10/24/05
Marketplace AM for October 24, 2005
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If you can make it there
Editors at <em>Inc. Magazine</em> and rate New York the 184th-best place to set up and operate a business. What can be done — and who's finding a way to make it pay? Bob Moon reports.
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Working the subway
New York subway riders are used to seeing kids walk into their car and make a pitch to sell candy. Riders are so familiar with the sales routine that they can pitch the script right back. Amy Scott reports.
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Wilma threatens citrus crops
Wilma could hit Florida citrus growers, who are still trying to recover from the affects of last year's hurricane season. Reporter Dan Grech is in Miami.
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Oil companies looking good
A slew of oil company earnings is expected this week. Cheryl Glaser reports, profits are up — way up.
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Vietnam eyes China's model
On Monday, Vietnam raise is cap on foreign ownership of domestic companies — a sign that the nation is eager to follow China's model of economic development. Jocelyn Ford reports.
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40-hour work week turns 65
The legally mandated 40-hour workweek celebrates its 65th anniversary today. But as Brian Watt reports, it's a relic of the past for many workers.
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X-Box: not quite so live
Today Microsoft has intentionally shut down its wildly popular X-Box Live online video gaming site. Rachel Dornhelm tells us why.
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Earnings report card
The earnings season is more than half way through, but already the lessons of the third quarter are clear. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Aflatoxin hits corn crops
A toxic fungal residue has affected 30% of the corn crop in some Midwestern states — an aftereffect from this summer's drought. Janet Babin reports.
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