Aug 16, 2011

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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Mixed outlook for nation's farmers

by Adriene Hill

Aug 15, 2011

As extreme weather drives up commodities prices, it's translating into higher prices for consumers and more profits for unaffected farmers.

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'Eurobonds' could help debt crisis

by Christopher Werth

Aug 16, 2011

Bonds backed by the entire Eurozone would ease borrowing rates for countries like Greece and Portugal, but would hike rates for Germany and France

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Stumbling stock markets no obstacle for AT&T deal

by John Dimsdale

Aug 16, 2011

The market decline is making some mergers more attractive. But both AT&T and T-Mobile already have such big incentives to strike a deal that fluctuating markets should have little effect on them.

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Obama launches major jobs initiative for rural America

by Jennifer Collins

Aug 16, 2011

But some are skeptical how much it will help the bigger picture of unemployment in this country

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Will slow growth in Germany weigh down the Eurozone?

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 16, 2011

Germany's economy grew a mere 0.1 percent in the second quarter, sparking fears that the strongest economy in the Eurozone may not be able to carry other ailing nations for long

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Germany's slow economic growth worries economists

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 16, 2011

Germany reported GDP growth of just 0.1 percent. That cast doubts on hopes that Germany would pull the rest of Europe off the brink of debt catastrophe.

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Americans getting 'house of cards' in order

by Bob Moon

Aug 16, 2011

The number of payments on credit cards 90-days or more past due slipped to just 0.6 percent in the second quarter. Marketplace Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reports that may be because Americans are cutting back on spending and banks are making it harder to get credit.

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Economist: slow growth in Germany could lead to 'global depression'

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 16, 2011

With GDP growth far lower than economists had expected, Simon Tilford, of the Center for European Reform, says that Germany's sense of invulnerability in the face of the crisis is part of the reason why today stalled economy is making Germans eat their words.

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The new frugality: Americans reduce late credit card payments

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 16, 2011

A report out today says that Americans have hit a 17-year low on the level of credit card payments that were 90 days or more past due

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Germany's impact on the global economy

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 16, 2011

Disappointing growth reports from Germany, France and Japan are sparking fears over a new global recession

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Does slow growth in Germany point to global recession?

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 16, 2011

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of <em>The Daily Telegraph</em> says that with Europe's top economy on the ropes, leaders across the Eurozone must ease up on austerity or risk sinking into deep recession