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.
From Washington: Hillary Wicai reports bidding is expected to heat up soon between Time Warner and Comcast for Adelphia.
From Washington: As Intel introduces its next big chip today, Scott Tong explores its prospects in the saturated consumer PC market.
From New York: Ashley Milne-Tyte examines what's been putting the drag on beer sales.
From Phoenix: Abby Beshkin has a story on how Phoenix's new bar closing rules will affect another popular nighttime business.
From Birmingham, Alabama: Tanya Ott looks at a new study out Tuesday on the financial challenges facing families with kids needing special health care.
Features
School uniforms
Today, about 20 percent of the nation's public schools require their students to wear uniforms. Public schools in Long Beach, California were the first to do so 10 years ago. Have they helped to curb peer pressure and student violence as supporters claimed? Aldolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.
Investing without buying
There are other ways to invest in the housing market without buying a home. Lisa Napoli reports on plans to list options based on single-family home price indexes. Then: Most folks can't wait to have enough money to buy a house. But commentator Martha Woodruff could. She explains why she sometimes longs for her old trailer park life.
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
