Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Segments From This Episode

• NASA contractor to lay off about 1,400 space shuttle workers

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  NASA's top space contractor will be shedding around 1,400 space shuttle workers — about 15 percent of its workforce.

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• Study: Kids lose health insurance when parents lose job

  by Marketplace Staff

  A new study says that for every 1,000 jobs lost, more than 300 privately-insured children lose their health coverage.

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• To curb child obesity, regulate junk food like tobacco

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Kids are exposed to more junk food ads on TV than they were five years ago, exacerbating the issue of child obesity. L.A. Times columnist David Lazarus offers a solution.

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• China’s AgBank begets doubts despite strong IPO

  by Scott Tong

  China's Agricultural Bank is the third-largest initial public offering in history, but investors have doubts about the future of the business.

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• U.K. turns down analog for digital radio

  Britain's full-throttle shift to digital radio will silence the AM and FM airwaves. But the transition will be tricky.

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• Obama’s council of CEOs would work to double exports

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  President Obama is appointing 18 CEOs to serve on a council which will focus on doubling exports.

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• Glenn Beck can call it a ‘university’ for now

  by Mitchell Hartman

  It may be far from the traditional use of the term, but right now there's nothing stopping Glenn Beck from calling his new online soapbox a "university".

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• Former manufacturing hub explores health care industry

  by Marketplace Staff

  As Grand Rapids, Mich. continues to shed manufacturing jobs, the city is opening up to opportunities in health care.

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• DOJ monitoring BP’s big moves

  by Rebecca Singer

  The Justice Department has asked BP for advance warning of any plan it makes that would impact the company's future.

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• U.K. investigates data on man-made global warming

  by Marketplace Contributor

  U.K. authorities are criticizing scientists for their defensive approach towards data in an investigation on man-made global warming.

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