Oct 1, 2013

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Congress failed to reach an agreement over a spending bill Monday night. That means a government shutdown has been put into effect. We have the latest from Washington D.C. The new Affordable Care Act health exchanges go live Tuesday morning and the success of the law relies heavily on young, healthy people to sign up. We hear from one of those young people at a bakery in Philadelphia. And Spain is hoping a little time travel will help its economic woes, but will it work?

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Forget high stakes testing, what about high stakes attendance?

by Dan Weissmann

Oct 1, 2013

Schools in about a dozen states do their annual census of students. At stake is government funding.

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Health exchanges go live, but will the young and healthy sign up?

by Dan Gorenstein

Oct 1, 2013

The success of the new health care law relies heavily on its ability to attract young, healthy people -- something that may be a tough sell.

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While you slept, the government stopped

by David Gura

Oct 1, 2013

Congress did not strike a deal last night on a spending bill, which means a government shutdown is now in effect.

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BBC World Service

Japan will increase its national sales tax by 3 percent

by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

Oct 1, 2013

Japan is hiking its national sales tax, from 5 percent all the way to 8 percent.

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Spain wants to move back an hour to help pull its economy out of recession

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Oct 1, 2013

Spain is hoping a little time travel will help its economic woes, but will it work?

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Turns out a shutdown is a great time for politicians to raise money

by David Gura

Oct 1, 2013

There's no shutting down Washington's endless chase for cash.

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Raising the Debt Ceiling

Market reaction to shutdown is muted today, but won't stay that way for long

by Juli Niemann

Oct 1, 2013

But failure by Congress to raise the debt ceiling would get a much stronger reaction than we're seeing this morning.

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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Government shutdown is bad right? So how are politicians capitalizing on it?

by Mark Garrison

Oct 1, 2013

Government shutdown has investors worried. But turns out, it's a great time for politicians to raise some cash. And Japan will be raising its national sales tax by 3 percent.