Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Segments From This Episode

• Puerto Rico’s healthcare debt looms

  by Andy Uhler

  The territory borrows money to subsidize medical care for its poorest residents.

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• Along with iPhone 6s, could Apple be ready for TV?

  by Nova Safo

  The tech giant has been working on its foray into the living room for a while.

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• Chinese trade data latest indicator of sluggish growth

  by Rob Schmitz

  Exports were down 5.5 percent, and imports fell by 13.8 percent.

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• Dollar stores are a target for food companies

  by Annie Baxter

  Growth is in drug and dollar store outlets, while grocery sales are sluggish.

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• The key to TiVo’s staying power

  by Sally Herships

  389. That number is one of the reasons TiVo is still around.

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• PODCAST: Food companies focus on dollar stores

  by David Brancaccio

  The stock market after Labor Day, Congress' inbox, and food companies' focus on dollar stores.

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• Vassar president on the high cost of income inequality

  by Amy Scott

  Catharine Bond Hill says top colleges should enroll more low-income students.

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