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.
From Washington: Managers at the World Bank meet today in Washington. They're considering new guidelines for funding oil, gas and other projects in developing countries.
From Washington: Next month marks two years since Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act amid outrage over corporate financial scandals. The law is aimed at protecting whistleblowers against retaliation from private employers.
From New York: The price of a barrel of oil has come down to something of a tug-of-war in the Middle East. Some wary investors say prices could go back up again in the coming weeks if there's more violence in the region.
From Tokyo: About a hundred and fifty U.S. officials and business leaders are in India's hi-tech hub of Bangalore this week for a conference on space technology cooperation.
From Mojave, California: History is being made this morning in California's Mojave desert, as the first ever privately funded manned rocket launches into space.
From New York: Unless you've been unconscious for the past couple of weeks you'll know tomorrow's the day former president Bill Clinton's autobiography comes out.
From London: Beer sales in Britain have flattened as the great British tradition of popping into the local pub for pint has declined. But one british brewer is fighting back.
From Beijing: Today Yahoo! launched a Chinese-language search portal (with a name that translates into something more to the point than the English name. It's Chinese name means no. 1 search.) Yahoo is the second major U.S. web company to make a move in China in recent weeks.
From Washington: The annual study by Giving USA found charitable donations rose last year, especially by individuals.
Features
The Sloan Sessions
Lawmakers are trying to change some stock option accounting rules established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. In this edition of the Sloan Sessions, Newsweek's Wall Street editor Alan Sloan joins host Kai Ryssdal to explain what it's all about
Air Force Competition
European aircraft makers are becoming increasingly optimistic that they may be able to bid on U.S. defense contracts. From London, Marketplace's Stephen Beard reports.
A Mom's Resume Gap ...
Mothers trying to re-enter the workforce often struggle to explain the time they took off from their paid careers to focus on their families. But as Sarah Gardner reports from the Work and Family Desk, there's a growing industry of experts available to help them get back into a job.
Monday, June 21, 2004
