Friday, November 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.

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Newscast Stories From Washington, DC: John Dimsdale looks at new findings regarding the high levels and uneven distribution of overtime work. Washington, DC: A weeklong meeting on the ozone layer wraps up today in Nairobi, Kenya. Many of the nations attending signed a treaty more than 10 years ago pledging to phase out the use of some pollutants. They're scheduled to hold a vote today on whether the U.S. can be exempt on one pollutant in particular. Steve Henn reports. From New York: McDonald's is teaming up with companies, including toy makers and clothing designers, to stamp its famous brand on some of their products -- and get royalty payments in return. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports. From the Health Desk: The Surgeon General has told us we need 30 minutes of physical activity every day. A new initiative, "Active Living by Design," is giving 25 communities small grants to find ways to make exercise more accessible. Helen Palmer reports. From Tokyo: After a year-long legal fight, a Japanese judge gave citizenship this week to twin boys born in the U.S. to an American surrogate mother, though the father is Japanese. Jessica Smith has more on Japan's surrogacy stigma. From Beijing: China is gulping down a growing amount of black gold. As Jocelyn Ford reports, that has implications for the price of oil and OPEC. From London: The price of gold continues to glitter on the London market this morning. The precious metal moved closer to the $400-an-ounce level. Stephen Beard has the story. In today's "Job Files": Warren Mullen is an institution in the music circles of Washington DC. He tunes pianos -- by sound alone. From Bonn, Germany: Kyle James reports on Germany's plans to build a Holocaust memorial with funding from a chemical company with a Nazi past. Features School for butlers is thriving, despite scandals The revelations of a former royal butler have done wonders for the sales of tabloids, but what have they done for the butler business? From London, Marketplace's Stephen Beard takes a look.

Funeral homes sometimes put in "fun" funerals More often these days, people don't want to have a somber memorial service for a loved one -- and funeral homes are taking note. Gretchen Cook reports on how some undertakers are trying to put the "fun" in funerals.