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: President Bush's decision to lift the 18-year old trade embargo against Libya comes just in time to trigger the next installment of the ten million dollar payment the country will make to each of the families of victims of the PanAm flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.
From Los Angeles: When you think of the icons of American advertising, what comes to mind? The results of a nationwide vote were tallied up over the weekend and the winners include the M&M characters, the AFLAC duck and Mr Peanut.
From Washington: The wireless industry's taking another step towards becoming a full-service alternative to your landline... Next year, you'll be able to dial 411 and get someone's cell phone number.
From Los Angeles: Top Brass at Wal-Mart Stores announced Monday that its current growth rate is "sustainable" for the coming fiscal year.
From Los Angeles: The Federal Reserve is expected to boost interest rates again today ...
From Los Angeles: Imagine, for a moment, life without.... your cell phone. It might sound silly, but over the last several years, the devices have become essential accessories for people of all ages.
From Miami: After three hurricanes in five weeks, Florida is starting to rebuild with the help of federal aid.
From Washington: The recession may officially have ended, but the majority of America's cities are still feeling a big time pinch.
From Tokyo: President Bush has a beef with Japan's Prime Minister Koizumi. The two meet later today at the UN and Bush is likely to bring up the Japanese ban on U.S. beef. The ban has cost U.S. exporters an estimated three-quarters of a billion dollars since it began last year.
Features
Off limits in Iraq
The U.S. and the interim Iraqi government have made a point of retaking cities in Iraq like Fallujah and Ramadi that have become havens for insurgents. These no-go areas are a big impediment to elections in January and improving the country's security situation. But Iraq faces another security challenge, which threatens to strangle the country's economy: no-go roads. Borzou Daragahi reports.
Going after tobacco - again
The suit was filed 5 years ago tomorrow. But today the U.S. Department of Justice gets its day in court facing the tobacco industry. Few expected a suit alleging industry fraud filed under the Clinton Administration would survive under the current more business friendly regime. But as Helen Palmer reports from the Marketplace healthdesk at WGBH, tobacco foes say the Justice Department has a strong case.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
