Jeff Horwich

Jeff Horwich is the interim host of Marketplace Morning Report and a sometime-Marketplace reporter. He is the former host of "In The Loop" from Minnesota Public Radio and a former business and economics correspondent for MPR. He is a graduate of Duke University and has a Master's in applied economics from the University of Minnesota.

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Nov 29, 2012
Report calls Kabul Bank a ‘ponzi scheme’
A new report says that the now collapsed Kabul Bank in Afghanistan acted as a 'ponzi scheme.'
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Nov 28, 2012
PODCAST: The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ and party Popemobile
Damage from the Bangladeshi garment fire continues to spread. A new penalty for BP, a fight over royalties from online radio stations, and the renting out the pope-mobile for parties.
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Nov 27, 2012
PODCAST: Robots in our lives, unused vacation time
Food giant ConAgra is buying private-label food producer Ralcorp for nearly $5 billion. Colin Angle, CEO of the iRobot Corporation, discusses why he wants to let robots take a bigger role in our lives. The OECD is calling on its members to shape up. And Americans aren't taking their earned time off. Why?
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Nov 27, 2012
OECD report red flags weakening economy
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is reaching out to its members — the rich governments of the world — to shape up or risk a global economic calamity.
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Nov 27, 2012
iRobot CEO Colin Angle on the future of robots
Colin Angle, CEO of the company iRobot which makes the Roomba, is pushing industry to let go of old conventions and let robots take a bigger role in our lives.
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Nov 26, 2012
PODCAST: Schapiro steps down and is holiday spending up?
Mary Schapiro is stepping down as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission next month. Did you shop on Black Friday? Americans spent almost 13 percent more over the holiday weekend than last year. And today is Cyber Monday, known as the busiest online shopping day of the year. even though the concept is still a relatively new one, the face of Cyber Monday is already changing. Plus stories on the "climate cliff," protests in Egypt, Detroit on the verge of bankruptcy, and a cheese "revolution."
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Nov 26, 2012
Facing the ‘climate cliff’
As the Kyoto Protocol nears its expiry, leaders from around the world will come together in for the United Nations yearly climate talks to discuss a new global deal to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
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Nov 21, 2012
U.S. prosecutors go after SAC hedge fund for insider trading
U.S. prosecutors have filed their biggest-ever case of insider trading. The allegation: SAC Capital Advisors, a hedge fund, got early warning about the failure of an Alzheimer's drug in clinical trials. That info let the fund sell its holdings in the companies behind the drug, and reap $276 million.
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Nov 21, 2012
PODCAST: Aftershocks for HP, early rumbles for Thanksgiving shopping
Conflict of interest behind the biggest ever case of insider trading. Find out what early holiday gift Walmart is hoping for this year and why air travel is even less fun than usual right now. Plus, and indulge in the latest Internet fad: spot Mitt Romney.
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Nov 21, 2012
Is holiday travel worse than ever?
On this busiest travel day of the year, some flyers are finding air travel even less enjoyable than usual. Prices are rising, planes are packed… Just finding a flight in some markets can be tough. But the troubles don't end at the end of Thanksgiving weekend.
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