Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories
Aug 5, 2013

Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, August 5, 2013

Samsung has lost more than a billion dollars in market value this morning after the Obama administration vetoed a ban on some Apple products over the weekend. The opening of two commercial horse slaughterhouses — one in New Mexico, the other in Iowa — will not happen as scheduled today, after a federal judge continued the ban on horse meat on Friday. And, Washington, D.C. is developing a program that will require many people in homeless shelters to put part of any income they receive — wages or welfare — into mandatory savings accounts.

Subscribe:

Segments From This Episode

Samsung has lost more than a billion dollars in market value this morning after the Obama administration vetoed a ban on some Apple products over the weekend. The opening of two commercial horse slaughterhouses — one in New Mexico, the other in Iowa — will not happen as scheduled today, after a federal judge continued the ban on horse meat on Friday. And, Washington, D.C. is developing a program that will require many people in homeless shelters to put part of any income they receive — wages or welfare — into mandatory savings accounts.

Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, August 5, 2013