Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, November 11, 2010

Segments From This Episode

• RECIPE: Chef Daniel Boulud’s economy-friendly braise pork shoulder

  by Marketplace Staff

  When you heard Jeremy Hobson's interview with three-star Chef Daniel Boulud, did your mouth water at his low-budget braised pork shoulder? Listeners asked for the recipe, and Marketplace is happy to oblige.

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• Former KB Home CEO was sentenced to house arrest

  by Jaclyn Giovis

  Former CEO of KB Home, Bruce Karatz, was sentenced to eight months of home detention Wednesday for an illegal stock option backdating scandal. That's a much lighter sentence than what the government had requested.

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• The G20: an introduction

  Leaders of 20 of the world's biggest economies are meeting in South Korea. Stephen Beard presents an introduction to the G20, to aid in the coming-day's stories.

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• Major cuts could save as much as $4 trillion over the next decade

  by Marketplace Staff

  President Obama's deficit reduction commission. has released a plan calling for cuts in military spending, Medicare spending, a gradual increase in the retirement age for social security benefits and also for ending tax breaks on things like mortgage interest and health care plans.

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• Free shipping is the biggest trend this holiday season

  by Alisa Roth

  This holiday season's biggest trend isn't an item or a color, it's free shipping. Most of the major e-tailers are offering the added perk to purchases this year. Alisa Roth reports.

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• Despite numbers, foreclosure crisis isn’t better yet

  by Mitchell Hartman

  RealtyTrac numbers out today report that there was a small decrease in the number of foreclosures in October. In reality, though, this may simply be reflective of the halt in foreclosures caused by faulty paperwork. Mitchell Hartman reports on other underlying problems.

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• Welcome to New York: JetBlue’s David Barger

  by Jeremy Hobson

  In our new series, Welcome To New York, Jeremy Hobson celebrates the bi-coastal broadcast of Marketplace Morning Report. Jeremy will talk to people who define and shape New York City's economy. Today's guest is JetBlue CEO David Barger.

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• Rise of diabetes in India linked to rise of middle class

  by Marketplace Staff

  In the U.S., Type 2 diabetes is usually associated with overeating and obesity. But when Bloomberg Markets magazine reporter Jason Gale visited India, he found a rise of diabetes diagnoses in people who didn't fit that description. Steve Chiotakis talks to Gale about his findings.

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