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Noel King

Sr. Reporter

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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.

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By The Numbers

Banned books week: How the blacklist can goose a book's sales

by Noel King
Sep 26, 2013
With Banned Book Week upon us, we investigate whether the attention created by a ban on a book results in increased sales for the author.
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A look at what happens to seized Iranian assets

by Noel King
Sep 24, 2013
Iran's foreign minister and Secretary of State John Kerry plan to meet at the U.N. General Assembly.
Iranians walk past a branch of Bank Melli in Tehran on January 23, 2012.
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How to watch 'New Girl' on a phablet

by Noel King
Sep 20, 2013
Nielsen, the counter of all things media, will start counting TV viewership on tablets and smartphones in fall 2014.
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Guns and dollars

Starbucks switches message on open carry guns in stores

by Noel King
Sep 18, 2013
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz urged customers not to bring guns into his coffee chain's stores.
Starbucks doesn't want to be just coffee anymore.
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Income Upshot

Is a future for a comfortable middle class just science fiction?

by Noel King
Sep 17, 2013
A practitioner of the dismal science and a writer of dystopian sci-fi have competing takes on the survival of the middle class.
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Income Upshot

What median income can buy depends on where you live

by Noel King
Sep 17, 2013
The Census releases U.S. median income data today. We visit two families to compare what it's like to live at the national median income and local median income.
Lily Liu’s family makes about $50,000 a year, which is about the same as the national median income. But she lives in Paducah, Ky., which has a local median income of about $30,000 a year.
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Microsoft's Nokia deal: Modeled on Apple comeback?

by Noel King
Sep 3, 2013
Microsoft acquires Nokia in a $7.2 billion deal that aims to make Microsoft a player in the mobile-phone market.
A employee demonstrates the photo capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 1020, a Windows Phone with a 41-megapixel camera after its unveiling in New York City July 11, 2013.
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Obamacare plan shows popularity of prepaid debit cards

by Noel King
Aug 29, 2013
The government will require insurers to accept prepaid debit cards as payment for insurance under Obamacare.
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Egypt's Morsi leaves legacy of economic 'disaster'

by Noel King
Aug 23, 2013
Egypt's deposed President, Mohamed Morsi, inherited a country in economic shambles. His largely ineffectual response only exacerbated the problem.
A poster of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi lies in the debris left outside the Rabaa al-Adaweya Mosque in Nasr City on August 15, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt.
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Facebook: The business of philanthropy

by Noel King
Aug 21, 2013
Four billion people in the world don't have access to the Internet -- now Facebook, and other tech giants want to change that.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during an event at Facebook headquarters on April 4, 2013 in Menlo Park, Calif.
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