Mar 31, 2015

Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Airing on Tuesday, March 31, 2015: The Case-Shiller 20-city housing price index for the month of January comes out today. Given the recent uptick in pending sales and overall tightening of inventory, a bump seems likely. But will it be a healthy bump if it’s due in part to a limited number of new and existing homes on the market? And the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, have been in Switzerland since Sunday trying to get some sort of deal done that would prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb, in exchange for easing sanctions that are crippling its economy. Secretary of State John Kerry put the odds of reaching a deal at fifty/fifty - and oil markets are taking note with crude prices down almost 2 percent today. More on that. Plus, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will intervene anywhere to protect ethnic Russians from persecution. Just like in Ukraine. Which begs the question: What about Latvia? We report rom the Latvian capital, Riga.

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Latvia's Russian minority not separatist

by Stephen Beard

Mar 31, 2015

Latvia's Russian-speaking minority prefers economic stability to separatism.

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Changing times fuel drug company deals

by Nova Safo

Mar 31, 2015

From Obamacare to a generic drug supply crunch, mergers are due to lots of reasons.

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Six Routes

Left behind in Silicon Valley

by David Weinberg

Mar 31, 2015

Traditional middle class jobs—and families—are feeling the tech pinch.

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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: The changing middle class in Silicon Valley

by Marketplace Contributor

Mar 31, 2015

Oil, Jay Z, and Silicon Valley.

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Do higher home prices mean the market is rebounding?

by Gigi Douban

Mar 31, 2015

The answer is complicated, thanks to that basic economic rule: supply and demand.

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Airing on Tuesday, March 31, 2015: The Case-Shiller 20-city housing price index for the month of January comes out today. Given the recent uptick in pending sales and overall tightening of inventory, a bump seems likely. But will it be a healthy bump if it’s due in part to a limited number of new and existing homes on the market? And the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, have been in Switzerland since Sunday trying to get some sort of deal done that would prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb, in exchange for easing sanctions that are crippling its economy. Secretary of State John Kerry put the odds of reaching a deal at fifty/fifty – and oil markets are taking note with crude prices down almost 2 percent today. More on that. Plus, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will intervene anywhere to protect ethnic Russians from persecution. Just like in Ukraine. Which begs the question: What about Latvia? We report rom the Latvian capital, Riga.