Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday December 3, 2014
First, the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about the rights pregnant workers have when it comes to being offered light-duty assignments. We look at the potential ripple effects for businesses. And the European economy is in the doldrums, its sails slack, the boat listing. The European Central Bank meets tomorrow and market players are anticipating word about a new stimulus, large scale purchasing of bonds, to bring down interest rates and prompt lending. More on that. Plus, today is the 30th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster. On the morning of December 3rd 1984, lethal gas leaked from a fertilizer plant in Bhopal, India killing thousands in their sleep. The plant, then-owned by Union Carbide of the U.S., is now part of Dow Chemical. We look at what to do about the children of victims; the lack of clean up and accountability even now, 30 years later; and the increasing attention of at least some institutional investors.
First, the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about the rights pregnant workers have when it comes to being offered light-duty assignments. We look at the potential ripple effects for businesses. And the European economy is in the doldrums, its sails slack, the boat listing. The European Central Bank meets tomorrow and market players are anticipating word about a new stimulus, large scale purchasing of bonds, to bring down interest rates and prompt lending. More on that. Plus, today is the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster. On the morning of December 3rd 1984, lethal gas leaked from a fertilizer plant in Bhopal, India killing thousands in their sleep. The plant, then-owned by Union Carbide of the U.S., is now part of Dow Chemical. We look at what to do about the children of victims; the lack of clean up and accountability even now, 30 years later; and the increasing attention of at least some institutional investors.
