Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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• Some senators still reluctant on energy bill

  by John Dimsdale

  President Obama is trying to help muster up 60 senatorial votes needed to pass energy and climate legislation.

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• Where there’s fewer doctors, nurse practictioners can fill in

  by Gregory Warner

  Health care reform is helping nurse practitioners find more opportunities to fill in for primary care doctors.

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• Bank tax welcome in U.K. and Europe, but not in U.S.

  Britain, France and Germany all support a bank tax as part of their budget plans, putting pressure on the U.S. to pass its own levy. But the idea isn't as popular stateside.

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• Medvedev’s California visit to motivate Russian Silicon Valley

  by Marketplace Staff

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is touring California's Silicon Valley to learn more about how to encourage a knowledge-based economy back home.

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• Home sales down a record 33%

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Mortgage applications were down last week, we learned sales of existing homes fell last month and home sales dropped a record 33%.

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• Economy leaving jury boxes empty

  by Nancy Farghalli

  

  Courtrooms are finding it increasingly difficult to put bodies in their jury boxes. Jury duty can take a significant toll on the unemployed.

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• Obama Administration will try to reinstate deepwater drilling ban

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The Obama Administration is quickly regrouping to try to get its moratorium on deepwater oil drilling reinstated.

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• The problem with rewards programs

  by Bill Radke

  Shoppers and businesses both love rewards programs. Los Angeles Times business columnist David Lazarus explains why he views them as consumer waste.

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