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Stacey Vanek Smith

Reporter, Marketplace

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Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

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I've Always Wondered ...

How much would an all-American iPhone cost?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 20, 2014
A 100 percent U.S.-made iPhone would cost more than $2,000.
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By The Numbers

Meet Happy! The unsettling new Happy Meal mascot

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 20, 2014
McDonald's new Happy Meal mascot: marketing fail or counter-intuitive genius?
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Coaching the Coach

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 15, 2014
Executive coaches are a booming business... But what exactly do they do?
Jill Abramson , former New York Times executive editor, appeared at the Wired Business Conference on May 7, 2013 in New York.
Brad Barket/Getty Images for WIRED
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Google vs. the 'Right to be Forgotten'

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 13, 2014
Google told Marketplace that it was disappointed in the decision.
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Why Apple would want to buy Beats

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 9, 2014
Apple reportedly wants to by Beats Electronics... but it's hard to figure out why.
The image illustrates the White Solo Beats by Dr. Dre. Apple is allegedly in talks to purchase Beats eletronics- an acquisition that would cost a reported $3.2 billion.
Matthew Raymundo/ Via Wikimedia Commons
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Shelf vs. Script: Why Merck's offloading allergy pills

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 6, 2014
Turns out prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs are two very different businesses.
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Goodbye Norton anti-virus software

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 5, 2014
The demise of anti-virus software.
A customer walks past anti-virus software at an Office Max store in Miami, Florida. Senior vice president of Symantec Information Security Brian Dye said in the Wall Street Journal that anti-virus software is "dead."
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Frozen assets: lime prices skyrocket

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 5, 2014
Cinco de Mayo is here and be prepared to pay big for margaritas and guacamole this year.
The Lemonrita is one way New York restaurant Anejo is hoping to cope with high lime prices
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: China's slowing growth

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Apr 16, 2014
A disease ravaging shrimp is pushing up prices for the small shellfish. And a look at homelessness in Silicon Valley.
Two Chinese workers prepare to remove scaffolding at a construction site in Beijing on April 15, 2014. Chinese exports and imports fell sharply in March, data showed on April 10, as officials noted that the world's second-largest economy faces headwinds from tougher regional competition and 'friction' with trade partners. 
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Bleeding out

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Apr 15, 2014
Why Heartbleed will cost businesses billions of dollars
A screenshot from a Tumblr dashboard of an alert on heartbleed sent from the Tumblr staff.
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