Nov 29, 2012

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, November 29, 2012

Insider trading charges could be coming to one of the nation’s biggest hedge funds: SAC Capital Advisors. But will the hedge fund's owner be implicated? Strong unions and labor laws have kept struggling carmakers from cutting plants in Germany, but that may be about to change. An effort to build the Western Hemisphere's largest seawater desalination plant faces a crucial test today. San Deigo's regional water agency will vote on whether to buy all the water the plant would produce.

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Food and Drink

'Well, blow me down!' Popeye is out at Popeyes

by Marketplace Contributor

Nov 29, 2012

The spinach-chomping sailor loses his contract as a fast-food pitchman.

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In insider trading cases, getting to the top of the food chain

by Dan Bobkoff

Nov 29, 2012

Insider trading charges could be coming to one of the nation’s biggest hedge funds: SAC Capital Advisors. But will investigators implicate the hedge fund's owner?

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UPDATE: Giant desalination plant faces key test in San Diego

by Marketplace Contributor

Nov 29, 2012

An effort to build the Western Hemisphere's largest seawater desalination plant faces a crucial test today, as San Diego's regional water agency votes on whether to buy all the water the plant would make.

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UK press may face tougher regulation after hacking scandal

by Stephen Beard

Nov 29, 2012

UK officials are expected to recommend a new, tougher media regulatory body following a series of phone-hacking, bribery, and data theft abuses by the country's newspapers.

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Attitude Check

Americans choose sides on words, not just politics

by Marketplace Contributor

Nov 29, 2012

The polling firm Gallup has gathered new data on how Americans feel about certain key economic phrases such as free enterprise, capitalism, and federal government.

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GDP revised up to 2.7%, investment revised down

by Marketplace Contributor

Nov 29, 2012

Though the latest GDP numbers are up and jobless claims are down, the economic details tell a gloomier story.

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Attitude Check

Americans start to see light in economy

by Marketplace Contributor

Nov 29, 2012

Consumer confidence at a five-year high according to new data this week. But what exactly makes us so confident?

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BBC World Service

Report calls Kabul Bank a 'ponzi scheme'

by Jeff Horwich

Nov 29, 2012

A new report says that the now collapsed Kabul Bank in Afghanistan acted as a 'ponzi scheme.'

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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Higher GDP growth, financial scandals

by Jeff Horwich

Nov 29, 2012

The Commerce Department has revised up its GDP growth estimate for the previous quarter, but it's what's inside that counts. And two scintillating new reports: One on the British phone-hacking scandal, another looking into what happened to turn a major bank in Afghanistan into a 'Ponzi scheme.'

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GM looks to close German autoplant

by Christopher Werth

Nov 29, 2012

Strong unions and labor laws have kept struggling carmakers from cutting plants in Germany, but that may be about to change.

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Insider trading charges could be coming to one of the nation’s biggest hedge funds: SAC Capital Advisors. But will the hedge fund’s owner be implicated? Strong unions and labor laws have kept struggling carmakers from cutting plants in Germany, but that may be about to change. An effort to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest seawater desalination plant faces a crucial test today. San Deigo’s regional water agency will vote on whether to buy all the water the plant would produce.