Thursday, August 14, 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.

Broadcasts Listen: 2:50 | 3:50 | 4:50 | 5:50 | 6:50 | 7:50 | 8:50 (times are a.m., Pacific Standard Time)

Newscast Stories From Los Angeles: Julie Small details how multinational companies could be affected by a proposed UN code of conduct. From the Health Desk: Andrew Parrella describes the economic impact for farmers if they follow WHO recommendations to reduce antibiotics in food animals. From New York: Judy Martin heads to the Industrial Designers show in NYC and explores the high-tech concepts that make consumers buy in a slow economy. From Berlin: Kyle James reports that Libya has agreed to take responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against it. From Los Angeles: Rico Gagliano looks at the impact of global warming on the oil industry: Climate changes are making Alaska’s oil harder to get. From Beijing: Jocelyn Ford has the story on the Chinese version of highway robbery, and other street crimes in Taiwan. From Washington, DC: Gretchen Cook explains what’s happening to the traditional American shopping mall: Malls’ share of retail sales are down by half in just 8 years. From Washington, DC: Scott Tong reports that WorldCom may not have paid taxes on $19 billion. Features Selig’s making exceptions; the Reds are in the lurch Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig let two teams get more than one million dollars in cash for some players, which isn't allowed. Host Tess Vigeland talks to Andrew Zimbalist, who says Selig’s actions could affect team parity in the league.

Free grocery store shuttle helps city-dwellers eat better Getting to a supermarket isn’t easy in poor, urban areas. But as Carol Gray reports from the Health Desk at WGBH, there are efforts underway that are helping both supermarkets and customers alike.

Investing book’s an oldie, but a goodie Many personal finance books are indistinguishable one from another, but a few are considered classics. Among them: “The Intelligent Investor,” written by Benjamin Graham, the father of modern stock analysis. First published in 1949, it has just been updated by financial writer Jason Zweig. Host Cheryl Glaser asks him why it stands out in the crowd.