This morning, China reported strong trade numbers for July — exports were up 5 percent from a year earlier. The news is helping quell worries that the world’s second largest economy is slowing down. Today, the USDA will release its weekly crop export report. The U.S. exports about half of its wheat, and prices are a little high right now in some import markets as countries in the Middle East shun U.S. grain tenders. And, you’ve probably heard about the new health insurance marketplace scheduled to be up and running in October. But, it turns out there are other health care marketplaces — except instead of selling coverage, they sell services like MRIs and sonograms in a way similar to travel websites.

Baby formula makers are in hot water in China again. After tainted baby formula scandals, the Chinese government has fined six companies $110 million in penalties for price fixing. Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa by Al Qaeda. We look at how that day changed the way the U.S. protects its embassies, and what it’s costing taxpayers. And, as students across the country head back to school, a discussion of how public school families are being hit with fees for things like laptops and tablets.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos snapped up The Washington Post yesterday, along with some other papers, for $250 million. Like most papers, the Post has been losing readers and advertisers. We take a look at what made Bezos do it. One of London’s largest financial markets could be moved from the U.K. to the U.S. by its new American owner.  London International Financial Futures Exchange, or LIFFE, could be coming stateside. And, today we’ll get an earnings report from First Solar, Inc. The American solar panel manufacturer has been branching out by building large-scale solar power projects — partially in response to the plummeting price of solar panels.

Samsung has lost more than a billion dollars in market value this morning after the Obama administration vetoed a ban on some Apple products over the weekend. The opening of two commercial horse slaughterhouses — one in New Mexico, the other in Iowa — will not happen as scheduled today, after a federal judge continued the ban on horse meat on Friday. And, Washington, D.C. is developing a program that will require many people in homeless shelters to put part of any income they receive — wages or welfare — into mandatory savings accounts.

Remember the phone hacking by tabloids in Britain: Are other big corporations up to similar things? The latest monthly jobs numbers for July. And in Camden, NJ, one small doctor’s office tries to make a big gain in holding down costs by moving closer to the sickest seniors.

Sony turns a profit thanks to a weaker yen. When it comes to helping homeowners struggling with mortgages, is President Obama taking a page out of Mitt Romney’s playbook? And the state of tipping in 2013.

Should U.S. GDP count ‘The Bachelorette’? The latest GDP estimate is out today and it’s getting a major overhaul. Senator Angus King of Maine tells us why he wants to make banking boring again. A new Ford F-150 is being made to run on natural gas. And why it’s important to remember the names of the people you work with.

The well is running dry at BP — the money well. A new report on Apple’s supply chain is raising questions about the accuracy of Apple’s critics. The housing boom and bust from a realtor’s point of view. And does the cronut need a patent?

Have you heard of Omnicon and Publicis? They’ve heard of you, and they’re merging. Markets in Japan are down on what’s being called a ‘mini-correction.’ A realtor’s tale of the housing boom and bust. And a new survey finds four out of five Americans will struggle with joblessness, near-poverty, or reliance on government welfare at some point in their lives.