The morning after the presidential debate, voters in the swing state of Ohio weigh in on who won and what issues matter most this election. The middle class was a popular talking point for candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in last night’s debate — how did it play in the minds of voters? Presidential debates are designed to help voters decide who to support, but if you run a small business that does political work, more often than not, you’ve got to pick sides too. Venezuelans will be going to the polls this weekend to elect their president. Unlike any election in recent memory there, it’s looking close for Hugo Chavez, who has been in power since 1998.

On today’s show we broadcast live from Cleveland, Ohio. Ahead of the first presidential debate tonight, republican Governor John Kasich and the state’s former democratic Governor Ted Strickland share their views on Ohio’s economy and which way the state will swing this election. T-Mobile and MetroPCS announced their plans to merge, uniting them as the fourth largest wireless carrier in the U.S. Protests breaks out in Iran as inflation  of the Iranian Rial soars — the currency is down 25% against the dollar in just the past week.

Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, sits down with us for a rare interview. Blankfein says he supports the Dodd-Frank financial reform and warns that the U.S. risks a hit to its reputation as a global business leader as legislators battle over the impending ‘fiscal cliff.’ And, with the first of the presidential debates coming up tomorrow night, we check in on what younger voters will be watching (hint: not the debate), tweeting, and liking on Facebook.

The board of directors at mining company Xstrata have backed a revised takeover bid from commodities trader Glencore International. As the Supreme Court starts its fall session, one case involving affirmative action has caught the attention of businesses. A Sundance documentary that argues America’s profit-driven health care system isn’t necessarily making people healthier has an unlikely backer. And what’s the strategy behind the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Reporter Eve Troeh tells us. Plus, stories on Japan’s gloomy manufacturers, Victoria’s Secret at Cowboys stadium, cell phone location privacy, and Greece.

British regulators have just proposed a ten point plan to overhaul a key global interest rate. But they say LIBOR shouldn’t be scrapped altogether because it’s too entrenched in the financial system. LIBOR is used as a benchmark for trillions of dollars worth of transactions around the world. The Barclays Center opens in Brooklyn today with a Jay Z concert. And the big question is whether people take the train to the stadium, because there are only a few hundred parking spots. And what’s the Hindi word for Frappuccino? India is set to get its first Starbucks next month in a posh neighborhood in Mumbai.

The National Football League has reached an agreement to end a lockout of referees. The league will give existing referees much of what they want for the next few years — including a defined pension plan and a pay raise. Tomorrow, British regulators are expected to propose major changes to the way a key interest rate — LIBOR — is set. And a new study finds that young African-Americans are being exposed to substantially more alcohol advertising than their peers.

More protests are expected in Spain today after some big demonstrations last night. There’s outrage over a new round of budget cuts as Spain tries to avoid becoming the next Greece. The office supply chain Staples has announced plans for a complete overhaul. The company appears to be taking a page out of Best Buy’s playbook. And Marina Von Neumann Whitman is the daughter of the famous mathematician, John von Neuman. But she managed to beat the odds and come out from her father’s shadow, going on to serve as the first woman ever on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

Years after the financial crisis here in the U.S., there are many strong voices that say the government, and regulators, didn’t do enough. One such voice is Sheila Bair, the former chairwoman of the FDIC. In her new book, she writes about her push to tighten lending standards on mortgages, her clashes with then New York Fed head Timothy Geithner, and why she is disappointed in both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Plus, today San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will consider changing  the city’s building code to allow for tiny apartments, and developers love the idea.

The company that makes Apple’s iPhones and iPads in China has shut down one of its factories following a riot by workers. Thousands of people were involved in a fight at a Foxconn factory in Northern China last night. A new survey from Bankrate.com finds that it’ll now cost you an average of $4 to withdraw money from an ATM that is not associated with your bank. And we all know dogs have a great sense of smell. Some dogs also have an uncanny ability to detect drops in blood sugar, even before their diabetic owners pick up on it. And now these Diabetic Alert Dogs are going for as much $20,000.