Adrian Ma
Adrian Ma covered business, work, and the economy for WCPN/ideastream. As the station's Marketplace Hub reporter, he explored how a small Ohio dairy became a Japanese retail giant, why the Chinese are investing in Cleveland softball, and why shady housing contracts made a comeback after the housing bubble burst. Previously, he was a producer at WNYC News. His work has also aired on NPR's Planet Money . In 2017, the Association of Independents in Radio named him a New Voices Scholar, an honor highlighting emerging talent in public media. Some years ago, he worked in a ramen shop.
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The regions first legal medical marijuana dispensary quietly opened up shop Wednesday.
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Some Clevelanders got an early jump on Lunar New Year festivities.
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Despite the recent deep freeze that took over Cleveland, many business owners braved the cold to open shop.
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Thousands of Ohioans should be seeing a slight bump in their paychecks—even though they didn’t ask for it.
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The partial shutdown of the federal government is making it harder for some prospective homebuyers to get a loan.
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A multi-million dollar program promising to fund college for Cleveland public high school grads is underway.
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In the years after the housing bubble burst, rentals became more common in almost every major U.S. city.
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County Council is considering directing $30 million toward neighborhoods still reeling from the housing bust.
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The Cleveland Clinic wants patients to know its doctors will not be prescribing medical marijuana.
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The number of Ohioans who lost their jobs in "mass layoffs" was higher in 2018 than the year before.