Stan Alcorn
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Stan Alcorn is a reporter based in New York City. In addition to his work for Marketplace, he has reported for Fast Company, WNYC and NPR.
Latest Stories (159)
Anxieties of flying have waned... for the most part
by
Stan Alcorn
Sep 11, 2014
Airlines used to struggle with a public fear of flying around September 11.
What to do when terrorists claim your company's name
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Stan Alcorn
Sep 5, 2014
The sudden notoriety of ISIS is not welcome by businesses named, well, Isis.
At Fashion Week, it's hard to stand out from the crowd
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Stan Alcorn
Sep 3, 2014
Designers have to work harder to get noticed at this year's Fashion Week.
Meet the videogame millionaire
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Stan Alcorn
Aug 22, 2014
Charles Forman was down to $1,700. Then, overnight, he became very, very rich.
The enduring cost of Target's credit card breach
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Stan Alcorn
Feb 26, 2014
Target lost tens of millions of dollars after a security breach.
Submit your sounds to us
by
Ben Johnson
and Stan Alcorn
Feb 20, 2014
We've come up with a way for you to share what you hear.
Family finance lessons: Indie rocker Eleanor Friedberger
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Stan Alcorn
Dec 12, 2013
Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnances and solo-music fame shares what money lessons she learned from her family and living as a musician.
Insurance companies prepare for their Obamacare deadline
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Stan Alcorn
Nov 29, 2013
The White House's self-imposed deadline for healthcare.gov to be "working smoothly" for the "vast majority of users" is Saturday
Family finance lessons: Punk rock professor Greg Graffin
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Stan Alcorn
Nov 21, 2013
Bad Religion's singer and biology Ph.D. Greg Graffin talks about what he learned growing up with two professors of parents.
Family finance lessons: Author Amy Tan
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Stan Alcorn
Nov 13, 2013
"Joy Luck Club" author Amy Tan tells us what money lessons she learned from her family, growing up in China.