Tracey Samuelson
SHORT BIO
Tracey Samuelson is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.
What was your first job?
Working in a bread store at the peak of the anti-carb movement.
What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?
Cramming all the interesting information I find reporting into a few minutes.
In your next life, what would your career be?
ER doctor.
Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.
Lots of stuff from Amazon.
What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment?
That time I went to Hawaii ... on assignment.
Latest Stories (475)
Coffee? Tea? Chardonnay?
Aug 19, 2015
Starbucks is rolling out an "evening menu," including beer, wine, and small plates.
High hopes and hurdles in selling to Japan
Aug 14, 2015
Unique rules impede business in agriculture, medicine, investment and services.
Many factors at play in the devaluation of yuan
Aug 14, 2015
The biggest? A seal of approval from the International Monetary Fund.
Her old salary? Don't ask.
Aug 6, 2015
Women's past wages can't be basis for government job pay, personnel office says.
SEC reform shines a light on CEO-to-worker pay ratio
Aug 5, 2015
Will the rule point out sky-high compensation or become a useless political tool?
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations wrap up in Maui
Jul 31, 2015
Final sticking points include sugar, dairy and state-owned enterprises.
Trade negotiations continue in Hawaii
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Tracey Samuelson
Jul 29, 2015
There's pressure to wrap it up by Friday.
Apple's drop illustrates the power of expectations
Jul 22, 2015
Apple is down sharply following the release of its numbers Tuesday.
Why gold is losing its luster for investors
Jul 21, 2015
Gold is in the tank. Why? Because people simply aren't afraid anymore.
Why A&P can go bust, but Greece can't
Jul 20, 2015
On the surface, they are in similar situations. But the grocer has a way out.