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MID-DAY UPDATE: A reason to check the mailbox again

Bill Radke Jul 20, 2010

*The Mid-Day Update is a five-day-a-week podcast from the Marketplace Morning Report co-hosted by Bill Radke and Steve Chiotakis that wraps up the morning news in a fun little package. Listen here every day at 10 a.m. PT or download it to your iPod by subscribing to the Morning Report Podcast:

Millions of Americans: welcome back to unemployment checks today. The new Democratic vote — I mean Democratic Senator — from West Virginia arrives.

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission says her regulatory agency has stepped up its enforcement. And not a moment too soon!

Goldman Sachs’ quarterly profit fell 82%, down to a lot.

Amazon says iPad is NOT killing Kindle.

BP’s cap is leaking some oil & gas, but only a little bit.

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