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  • Host Jeremy Hobson reports from Miami in day three of our special Marketplace Morning Report broadcast on the theme “The Next American Dream.” From WLRN’s Miami studio, Jeremy holds a roundtable discussion about economic issues affecting the Miami area. And with Hispanics projected to become the majority by 2050, we take a look at one company that is uniquely positioned to grow along with the demographic group — Univision, headquarted in Miami-Dade County.

  • Host Jeremy Hobson reports from Miami in day two of our special Marketplace Morning Report broadcast on the theme “The Next American Dream.” We take a look at the real estate market from two sides — from the point of view of billionaire developer Jorge Perez and from the point of view of realtors dealing with the low-end of the housing market. We’ll also hear from Miami Herald reporter Doug Hanks about what the Miami Heat and star LeBron James mean to the city, and take a tour of one of Florida’s hottest new tourist attracations — the Sawgrass Mills mall.

  • Today, as President Obama begins another four years in office, Marketplace Morning Report travels to South Florida with our Wealth and Poverty Desk to examine the New American Dream, starting with the people of Miami. One resident living out the American Dream is Tomás Regalado, who came to the United States as a boy and, today, is the mayor of Miami. He tells us what makes his city so unique. We’ll also hear from one of South Florida’s top business leaders, Ben Baldanza, CEO of Fort Lauderdale based budget airline, Spirit. He’ll tell us why Spirit is investing heavily in the region.

  • After a hostage crisis at a gas production complex in Algeria resulted in the deaths of dozens of hostages and militants over the weekend, a terror group is now claiming responsibility for the attack, and is pledging more violence. We take a look at how the unrest in Algeria will impact energy production in North Africa. Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve are giving the public a rare look at how the nation’s central bank reacted in the early days of the financial crisis in 2007. And, as President Obama takes his second Oath of Office today, we look at education in America, and the opportunities it provides, with the help of some people born on past Inauguration Days.

  • After years of aggressively denying he had used performance enhancing drugs, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey in a televised interview Thursday night that he was indeed guilty of doping for years. The ordeal has been a disaster for Armstrong — but for Winfrey’s struggling OWN cable network, it’s a different story. The Greek Parliament is launching a criminal investigation into the country’s former finance minister, George Papaconstantinou. He’s been accused of tampering with a list of suspected tax evaders. And, mayors from cities all over the U.S. are meeting in Washington this week. One big item on their agenda is gun violence, as mayors have become one of the biggest lobbying forces in favor of new gun laws.

  • Europe’s air safety authority is following the lead of the Federal Aviation Administration and grounding all Boeing 787 Dreamliners, after a number of safety incidents in recent days. In addition, airlines from the Middle East to Japan are temporarily suspending their Dreamliner flights pending a safety review. On Wednesday, President Obama signed 23 executive orders aimed at reducing gun violence. The president is calling on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and limit high-capacity magazines, as well as approve his nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. And, even as the job market has improved, employee benefits have gone in the other direction as companies try to cut costs.

  • Facebook made a big announcement yesterday, but it wasn’t the one some observers of the company were expecting. The social media giant is breaking into the search game with a new product called Graph Search, and it’s getting the attention of the company’s Silicon Valley rivals. And, Governor Jerry Brown of California tells Marketplace how he balanced California’s notoriously deficit-ridden budget.

  • A decade ago, Dell was the biggest PC-maker on the planet, but as the company struggles to compete, its stock price has been in a steady decline — until yesterday. Dell shares jumped 13 percent Monday on news the company could be going private. The luxury homebuilder Lennar reports quarterly earnings today. The company has been on a  roll lately thanks to an improving housing market. And, Florida tries out a new higher education system to increase science and math majors.

  • Carmakers are gathering in Detroit this morning for the North American International Auto Show which means we’ll get a peek at the latest car models and perhaps the strategy that automakers will pursue to keep sales up. In New York today, some 27,000 retail professionals are gathered for The National Retail Federation’s annual conference. Unlike automakers, they will not be reflecting on a pleasant 2012. The Miami metro area is the country’s 8th largest, and it’s known for a lot of things — sunshine and beaches, cruise ships, Lebron James. Now the city is solidifying its place as the hub of Latino television.

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