SHORT BIO
Justin is a reporter for Marketplace. He’s based in San Diego, California.
Justin focuses on small business, banking and supply chain news. He also hosts the Closing Bell edition of the “Marketplace Minute,” a daily news roundup, and has worked as the show producer of the “Marketplace Morning Report.” He started working at Marketplace in 2011.
Justin spends a lot of his downtime mountain biking, surf fishing and grappling with decision paralysis over which bike parts and fishing gear to buy next.
Latest Stories (700)
Trump seeking end to quarterly reports from companies
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Justin Ho
Aug 17, 2018
In an effort to save money and perhaps to promote longer-term thinking, this morning President Trump tweeted today that he wants regulators to look at ending quarterly reports for public companies, which have been required by law since 1970. What about twice a year instead of four? Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
The way credit scores are calculated is changing
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Justin Ho
Aug 15, 2018
The New York Fed says fewer kinds of missed payments are showing up on credit scores.
Turkey’s president wants to boycott American electronics. Good luck with that.
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Justin Ho
Aug 14, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to pull his people away from American-made smartphones and push them toward products from homegrown company Vestel. That could prove difficult, once you take a closer look at what comprises Vestel's phones.
Why the Turkish lira’s downfall scares investors
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Justin Ho
Aug 13, 2018
The economic crisis in Turkey deepened this morning, despite moves by central bank officials in Ankara to calm the flight from the currency. The Turkish lira has lost 39 percent of its value since the beginning of the month. And there’s a reason why the lira’s downfall makes investors nervous — analysts are looking to see […]
A hedge fund gets hungry for Campbell Soup
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Justin Ho
Aug 10, 2018
Big investment groups are scouring the market for companies whose stock they think could be worth more.
Why Tesla is flirting with the idea of going private
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Justin Ho
Aug 8, 2018
The company is weathering growing pains and may retreat from the stock market spotlight.
Open floorplans aren’t just annoying. They make us interact less.
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Justin Ho
Aug 8, 2018
A new study found that employees looked for other ways to regain privacy, like sending email to a nearby colleague.
Where are the workers, in a labor market this tight?
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Justin Ho
Aug 6, 2018
With unemployment so low, at 3.9 percent in July, some employers are taking a second look at workers they might have passed on before
With unemployment so low, where are the workers coming from?
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Justin Ho
Aug 3, 2018
The U.S. economy created 157,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 percent. The last time was saw unemployment that low? The year 2000. What does all of this mean for wages? And for businesses looking to hire more workers?
Treasury intervention could give more help to data breach victims
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Justin Ho
Aug 2, 2018
This week, the Treasury Department issued recommendations to protect consumers from big data breaches, like the ones we’ve seen at Equifax and Target. Among the Treasury Department’s recommendations: creating a national standard for handling the aftermath of data breaches. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.