Jobs IRLDecoding DemocracyA Warmer WorldI've Always Wondered ...

Loading...

0:00
0% played

COVID-19

Tell us about how COVID-19 is affecting your personal economy. We may feature your story on-air, online, or in our newsletters.

From This Collection

COVID-19

Coronavirus: Warnings from Apple, Nintendo and Nissan kindle "supply shock" fears

by Scott Tong
Feb 18, 2020
While China's manufacturing arteries are closed, economists worry about big shortages around the world.
The coronavirus is impacting global supply chains to the point of "supply shock." Above, Chinese security guards wear protective masks as they guard a nearly empty commercial street Tuesday in Beijing.
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

Coronavirus likely to affect timing of phase one trade deal

by Andy Uhler
Feb 14, 2020
The “export boom" from the trade deal will take longer because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

The cost of canceling the Mobile World Congress

by Scott Tong
Feb 13, 2020
COVID-19 fears led to the cancellation of the largest telecom trade show.
Workers install a banner with hygiene recommendations outside the Mobile World Congress MWC venue on Feb. 12. The event has since been canceled due to coronavirus fears.
Lluis Gene/AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

U.S. firms dealing with high CEO turnover

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 13, 2020
Executives are navigating new technologies, new competitors, fallout from the trade war and a scramble for talent with low unemployment.
People are quitting at record rates — that includes CEOs.
pxhere via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

Coronavirus: Can artificial intelligence be smart enough to detect fake news?

by Scott Tong
Feb 12, 2020
Misinformation has been spreading online, in some places seemingly faster than the disease itself.
Apple's new privacy labels on apps are like nutritional labels: They're there to read, but will people pay attention?
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

The impact of coronavirus is being felt across the global economy

by Justin Ho
Feb 12, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak's impact has already shown up in various parts of the economy.
Commuters in a Hong Kong subway station wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the Chinese New Year on Jan. 23.
Vivek Prakash/AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

U.S. manufacturers are adjusting supply chains due to coronavirus

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Feb 11, 2020
As factories in China idle, American companies scramble to find alternate suppliers.
One of the millions of people who returned to work in China this week after the extended Lunar New Year holiday, which was meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Many businesses remain closed, however.
STR/AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE

For public good, not for profit.

Donate
COVID-19

China back to work, not back to normal

by Jennifer Pak
Feb 10, 2020
China is officially back at work but most enterprises not essential to containing the new coronavirus aren't up and running just yet.
Face mask manufacturing is one of the essential enterprises called back to work to help contain the new coronavirus.
Jennifer Pak/Marketplace
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

What employers need to know about the coronavirus

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Feb 10, 2020
"You don't want to negligently or knowingly expose your workforce to a novel infection like a coronavirus," Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University told Marketplace's
Oli Scarff/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

Coronavirus disrupts Apple's supply chains

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 10, 2020
The company remains heavily dependent on Foxconn's factories in China for iPhones, iPads and Macs.
AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE