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 New York: Ashley Milne-Tyte has details of a landmark case affecting a gun store's liability in its sales.
From the Health Desk: Helen Palmer outlines new findings about the lobbying efforts of HMOs and drug companies in this year's Medicare reforms.
From Los Angeles: Following the first day's trading of stock in SalesForce.com, Cheryl Glaser explores what's behind this year's dramatic increase in IPOs.
From Los Angeles: Cathy Duchamp examines why Washington Mutual wanted to patent the interior designs of its bank branches.
From Seattle: Jason Paur discovers why COMDEX is delaying its big annual fall trade show this year.
From London: Stephen Beard reports on animal rights activists targeting a construction company for building a new testing lab.
From Tokyo: Steven Herman reports on the U.S.'s offer to North Korea about the dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
From Washington: Steve Henn investigates IBM's settlement of 50 suits with former employees who claim workplace chemicals gave them cancer.
Features
More Moola for Health Care
Most folks would argue that Americans pay plenty for health care. But if it's the best way to improve our living standards, shouldn't we be willing to pay more? Host Kai Ryssdal talks about this idea with Marketplace's money expert Chris Farrell.
What Women Buy
Businesses have a lot of learning to do when it involves marketing to women, or so says Lisa Johnson, the author of "Don't Think Pink -- What Really Makes Women Buy". She tells host Tess Vigeland that companies need to stop telling women their products are "for them" and start focusing on what's actually important to female demographic.
The New Machine: The Little Guy
For those who don't have close connections with lawmakers, lobbyists can be a vital link in getting their voices heard. In today's edition of our special report, The New Machine, Marketplace's Lisa Napoli profiles one small lobbyist's job and the challenges he faces going up against the more powerful lobbyists.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
