Monday, November 9, 2009
In this show. . .
Market weathers more bubble fears
What matters in the market sometimes aren't the highs and the lows, but how much the market moves in the course of a day or a week. Kai Ryssdal explores the markets with Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial.
Why Comcast is really eyeing NBC
Comcast is rumored to be in negotiations with General Electric for a controlling stake of NBC Universal. Comcast would be especially interested in NBC's cable properties. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
How Dodd's reform would change Fed
Senator Christopher Dodd's banking reform proposal would consolidate all federal bank regulators into one agency and strip the Fed of its bank supervisor roll. Both ideas are gaining steam with the Democrats. Steve Henn reports.
Employers weigh in on health care bill
Small business advocates are complaining that the House's health care bill would impose new insurance obligations on employers while doing little to contain costs. Joel Rose explores these and other employer concerns.
It's a waste to worry about the dollar
About the only thing that didn't do well in the markets today was the dollar, and the general perception is that's a bad thing. But commentator Paul Kedrosky says it might be time to readjust expectations.
Art sales recovering in slow economy
The Fall contemporary art auctions will be going on this week at Sotheby's and Christie's in New York. Kai Ryssdal talks to art dealer Richard Polsky, who looks into how art auctions are doing in the market now and what's selling.
20 years after Wall's fall, Leipzig rises
How is the reunification of East and West Germany going 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall? Amy Scott visits Leipzig, one of the East's most successful cities, to explore the long-term effects of democracy and capitalism.
Kai Ryssdal's final note . . .
Getting us back to where we started: the stock market. Our friends at Clusterstock.com posted an intriguing item this morning -- that Rupert Murdoch is thinking about selling off his stock-indexing division. In his capacity as overlord of News Corp, Murdoch is also the owner of the Dow Jones Company. Entirely apart from publishing the Wall Street Journal, it also runs a substantial side business publishing stock indexes.Like, just for instance, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Soon, possibly, the . . . I dunno . . . the bought-by-the-highest-bidder Industrial Average.
Marketplace datebook for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
- Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress. The three-day conference is about improving health and health care through IT.
- A Senate subcommittee on Children and Families talks about paid sick days and the H1N1 flu.
- And on November 10, 1983, Microsoft unveiled Windows.
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