Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Segments From This Episode

• Chinese labor strike persists despite violence

  by Scott Tong

  A workers' strike continues today at an auto parts factory outside of Shanghai as laborer discontent becomes more visible throughout China.

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• How Sen. Lincoln will affect banking reform

  by Bob Moon

  Arkansas Senator Blance Lincoln's Democratic primary win means a continued impact on the Senate's financial reform.

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• Senate could raise oil liability cap to $10 billion

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The Senate Environment Committee holds a hearing today on whether to jack up liability caps for companies that cause oil spills.

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• Gov’t aims to cut federal spending by 5%

  by John Dimsdale

  White House budget planners are working to trim 5 percent of federal spending by 2012. Meanwhile, Bernanke notes a lackluster recovery.

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• Cell phones will move cash through Haiti

  by Steve Chiotakis

  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting $10 million into a program to get money moving through Haiti through networked mobile phones.

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• Consumers more alert to Cadmium

  by Bob Moon

  Today's recall of McDonald's Shrek glasses coated with Cadmium paint highlights the dangers of the substance for consumers.

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• Roadblocks hamper business along Africa’s Ivory Coast

  by Steve Chiotakis

  Along the Ivory Coast, roadblocks tax business travelers trying to make their way across the continent.

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