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Sabri Ben-Achour

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Marketplace Morning Report

Manufacturing comes out of its own private recession

Apr 24, 2024
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Millions of Americans could get a pay bump

Apr 24, 2024
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Raising rates is not completely off the table

Apr 19, 2024
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The great bitcoin halving

Apr 19, 2024
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Most workers now entitled to unpaid time for pregnancy care

Apr 18, 2024
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Reflections on Baltimore's bridge collapse from the workers who built it

Apr 18, 2024
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Why the unemployment gap for Black and white workers persists

Apr 12, 2024
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Workers are getting a smaller slice of the pie

Apr 12, 2024
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Unpacking the extent of this year's FAFSA mess

Apr 11, 2024
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Meta trials a new feature to protect teens

Apr 11, 2024
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COVID-19

Walmart was prepared for how customers are shopping in the pandemic

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 18, 2020
The company's second quarter earnings show a big jump in e-commerce sales.
People walk past a Walmart in Washington, D.C. The company's sales surged in the second quarter.
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With executive orders, White House takes aim at two social media giants

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Scott Tong and Alex Schroeder
Aug 7, 2020
These orders mean that in 45 days, transactions with WeChat or TikTok from American persons or companies would be banned.
Pictured: The social media application logo, TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on an American flag background.
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Trump officials plan to delist Chinese companies that don't meet audit standards

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Jennifer Pak and Alex Schroeder
Aug 7, 2020
Regulators want access to financial audits of Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges.
The Trump administration is recommending a plan that Chinese companies with shares traded on U.S. stock exchanges must submit to audits or else give up their listings. Pictured: The New York Stock Exchange.
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How much money are supply chain disruptions costing companies?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 6, 2020
Cyberattacks, trade disputes, the coronavirus, natural disasters — it is exceedingly difficult to manage a complex web of business relationships
To make supply chains more resilient, companies can digitize them, hold more inventory and simplify product designs, says Susan Lund of McKinsey. Pictured: Items being transferred at an automated logistics center in Shandong in China's eastern Qingdao province.
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Trump administration moves past TikTok to take action on more Chinese tech companies

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Scott Tong and Alex Schroeder
Aug 6, 2020
The rationale is that the U.S. needs "clean networks" to guard Americans’ data and the secrets of U.S. companies.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has laid out an expansive plan to keep out entire categories of Chinese tech: apps, data storage, internet and phone services. Pictured: Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department on Aug. 5, 2020.
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With fewer people on health insurance, health care jobs could be in jeopardy, report says

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 4, 2020
The employer-provided health insurance losses projected to come could cost the U.S. economy another 1.5 million to 2.5 million jobs.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced revenue to health care providers made up 29% of the historic second-quarter GDP decline.
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Trump considers carrying out COVID-19 economic relief with executive orders

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Aug 4, 2020
That includes an eviction moratorium and a payroll tax cut.
President Trump has said he wants to bring back some of the coronavirus pandemic relief himself, through executive orders.
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Post COVID-19, the Fed and the Feds will have to tread carefully

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 3, 2020
The nature of the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic means we know little about how to deal with its aftermath.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin greet each other after testifying before a House committee in June. For now, the Fed is more focused on keeping people employed than inflation.
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Sustainable investing is actually up during the pandemic recession

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Aug 3, 2020
Activists were worried investors would abandon investing based on social and environmental goals.
Investors have not only stuck with, but have actually embraced, funds with high sustainability and environmental ratings.
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What's disinflation, and why does it matter?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 30, 2020
Slowing inflation isn't as dangerous as prices dropping for a long period of time. But it's important to keep disinflation in check.
The menu of a ramen restaurant, for instance, can illustrate inflation, disinflation or deflation.
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