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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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Why Americans spend less of their budgets on food

by Noel King
Jul 7, 2014
Food prices are rising, but Americans still spend less of their disposable income on food than people in other countries.
Safeway customers shop for peaches at Safeway's 'Lifestyle' store in Livermore, California.
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Target asks shoppers to please leave guns at home

by Noel King
Jul 2, 2014
Companies are increasingly taking stands on a host of hot-potato issues.
Members of the group Open Carry Texas shop at Target with their rifles in tow.
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Hold up on aid threatens for-profit college

by Noel King
Jun 20, 2014
A delay in receiving students' federal grants could sink Corinthian Colleges
A student walks into a building at Heald College, part of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges Inc.. The business, which offers everything from degree programs to trade schools, is heavily dependent on federal student aid.
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Iraqi violence adds to the Middle East refugee crisis

by Noel King
Jun 19, 2014
Humanitarian organizations have found it difficult to raise money for victims of the conflict in Syria. Now, a growing crisis in Iraq adds more vulnerable people.
A displaced Iraqi woman feeds her baby in a UNHCR tent at a temporary camp set up to shelter people fleeing violence in northern Iraq on June 17, 2014.
Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images
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Is Friday 13th an economic drag? Probably not

by Noel King
Jun 13, 2014
Is it really true the economy loses hundreds of millions every Friday the 13th?
A man looks with horror at his diary realising it is Friday the 13th.
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Why the celeb mag market is still worth something

by Noel King
Jun 9, 2014
Print media faces declining sales. How do celebrity magazines like People keep up?
Magazines on a newsstand in 2009. 
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How marriage contributes to inequality

by Noel King
May 29, 2014
Assortative mating is a term, borrowed from biology, which means that humans tend to be attracted to those like themselves.
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JPMorgan Chase investing in Detroit's community

by Noel King
May 21, 2014
JPMorgan invests $100 million in homes, businesses and job training in Detroit.
The General Motors (GM) world headquarters is seen February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The city of Detroit has faced serious economic challenges in the past decade, with a shrinking population and tax base while trying to maintain essential services. JPMorgan announced it will direct $100 million in investments at Detroit for homes, businesses and job training.   
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A coffee plant disease threatens more than prices

by Noel King
May 19, 2014
USAID today announced a $5 million partnership with Texas A&M's World Coffee Research center to tackle a costly coffee fungus.
 A worker shows a leaf of a coffee plant affceted by Roya, at a farm in San Ramon, a town on the outskirts of Diriamba.
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How we measure the poverty line(s)

by Noel King
May 16, 2014
It wasn't until the early 1960s that we even drew the poverty line.
The World Bank is rethinking where it sets the poverty line.
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