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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

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Marketplace Morning Report

What causes inflation? Economists and the public disagree

Jun 12, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Georgia bets big on EVs, and Savannahians

Jun 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1179

How the rise of judicial originalism has shaped our economy

Jun 11, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Supply chain drama … again

Jun 11, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Looking at jobs on a more atomic level

Jun 11, 2024
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A big week for the Fed, probably not a big week for interest rates

Jun 10, 2024
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Jobs IRL: How Georgia makes movie makers

Jun 10, 2024
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Woah, that's a lot of jobs

Jun 7, 2024
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What to expect when you're expecting a jobs report

Jun 7, 2024
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Israel and its pre-war economy

May 31, 2024
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President Donald Trump says he can cut regulations by 75 percent

by Kai Ryssdal and Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 23, 2017
A look at Donald Trump's first Monday as President of the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump leads a meeting with invited business leaders, members of his staff and Vice President Mike Pence in the Roosevelt Room at the White House January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Business leaders included Elon Musk of SpaceX, Wendell Weeks of Corning, Mark Sutton of International Paper, Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical, Alex Gorsky of Johnston & Johnson and others.   
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Economic Anxiety Index®

Does the government lie about economic figures?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 17, 2016
A lot of people thinks so — especially supporters of Donald Trump, according to our poll.
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Drones: getting down to business

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Stephanie Hughes
Aug 29, 2016
The rules to use commercial drones have gotten a little loser.
One of Workhorse's truck and drone combos.
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The Price of Profits

All buy myself ... the thinking behind stock buybacks

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 15, 2016
Companies flush with cash often repurchase their own shares. But there are risks to doing so.
A cleaner sweeping the dealing floor of the New York Stock Exchange, circa 1935.   
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When campaigning, boots are cheaper than ads

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 8, 2016
The campaign ground game is cheap, but tough. Candidates skip it at their peril.
A volunteer carries a campaign sign supporting Republican presidential candiate Donald Trump as he leaves the Newmarket Trump campaign headquarters on February 8, 2016 in New Hampshire. 
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United's CEO has stepped down amid a federal probe

by Molly Wood and Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 8, 2015
One of the airlines routes is key to an investigation into the Port Authority.
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What's behind the M&A mania

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 10, 2015
Mergers and acquisitions are surging this year. Here's why.
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A year in jobs reports

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 9, 2015
As the numbers for December come in, we take a look back at 2014.
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Marriage of convenience becomes divorce of necessity

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 30, 2014
EBay announced that it’s going to split with PayPal.
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Marketplace Whiteboard®

Why bank loans are getting riskier

by Paddy Hirsch and Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 26, 2014
Banks are relaxing the terms in their loans. And that makes them riskier.
The Canary Wharf headquarters of Barclays Bank, which is under investigation by the New York State Attorney General for possibly misleading and defrauding its dark pool clients.
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