Jun 16, 2008

Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, June 16, 2008

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Chrysler wants to share space

by Amy Scott

Jun 16, 2008

To prevent closing assembly lines and shutting down pants, Chrysler wants to lease some of its space to a Canadian parts maker. Amy Scott reports more creative strategies could pop up as auto sales continue to slide.

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Making or breaking the AMT

by Steve Henn

Jun 16, 2008

The Senate may vote to fix the Alternative Minimum Tax and extend tax breaks to companies. But the House is threatening to kill it if those breaks aren't paid for with tax cuts or increases somewhere else. Steve Henn reports.

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Analyzing the oil bubble

by Marketplace Staff

Jun 16, 2008

Like real estate before it, the patterns around oil prices are beginning to look like a bubble. Scott Jagow examines factors contributing to the oil bubble with Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan.

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Helping health care go abroad

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Jun 16, 2008

The American Medical Association is concerned over the trend of people traveling abroad for better health care. So members are voting on a set of key principles that would act as a guideline for the move. Ashley Milne-Tyte has more.

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InBev puts its feelings in a letter

by Stephen Beard

Jun 16, 2008

Anheuser-Busch has been talking to maker of Mexican beer Corona to the chagrin of InBev, who was originally planning to buy out the company. Stephen Beard reports on the letter an upset InBev sent in response.

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Old networking meets new in India

by Rico Gagliano

Jun 16, 2008

A new start-up company is trying to make it easier for illiterate workers with no business network to find out about jobs as housekeepers, gardeners, drivers and the like. Rico Gagliano reports from Bangalore.

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FCC head approves XM, Sirius deal

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Jun 16, 2008

The head of the Federal Communications Commission approved a merger between XM and Sirius satellite radio, a deal which the Department of Justice approved in March. Ashley Milne-Tyte has details on what will happen now.