Aug 2, 2011

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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Apple Economy

Labor too expensive? Get a robot

by Rob Schmitz

Aug 2, 2011

Chinese factory owner Foxconn assembles iPads and iPhones and has now announced that in the next few years it will replace a portion of its workforce -- with robots.

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Iceland strongly recovering from bankruptcy

by Stephen Beard

Aug 2, 2011

Iceland's entire financial system collapsed three years ago, and despite being unable to bail itself out of trouble, the country is already recovering quickly and strongly. What can the Eurozone learn from this?

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D.C. Metro's escalators cause transit nightmare

by David Schultz

Aug 2, 2011

Only 60 percent of the Metro's 600 escalators in Washington, D.C. are functioning at any one time, adding an obstacle to riders' commutes

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Senators meet on mortgage servicers

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Aug 2, 2011

Right now there are no rules governing mortgage servicers, the people who take a borrower's monthly payments and distribute the money to investors. The Senate Banking Committee debates some new standards today

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Health care on the chopping block in an age of austerity

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 2, 2011

Medicare and health care cuts are back on the table in Washington as the debt-ceiling deal heads to the Senate for a vote this morning.

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Raising the Debt Ceiling

What happens to a country after a debt downgrade?

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 2, 2011

In Japan, a debt downgrade meant a generation of workers struggled to break away from hourly work to get into the more stable, salaried work-force.

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FAA dispute centers on rural subsidies, union fight

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 2, 2011

Congress may not come to a decision on the FAA budget for at least month, curtailing about $200 million a week in tax revenues. That means no work for 4,000 agency employees and 70,000 construction workers.

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Raising the Debt Ceiling

After debt drama, Putin calls U.S. a "parasite"

by Peter van Dyk

Aug 2, 2011

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is "living beyond its means" and world should move away from U.S. dollar as reserve currency.

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Raising the Debt Ceiling

The debt ceiling and student loans: How the deal could affect your education

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 2, 2011

Some of the federal savings will come at the expense of graduate students who are losing a subsidized loan program which doesn't charge them any interest until months after they graduate.