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Victoria Craig

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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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Marketplace Morning Report

Europe edges closer to a price cap on Russian oil, but …

Dec 2, 2022
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European Council chief meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Dec 1, 2022
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Could Europe use frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine?

Nov 30, 2022
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Markets react positively as China vows to boost vaccination rate

Nov 29, 2022
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Markets react to ongoing protests in China

Nov 28, 2022
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Seoul offers cash to people who leave basement homes

Nov 25, 2022
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Amid turkey shortage, Brits turn to festive alternatives

Nov 24, 2022
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Protests again at world's largest iPhone factory

Nov 23, 2022
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What's in the new Italian PM's budget?

Nov 22, 2022
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Disney shakeup puts Bob Iger back in charge

Nov 21, 2022
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Shanghai Stock Exchange shoots for the STARs with new tech-focused board

by Victoria Craig
Jul 22, 2019
The STAR market is enjoying a buzzy debut, with "a huge amount" of oversubscription from institutional and retail investors.
People take pictures during an opening ceremony of the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech Innovation Board in Shanghai on July 22, 2019.
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Immigration influx creates economic conundrum for Sweden

by Victoria Craig
Jul 17, 2019
Sweden once welcomed more refugees per head than any other nation in the European Union.
People hold banners welcoming refugees in Malmö, Sweden.
Tommy Lindholm via Getty Images
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From boring to Bond: home security gets a 007 upgrade

by Victoria Craig
Jul 10, 2019
Some people shell out up to $200,000 on luxury panic room doors.
A panic room hidden inside a home.
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How up for grabs is the NHS in trade negotiations with Britain?

by Victoria Craig
Jun 4, 2019
With President Trump's state visit to the U.K. in full swing, focus turned to future trade talks — and whether the U.K.'s health system would take its turn on the negotiating table.
On US President Donald Trump's second day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK, protesters voice their opposition to the 45th American President, (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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What tiny Estonia can teach the U.S. about opioids

by Victoria Craig and Szu Ping Chan
May 31, 2019
The Baltic nation has reduced opioid-related death rates. But how?
A heroin user reads an alert on fentanyl in New York City.
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Inside India's "rotten" education system

by Victoria Craig
May 21, 2019
India is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but a lack of funding and a shortage of school capacity means the country’s education system doesn’t work for the tens of millions of students trying to get through it each year.
MUMBAI, INDIA - APRIL 10: School children attending virtual Class at Prabhadevi Municipal Secondary School, on April 10, 2018 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Pratik Chorge/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Meet the workers powering India’s labor market

by Victoria Craig
May 14, 2019
Here are some of the millions of informal workers who hold the key to India's jobs market.
An Indian vendor roasts peanuts at a roadside stall in Amritsar in 2018.
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Space tech key to future of healthcare

by Victoria Craig
Apr 9, 2019
One U.K. company is developing a portable 3D X-ray machine based on space technology.
This composite image of the Kleinmann-Low Nebula, part of the Orion Nebula complex, is composed of several pointings of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in optical and near-infrared light. Infrared light allows to peer through the dust of the nebula and to see the stars therein. The revealed stars are shown with a bright red colour in the image.
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Brexit wilts flower trade for one of Holland’s biggest buyers

by Victoria Craig
Mar 29, 2019
Related uncertainty has shaken the flower trade between the U.K. and Holland.
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As subscription-box craze hits full tilt, big brands cash in

by Victoria Craig
Feb 28, 2019
Might an abundance of consumer choices saturate the subscription-box market?
It’s been a decade since subscription-box trailblazers like Birchbox revolutionized retail.
Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Birchbox
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