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May 14, 2013

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, May 14, 2013

French politicians have their eyes on a potential new source of revenue: smart phones and tablets. France is considering the idea of putting a tax on these mobile digital devices in an effort to fund French culture. And, in China, controversy is swirling around the country’s most celebrated movie director. Zhang Yimou faces a $26 million fine for fathering seven children, a violation of China’s one-child policy. The case is stirring up public anger about inequality between China’s rich and poor.  

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French politicians have their eyes on a potential new source of revenue: smart phones and tablets. France is considering the idea of putting a tax on these mobile digital devices in an effort to fund French culture. And, in China, controversy is swirling around the country’s most celebrated movie director. Zhang Yimou faces a $26 million fine for fathering seven children, a violation of China’s one-child policy. The case is stirring up public anger about inequality between China’s rich and poor.

 

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, May 14, 2013