Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, June 25, 2010

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• VIDEO: Drilling ban, Viacom feels slammed, and enough iPhones, man!

  by Bill Radke

  This week: Bill Radke tackles financial reform, the G-20, Viacom versus YouTube, Fannie Mae's attack on mortgage defaults and the over-glorified iPhone 4.

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• Financial reform will exempt loan-making car dealers

  by Alisa Roth

  Lawmakers want to exempt car dealers who make auto loans from some oversight elements of the new financial reform bill.

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• CIA unusually public over need for Arabic, Farsi speakers

  by Jeff Tyler

  The CIA has been trying a less-secretive approach in order to hire more people fluent in Middle Eastern languages.

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• House, Senate to vote on financial reform bill

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Lawmakers in the House and Senate have agreed on a financial reform compromise bill that will go to vote early next week.

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• India, Brazil would gain more from revalued yuan than U.S.

  by John Dimsdale

  Pressure for China to revalue its currency is coming from more countries than just the U.S.

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• Will this year’s G-20 really be effective?

  The G-20 is not without its share of critics wondering whether leaders from so many countries can accomplish anything together. Stephen Beard explores the pros and cons of the conference.

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• Midterm election makes budget debate more partisan

  by Steve Chiotakis

  Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich says the U.S. budget deficit debate becomes increasingly polarized as midterm elections loom.

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• Stimulus bill failure will end unemployment benefits for over 1M

  by Mitchell Hartman

  More than a million people will run out of unemployment benefits this week after the Senate failed to pass its latest stimulus bill yesterday.

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