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 Los Angeles: With Tuesday's scheduled sentencing of Frank Quattrone, Lisa Napoli reviews the case and its significance in the ongoing crackdown on corporate corruption.
From Los Angeles: Rachel Gottbaum has details on a new effort to get the good and bad news on clinical drug trials out the public.
From Berlin: Kyle James has a story on a new effort being launched by various environmental groups to control greenhouse gases.
From Phoenix: Abby Beshkin has a story on how Phoenix's new bar closing rules will affect another popular nighttime business.
From Beijing: Jocelyn Ford outlines new findings on factory overtime in China.
Features
Conflict breeds business
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been creating some unique and changing alliances in the business world. Irris Makkler reports.
Troubled airlines
US Airways has run into some more turbulence with its pilots union, who've rejected a vote on the airline's latest cost-cutting proposal. Are there any options left to save the cash-strapped carrier? Marketplace's Stacey Vanek Smith reports. Then, Marketplace's travel expert Rudy Maxa looks at which troubled airlines are most likely to fall by the wayside.
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
