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Andie Corban

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Andie is a producer of Marketplace's flagship daily program. She produces field stories, economic explainers and interviews with government officials, small-business owners, CEOs and others. Andie joined Marketplace in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles.

Before Marketplace, Andie led the news department at Rhode Island radio station WBRU. She also worked at Boston's NPR station, WBUR, and her investigative reporting has been published in The Providence Journal newspaper. She has a degree in public policy from Brown University.

In her free time, Andie enjoys baking new recipes (or just making her favorite chocolate chip cookies) and going to movie screenings across Los Angeles. She was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Why millennials are obsessed with real estate platforms

by Andie Corban and Amy Scott
Feb 17, 2020
With homeownership out of reach for many young people, journalist Angela Lashbrook called Zillow "a place we can imagine ourselves in a new reality."
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Love is in the air ... at daycare? Parents faced with unexpected Valentine's Day costs

by Andie Corban
Feb 14, 2020
The New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi was asked to write valentines for her baby son's class.
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My Economy

How CGI has changed the business of animal handling and casting

by Andie Corban
Feb 12, 2020
While CGI has hurt many animal trainers, Greg Tresan's Atlanta business gets busier every year.
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How the coronavirus is affecting one American business

by Andie Corban
Feb 7, 2020
The head of OMG Accessories anticipates that the coronavirus will set back the production of her company's products by at least two months.
A sign at an empty mall in Beijing urges visitors to wear masks Wednesday. China's struggle to contain the deadly coronavirus is deepening concerns about the impact on the world's No. 2 economy.
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Women make gains in the workforce but pay still lags behind

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Feb 3, 2020
Jobs that involve caregiving are dominated by women. They also pay less.
Women make up for 78% of workers in the health care sector.
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What does more cash mean for businesses in this economy?

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Jan 29, 2020
Businesses that are holding on to more cash than usual may be trying to protect themselves from a recession.
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Almond farming is killing American bees

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Bennett Purser
Jan 27, 2020
Beekeepers are now losing 30% of their bees every year.
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How coronavirus is affecting Chinese workers

by Kai Ryssdal , Jennifer Pak and Andie Corban
Jan 27, 2020
The government extended the Lunar New Year holiday in an attempt to contain the disease, meaning more days off for workers.
Chinese police officers wear protective masks at Beijing Station last week.
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FICO changes could lower 40 million credit scores

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Jan 23, 2020
The change in how FICO is measured could make it more expensive for millions of Americans to borrow.
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A garlic farmer's take on the trade deal

by Andie Corban
Jan 17, 2020
"This 25% tariff on inbound Chinese garlic has been a fantastic thing for American garlic farmers," said second-generation garlic farmer Ken Christopher.
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