Mar 11, 2016

Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, March 11, 2016

A search-and-rescue team looks out onto a Sendai neighborhood obliterated by the tsunami in 2011. Rob Schmitz/Marketplace

Airing on Friday, March 11, 2016: On today's show, we'll talk about who billionaires are supporting for president; and we'll have a check-in from Sendai, Japan, five years after the tsunami.

Segments From this episode

Five years later, Japanese city still dealing with loss

by Rob Schmitz

Mar 11, 2016

Sendai is still picking up from Japan's worst earthquake and tsunami on record.

A house from the surrounding neighborhood lays upside down on the edge of Nakano Elementary's pool in the days after a tsunami destroyed the surrounding neighborhood, killing more than a thousand people in the city of Sendai.

Rob Schmitz/Marketplace

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California bill looks at opting out of daylight saving

by Sam Harnett

Mar 11, 2016

For half the year, the state would be another hour behind the East Coast

A California proposal would end daylight saving time in the state

AmEx high-end cards under pressure

by Sally Herships

Mar 11, 2016

As profits plummet, the company faces intense competition for affluent customers.

Members of the American Express black card enjoy perks like The Centurion Suite at the Barclays Center in New York City.

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for American Express

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Hedge fund managers spend it up for candidates

by Mitchell Hartman

Mar 11, 2016

Ted Cruz and Hilary Clinton are the top recipients of hedge-fund campaign dollars.

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who is one of the top recipients of hedge-fund campaign dollars.

Richard Ellis/Getty Images

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U.S. expands foreign STEM grad job training program

by Annie Baxter

Mar 11, 2016

A new DHS rule extends the window for for foreign STEM grads' on-the-job training.

Darren Hauck/Getty Images

Mid-day Update

Lights out for daylight savings

by David Brancaccio

Mar 11, 2016

Economic stimulus, STEM students, and daylight savings.

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Airing on Friday, March 11, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about who billionaires are supporting for president; and we’ll have a check-in from Sendai, Japan, five years after the tsunami.