May 28, 2015

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, May 28, 2015

Airing on Thursday, May 28, 2015: China's stock market is an exciting place these days ... perhaps overly exciting. We'll talk to Andrew Wood of the BBC for more. Plus, there’s a bunch of new apps and services that aim to give people a seat at the hottest restaurants – for a price. That’s right: forget greasing the palm of the maître d’, there’s now an app for that.

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The risks and rewards of selling dinner reservations

by Tracey Samuelson

May 28, 2015

Apps make it easy for restaurants and patrons to charge for a last-minute table.

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How tobacco tax revenues affect free preschool

by Deepa Fernandes

May 28, 2015

The tale starts at tobacco shops like Drive Thru Cigarettes in Duarte, California.

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The long arms of the right to be forgotten

by Sabri Ben-Achour

May 28, 2015

Technological and political borders conflict.

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Predicting algae levels on Lake Erie

by Annie Baxter

May 28, 2015

Scientists are developing methods to avoid another water crisis.

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PODCAST: Combating algae blooms

by David Brancaccio

May 28, 2015

An assessment of economic growth, combating algae blooms, and tobacco funding dries up.

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Airing on Thursday, May 28, 2015: China’s stock market is an exciting place these days … perhaps overly exciting. We’ll talk to Andrew Wood of the BBC for more. Plus, there’s a bunch of new apps and services that aim to give people a seat at the hottest restaurants – for a price. That’s right: forget greasing the palm of the maître d’, there’s now an app for that.