03/30/11
Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Episode Description:
Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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Jobs picture brightens, but what about housing?
Mar 30, 2011
Richard DeKaser, economist with the Parthenon Group, explains today's promising job numbers and why the housing situation hasn't followed suit.
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Planned layoffs decline in March
Mar 30, 2011
Job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced today that U.S. job cuts fell 39 percent from a year ago, despite an uptick in government job cuts.
5
Google tests fate in China after multiple shutdowns
Analysts expect Google Maps is the next application to be banned in China, following a block of the search engine and its e-mail service by the government.
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TEPCO to close four reactors at Fukushima
According to the company's chairman, Tokyo Electric Power Company will permanently shut down four of the six reactors at the incapacitated nuclear plant.
3
In energy speech, Obama calls for reduction in oil imports
In a speech this morning, President Obama said the U.S. must find a way to cut U.S. oil imports by one-third.
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Banks, lawmakers tussle over Dodd-Frank regulations
Mar 30, 2011
Banks are saying that the financial reform law is costing them so much, they have to impose bigger fees on consumers.
1
Venture capital takes off in Mexico
Venture capital firms are finding success in Mexico. Some entrepreneurs are using the economic development to combat crime.
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Ohio to vote on anti-union law
The bill is similar to Wisconsin's, but will also weaken the bargaining rights for public sector employees like police and firefighters.
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A surprise about the healthiest county in the U.S.
A report names San Juan in Washington state one of the healthiest counties in the country, and that's despite a lack of health care options in the area.
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