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Noel King is currently a correspondent for Planet Money and was formerly a senior reporter for the Marketplace Wealth and Poverty desk.
Latest Stories (196)
Strutting in style at the Grammys doesn't come cheap
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Noel King
Jan 24, 2014
The dress, the hair, the limo -- even if you're not a star (yet), it's part of the cost of breaking into the music business.
What's in a nickel (hint: not just nickel)
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Noel King
Jan 17, 2014
It costs almost 10 cents to make a nickel, so the US Mint may change the formula for making it. We look at the cost of the nickel – and the cost to some industries of changing it.
The economics of the 'swag bag'
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Noel King
Jan 10, 2014
Small business owners vie to get their products into Golden Globes goodie bags.
American presidents and the rhetoric of poverty
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Noel King
Jan 8, 2014
January 8, 2014, marks fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty in America.
Do Americans even care about Obama's NSA reforms?
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Noel King
Jan 3, 2014
There's evidence that revelations of National Security Agency data-collecting has changed online behavior of Americans in minor ways.
You found the perfect gift. Ordered it UPS. And uh-oh... It didn't arrive.
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Noel King
Dec 26, 2013
UPS says the volume of packages exceeded its capacity and many customers didn't receive their deliveries on time.
Returns help retailers play for keeps
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Noel King
Dec 25, 2013
No retailers like returns. But they generate a lot of data, that retailers are starting to use to make purchases stick.
Obamacare extension catches insurers off guard
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Noel King
Dec 24, 2013
The Obama administration has extended the deadline for people who are signing up for health insurance on the federal exchange, but insurers are having trouble adapting.
A shorter holiday season may mean a very Merry Xmas for FedEx and UPS
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Noel King
Dec 18, 2013
Will shippers like FedEx and UPS benefit from the shortened holiday shopping season?
A new pitch for humanitarian aid to Syria
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Noel King
Dec 16, 2013
The United Nations is launching its largest appeal ever for humanitarian aid to Syrians.