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: You may be owed a pension and not even know it. The Federal agency in charge of this wants you to check their master list to see if you have money just sitting there unclaimed.
From Boston: Heart disease is the biggest killer in the U.S. It accounts for most health spending: $350 billion last year. The best selling drug in the world is Pfizer's Lipitor, which treats cholesterol. But it is among a group of heart disease therapies with patents expiring in the next 5 years.
From Los Angeles: Last week was rough for the telecom industry. AT and T announced it will focus its attention almost exclusively on business customers and MCI posted disappointing second quarter results.
From Los Angeles: Last week, the governing body of NASCAR racing fined driver Jimmie Johnson ten grand for covering up a Powerade bottle.
From New York: What's it worth to you to avoid waiting room hassles and have extra attention from your doctor?
From Los Angeles: From the "Information wants to be Free" files: People who swap music and video online have launched a new way of showing off what so-called peer to peer can do.
From Beijing: China's media says finance watchdogs are cracking down on capital flight that takes advantages of offshore financial centers like the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.
From London: Britain's financial regulator has licensed the country's first Muslim bank.
From Washington: Five years ago, a seat on the New York stock exchange sold for $2.6 million. Today, you can get in for a mere $1.2 million. A a seat isn't what it used to be ...
Features
For the ultimate shopper ...
Next week, a new magazine called Shop Etc is launching. It's all about what things to buy... and where to buy them. Host Tess Vigeland talks with Matthew Felling from with Center for Media and Public Affairs about its prospects.
Gah-Gah for Google?
There's a lot of buzz about Google's upcoming IPO. But is it really worth all of the fuss being made about it? Host Cheryl Glaser gets a reality check from Marketplace personal finance expert Gabriel Wisdom on the company's value.
Costly Olympics?
The Summer Olympics - which open in Athens on Friday - has already given Greece a big economic boost. But the country could be in for a hard landing when the Games are over. A report published today by British accountants PWC warns that soaring costs could leave the Greek government with massive debts. From the European Desk in London Stephen Beard reports.
Monday, August 9, 2004
