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Stacey Vanek Smith

Reporter, Marketplace

Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

Latest from Stacey Vanek Smith

  • This week in 1867, things started moving faster on Wall Street. Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us back for the unveiling of the stock ticker.

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  • Nov 7, 2006

    A Dow was born

    This week in 1851, the founder of the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones Industrial Average came into the world. Stacey Vanek-Smith has the history.

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  • Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us back to 1935 for the birth of a game that can make you rich and powerful or send you to jail — directly to jail.

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  • This week in business history, Stacey Vanek-Smith recounts the day most Americans first heard radio, all the way back in 1920.

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  • This week marks the anniversary of Black Tuesday. Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us back for a look at the great stock market crash of 1929.

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  • This week in 1881, the world's best-selling painter was born. Stacey Vanek-Smith looks at the ongoing appeal of Pablo Picasso.

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  • This week in 1869, the New York Stock Exchange decided to let members sell their seats. Stacey Vanek-Smith has the history.

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  • Gas prices could be on the rise again if OPEC follows through with production cuts, but things could be worse. Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us back to this week in 1973 for the OPEC oil embargo.

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  • This week in 1931, one of the country's most infamous crime lords is taken out — by the taxman. Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us Back to Business, our look at the history of all things economic.

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  • On this day 56 years ago, CBS was issued the first color TV license by the FCC. Stacey Vanek-Smith takes us Back to Business, our look at the history of all things economic.

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