Back to BusinessI've always wondered ...Econ Extra Credit with David BrancaccioThe Uncertain HourMake Me Smart Daily

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Support Marketplace Morning Report
Find Your Local Station
ABOUT SHOW
Marketplace Morning Report for April 21, 2008
Apr 21, 2008

Marketplace Morning Report for April 21, 2008

Share Now on:
Share
HTML EMBED:
COPY
HTML EMBED
Download

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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

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.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

$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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

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.
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

The team

Stephen Ryan Producer, BBC
Waiving patents on COVID-19 vaccines no magic pill for shortage
COVID-19
Waiving patents on COVID-19 vaccines no magic pill for shortage
Grandmother's foreclosed home tests new California law
Grandmother's foreclosed home tests new California law

Your favorites,
now $5/month! 
Donate now to get almost any thank-you gift.

GIVE NOW
Many employers want to hire — now. Many workers aren't ready to go back.
COVID & Unemployment
Many employers want to hire — now. Many workers aren't ready to go back.