Apr 21, 2008

Marketplace Morning Report for April 21, 2008

Segments From this episode

Corner Office

Service comes first for Craigslist CEO

by Kai Ryssdal

Apr 21, 2008

Craigslist.org, the largest provider of classified ads in any medium, charges for only about 6% of its 30 million new ads each month. CEO Jim Buckmaster talks about the company's business model.

Economist survey: Low is yet to come

by Jill Barshay

Apr 21, 2008

A quarterly survey of 109 corporate economists finds them in a pessimistic mood about the future of their businesses. Higher commodity costs are one reason for the gloomy outlook. Jill Barshay reports.

Teens have to hustle for summer work

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Apr 21, 2008

Teens are going to have a tough time landing a summer job this year. They'll be competing with laid-off workers for the food service or retail work teens typically sign up for over summer vacation. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

A job seeker looks at a job listing board in Oakland, Calif.

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Food Fight

Are biofuels hurting the planet?

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 21, 2008

Biofuels are getting blamed for a global food crisis and a setback in anti-poverty efforts. Fortune magazine's Allan Sloan examines the wisdom of growing things to make them into ethanol and considers alternatives.

$100 billion plan for U.K. credit crunch

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 21, 2008

Pushing harder to get British banks to lend and borrow again, the Bank of England says it will issue $100 million worth of new government bonds and swap them for mortgages the banks can't unload. Steven Beard has more.

Airlines pitch merger to Congress

by John Dimsdale

Apr 21, 2008

Delta and Northwest airlines have hired high-powered lobbyists, including two former Senators, to help them persuade Congress that their merger is a necessity in the current economic climate. John Dimsdale reports.

Cost of emission caps questioned

by Sam Eaton

Apr 21, 2008

A report out today counters criticism that capping greenhouse gas emissions will be tough on the U.S. economy. The Environmental Defense Fund bases its findings on several other reports. Sam Eaton explains.

BofA earnings worse than expected

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 21, 2008

Bank of America's first-quarter earnings were expected to be disappointing, but analysts learned today that they were even worse than predicted. The subprime and credit crises are blamed. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.