Sep 4, 2008

Marketplace Morning Report for September 4, 2008

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Gustav evacuees allowed to go home

by Dan Grech

Sep 4, 2008

Traffic jammed on some roads into New Orleans as the mandatory evacuation of the city was lifted. Many begged to be able to return, worried about the expence of staying in hotels. Dan Grech reports.

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Boeing union agrees to delay a strike

by Mitchell Hartman

Sep 4, 2008

Boeing machinists, the airline's largest union, decisively reject the contract. However, they agree to put a walkout on hold for 48 hours to give Boeing a chance to renegotiate. Mitchell Hartman reports.

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Unemployment points to weak economy

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 4, 2008

GMAC's financial services arm announced that it will close its retail offices and lay off about 5,000 employees. Renita Jablonski talks with economics editor Chris Farrell about the overall unemployment rate.

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Journal launches glossy mag

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 4, 2008

The quarterly publication WSJ has the Wall Street Journal's pedigree and potential high-income subscriber list to bring in loads of advertising dollars. Rachel Dornhelm takes a look.

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Fed's latest 'Beige Book' isn't pretty

by John Dimsdale

Sep 4, 2008

The so-called Beige Book contains the Fed's assessment of the country's economic health. John Dimsdale learns that the report doesn't brighten the dark economic climate as we already know it.

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T. Boone Pickens and the wind farms

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 4, 2008

If you've seen his commercials on television, you know the Texas oilman is promoting his idea to build electricity-generating wind farms to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Pickens explains it to host Bob Moon.

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BP settles TNK dispute with Russians

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 4, 2008

British Petroleum and its billionaire Russian partners in Russian oil company TNK have settled a long-running dispute. The deal includes removal of CEO Robert Dudley as CEO. Brett Neely has more.

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FCC to collect less info on phone service

by Steve Henn

Sep 4, 2008

On Friday, federal regulators are expected to dial back on the amount of information collected when consumers make complaints about bad phone service. Steve Henn asks what consumer advocates think of that.