03/03/11
Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Pirate attacks on the rise and expected to get worse
2011 could be a banner year for pirate attacks, and the violence could get worse, as well.
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HBO buys a comedy about the financial crisis
The creator of the hit series "Entourage" has sold HBO a comedy about an unemployed banker. Are we ready to laugh about the financial crisis?
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NFL union may punt to avoid a lockout
The football players' union may dissolve itself to put owners at risk of anti-trust suits.
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GOP wants to end home loan modification programs
The Obama Administration's Home Affordable Modification Program soon could be killed in the House.
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Food prices hit record highs
The United Nations is reporting a 2.2 percent increase in its Food Price Index for February. This is the highest level recorded since the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began monitoring prices in 1990.
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Diane Swonk: Worker productivity likely to remain high
A chief economist at Mesirow Financial says today's workers are extremely productive. But how long we can expect this level of worker productivity to continue?
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SEC considers new alternative to credit ratings
The Securities and Exchange Commission may propose dropping credit rating agencies for a new method for evaluating their portfolios. Nancy Marshall Genzer explains.
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Dallas Fed President: high oil prices won't spur a double-dip recession
Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, responds to concerns that higher gas and oil prices could lead to slower economic growth and a double-dip recession.
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U.K., France to airlift stranded refugees from Libya
Thousands of fleeing Egyptian workers stranded in Tunisia on the Libyan border will be repatriated, in hopes of limiting the number of refugees flowing into Europe
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