Stephan Bisaha
Wealth and Poverty Reporter at WBHM-FM (Birmingham, AL)
Wealth and Poverty Reporter at WWNO-FM (New Orleans, LA)
Wealth and Poverty Reporter at Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Wealth and Poverty Reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom (@wbhm @wwno @mpbnews). [email protected]
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
kuow.org | Stephan Bisaha
Data centers bring money to small towns. But do they also bring jobs? Tech companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers across the country. But despite the record-setting price tags, the centers create few jobs.
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2 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Stephan Bisaha
As Wall Street continues its wild swings under the weight of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, reactions in the Gulf South are mixed. As fishers along the Louisiana and Mississippi coast celebrate the tariffs, auto workers in Alabama nervously check their 401(k)s. Businesses without ties to foreign trade shrug while those that rely on imports wonder how much of the cost they’ll have to pass on to customers.
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2 weeks ago |
mpbonline.org | Bradley Byrne |Stephan Bisaha
One group celebrating the new tariffs from the Trump Administration is gulf coast shrimpers. Acy Cooper, a shrimper who has three shipping boats in Venice, Louisiana, said the low price of shrimp due to imports means he can only afford to go out with one. It’s had a ripple effect on his business. “If we don't make money the hardware shores, the motor shops, the net shop — everybody suffers,” said Cooper, who is also the head of the Louisiana Shrimp Association.
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3 weeks ago |
wrvo.org | Stephan Bisaha
Billions of tech dollars flowing into a community to build data centers should transform a local economy ... right? Well, maybe not. On today's episode: Why data centers create few permanent jobs. And why communities might want them anyway. Related episodes:Why China's DeepSeek AI is such a big deal (Apple / Spotify) Is AI overrated? (Apple / Spotify) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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3 weeks ago |
npr.org | Stephan Bisaha |Adrian Ma |Lilly Quiroz |Kate Concannon
What $10 billion in data centers actually gets you Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242229718/1268710957" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Attendees view an AI data center at the SK networks stand during the MWC (Mobile World Congress), March 3, 2025.
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