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Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016

Marketplace Morning Report for Wednesday, November 30, 2016

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On today's show, we'll talk about reports that President-elect Donald Trump plans to name Wilbur Ross as Commerce secretary; Trump's deal with Carrier to keep 1,000 of the company's jobs in the U.S.; and the various ways his businesses could become entangled with his presidency. Plus: We'll look at a new HIV/AIDS vaccine trial launching in South Africa.

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New trial for HIV/AIDS vaccine

Nov 30, 2016
The first large-scale trial in seven years.
A clinic official in Bangkok, Thailand displays a small bottle containing the AIDSVAX B/E vaccine back in 2002.  A new HIV/AIDS trial will be administered in South Africa today.
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Homeland Security reviews use of private detention centers

Nov 30, 2016
A subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council will release a report today reviewing the use of private immigration detention centers. The Obama administration announced in August that the Bureau of Prisons will stop using private prisons for federal inmates. Ending privatized detention centers is a whole different equation. Click the above audio player to […]
An immigrant makes a call from his "segregation cell" at the Adelanto Detention Facility on Nov. 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California.
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Trump conflicts could become a risky distraction

Nov 30, 2016
Questions about the president-elect's business could put policy agenda at risk.
Donald Trump and some of his business executives attend an opening ceremony for a property in Las Vegas, Nevada back in 2008.
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Trump picks billionaire Wilbur Ross for Commerce secretary

Nov 30, 2016
Ross made his billions in distressed assets.
Wilbur Ross at Trump Tower in New York City.
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Mexicans look beyond the Northern border

Nov 30, 2016
An increasing number of Mexicans are heading to Europe and Canada.
A Mexican immigrant who was deported from the U.S. is seen next to a Mexican national flag at El Chaparral repatriation center in Tijuana, northwestern Mexico on July 1, 2016.
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How Steven Mnuchin would deal with a financial crisis

Nov 30, 2016
Trump has nominated the investment banker and Hollywood producer as the next Treasury secretary.
Steven Mnuchin leaving the Trump Tower in New York on Nov. 14.
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Trump announces plan to back away from business interests

Nov 30, 2016
In a series of tweets, the president-elect said he would focus on the presidency.
Trump at the Republican National Convention back in July.
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The latest from the new Trump administration

Nov 30, 2016
Our next Treasury secretary, Trump's business interests, and Mexican immigration.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about reports that President-elect Donald Trump plans to name Wilbur Ross as Commerce secretary; Trump’s deal with Carrier to keep 1,000 of the company’s jobs in the U.S.; and the various ways his businesses could become entangled with his presidency. Plus: We’ll look at a new HIV/AIDS vaccine trial launching in South Africa.