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Nova Safo

SHORT BIO

Nova Safo is a correspondent for Marketplace, and co-host of the “Marketplace Minute” newscast.

He returned to Marketplace after a three-year detour at the international news wire service Agence France-Presse, where he was a Midwest correspondent covering 16 states and serving thousands of clients in print, online news, and broadcast TV and radio. 

He has also been a correspondent for the now-shuttered CNN Radio, a staff journalist at NPR and Yahoo! News, and freelancer for SoundVision Productions, LA Public Media (a project of the CPB and Radio Bilingue) and other outlets.

Episodes by Nova (239)

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Import prices provide another encouraging inflation sign

Jun 14, 2024
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Producer prices decline in further sign of cooling inflation

Jun 13, 2024
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Consumer prices rose at a slower rate in May

Jun 12, 2024
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Small businesses are more optimistic

Jun 11, 2024
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Wall Street firms predict September interest rate cut

Jun 10, 2024
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The monthly jobs report paints a brighter picture than expected

Jun 7, 2024
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Solar power generation hits milestone in U.S.

Jun 6, 2024
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eBay is dropping American Express, citing high fees

Jun 5, 2024
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Job openings remain stuck at an elevated level

Jun 4, 2024
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Airfares are likely to keep rising this year

Jun 3, 2024
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Latest Stories (362)

Looking for change at Google

by Nova Safo
Jul 16, 2015
Wall Street is wondering whether the company can spend less.
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Yahoo bets on fantasy sports

by Nova Safo
Jul 9, 2015
Through a mobile app, Yahoo will now let fantasy sports players make daily bets.
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Subway suspends relationship with Jared Fogle

by Nova Safo
Jul 8, 2015
Authorities raided the pitchman's home on Tuesday. Now the chain faces a dilemma.
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Chicago schools face $200 million in cuts

by Nova Safo
Jul 6, 2015
The cutbacks come just 2 years after the city closed almost 50 elementary schools.
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What's holding back wearable tech?

by Nova Safo
Jul 3, 2015
The tiny sensors inside wearable gadgets still have a lot of evolving to do.
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Facing huge debt, Puerto Rico weighs its options

by Nova Safo
Jun 30, 2015
The U.S. territory is treated like a state — and cannot, by law, declare bankruptcy.
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Afghanistan increases opium production

by Nova Safo
Jun 29, 2015
Taliban threatens farmers, who also grow the crop for their own economic survival.
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After TPP vote, what's next for unions?

by Nova Safo
Jun 24, 2015
Senate is expected to clear fast-track authority legislation and send it to the president.
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Reversing a trend, Instacart checks out part-timers

by Nova Safo
Jun 22, 2015
The company is reclassifying some of its independent contractors.
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Why the $10 bill, not $20, will get a woman's portrait

by Nova Safo
Jun 18, 2015
The original campaign was for a woman on the $20 bill, but the $10 bill won out.
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