Apr 25, 2011

Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, April 25, 2011

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Food and Drink

Coffee prices on their way up

by Adriene Hill

Apr 25, 2011

Thanks to unusual temperatures and rainfall, coffee production is falling in some parts of the world, just as emerging markets like India and China are embracing the drink.

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Bernanke embraces glasnost

by David Gura

Apr 25, 2011

Next week, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will do something no Fed chief has ever done before: at the end of the Fed's policy meeting, he'll stand before the press and answer questions.

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Scaling the New York Times paywall

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Apr 25, 2011

The New York Times has signed up 100,000 subscribers willing to pay for online content, but it's going to need more to help earnings and call its paywall a success.

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Small business owners tussle with health care reform decisions

by Mitchell Hartman

Apr 25, 2011

Small business owners across the country are trying to figure out their best financial options in how to provide their employees with health insurance, come the health care reform mandates in 2014.

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St. Louis airport to be fully operational by midweek

by Eve Troeh

Apr 25, 2011

St. Louis' Lambert Airport has partially resumed flights after a powerful tornado ripped off part of the roof and shattered hundreds of windows in the main terminal.

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BBC World Service

Nintendo profits fall short of estimates

by Roland Buerk

Apr 25, 2011

The video game and console company reported profits fell 66 percent for the year, due in part to competition from smart phones and other game devises.

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Royal Wedding Woes: Long vacations could hurt the British economy

by Stephen Beard

Apr 25, 2011

The wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton was expected to inject a much needed boost into the British economy. But now, many fear that back-to-back holidays will decrease productivity and hurt Britain's GDP.

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Is the market ready for the Fed's changed rules?

by Heidi Moore

Apr 25, 2011

The Federal Reserve is expected to signal an end to it's post-crisis easy money policies. New York bureau chief Heidi Moore explains how this could impact the economy.

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IMF Report: China will be the largest economy by 2016

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 25, 2011

According to a report from the International Monetary Fund, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy in five years. Brett Arends, columnist with Marketwatch, explains how the IMF is measuring the economies, and what this means for global economics.

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The Fed expected to end easy money

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 25, 2011

Julia Coronado, chief economist with BNP Paribas, explains what's expected out of the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting, and what the future is for the Fed's stimulus efforts.