Sarah Leeson

2 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sarah Leeson

Jun 12, 2025“In this sector, I found the spirit of collaboration to be unbelievable,” said Janti Soeripto, president and CEO of Save the Children U.S., “But, interestingly, that spirit and that culture hasn't translated into distribution deals or joint ventures.”Among the many federal departments and projects that had funding slashed in the last few months by the Trump administration, USAID — the United States Agency for International Development — was hit particularly hard.

3 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sarah Leeson

Despite reaching a trade deal last month in Geneva, the U.S. and China are back at the negotiating table. President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China had a call on Thursday about trade that President Trump described as "very good."But, at the same time, a deeper trade relationship with China does not necessarily seem to be President Trump's end goal. Rather, the Trump administration has been making a concerted effort to decouple the American economy from China.

4 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sarah Leeson

Currently, there are more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, and nearly one third of them are in the U.S. In the years between President Trump’s first and second inaugurations, 2016 to 2024, the wealth held by America’s billionaires more than doubled. And yet, these ultra-high-net-worth individuals are something of a mystery to most of us.

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Sarah Leeson

Perhaps unsurprisingly, married couples make up a majority of homebuyers, but the share of women looking to buy solo is on the rise. As of 2024, single women made up 20% of all buyers, and, for first-time buyers, that demographic jumped by 5% last year. Among that cohort is Kirsten Roehler, a first-time homeowner in Bailey, Colorado. She closed on her home in 2023. “I was lucky enough to have a really great realtor, and also a mortgage broker, and also my financial planner,” said Roehler.

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sarah Leeson

There’s a lot of data collection going on these days in the name of figuring out where the labor force is at with the adoption of artificial intelligence at work. And based on current survey results, it’s all over the map. Somewhere between 20% and 40% of workers use AI, and between 5% and 40% of firms have adopted AI into the workplace. Those ranges are obviously huge, at least in part because the way that some industries use it is wildly different from how other areas of the workforce do.