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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

Episodes by Sabri (649)

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Are we in for another logistics nightmare?

Sep 26, 2024
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It's refinance time for many homeowners

Sep 26, 2024
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The history — and shaky future — of the generic drug market

Sep 20, 2024
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When companies take a political stand

Sep 20, 2024
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Can shame deter the ultra wealthy from using offshore accounts?

Sep 19, 2024
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Rates are on their way down. What's that mean for you?

Sep 19, 2024
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How online shopping is saving the economy

Sep 18, 2024
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What Fed rate decisions look like during election years

Sep 18, 2024
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The economic mood is cooling

Sep 10, 2024
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How inflation has transformed our dining and tipping habits

Sep 10, 2024
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The streaming wars are fought with catalogs — and confusing deals

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 30, 2019
Banks of shows draw people in. Promotions aim to keep them there.
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The most common scams in the U.S. involve online purchases

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 28, 2019
Fraudulent ads on trusted platforms are fooling online shoppers. The Better Business Bureau has some tips.
Rip-off schemes involving investments, jobs and online shopping usually target younger people, says Emma Fletcher, senior data researcher at the Federal Trade Commission.
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Amazon sacrifices profits for faster shipping

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 25, 2019
The company's spending a lot of money to make sure you get your meat thermometer the same day you order it.
Two-day shipping used to be Amazon's signature. Now, its competitors offer the same.
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It's windy in corporate America!

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 24, 2019
Ford, Stanley Black & Decker and Twitter were among 18 companies citing "headwinds" in earnings reports. What are they talking about?
What do we mean when we say "headwinds?"
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Figure skater Adam Rippon on his early days and financial struggles

by Meredith Garretson and Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 18, 2019
The Olympic Bronze medalist stops by Marketplace Morning Report to discuss his road to success.
Adam Rippon competes during the Men's Single Free Program on day eight of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games Feb.17, 2018.
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How Italian cheese got caught up in a fight about airplanes

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 17, 2019
It's no accident that European food and wine is about to get more expensive in the U.S.
Scotch, French wines and Italian cheese and meats are about to get more expensive. Above, imported Parmesan cheese at Cheese Plus in San Francisco.
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Before the glass ceiling, women face "broken rung" on corporate ladder

by Rose Conlon and Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 15, 2019
For every 100 men, only 72 women are promoted to manager positions.
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Social Security benefits' buying power is fading, despite adjustments

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 10, 2019
Seniors will get an extra 1.6%. But their cost of living rose by 1.9%.
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Why are the NYSE and private companies fighting over two-millionths of a second?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 7, 2019
In the world of high-speed trading, a lot can happen in .000002 seconds.
Wall Street banks, brokers and traders will pay a lot to be first in trading changes. Above, the New York Stock Exchange seen in 2008.
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Manufacturers aren't the only ones worrying about trade and global growth

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 3, 2019
Growth in the service sector is slowing, too, according to new numbers from the Institute for Supply Management.
Shipping containers from China and other nations are unloaded at the Port of Long Beach in California in February.
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