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Noel King

Sr. Reporter

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Noel King is currently a correspondent for Planet Money and was formerly a senior reporter for the Marketplace Wealth and Poverty desk.

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In Atlanta, not all neighborhoods come back

by Noel King
Mar 10, 2015
Though home prices rose in 2014, recovery is uneven in at least one city.
Rush hour traffic in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. (2 Apr 1996)
Matthew Stockman/ALLSPORT
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Death in the suburbs: Reinventing the American mall

by Noel King
Feb 26, 2015
Deserted malls dot the suburbs. But some are getting a new lease on life.
Santa Fe Mall in Duluth, GA, is geared toward Hispanic shoppers. Highlights include a popular food court. 
Caitlin Esch
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Research shows hiring bias based on self-identification

by Noel King
Feb 17, 2015
In a new study, candidates who identified as 'black' faced harsher prejudice.
 Shawneeka Woodard fills out a job form at the Diversity Job Fair at a New York City hotel in 2008.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Egypt finds alternative to U.S.- made warplanes

by Noel King
Feb 16, 2015
Egypt's purchase of French fighters could say as much about money as politics
Egyptian Foreign Affairs minister Sameh Shoukry and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a press conference as part of the Gaza Donor Conference in Cairo, late 2014. 
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Georgia's film industry sees a boom

by Noel King
Feb 13, 2015
Other areas of the country are offering incentives to lure production to town.
Critic Thelma Adams and production designer Jess Gonchor speak during a Q&A session on Day Two of the 17th Annual Savannah Film Festival presented by SCAD on October 26, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia.
Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for SCAD
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Mercedes rolls into Atlanta

by Noel King
Feb 12, 2015
Why a car company is becoming a Georgia Peach.
The Mercedes S400 BlueTec diesel/electric hybrid prototype.
Sarah Gardner
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The Koch brothers' $900 million war chest

by Noel King
Jan 28, 2015
The brothers vow to raise nearly a billion dollars from a few hundred people.
David H. Koch.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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The euro is dropping, but airfares aren't

by Noel King
Jan 22, 2015
Planning an inexpensive trip to Europe? Better research airfares first.
A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane comes in for a landing at Heathrow Airport.
(Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
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The rich get richer, with no end in sight

by Noel King
Jan 19, 2015
The wealthiest 1% of people may soon control more than 50% of the world's wealth.
A McDonald's drive-through worker hands an order to a customer in San Francisco. 
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Redefining the definition of a workweek

by Noel King
Jan 8, 2015
Republicans want a 40-hour standard for insurance eligibility under the Affordable Care Act.
Clerks prepare the fish counter at a Whole Foods Market in New York City. 
(Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
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