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Feb 19, 2015

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday Feb. 19, 2015

Airing on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015: As retail giant Walmart reports its latest quarterly earnings, we look at possible growth areas for the company. Plus, you’ve heard that quote “Whiskey’s for drinkin’, water’s for fightin”? That’s been true in California for well over a century and the current drought has only intensified conflict over who should get how much water and from where in this thirsty state. As part of our series “Water: The High Price of Cheap,” we look at how echoes of past water wars still reverberate today.

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Airing on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015: As retail giant Walmart reports its latest quarterly earnings, we look at possible growth areas for the company. Plus, you’ve heard that quote “Whiskey’s for drinkin’, water’s for fightin”? That’s been true in California for well over a century and the current drought has only intensified conflict over who should get how much water and from where in this thirsty state. As part of our series “Water: The High Price of Cheap,” we look at how echoes of past water wars still reverberate today.

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday Feb. 19, 2015