Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Segments From This Episode

• Rising price of oysters takes toll on po-boy

  by Adriene Hill

  The latest casualty of the Gulf oil spill: The oyster po-boy, a famous New Orleans sandwich and longtime staple regional food. High prices of oysters are even forcing some restaurant owners to knock the food off their menus.

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• UPDATE: Court overturns deepwater drilling moratorium

  by Mitchell Hartman

  A court decided to roll back President Obama's six-month moratorium on deepwater oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

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• Ambitious homelessness plan would ease social service budgets

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The Obama Administration is unveiling an ambitious national plan to end homelessness that could help shave millions of dollars off stressed hospital and police budgets.

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• Bank overdraft protection will now be optional

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Starting next week, people who open a bank account will have to opt-in to overdraft protection, effectively ending the surprise $40 cup of coffee.

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• One-child workers: A generation of ‘little emperors’

  by Scott Tong

  Between a bustling economy and a generation that won't settle for anything less than their lofty expectations, Human Resource managers in China have their work cut out for them.

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• Britain unveils severe emergency budget cuts

  The British government has unveiled the harshest budget for the U.K. in over three decades.

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