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Why Business Journalists Should Report Product Recalls

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Last month, Nestle, a Swiss multinational food and drink processing corporation, announced a voluntary recall of its Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough “break and bake” bar because some of the pro...

How Inflation Affects International Students, Stores

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When Nana Adwoa Agyapong arrived in Phoenix from Ghana in early August to begin a graduate program at Arizona State University (ASU), she was overjoyed. As the airplane came to a stop at the ramp at S...

Investigative Report Uncovers Corruption, Social Injustice In The California Cannabis Industry

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When California approved Proposition 64 in 2016, legalizing the cannabis business, the government promised it would put an end to the widespread problems in the marijuana industry such as social injus...

The Oregonian Exposes Google And Amazon’s Massive Water Use For Data Centers

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When Google decided to build one of its data centers in The Dalles, Oregon, the city council agreed to grant tax breaks to the tech giant. The data center opened in 2006 and would become one of Google...

Barlett & Steele 2023 Award Winners Share Their Investigative Secrets

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Investigative reporters who emerged winners of the 17th annual Barlett and Steele Awards were recognized for their excellence in business journalism at an awards ceremony on Nov. 1, hosted by the Reyn...

Reporter’s Notebook: Reynolds Center Graduate Assistants Attend SABEW Training In New York

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Kelechukwu Iruoma and Sahara Sajjadiankhah are both graduate assistants at the Reynolds Center for the 2023-24 academic year while completing their MA in Mass Communication at Arizona State University...

U.S. Brands Caught In Middle Of Israel-Hamas Conflict, With Protests And Boycotts Hitting Profits

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In February, U.S. fast-food giant McDonald’s announced its first revenue miss in three years, citing the Israel and Palestine conflicts in the Middle East as the reason for the company’s mixed quarter...

Reynolds Center Graduate Assistant Wins Student Media Grant Award

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Kelechukwu Iruoma, graduate assistant at The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, has been announced as one of five winners for 2023-24 in the Student Media Grant Program (SMGP) administered by th...

What China’s Struggling Economy Means For The US, Global Economy

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China’s consumer prices declined for a fourth straight month in January, while producer prices also dropped, underlining the serious economic challenges facing the world’s second-biggest economy as it...