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Janet Nguyen

Digital Reporter

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Janet is a reporter with the Marketplace digital team.

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How ticket prices affect scalping

Sep 21, 2018
A brief history of the ticketing — and scalping — industry.
A view of Beyonce performing back in 2016. Tickets for Jay-Z and Beyonce's "On The Run II" tour this year reached nearly $1,300 at one point.
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Your student loan company just changed the terms of your agreement. What do you do next?

Sep 20, 2018
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau helps you handle problems you’re having with a financial service or product. Here’s how that process works.
A poster of evidence is presented by then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara during a press conference on May 7, 2013 in New York City.
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5 things to know about the inflation crisis during the '70s

Sep 5, 2018
Financial turmoil during this period had some long-lasting effects on the Federal Reserve.
A gasoline shortage in Portland, Oregon, back in June 1973.
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Are we witnessing the renaissance of retail stores?

Brick-and-mortar stores might not be dead just yet.
A general view of a Glossier pop-up shop at Nasty Gal Santa Monica. 
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Survey finds that in tech, retaliation for speaking up about workplace discrimination is common

Jul 24, 2018
The anonymous app Blind shows that over 40 percent of tech employees who reported incidents to management or HR faced backlash.
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Investing in the weed stock market

Jul 23, 2018
We look at how things are currently looking for cannabis companies.
A vendor of hydroponic growing equipment carries a marijuana plant to his vending stall during the first annual National Cannabis Festival on April 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
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When it came to the Federal Reserve, Bill Clinton turned silence into a strength

Jul 20, 2018
Breaking with tradition, President Donald Trump has criticized the Fed in an interview.
Then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton pumps his fist during his celebration party on April 7, 1992 in New York.
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