated against Covid-19. Biden is also instructing the Department of Labor to draft a rule mandating that all businesses with 100 or more employees require their workers to get vaccinated or face weekly testing.
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    Also today: United Airlines announces that employees exempt from the company’s vaccination mandate for religious reasons will be put on temporary unpaid leave. In Pennsylvania, the nationwide worker shortage haunts the businesses around the United Flight 93 memorial, which are preparing for visitors as the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches.

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