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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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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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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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When the IRS 'likes' your Facebook update

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Apr 14, 2014
The IRS is using data to crack down on tax dodgers
The IRS has 22,000 "likes" on Facebook.
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PODCAST: March jobs report

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Apr 4, 2014
U.S. employers hired 192,000 people in March. And the company behind the food delivery app GrubHub gets ready for its IPO.
U.S. President Barack Obama walks with an employee in Fred's Pro Hardware, June 3, 2011 in Toledo, Ohio.
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Housing's bad month, via the letter 'L'

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Apr 1, 2014
Blame the L's: labor, lumber, land, loans... and lousy weather.
A construction worker stands on the roof of a condo complex under construction on July 17, 2013 in Berkeley, California.
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Jackson estate success is a thriller

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 31, 2014
Michael Jackson's estate has done a big turnaround. Before his death it was a mess; now it's making millions.
Michael Jackson performs on stage during is 'HIStory' world tour concert at Ericsson Stadium November 10, 1996 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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America's game of chicken

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 26, 2014
For the first time in 100 years, Americans are eating more chicken than beef.
Ariane Daguin demonstrates the proper way to carve a chicken. Daguin is the CEO of D'Artagnan, a company that supplies organic, free range chickens to grocery stores and restaurants.
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