Friday, June 27, 2003 The Marketplace Morning Report with Kai Ryssdal and Tess Vigeland is a series of seven 9-minute business news modules airing weekdays. This timely report delivers a global business newscast and a hard-hitting feature report. Visit the archive to browse previous stories. Note: Each of the broadcasts contains some of the newscast items below and one of the features. Since only a few radio markets get all seven broadcasts, we've made them available below.

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Newscast Stories From Los Angeles: Jessica Dial debuts her “The Real Home Ec” series, where she weighs the pros and cons of doing it yourself at home. Today: a way to fix the slow-draining sink -- for free. From Washington, DC: Amy Scott outlines the impact of Thursday’s Microsoft-Java ruling. Microsoft can now hold off on including Java with Windows XP. From the Health Desk: Helen Palmer describes the potential impact a new heart drug could have on medical costs: The “polypill” could be a cheap way to head off the disease. From New York: As consumer sentiment numbers are released today, Judy Martin examines whether they’re an arbiter of consumer spending this summer. Apparently, consumers are still reluctant to be big spenders. From Washington, DC: Stephen Henn has details on a proposed Labor Department rule change that could put many professionals in jeopardy of losing their overtime pay. From London: Martin Stott looks at the economic implications the Church of England could face for accepting gay bishops. From London: Stephen Beard reports that, with the release of the latest set of royal accounts, the queen and her court are now running on a shoestring budget as compared with 10 years ago. From Washington, DC: Amy Scott reports that the national do-not-call list means that a little peace of mind could come at the economy’s expense. Features Shucker Shortage Oysters are big business for Southern Gulf states. But as Rachel Dornhelm reports, a shortage of people to shuck the oysters is threatening the region’s processing plants

Altruistic Weddings Many people today don’t wait until they’re married to buy life’s little necessities. So, when they do get married, what do they do with a gaggle of household gifts? Instead of the traditional gift registry, some are raising money and taking up collections for their favorite charities. Katie Frankel Kearney reports.