SHORT BIO
Noel King is currently a correspondent for Planet Money and was formerly a senior reporter for the Marketplace Wealth and Poverty desk.
Latest Stories (196)
More women in unpaid internships: A 'major' issue
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Noel King
Aug 16, 2013
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's organization Lean In went looking for an unpaid editorial intern. The incident has highlighted the higher rate of women in unpaid internships.
Disney hopes for magic with Infinity game
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Noel King
Aug 16, 2013
Disney is set to launch its Infinity toy-game hybrid products. Will the Mouse House do better with this game than earlier ones?
Embassy terror changed national security spending
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Noel King
Aug 7, 2013
Fifteen years after the Al Qaeda bombings in East Africa, spending on embassy security has soared -- and not just there.
Subcompact cars and the income divide
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Noel King
Aug 6, 2013
As breaking into the middle class becomes harder, car companies are finding new ways to attract an expanding base of less-affluent consumers. They're offering more small car models with better features than ever before.
Jeep: A car brand for rich and poor alike
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Noel King
Aug 6, 2013
When it comes to cars, there are brands for rich people -- Mercedes, Audi, BMW -- and there are cars for people of more modest means -- Chevys, Fords, Toyotas. But just as many people at the bottom of the income ladder buy Jeeps as people at the top.
Middle class asks: Should we buy our homes?
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Noel King
Aug 5, 2013
President Obama will give a speech in Phoenix on Tuesday about housing and the middle class.
In your face, Wall Street!
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Noel King
Jul 25, 2013
Facebook says that mobile advertising now makes up more than 40 percent of the firm's ad revenue. But will users be turned off?
Do non-white Americans pay a 'respectability tax'?
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Noel King
Jul 19, 2013
Much was made of the way Trayvon Martin was dressed as a factor in his being perceived as dangerous. Many African Americans and other people of color say they are very careful about how they are viewed by others because it can impact their ability to get a job, or a raise or to even be safe.
Edward Snowden's asylum hopes a hopscotch of connections
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Noel King
Jul 12, 2013
Edward Snowden is believed to be holed up at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, but he may be trying to figure out a way to get to Latin America, where he has been offered asylum by three countries.
Higher gas prices: A supply and demand story
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Noel King
Jul 11, 2013
Oil prices are up to levels not seen in more than a year -- blame Egypt, blame the economy, and blame yourself?