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: A key congressional committee will tackle the issue of border security today. A big part of that is a new immigrant tracking system that's expected to cost about $10 billion. Money well spent?
From New York: The SEC took another step yesterday to reform the $7.5 trillion mutual fund industry in response to scandals that have shaken investor confidence...
From Boston: Twenty-thousand Americans donate tissue - bone, heart valves, corneas or skin - every year. Sometimes, though the tissue can be infected...
From Washington: On Monday, the Department of Labor will implement new regulations that will change who's eligible for overtime pay...
From Beijing: An election scheduled for next month in Hong Kong gives the province its first chance to take legislative control away from pro-Beijing politicians...
From Long Beach: The nation's busiest port, in Long Beach, California, has more business than it can handle. So the union and the shipping lines announced a lottery to hire new dock workers...
From Los Angeles: Google falls short. The ultra-hyped IPO finally set its price...
From London: The bankrupt Italian food giant Parmalat -- which has been described as Europe's very own version of Enron -- has launched a ten $10 billion lawsuit against its former auditors...
Features
The culinary entrepreneurs
Having some friends over for a barbecue this weekend? It's one thing to be handy with a grill and tongs. It's another to use that kind of culinary skill to build a business empire...
California wineries booming
The number of jobs at California wineries has soared in recent years. Host Tess Vigeland talks to wine distributor Michael Coleman about what's uncorked the market for California wines.
Watching the non-profts
The IRS is looking into pay for chief executives who run non-profits. The concern - that charities are abusing their tax exempt status by paying super-high salaries to their higher-ups. The result - fewer donated dollars go to people in need. One way around this whole controversy is to cut out big management teams all together. That's what one Catholic priest in Los Angeles does...
Thursday, August 19, 2004
