Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, October 5, 2009

Segments From This Episode

• B of A’s Lewis still faces investigations

  by Jeremy Hobson

  Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis may be packing up his executive suite, but he won't be able to leave his legal battles behind. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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• Report: Officials fibbed on banks’ health

  by Tamara Keith

  An audit released by the watchdog overseeing the bank-bailout program says officials from the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve misled the public about the health of some banks. Tamara Keith reports.

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• How bad is the U.S. budget deficit?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan talks with Steve Chiotakis about the U.S. budget deficit, and issues we might face if it doesn't stop growing.

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• European pilots protest increased hours

  Hundreds of European airline pilots are protesting proposed EU rules that may increase working hours. Stephen Beard reports.

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• Putting a spin on cycles in the market

  by Marketplace Staff

  The New Yorker's Nick Paumgarten talks with Bill Radke about cycle theories — why they are more popular during down markets, and why we feel the need to find patterns at all.

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• U.S. makes tough health-care choices

  by Marketplace Staff

  Reporter Tamara Keith talks with Steve Chiotakis about a Consumer Reports Magazine poll that says American have a hard time paying for health care.

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• Stock market climbs wall of worry

  by Marketplace Staff

  Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at S&P Equity Research, talks with Steve Chiotakis about whether the stock market has come too far, too fast.

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• Will health reform help ER crowding?

  by Ashley Milne-Tyte

  Emergency Room doctors are meeting for their annual conference, and one of the main topics under discussion will be how health-care reform might impact ERs. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

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• Conde Nast to close Gourmet Magazine

  by Marketplace Staff

  Porter Bibb, managing partner at Mediatech Capital Partners, talks with Bill Radke about why Conde Nast will cease printing four of its magazines, including Gourmet.

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