Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Airing on Tuesday, April 28, 2015: You'd think the relatively low cost of gas would have changed this headline a little bit more...But nope. Oil companies BP and Total both announced better than expected earnings numbers today. More on that. Next, Nepal has been devastated by the weekend’s earthquake, which has killed thousands of people and damaged infrastructure worth billions of dollars. The country is calling for aid but how does the dollar given by a donor actually get to help people on the ground in one of the world’s poorest economies? And millions of high school students are nervously cramming for Advanced Placement exams, which start next week. But there won't be nearly as many low-income and minority kids in those seats as there could be. This is what's known as the participation gap. And it's the reason a group of education and business organizations will today announce a $100 million initiative aimed at getting more minority and low-come students students into AP and International Baccalaureate classes.
Airing on Tuesday, April 28, 2015: You’d think the relatively low cost of gas would have changed this headline a little bit more…But nope. Oil companies BP and Total both announced better than expected earnings numbers today. More on that. Next, Nepal has been devastated by the weekend’s earthquake, which has killed thousands of people and damaged infrastructure worth billions of dollars. The country is calling for aid but how does the dollar given by a donor actually get to help people on the ground in one of the world’s poorest economies? And millions of high school students are nervously cramming for Advanced Placement exams, which start next week. But there won’t be nearly as many low-income and minority kids in those seats as there could be. This is what’s known as the participation gap. And it’s the reason a group of education and business organizations will today announce a $100 million initiative aimed at getting more minority and low-come students students into AP and International Baccalaureate classes.
