12/26/12
Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Retailers hope shoppers spend some money this week as the holiday season has, so far, fallen short of expectations. A number of smaller issues are tied up in the fiscal cliff debate, and among them is a tax credit for wind power. If it expires at the end of the year, the budding industry might go bust. And, the unusual history of the borrowing limit that keeps coming back to haunt our politics.
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U.S. may expand mortgage refinance program
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Holiday sales grow at weakest pace since 2008
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China opens game-changing bullet train
The world's longest high speed rail link opens in China.
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Indonesia aims for universal healthcare
Beginning in January 2014, the Indonesian government will roll out a national health care scheme to cover each and every one of its 240 million citizens.
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Medical device makers try to stave off new tax
Medical device makers say the 2.3 percent tax on sales due to start in January will cost jobs. The levy is part of the Obama health care program.
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The history of the debt ceiling
History reveals a controversial task for the debt limit that goes all the way back to World War I.
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Wind power races to meet a year-end cut-off
A tax credit expires at the end of December. To earn it, wind farm operators have to have their turbines up, running and plugged in.
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