Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, January 1, 2016

Segments From This Episode

• Hey, young buff guys: make way for seniors at the gym

  by Lewis Wallace

  

  The fastest-growing group for gym membership is older people, the 55 and over crowd.

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• Puerto Rico’s tricky repayment plan

  by Andy Uhler

  Puerto Rico is using some tricky accounting to meet its debt obligations.

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• Turning dented band instruments into teaching tools

  by Bill Zeeble

  A look at a Texas high school that recently launched a program to teach kids how to repair instruments.

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• Trophies for bankers

  by Mark Garrison

  Bankers aren’t all that different from Little League baseball players. When they win, they want a trophy.

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• A higher paycheck for more women in the military

  by Kimberly Adams

  On Friday, the military will slowly be opening up all jobs to women, which means all the pay grades are opening up, too.

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• More opportunities for women in the military

  by David Brancaccio

  Crude oil exports, integration of women in the military, and musical instrument repair

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