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Tony Wagner

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Tony Wagner is Marketplace's newsletter editor. He writes the daily email newsletter and edits several others, including Marketplace's Crash Courses.

Previously he was a digital producer who helped launch “Make Me Smart,” “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” After eight years at Marketplace headquarters in LA, he recently relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Reluctantly, more major food brands take up GMO labeling

by Tony Wagner
Mar 24, 2016
A Vermont law becomes a defacto federal requirement.
A Safeway customer shops for milk at a Safeway 'Lifestyle' store July 18, 2007 in Livermore, California. 
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A brief history of Argentina's strange, complicated default

by Tony Wagner
Mar 23, 2016
It's been a long road from financial ruin to Tuesday's visit from Obama.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech during a state dinner with Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016. The United States and Argentina sealed a major trade deal on the eve -the first day of President Barack Obama's visit- bolstering the efforts of his counterpart to end a decade-and-a-half of international financial isolation.
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When paint companies merge, do they blend their colors together?

by Tony Wagner
Mar 21, 2016
Sherman-Williams is looking to buy Valspar, but it's not for their colors.
A selection of Valspar colors.
Courtesy: Valspar/GIF by Tony Wagner
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Hulk Hogan awarded $115 million in Gawker case

by Tony Wagner
Mar 18, 2016
The wrestler sued for violation of privacy after the site published a sex tape.
Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, testifies in court during his trial against Gawker Media at the Pinellas County Courthouse on March 8, 2016 in St Petersburg, Florida.
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How much would you lie to save a few bucks?

by Tony Wagner
Mar 17, 2016
Do you share a Netflix account? What about unreported income?
A lie detector test, 1937.
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The lay of the land in Florida and Ohio

by Tony Wagner
Mar 15, 2016
It's another super Tuesday. Here's what's on primary voters' minds.
Governor John Kasich and Marco Rubio campaign in Youngstown, Ohio and Miami, Florida, respectively, days before each will compete in their home state's primary contest.
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The super-rich might not be riding as high as we thought

by Tony Wagner
Mar 11, 2016
A new paper from Brookings shows just how hard it is to measure inequality.
 businessman walks by a homeless woman holding a card requesting money on September 28, 2010 in New York City.
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The app store's 'middle class' is drying up

by Tony Wagner
Mar 3, 2016
The market has dried up, leaving only the big players like Facebook, Google and Uber.
A model shows a 3G iPhone during its launch sale in Hong Kong on July 11, 2008. The iPhone 3G was the first model with access to Apple's App Store.
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Yahoo says it overvalued Tumblr's goodwill

by Tony Wagner
Mar 1, 2016
But what's that mean exactly? Your mate Paddy Hirsch explains.
Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer delivers a keynote during the Yahoo Mobile Developers Conference on February 18, 2016 at The Masonic in San Francisco, California.
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My Economy

Your guide to the economies in Super Tuesday states

by Tony Wagner
Feb 29, 2016
We called experts from all 11 states to get the lay of the land.
Heidi Nelson Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) waves on stage at Gilley's Dallas the day before Super Tuesday February 29, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. Candidates have spread themselves out over the U.S. in the lead up to Super Tuesday where twelve states will hold primary voting. 
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