Feb 9, 2016

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, February 9, 2016

A Harvard professor whistles while graduating Ph.D. students celebrate. On today's show, we'll talk about one college's efforts to diversify university faculties. Robert Spencer / Stringer

Airing on Tuesday, February 9, 2016: On today's show, we'll talk about the aviation industry agreeing to new rules from the UN; a look at the latest JOLTS report; and how one university is trying to diversity college faculties by helping more would-be professors of color make it through.

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Pay for your gas and have a Coke, please!

by Andy Uhler

Feb 9, 2016

Coca-Cola and Pepsi hope low gas prices will translate into higher sales at station convenience stores.

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Keeping Mardi Gras safe for residents of New Orleans

by David Brancaccio

Feb 9, 2016

Tech stocks, soda sales, and Mardi Gras.

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Police resources brought in to help with Mardi Gras

by Eve Troeh

Feb 9, 2016

New Orleans is short police officers after years of budget constraints.

A float in the New Orleans Muses parade makes its way up New Orleans' St. Charles Avenue

Eve Troeh

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Building a more diverse faculty

by Amy Scott

Feb 9, 2016

A University of Maryland program helps ease the transition from grad student to professor.

Keisha Allen is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where leaders are trying to increase faculty diversity.

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Workers still not quitting jobs at pre-recession levels

by Mitchell Hartman

Feb 9, 2016

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary has shown steady improvement in layoffs, job openings and hiring.

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Emissions standards for planes are coming

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Feb 9, 2016

The UN have aviation industry have hammered out new emissions standards.

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Airing on Tuesday, February 9, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about the aviation industry agreeing to new rules from the UN; a look at the latest JOLTS report; and how one university is trying to diversity college faculties by helping more would-be professors of color make it through.