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Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday August 20, 2014
Aug 20, 2014

Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday August 20, 2014

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Housing starts are up. What’s driving the encouraging increase? We look at the role of first-time home buyers. Plus, Uber has launched a new home delivery service called Corner Store. Customers can order items from a CVS or Walgreens and have them delivered right to their doorstep. Other companies have launched their own delivery services of late, including Google. Will this latest venture from Uber succeed in a growing market, and with its built in fleet of drivers, does it have the advantage? 

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Learning Curve

Quiz: Support for the Common Core not as common

by Dan Abendschein
Aug 19, 2014
Teachers turn against the controversial program.
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More housing starts don't mean more first-time buyers

by Scott Tong
Aug 20, 2014
What’s driving the increase in housing start? Not first-time home buyers.
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Uber launches home delivery service

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 20, 2014
Will Uber's latest venture succeed in this growing market?
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China levies record antitrust fines on foreign firms

by Rob Schmitz
Aug 20, 2014
China levies $200 million of fines on Japanese auto parts makers.
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British pubs: popular but disappearing

by Stephen Beard
Aug 20, 2014
Britain's famous warm hostelries are giving way to supermarkets and other stores.
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Learning Curve

Who created that app? A teacher

by Adriene Hill
Aug 20, 2014
Teachers are big creators of digital learning tools.
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Macy's settles up in profiling case

by Dan Gorenstein
Aug 20, 2014
The department store will pay $650,000 and pledges to change its practices.
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Macy's settles profiling charge

by David Brancaccio
Aug 20, 2014
Plus: pubs are disappearing and amid international crises stocks are rising.
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Housing starts are up. What’s driving the encouraging increase? We look at the role of first-time home buyers. Plus, Uber has launched a new home delivery service called Corner Store. Customers can order items from a CVS or Walgreens and have them delivered right to their doorstep. Other companies have launched their own delivery services of late, including Google. Will this latest venture from Uber succeed in a growing market, and with its built in fleet of drivers, does it have the advantage? 

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