Friday, August 29, 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 In another installation of “The Real Home Ec” series, Jessica Dial looks into the time-consuming task of replacing your front walkway. Click here to learn more about the "Real Home Ec" series From New York: Judy Martin has reaction to rules proposed by the NASD Thursday designed to tighten supervision of offending brokers. From Washington, DC: Gretchen Cook explores how President Bush’s expected announcement about carbon dioxide emissions would affect the economy. The EPA says it can’t regulate CO-2 emissions. From New York: Bob Moon analyzes what the national increase in help wanted ads says about the job market. From New York: Ashley Milne-Tyte reports Indian call centers popular with U.S. businesses are having a hard time hanging on to their employees. From Paris: Genevieve Oger explains how government “Grinches” are out to steal Christmas in France: The French government is considering making people work on Christmas From Vienna: Kerry Skyring looks at the average income disparity between Americans and Europeans, and the implications for Europe. From Beijing: Jocelyn Ford examines the South Korean financial consequences of the drawn-out talks with North Korea. From London: Stephen Beard reports that Philip Morris is suing the Dutch government over a new labeling requirement that reveals further details of ingredients in its products. From Washington, DC: Stephen Henn finds that a new report says foreign governments can get classified military technology and hardware by placing an order with the Air Force. Features Credit card debt saddling college students Young Americans are falling into debt at an alarming rate. Reporter Rachel Dornhelm explores, both, what’s behind this trend and some possible solutions for it.

Vegas’ exotic dancers try to get a union together Some of Las Vegas’ exotic dancers are trying to get their colleagues in step to form a union. As Marketplace’s Heidi Pickman discovered, the recruiting job requires a lot of fancy footwork.