Friday, May 7, 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 Rome: European countries are starting to gear up for the EU elections in June. Political parties across the continent are putting forth their platforms of economic and politics reforms. But in Italy, there's one party that's concerned with something else entirely. From New York: Good news could be bad news on Wall Street today. The government's April jobs report is due this morning. Economists are generally expecting solid new growth in payrolls. Investors seem to have other concerns. From Los Angeles: It's down to the wire for SBC Communications and the Communication Workers of America. The two sides have until midnight tonight FRI to hammer out a new contract. SBC is the second largest local phone company in the country, and more than 100,000 union members have been working there without a contract for the last month. From New York: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will testify at a Senate hearing today about the Iraq prison abuse scandal, and how much, or how little, he knew about it. The Bush Administration may have something to learn about damage control from the corporate world. From Boston: Harvard's graduate medical and business schools have teamed up. It's a program designed to help doctors treat patients, and cut costs. From Los Angeles: Microsoft is teaming up with a new company to stop spam. IronPort Systems says legitimate companies will ante up to distinguish themselves from spammers. From London: Airbus, the European plane maker has just begun assembling the world's biggest commercial jet. The A380 will seat up to 550 passengers Features Mothers Day! This Sunday is Mother's Day. Moms can expect flowers, cards, maybe even an all-carb breakfast in bed. But a new survey shows most of the time, one-third of working moms aren't satisfied with the balance they've struck between the office and home. Ashley Milne-Tyte looks into whether there's hope on the horizon for a less hectic life for working mothers. Also, thoughts on finding a babysitter...

TV Advertising - What's Hot? This is Up-Front season in Hollywood. That time of year when advertisers decide what to pay the networks. So where is the money going now? Tess Vigeland speaks with Mike Speier, managing editor for Daily Variety.

Spiderman on the Bases Sometimes, advertising looks foolish. Take baseball, which was going to place Spiderman on all the bases. Host Kai Ryssdal talks with Michael Knisley, a senior editor at ESPN.com.