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Jana Kasperkevic

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Jana Kasperkevic is a former digital reporter for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau.

Prior to joining Marketplace, Jana was a business reporter at The Guardian where she covered the global economy, income inequality, personal finance and small business. Her work has appeared in Inc. Magazine, Houston Chronicle and The Village Voice, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Latest Stories (196)

Do LGBT conservatives still have faith that Trump will protect workers' rights?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 1, 2017
After asking LGBT voters for support in 2016, Trump administration withdraws support for expansion of Civil Rights protections.
Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds an LGBT rainbow flag given to him by supporter Max Nowak during a campaign rally in Greeley, Colorado.
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Just how expensive are those wedding bells?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 25, 2017
Let's do the numbers on marriage.
Cupid's Wedding Chapel sign is seen on display in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
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How NAFTA renegotiations could threaten America’s love affair with tequila

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 24, 2017
Happy National Tequila day!
Patron is the go-to brand of tequila for 15 percent of millennials. 
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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Let's do the numbers on "Game of Thrones"

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 24, 2017
Inside one of the most popular — and expensive — shows in the world.
On average, it now takes about $10 million to film each episode of Game of Thrones.
Image via GameofThrones/YouTube
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For companies, bad reputations come at a cost

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 21, 2017
Most people don’t want to work at companies with bad reputations — unless they get a big paycheck.
It would take more than a 50 percent pay bump for people to go work at a company with a bad reputation.
Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images
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What happens to abandoned cars

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 19, 2017
You've always wondered: Can we use them to pay for better roads?
A tow-truck pulls a vehicle away from a non-parking zone.
Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
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Here is where the U.S. Congress buys its health insurance

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 18, 2017
You've always wondered: Does Congress get free health insurance?
 Storm clouds fill the sky over the U.S. Capitol Building.
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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Even your manager thinks it’s OK to use emoji at work

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 17, 2017
Just don’t go wild.
Batteries designed as emojis are displayed at the Philo booth at CES 2017.
David Becker/Getty Images
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Who’s the boss? When employees' needs come first

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 12, 2017
Servant leadership, a concept that emerged in the 1970s, is gaining in popularity with millennial employees and bosses
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Newly appointed regulation czar comes with deregulation theories

by Jed Kim and Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 11, 2017
President Trump’s penchant for regulatory roll-backs raises hard questions.
 President Donald Trump speaks to workers at the headquarters of tool manufacturer Snap-On on April 18, 2017 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 
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