Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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• The fight for same-sex marriage goes door to door

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Now that the Supreme Court has struck down DOMA, young canvassers are getting signatures and donations to push same-sex marriage in a handful of states.

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• Indonesia markets tumble on Fed fears

  by Karishma Vaswani

  Asian markets are down, and Indonesia is getting the worst of it.

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• Alaska moves to regulate cruise ship kickbacks

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Alaska is the first state to crack down on so-called 'port lecturers' who try to steer cruise ship passengers to shop in specific stores on ports of call.

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• Al Jazeera America: What’s the business model?

  by Ann Heppermann

  With lots of cash to throw into the launch, Al Jazeera America doesn’t need the kind of advertising revenue its competitors bring in.

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• A confusing path to get World Cup tickets

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  A lottery for tickets to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil opens Tuesday, but it will be months before fans know if they have won seats.

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• Crowdsourced ‘Danger Maps’ reveal contamination in China

  by Ben Johnson

  With the financial help of Internet company Alibaba, Liu Chunlei has been crowdsourcing so-called 'Danger Maps' to make pollution information publicly available.

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• PODCAST: Taper tantrum

  by Mark Garrison

  Al Jazeera launches with loads of cash. The markets throw a taper tantrum. And the fight for same-sex marriage goes door to door.

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• Home improvement improves Home Depot

  by Queena Kim

  Home Depot is out today with strong earnings. American sales are up 11 percent from last year.

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