Stephanie Hughes
Senior Reporter at Marketplace
Senior Reporter @Marketplace, focusing on education. Moving to https://t.co/GLnFmsiRP7
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1 week ago |
marketplace.org | Stephanie Hughes
When you think of personal finance lessons, you probably think about some of the classics of the genre: budgeting, taxes, insurance. Those are staples, and they certainly are taught in schools around the country. But as more states adopt personal finance education requirements, they are also tailoring the classwork to help students navigate their local economies.
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1 week ago |
marketplace.org | Stephanie Hughes
The movie “28 Years Later” will be released in theaters this week. It’s the latest installment in the zombie series from director Danny Boyle, which started back in 2002 with the film “28 Days Later.” Horror is big business these days: It accounted for nearly 11% of the domestic box office take last year, according to Comscore. Contrast that to 2014, when just 4% came from horror.
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1 week ago |
marketplace.org | Stephanie Hughes
The Trump Organization, the president’s family business, is getting into the phone marketplace. The company announced this week it’s unveiling a new wireless service called Trump Mobile and releasing a new smartphone — called the “T-1 Phone,” which is going at a price point of $499. The Trump Organization says the phone will be made in the U.S. and available starting in August, although industry experts are skeptical as to whether that’s realistic.
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2 weeks ago |
marketplace.org | Stephanie Hughes
The May producer price index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics comes out Thursday — that's a measure of inflation for businesses. And on Wednesday, the BLS delivers the May consumer price index. Like a lot of our colleagues who report on matters economic, we tend to pay a lot of attention to the top line number.
Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest media company to announce it's splitting into smaller companies
2 weeks ago |
marketplace.org | Stephanie Hughes
Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest big corporation to announce that it's splitting itself into smaller parts. The media giant is breaking up into two publicly-traded companies — one it's calling “streaming and studios,” which will include HBO Max, DC Studios, and the Warner Brothers movie empire. The other is called “global networks,” and it’ll house CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery — its cable brands, basically.
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This week, I report on how core goods inflation -- which is goods, taking out food and energy -- could be where we see the effects of tariffs on prices first. But not yet. That measure was up 0% in May from the month before. https://t.co/63RXLiavA0
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