Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, July 26, 2013

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• Student loan interest rate capped at 8.25%

  by Sarah McCammon

  The compromise approved by the Senate puts a ceiling on the interest rates for undergraduate student loans.

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• Second Avenue subway construction undermines NYC small businesses

  by Mark Garrison

  New York has waited nearly a hundred years for a second subway line on the east side of Manhattan. But protracted construction is hard on small businesses along the route.

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• French workers strike for the right to work on Sundays

  by Christopher Werth

  As France is weighed down with economic trouble, a new group of employees from two large hardware store chains is demanding to work more.

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• Ford shuts down last UK assembly plant

  After a hundred years of production in the U.K., the U.S. auto giant is closing its last vehicle assembly operation in Britain.

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• Halliburton admits to destroying oil spill evidence

  by Dan Gorenstein

  Halliburton will pay a $200,000 penalty, but says it will not face any criminal prosecution for the act.

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• PODCAST: The fine Halliburton can probably survive

  by David Brancaccio

  Halliburton admits to destroying oil spill evidence. Second Avenue subway construction undermines NYC small businesses. And what's up with the sell-off of municipal bonds?

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