Thursday, March 18, 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 New York: Airline passengers may have their personal information reviewed by Transportation Security officials, in the U.S. and abroad. Amy Scott has more. From Los Angeles: Yesterday, a federal court ruled that the Justice Department can go forward with its racketeering lawsuit against six cigarette makers. Matthew Algeo reports. From Washington, D.C.: John Dimsdale explains a recent poll by the Pew Institute that found U.S. credibility abroad has dropped not only in Muslim nations, but in Europe as well. From Los Angeles: Older Americans are enjoying a rare boost in employment. Lisa Napoli explores why a million people over the age of 55 have been hired in the last year, despite the economy's "jobless" recovery. From London: Whistles are back on the platform in Britain, where a train company with the worst punctuality record in the country has resorted to a traditional method to make the trains run on time. Stephen Beard reports. From Berlin: Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, may soon be protected from hostile takeovers by Chancellor Schroeder. Kyle James has more. From London: Stephen Beard reports on Microsoft's efforts to translate some of its software into 40 "minority" languages, including Welch and Catalan. From Brussels: Despite offers of compromises from Microsoft, negotiations with EU antitrust regulators continued to stall today. Carl Stiansen has the story. Features Inflation could just be around the corner Once again, the Federal Reserve passed on raising interest rates. So, when are we likely to see rates go up? As Marketplace's money expert Chris Farrell tells host Tess Vigeland, it could happen sooner than some may think.

Critics of NCAA beer ads crying foul Beer makers love to advertise during the NCAA men's basketball tournament. But not everyone is happy about it. Jay Hedland with the Campaign for Alcohol-Free Sports explains why beer ads during college games leave a bad taste in his mouth.

Med students try to match up with hospitals / Tough requirements on doctors-in-training Today is the day this year's group of med school grads finds out where they'll do their residencies. From the Marketplace Health Desk, Helen Palmer looks at the competition by students to land the right hospital. Meanwhile, a lawsuit is moving ahead against some hospitals over the demands placed on residents. Jordan Cohen, president of the American Association of Medical Colleges, explains why hospitals impose tough requirements on doctors-in-training.