Noel King

Sr. Reporter

SHORT BIO

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)

Intel commits $300 million to diversify tech ranks

Jan 7, 2015
Company CEO tackles a tech problem: Need for more women, minorities in workforce.
 Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, right,  and employee Darryl Adams at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Lean times for the weight-loss industry

Dec 31, 2014
People are forgoing diet foods and turning to counseling instead.
Bags of Jenny Craig kettle corn.
(Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/Jenny Craig)

Catching an Uber on New Year's Eve? It'll cost you

Dec 31, 2014
Uber's "surge pricing" policy means prices go up when demand is high.
New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the traditional fireworks show held at midnight.
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Coke to make cuts amid sales slump

Dec 26, 2014
A thirst for healthier drinks pushes sales of soda down
Coca-Cola will cut $3 billion from its annual budget in the next few weeks.
Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Sean Parker donates $24 million for allergy research

Dec 25, 2014
A tech entrepreneur's multi-million dollar gift to Stanford University walks the line between charity and self-interest.
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Nicaragua's much-touted canal meets with opposition

Dec 24, 2014
Nicaragua's been talking about building a canal for 200 years. Considerable skepticism has greeted the project.
 A banner that reads "no to the canal" is carried this week during a protest against a new canal opening in Nicaragua. 
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York & Fig: The House on Meridian Street

Dec 3, 2014
When a neighborhood gentrifies, there can be a kind of culture clash between the old residents and the new. We examine this dynamic by speaking to past and present residents of a house on Meridian Street.
Paul Downer in his home on Meridian Street.
Rafael Cardenas

York & Fig: The House on York

Dec 2, 2014
We look at three generations of homeowners of one house on York Boulevard.
Benoit Guerin and Katie Dormeier are renovating their home on York Boulevard. 
Rafael Cardenas

U.S. government releases a second revision of GDP

Sep 26, 2014
Nearly every category was up. But growth can be deceptive.
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Airstrikes hit ISIS-controlled oil refineries

Sep 25, 2014
The targets are believed to be helping ISIS finance its operations.
A picture taken on August 10, 2014, shows a chimney at an oil field in Sheikhan, northeast of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq and near the Kurdish city of Dohuk, an area where Kurdish peshmerga forces are fighting to stop the advance of Islamic State fighters. 
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images