Right now, the place to buy stock in Fiat-Chrysler is in Milan, Italy. But Bloomberg is reporting that Fiat’s boss is about to ask his board to move its primary stock business to the New York Stock Exchange. American Airlines and US Airways are taking another step towards merging into a single airline. Each will sell tickets on certain flights operated by the other carrier starting today. It’s a practice called codesharing, which makes your partner’s flights look like your own. And, over the last few days, people in Michoacan, in southwestern Mexico, took matters into their own hands and pushed out members of a powerful drug cartel from their community.

The World Economic Forum, the winter gathering of the powerful kicks off today in the Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will give the keynote address later today. And, Marketplace Morning Report checks inwith critic Blake Gopnik about intersections between art and the marketplace. And something shiny on display in New York has caught his attention. 

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says some of that bad air people breath in the American West is imported from China. A lot of the imported pollution has been specifically identified as coming from factories in eastern China that make goods purchased by Americans, which is raising fascinating questions about who is really to blame for the bad air. The annual meeting of The World Economic Forum kicks off tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland. This year, one of the big items on the agenda is inequality. And, around two dozen countries have made the move from paper bills to plastic. But in the U.S., we take our time before messing with our money. 

The headlines from China today are about the slowest growth in that giant economy for 14 years. The Gross Domestic Product figures for all of 2013 are in from the statisticians in Beijing and they were lower than even the forecasters were expecting. The big three credit-ratings agencies, Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, were all criticized for giving inflated ratings to mortgage investments that helped trigger the great financial crisis. Yet these days they still control 97 percent of the industry. But that’s changing. And, one of every 3 Texans has no medical insurance — the highest rate of uninsured in the country. Part of this is high rates of diabetes and obesity. Less expensive drugs to treat these conditions are available in Mexico. But the threat of violence in Mexico has triggered  a new trend—the smuggling of medicine in bulk.

President Obama is expected to announce some changes to the National Security Agency today. But are Americans really bothered by NSA surveillance? The NAACP is issuing a report card on diversity in the banking industry, and it doesn’t look good. The highest grade was a C+. And Shell Oil Company reported significantly weaker profits. The oil giant says it was hit by higher exploration costs and lower oil and gas volumes. 

Yet another blow for JC Penney. The company says it will close 33 stores and slash 2000 jobs. Nigeria — the second largest economy in Africa — plans to start up a mortgage finance company similar to Fannie Mae here in the United States. And could too much financial news impact your mental health?

The World Bank says 2014 is going to be a good year for many global economies. As more patients visit doctors for their first check-ups under the Affordable Care Act, you might think the those in the medical lab business would benefit — but the truth is more complicated.

European markets took a dive this morning. And our own Wall Street wasn’t looking too good yesterday either. A look into the reasons behind why the numbers plummeted. Over a million people lost their unemployment benefits at the end of last year and Congress still can’t agree on an extension. If Congress doesn’t renew an extension, that number will grow to 5 million by the end of the year.

We get the first rush of bank earnings today. Bank profits are still up, despite expensive lawsuits and decreased lending. A look at the top financial and economic risks of 2014. And Volkswagen says it plans to invest billions in North America. The VW brand, which continues to achieve low U.S. quality scores, says the bold move was a sign of a new commitment to the market.