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Stacey Vanek Smith

Reporter, Marketplace

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Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

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Heelys is on a roll

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 8, 2006
The maker of the sneakers with a wheel in the heel went public on Nasdaq today and Wall Street took it for a spin.
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Wal-Mart fires another ad agency

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 8, 2006
Advertising firms are scrambling to win Wal-Mart's $600 million account, but giving the retail giant an image makeover isn't going to be easy. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Home sweet stock trading home

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 8, 2006
This week back in 1865, the NYSE moved to Broad Street. Stacey Vanek-Smith has the history.
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Seminoles buy Hard Rock

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 7, 2006
Florida's Seminole tribe is buying the Hard Rock brand — the famed rock-n-roll-themed cafes, a collection of memorabilia and two casino hotels — in a deal worth close to $1 billion. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Hard Rock sold!

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 7, 2006
Florida's Seminole tribe has snapped up the famed Hard Rock chain of cafes, casinos, concert and hotel venues. And it may have been a steal, Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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FEMA fails progress report

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 6, 2006
FEMA continues to mishandle millions of dollars in Katrina aid and has failed to recovered most of the money lost to fraudulent claims. Those are just two of the highlights in a GAO report released today, Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
Trailers set up for those who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.
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No dot-com IPO class action suit

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 6, 2006
A federal appeals court has ruled that the nation's investment banks won't have to face a huge class-action lawsuit for manipulating IPO stock prices, which means individual investors probably just lose out. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Wall Street's happy. . . how 'bout you?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 5, 2006
Productivity inched up in the third quarter while wage growth slowed and factory orders plunged. What are all these numbers really saying about the economy? Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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SEC denies cover-up

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 5, 2006
A Senate panel is looking into allegations that the SEC fired one of its investigators to protect a prominent Wall Street executive, but critics say the agency's problems run deeper. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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History of joining unions

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 5, 2006
Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us back to this week in 1955, when the AFL and CIO clasped hands.
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