Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, October 24, 2011

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• Making small steps toward a European debt solution

  by Steve Chiotakis

  With a Wednesday deadline looming, leaders in Europe have been making some progress towards a solution. But the markets might be too optimistic.

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• Sloan: Candidates’ economic plans just fall flat

  by Steve Chiotakis

  Fortune magazine's Allan Sloan explains why the current economic plans being talked about by presidential candidates are unrealistic and purely political.

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• Tunisia awaits election results

  by Jeremy Hobson

  Over the weekend, Tunisia became the first 'Arab Spring' country to hold a post-revolution election.

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• Mid-day Extra: The price of winning

  by Marketplace Staff

  A new study shows the price per win for each professional sports team in the U.S.

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• Netflix to report earnings after rocky months

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  The video-rental pioneer has taken a hit after raising prices in July, but its shift to Internet streaming is the future of TV viewing.

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• Iraq war over

  by John Dimsdale

  President Obama says the Iraq War is over and that all U.S. troops will come by year-end. So what will the U.S. be spending in Iraq on Jan. 1, 2012?

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• How the community bank is different

  by Marketplace Staff

  The chairman of North Jersey Community Bank talks about how community banks are different from the big ones, and how that difference can matter.

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• President Obama heads to Nevada with plan to improve HARP

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Mr. Obama is expected to announce revisions to the Home Affordable Refinance Program today.

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• The Vatican has a solution for global economic problems

  by Christopher Werth

  The Vatican is setting forth a plan to solve the problems in Europe and the rest of the world, through a global governing body.

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• Obama administration to relax HARP standards

  by Marketplace Staff

  The Obama administration has plans to help homeowners across the country who are underwater to refinance their mortgages.

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• Julia Coronado: Helping underwater homeowners doesn’t fix entire market

  by Marketplace Staff

  The president is in Nevada today and is expected to announce a plan to help underwater homeowners. Solving their problems still leave a lot to be desired in the housing market, however.

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