Marketplace Morning Report Stories

Thousands of workers have been stuck aboard vessels near the Strait of Hormuz since February.

A Commonwealth Fund survey of privately insured working-age adults found that almost one in three were paying off medical bills or debt.

People with disabilities or the elderly may be forced to live at a nursing home or other institution as Medicaid cuts make access to home healthcare services harder to access.

The rise reflects increased jet fuel costs and the loss of discount airline Spirit Airlines, but demand for first class and economy-plus has remained strong.

Diesel now exceeds $6 per gallon. And much of what you buy at the supermarket probably got there on a diesel-fueled truck.

A sprawling copyright lawsuit is trying to make that case. But it got hit with a major setback in court earlier this month.

Biodiesel is having a moment. The Trump administration is mandating 60% more domestic production in the next few years.

So-called “Main Street Millionaires” — as they’ve been dubbed in a new book by economists Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick — have more than 13 times the wealth of the Forbes 400. So who are they?

States and cities put a lot of effort into events designed to attract young, educated people who can bolster their local economies with high incomes and more tax revenue.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration raised its Brent crude forecast to average around $90 a barrel for the second half of the year, about 5% higher than its last estimate.