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 Orlando: Hurricane Jeanne knocked out the power of an estimated 1.7 million homes and businesses this weekend. For many Floridians... It's the third time strong winds and rains have blown out power in less than two months.
From Los Angeles: This was the week consumer advocates were waiting for---a week when they thought the public would be able to find out more about the safety of our cars.
From Los Angeles: Representatives from the nation's federal credit unions meet this week in Washington, DC. While they like to underline their differences with banks, Marketplace's Brian Watt reports they're dealing with many of the same issues.
From Washington: This week the U.S. Senate debates reforms for the nation's intelligence agencies. One of the big questions here is, who controls the money, and why does it matter?
From Beijing: Two cement companies are solidifying a union... News today that Mexico's Cemex is set to acquire England's RMC Group PLC for about 4 billion dollars in cast. The combined company would have a revenue of about 15 billion dollars. Things have been good in the cement business lately... Much of that is due to China's booming growth....
From Los Angeles: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has until Thursday to sign a bill that would put California's boy and girl athletes on a more equal footing. The legislation would ban gender bias in youth sports programs run by cities and counties in the Golden State.
From London: Some of the world's biggest candy-makers are phasing out their King-size chocolate bars in the U-K. This, after McDonalds dropped the full range of its now-infamous Super-sized menu. The companies have been accused of fueling the obesity epidemic.
Features
Power Trips - Introduction
Marketplace recently teamed up with American Radio Works, and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism to investigate trips taken by members of Congress. Our very our Steve Henn was part of that investigation. And for the last few months, he's been looking into four years worth of trips Capital Hill lawmakers took... And who paid for them.
The Sloan Sessions
The Financial Accounting Standards Board says stock options should be counted. But there's a movement afoot in Washington that would gut the board's rule. Newsweek's Wall Street editor Alan Sloan tells host Kai Ryssdal about it in this edition of The Sloan Sessions.
The October bears
October can be a scary month... and we're not talking about Halloween. In the stock market, October is often associated with big market drops and crashes. But as Marketplace's market expert Gabriel Wisdom tells host Tess Vigeland, the month has another meaning for investors, too.
The Power Trips Series
Marketplace recently teamed up with American Radio Works, and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism to investigate trips taken by members of Congress. Our very our Steve Henn was part of that investigation. And for the last few months, he's been looking into four years worth of trips Capital Hill lawmakers took... And who paid for them. Tess Vigeland has more...
Monday, September 27, 2004
