Tuesday, September 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.

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 New York: Bob Moon has details on what’s brewing at Procter & Gamble as the company begins selling fair-trade coffee. From New York: Ashley Milne-Tyte looks at how well insurance companies are prepared, should Hurricane Isabel come ashore this week. From New York: Judy Martin examines whether new perks offered by Continental Airlines for premium fliers will catch on in the airline industry. From Los Angeles: Following news of the delay in California’s recall election, Steve Henn sizes up the challenges faced by high-tech companies as they develop a better voting system. From New York: Bob Moon looks into why the Fed is unlikely to move interest rates. From London: Stephen Beard reports that the company behind Dolly the sheep is on sale for a cut rate after it failed to capitalize on its famous breakthrough. From Tokyo: Jessica Smith says that S. Korea will now allow importation of Japanese music and video games. From Washington, DC: Sean Hall explores the Census Bureau’s findings on the growth of mom-and-pop businesses. From Washington, DC: Amy Scott reports that Congress is looking at ways to relieve the pension crisis for U.S. companies. Features Spanish-language media affecting how people speak Advertisers faced with the challenge of appealing to a wide cross-section of Spanish-speaking consumers have created a new Spanish dialect. And as Patrick Hirsch reports, it’s affecting the way some speak the language in the U.S.

China seen as a potentially huge market for cars China is becoming an increasingly popular place to build and sell cars these days. As Jocelyn Ford reports from Beijing, it’s a breath of fresh air for the struggling auto industry, but it has left environmentalists fuming.