Friday, May 16, 2003 The Marketplace Morning Report with Kai Ryssdal and Tess Vigeland is a series of seven 9-minute business news modules airing weekdays. This timely report delivers a global business newscast and a hard-hitting feature report. Visit the archive to browse previous stories. Note: Each of the broadcasts contains some of the newscast items below and one of the features. Since only a few radio markets get all seven broadcasts, we've made them available below.

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Newscast Stories From Los Angeles: Cheryl Glaser previews AOL Time Warner’s shareholders’ meeting, and she looks into why so many people want big changes at the media giant. From Tokyo: Jessica Smith reports on the peace talks over oil troubles in Aceh, Indonesia. From Albany, New York: As many states are slashing budgets, Brian Mann reports that New York lawmakers are fighting the governor to boost theirs and raise taxes. From Paris: Genevieve Oger previews the G8 finance ministers’ summit that gets underway today. From New York: Following news that the two largest U.S. stock markets don’t plan to change their corporate governance policies soon, Sam Eaton explores the implications. From Boston: Helen Palmer has a story on the winner of MIT’s annual $50,000 entrepreneurship plan competition. From London: Steven Beard reports that England calls off flights to and from Kenya amid terrorism fears. From New York: With the presentation of the Daytime Emmys tonight, Judy Martin looks at the current profitability of daytime TV -- the shows are some of the most profitable around. From the Health Desk: Tanya Ott explains why, in some cases, having more money could actually be bad for your health. Features PITA The Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA) is one of the most ambitious, coherent business groups in the occupied territories. Although Israeli troops destroyed their offices during the intifada, they’re still urging investors to get into the Palestinian economy before the trouble ends. Nancy Updike reports. Mentioned: Palestinian Information Technology Association

Car-Sharing Flexcar, the nation’s largest and first car-sharing company, celebrates its fifth anniversary this week. As Gordon Black reports, the car sharing concept, first popular in Europe, is catching on in the U.S.