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Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.
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The legacy of Ben Bernanke
Oct 9, 2013
The outgoing Fed chairman presided over the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.
Malala's delicate publishing proposal
Oct 8, 2013
15-year-old Malala Yousafzai ‘s book comes out tomorrow.
Has the fat lady sung on the New York City Opera?
Sep 30, 2013
The New York City Opera also faces a budget deadline today. It needs to raise $7 million to avoid a shutdown.
JPMorgan may settle with government for record $11 billion
Sep 26, 2013
The record settlement could help the bank avoid future lawsuits.
Sticker prices for health insurance exchanges out today
Sep 25, 2013
Starting next week, federally run exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act will officially roll out in 36 states. And we now have our first detailed look at the prices.
UN has made progress, but more work needs to be done to meet 2015 goals
Sep 24, 2013
What more needs to be done to tackle the UN's Millennium Development Goals?
New York cracks down on false reviews
Sep 23, 2013
New York's Attorney General has slapped 19 companies with fines for writing fake online reviews.
The phrase that defined the financial crisis
Sep 12, 2013
'Too big to fail' became the signature line of the financial crisis. Five years after the crash, many big financial firms are only bigger. But one has decided it's time to shrink.
What's a TV appearance worth?
Sep 9, 2013
President Obama's effort to convince America to take action on Syria involves six TV appearances today and a primetime address tomorrow. What's that kind of exposure worth?
Stacey Vanek Smith, this is your data profile
Sep 5, 2013
Reporter Stacey Vanek Smith delves into the world of data mining and comes face to face with her data profile.