Mar 5, 2007

Marketplace AM for March 5, 2007

Stories You Might Like Unemployment claims rose again last week A jobs report full of mixed signals Wearing a good mask is now a hard-and-fast federal rule Guess what’s back? China’s economic growth target. Yellen, Powell remind us pandemic pain is still prevalent Gas hasn’t been this cheap since March

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U.S. housing a drag on U.K. bank

by Stephen Beard

Mar 5, 2007

HSBC, the U.K.'s largest bank, managed to post a 5 percent second-half profit in spite of $11 billion in losses due to sub-prime loans gone bad in the States.

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An airport screeners union?

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 5, 2007

An anti-terrorism bill working its way through Congress would, among other things, give airport security screeners the right to union representation — but President Bush has his veto stamp ready.

British airlines not friendly to open skies

by Stephen Beard

Mar 5, 2007

Virgin Atlantic and British Airways have voiced opposition to a tentative open-skies deal between the U.S. and Europe. Seems they don't want to loosen their grip on London's Heathrow Airport.

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China tries to plug its wage gap

by Scott Tong

Mar 5, 2007

Leaders in China are concerned that the nation's wealth is too concentrated in the hands of a few, but not everyone's convinced the momentum of the widening gap between rich and poor can be stopped.

Cashing in on the forever stamp

by Scott Jagow

Mar 5, 2007

Newsweek's Allan Sloan says you're sure not going to get rich fast by taking advantage of the forever stamp, but it might make you feel good.

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Ghost town, Beirut

by Ben Gilbert

Mar 5, 2007

Lebanon's tourism industry was booming until last year's month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel. Subsequent economic and political crises have left Beirut's downtown a shell of its former self.

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More than one way to trap a lobster

by Steve Tripoli

Mar 5, 2007

Fishermen who use nets are fighting today for a piece of Maine's $300 million lobster fishing and tourist economies, but critics say it's too risky.

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Putting our best biofuel forward

by Dan Grech

Mar 5, 2007

Tariffs aside, the U.S. and Brazil, the world's largest ethanol producers, are working together to present a united front to push the biofuel. The goal? Counter the oil cartel.

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