Thursday, June 26, 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 New York: Judy Martin looks into two controversial -- and "unpopular" -- proposals at eBay’s shareholder meeting today. From Washington, DC: Jim Rosenberg has more on today’s House committee hearing on privatizing parts of the federal workforce. From New York: Sam Eaton details today's CEO summit that will discuss new engines for growth in a post-bubble economy. From Washington, DC: Now that FERC has pulled the plug on Enron, John Dimsdale explores why the commissioners waited so long. From Albany, NY: Greg Dahlman reports on the unusual way one music downloader came up with the money required to settle with the RIAA. From New York: Now that Verizon has dropped its battle to block cellphone number portability, Rachel Dornhelm looks at the likelihood of whether mobile customers will benefit. From Tokyo: Jessica Smith reports that AIG is buying GE's Japanese insurance operation -- a deal worth more than $2 billion. From London: Stephen Beard has the story on the EU agreeing to what it claims is a major reform of its system of farm subsidies. The deal could spur on the next round of global free-trade talks. From Washington, DC: Amy Scott has more on a report that found that nearly 4 million eligible kids aren't being served by the federal summer food service program. Features Teaching Doctor-Patient Rapport Could a better bedside manner keep medical malpractice lawsuits at bay? West Virginia's medical schools think so. Erica Celeste reports the schools now require specific training in doctor-patient relations.

Emotions and Economics Last week, the Fed said it had an interest in behavioral economics: how our behavior and emotions affect our economic choices. Host Tess Vigeland talks to Harvard economics professor David Laibson about the science and what it can tell us.

Teaching Doctor-Patient Rapport Could a better bedside manner keep medical malpractice lawsuits at bay? West Virginia's medical schools think so. Erica Celeste reports the schools now require specific training in doctor-patient relations.