Thursday, February 26, 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.

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 Washington, DC: With Alan Greenspan suggesting cuts in Social Security benefits, Jim Rosenberg reports younger workers seem to have figured Social Security's a thing of the past. From New York: New Yorkers have the nation's longest average commute to work. That's one of the findings from a new kind of census survey unveiled this week. Judy Martin reports on the survey's goals. From New York: Amy Scott investigates whether remittances from Haitian families in the U.S. are making it back to their relatives during the current turmoil in their homeland. From New York: Ashley Milne-Tyte has the story on a proposed one percent tax on New Jersey mansions over $1,000,000. From Boston: Helen Palmer describes a new kind of law firm specializing in corporate responsibility. From Tokyo: Authorities in Tokyo paid a visit to Microsoft's local headquarters, looking for suspected violations of the country's anti-monopoly law. Jessica Smith has more. From London: A British lawmaker is calling for a tax on chewing gum to help defray the cost of cleaning it off Britain's streets. Stephen Beard reports. From New York: Two of the country's largest pension funds are looking to oust Michael Eisner. Judy Martin reports the static keeps the company's future in unknown territory. Features More women buying homes Single women aren't waiting around for a husband before becoming homeowners as they once did. As Ashley Milne-Tyte reports, single women in their twenties and thirties are becoming a vital part of the home-buying market.

NHL hasn't helped its finances by paying for study A new report for the National Hockey League shows the NHL is in some serious financial trouble. Host Tess Vigeland talks to Marketplace sports commentator Andrew Zimbalist about the findings.

California farm changed landscape, economy You've probably never heard of an 80-year-old cotton farmer named J.G. Boswell, but it's not easy to escape his influence. He controls the biggest farming empire in America and holds the key to billions in land and water rights. Host Kai Ryssdal talks Rick Wartzman, the co-author of Boswell's biography "The King of California." Web resource: Rick Wartzman is the co-author of "The King of California." His book is available on the Public Radio Booksource.