Gigi Douban
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Birmingham, AL, United States
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Past articles by Gigi:
Unclaimed Baggage Center turns one person’s lost stuff into another’s bargain buy
Some unique finds: A Christmas sweater with two neck holes, antlers, a taxidermied frog. → Read More
When a big carbon emitter is the main economic driver in town
Marketplace® is your liaison between economics and life. Noted for timely, relevant and accessible coverage of business news across both audio and digital platforms, Marketplace programs are heard by more than 14 million weekly listeners. This makes the Marketplace portfolio the most widely heard business or economic programming in the country. → Read More
Alabama taps its oil-spill fund to close Medicaid gap
A fund to pay for damage from BP's 2010 oil spill is used to cover a budget gap. → Read More
If Trump stimulates the economy, one result could be growth. Another? Stagflation
It was a 1970s nightmare: high inflation and no growth. → Read More
Unions bet big on the Senate
A chamber lead by Dems seen as friendlier to labor. → Read More
Unions bet big on the Senate
A chamber lead by Dems seen as friendlier to labor. → Read More
Using its powers for good: Facebook's voter sign-up campaign
A short campaign in September resulted in thousands now registered to vote. → Read More
Advertising agencies get a message on diversity
Corporate clients ask agencies to change their practices — or else. → Read More
Dunkin Donuts and Coke join forces in bottled coffee
Coca-Cola will bottle and distribute Dunkin Donut coffee drinks. → Read More
Passwords? There's a technology for those
Yahoo tells its hacked users more than they ever imagined about passwords. → Read More
Desperately need pilots? Try paying them more
Two regional American Airlines subsidiaries are raising pilot pay to counter the shortage. → Read More
Decline in unions hurts nonunion workers' wages
The median pay for non-union men without a college degree is about 13 percent lower than in 1979. → Read More
Drones rule: FAA makes commercial drones legit
Regulations governing commercial drone use take effect Monday. → Read More
Immigrants in Alabama wait years for deportation
The ICE budget increased in 2016 and part of that funding goes toward beds at detention facilities. → Read More
Natural gas leaks make natural gas dirtier
Study of a methane plume over Southwest tracks back to natural gas fields. → Read More
Why workers are less productive
Unfortunately, companies aren't investing in growth, and innovation is incremental these days → Read More
The candidates agree: time to spend on infrastructure
Japan just announced a big infrastructure spending plan to kick-start its economy. → Read More
In mobile advertising, Google and Facebook are king
Google and Facebook's strong earnings are powered by a surge in mobile advertising → Read More
The death of email may be exaggerated
Despite hacks, it's alive and well in business culture. → Read More
How cage-match fights became a $4B business
UFC has lots of young viewers, and that makes martial-arts worth billions → Read More