Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, July 2, 2010

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• Relaxed licensing rules worry D.C. tour guides

  by Marketplace Staff

  Washington, D.C.'s local government is relaxing the rules for licensing wanna-be tour guides, which has a few of them worried about protecting their turf.

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• Google to buy travel tech company ITA for $700M

  by Janet Babin

  Google has made a $700 million deal to buy travel technology company ITA, a move that will help the search engine stay ahead of Bing.

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• VIDEO: Bad headlines need a good holiday

  by Bill Radke

  We didn't get the happiest news this week. So let's focus on Francis Scott Key.

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• Australia scales back plans for mining tax

  The Australian government has pulled back plans for a massive, controversial tax on mining profits.

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• U.S. adds 83,000 private-sector jobs in June

  by Steve Chiotakis

  Data out this morning from the Labor Department is sending mixed signals on unemployment. Professor James Angel of Georgetown University explains which numbers we should focus on.

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• Finland new broadband improves rural service

  by Rebecca Singer

  Now that Finland has made broadband Internet a legal right, service in the country's rural areas will improve.

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• Healthcare.gov already eyeing upgrade

  by Gregory Warner

  Healthcare.gov has just launched and companies are already jockeying to create a new version of the site that will bring comparison shopping to health insurance.

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• Habitat for Humanity moves up in sluggish housing market

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Nonprofit low-income homebuilder Habitat for Humanity ranked eighth in Builder Magazine's Top Ten list of builders.

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• U.S. eateries kick up marketing during World Cup

  by Rachel Dornhelm

  Pubs and eateries in the U.S. are doing what they can to pull in soccer fans while the World Cup is going on.

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• Officials cracking down on accreditation shopping

  by Amy Scott

  Officials want to stop for-profit schools from shopping for accreditation by buying struggling colleges.

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