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Marketplace AM for June 5, 2006
Jun 5, 2006

Marketplace AM for June 5, 2006

Stories You Might Like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talks infrastructure, inflation and the debt ceiling What does adding 224K jobs mean for long-awaited interest rate cuts? We didn’t buy more in June, but we did spend more … What the G-7 deal means for digital taxes The economy gained 850,000 jobs in June The job […]

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Indecency fines going up?

Jun 5, 2006
The House is expected to vote on a Senate bill this week to hike indecency fines for broadcasters tenfold. But broadcasters are ready to do battle. Jeff Tyler reports.

Sloan Sessions: Vonage IPO

Jun 5, 2006
Newsweek Wall Street editor Alan Sloan and host Scott Jagow dissect last week's disastrous Vonage IPO.

Garcia back on top in Peru

Jun 5, 2006
Yesterday in Peru, disgraced former president Alan Garcia beat Ollanta Humala, the fiery candidate backed by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Dan Grech reports.

New organic rules

Jun 5, 2006
The government this week issues new rules about what food can be labeled organic. Janet Babin has more.

Air traffic jam

Jun 5, 2006
Today is the deadline for Congress to decide if it wants to intervene in the contract dispute between air traffic controllers and the Federal Aviation Administration. Alisa Roth tells us what's at stake.

Questionable trips for Congressional staff

Jun 5, 2006
A special Marketplace investigation reveals lobbyists have spent millions buying face time with Congressional staff members. Steve Henn reports.

Bidding for Europe's growing airport business

Jun 5, 2006
The battle to take over one of Europe's largest airport operators is lifting off. A large Australian bank has joined a consortium led by Goldman Sachs and is poised to make a bid. From London, Stephen Beard reports.

AIDS at 25

Jun 5, 2006
The disease has claimed 25 million lives and cost billions of dollars to fight and treat. Helen Palmer looks at what the next 25 years might bring.