12/01/11
Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, December 1, 2011
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Markets are finally smiling again following the news yesterday that coordinated action will be taken by the world's central banks to ease credit and increase liquidity. Chris Farrell explains what the debts of households, companies and governments means for GDP. In Illinois, state lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have offered millions of dollars in tax breaks to keep the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from leaving the state. And some economists say long-term benefits help the unemployed avoid reality.
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European leaders must still make drastic changes
The global stock market rally that sent the Dow up almost 500 points yesterday may be over, but France and Spain are offering some hope this morning that yesterday's coordinated action by central banks to ease credit is working.
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ECB actions similar to the Fed's in 2008
There is an ongoing effort to get the euro back to normal, and the crisis is looking more and more like the sub-prime mortgage crisis here in the U.S.
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PODCAST: Super Mario II
Markets are finally smiling again following the news yesterday that coordinated action will be taken by the world's central banks to ease credit and increase liquidity. In Illinois, state lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have offered millions of dollars in tax breaks to keep the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from leaving the state. And some economists say long-term benefits help the unemployed avoid reality.
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Mid-day Extra: The value of the laugh track
This season's fall TV lineup has seen a re-emergence of the laugh track. But do these sound effects really help ratings?
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Nickelodeon ratings plunge, hitting Viacom stocks
The children's channel has been on top for 16 years but has felt a sudden, unexpected drop in ratings in the last few months.
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The jobless speak on extending their benefits
Some economists say long-term benefits help the unemployed avoid reality: They're never going to get the pay they used to.
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CME Group threatens to leave Chicago
Now that the Illinois House has overwhelmingly voted down tax breaks to keep the CME Group in Chicago, the ball is in CME’s court. Can the CME really leave the city? At what cost?
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The debts of households, companies and governments
And how they influence a country's GDP.
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Markets react well to help from world's central banks
The Dow had its best day in almost three years yesterday following the news that central banks around the world would help ease the credit crunch.
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European governments to cut aid to Airbus
The cuts are supposed to level the playing field in the airline business, but the conflict between Europe's Airbus and America's Boeing could continue to rage on for years.
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Chinese production slowed in November
China's economy is slowing down, and it isn't just the debt problems in Europe causing the shift.
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Central banks buy European governments more time
Central banks from a number of countries have decided to increase the ease of borrowing; many hope this will be enough to buy eurozone governments more time to solve the debt crisis.
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On World AIDS Day, generics lacking
Activists are using the date to push for generic AIDS drugs, but the generics might not be economically worth it to companies that would produce it.
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