Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, July 5, 2013

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• Upworthy aims to turn viral into meaningful

  by Ben Johnson

  There's a new video website that wants you to stop watching cat videos and start paying attention to things that matter.

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• Yosemite, Grand Canyon visitors may feel sequester

  by Dan Gorenstein

  Despite federal budget cuts from sequestration, the National Park Service says attendance is up in 2013.

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• June jobs: Growth likely to be tepid

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Job sectors that excelled during the housing boom are still trying to regain their footing.

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• Deadline incentive speeds up Bay Bridge project

  by Isabel Angell

  To speed things up, officials offered contractors a $20 million incentive if they finished on time.

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• Unemployment stays at 7.6%, 195,000 jobs added

  by Julia Coronado

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the economy added 195,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate remained at 7.6 percent.

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• Europe eyes America’s June jobs report

  What is designed to give insight into the labor market may also guide future interest rates, since the Federal Reserve will be watching — and so will Europe.

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• How the Tour de France might keep us watching

  by Christopher Werth

  Will the Tour lose viewers after seven-time winner Lance Armstrong admitted to widespread doping last year?

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• Honda: An American success story?

  by Chris Farrell

  Honda sales are up and the company sales it expects to become a net exporter of vehicles from the U.S. by late next year.

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• Samsung’s huge profits aren’t good enough for investors

  by Scott Tong

  Samsung is selling huge numbers of smartphones and its profits are up 47 percent. Not good enough, say investors.

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• PODCAST: Honda, jobs, and national parks

  by David Brancaccio

  Is Japanese-owned Honda an American success story? The latest jobs numbers. And despite the sequester, park attendance in 2013 is up.

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