07/09/12
Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, July 9, 2012
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A new earnings season begins today, and all eyes will be on Alcoa, the big aluminum producer that is also a big bellwether for the rest of the economy. About 45,000 people in the U.S. will be pretty disappointed this morning when they try to go online and don't have an internet connection because of a cybercrime called "click fraud." And we speak to the director of a new documentary airing tonight on HBO about unemployment in an unexpected place: Long Island.
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PODCAST: Olympic controversies, dropping temperatures
A new earnings season begins today, and all eyes will be on Alcoa, the big aluminum producer that is also a big bellwether for the rest of the economy. About 45,000 people in the U.S. will be pretty disappointed this morning when they try to go online and don't have an internet connection because of a cybercrime called "click fraud." And we speak to the director of a new documentary airing tonight on HBO about unemployment in an unexpected place: Long Island.
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Tenants angry over Olympic plans for missiles
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Analysts expect dismal earnings season ahead
Today the aluminum company Alcoa kicks off America's quarterly corporate earnings season. Markets are bracing for disappointing numbers which may last through the Summer and Fall.
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How the heat wave could impact the U.S. economy
Temperatures may finally be cooling off, but hot temperatures and corresponding droughts are hurting farmers -- and that could trickle down to your own wallet soon.
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As temperatures fall, farmers still worried about crops
The heat wave is cooling off. But in parts of the Midwest, that is little consolation to farmers whose crops have been badly damaged by the heat, as well as a drought that's being called the worst in decades.
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IOC head questions McDonald's, Coke sponsorship
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Wall Street awaits Alcoa earnings
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Cambodian Stock Exchange is popular, but has only one stock
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Largest maker of gas cans going out of business
What did in the maker of the ubiquitous red containers? A failure to heed the warning printed on them.
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'Hard Times' seen from post-war suburbia
The new HBO documentary, "Hard Times: Lost on Long Island," takes a look at unemployment in the U.S. from the birthplace of post-war suburbia.
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Virus shines light on 'click fraud'
An estimated 45,000 people in the U.S. may have trouble getting online Monday because of a computer virus. Hackers replaced real ads with fake ones, a crime known as "click fraud."
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