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: Remember that movie "A Day Without a Mexican?" Well, how about a day without a woman her purse? A networking group called "85 Broads" is asking women to "leave their checkbooks and credit cards at home" Tuesday, October 19th in a massive demonstration of women's purchasing power...
From Los Angeles: They say a picture is worth a thousand words... Well, as it turns out, a picture might also be able to crash your computer. Two weeks ago, an infected image was discovered on-line. Marketplace's Ethan Lindsey reports...
From Boston: The withdrawal of Merck's best-selling drug Vioxx will be a blow to the company's bottom line.
From Washington: The Group of Seven finance ministers are set to meet today in Washington. It's a historic meeting in that the Chinese officials will attend for the first time.
From Washington: It's not just us tree-hugging Californians who prefer to go natural these days. A recent survey found nearly a third of Americans were eating more organic foods than they did a year ago.
From Los Angeles: Put down that spoon and listen to this: Your favorite sugar-cereal may be getting a little bit healthier.... Marketplace's Lisa Napoli reports.
From London: Another day...another trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union. This time, talks over the issue of government aid to Boeing and Airbus broke down in Washington.
Features
China comes of economic age
Today the G-7 finance ministers are meeting and - for the first time - they will be consulting with China's finance leaders. It's a sign that China is coming of age as a global economic player. But some critics argue that before liberating exchange rates, China needs to have flexible interest rates at home - and should focus on transforming its old state banks into limber, market driven financial institutions. Jocelyn Ford visited a small seaside town where the townspeople have achieved what state banks failed to do...
Rural America fights back
Robeson County, North Carolina, could be considered a poster child for the economic decline of rural America. The county's two mainstays, tobacco and textiles, are dying. But local activists are fighting back. This week, the county will host the first national conference on job
loss and recovery in rural American. Leda Hartman reports.
The Job Files!
Time again for the Marketplace Job Files, our series on the ordinary and not-so-ordinary ways people earn a living. Today... the chef.
Ada Lee-Halofsky produced today's edition of the Job Files.
Friday, October 1, 2004
