Tuesday, January 6, 2004 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: Gretchen Cook examines banking industry efforts to bundle many home buying expenses into a package with mortgages. From Los Angeles: Brian Watt goes over a new report card on how states have been handling their tobacco settlement money. From the Health Desk: Helen Palmer explains why HMOs were downgraded Monday by Goldman Sachs. From New York: Judy Martin explores whether tightened air restrictions and heightened security will have any impact on international flights. From Detroit: As the Detroit Auto Show prepares to open, Bill Poorman looks at the risks and rewards of car companies offering a lot of new models. From Los Angeles: Jessica Dial has the story on the call for the NYSE's interim chair John Reed to resign as a member of an Augusta golf course. From Tokyo: Japan has shelled out billions to prevent the rise of the yen, fueled by worries that a climbing yen could ruin the country's fragile economic recovery. Jessica Smith has more. From London: OPEC says it will not step up supply to bring prices down below $28 a barrel. Stephen Beard reports. From Washington, DC: John Dimsdale looks into former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley's expected endorsement of Howard Dean today. From Washington, DC: Halliburton has been cleared of allegations of overcharging, but the Pentagon's investigation of the oil giant's subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown and Root, continues. Gretchen Cook has more. Features New magazine tries to make bizfolks laugh Corporate execs can use a laugh just as much as the next guy. That's why a group of people hopes to help meet that need starting this month, with the publication of a business humor magazine. Tony Sarabia reports.

An update on Apple / Commentary - Profit isn't the only tech motive As Apple prepares to open this week’s Mac World convention in Las Vegas, Ashley Milne-Tyte looks at some of the challenges the company faces as it continues efforts to produce state-of-the-art products. Then, commentator Alex Steffen says, contrary to what some think, it’s not money that drives people to innovate.