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: It's hard to believe, but today the first criminal trial in the years-long Enron investigation finally gets underway.
From Beijing: China's former President, 78-year-old Jiang Zemin, retired his last official role over the weekend - ending a lengthy leadership transition with the country's new President.
From Tokyo: A new pipeline of free trade will cross the Pacific Ocean. Mexico and Japan signed a free trade deal over the weekend after years of wrangling.
From Phoenix: On Friday, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants became the third player in Major League Baseball history to hit 700 career home runs. Fans in the stands have fought over recent milestone baseballs, hoping to sell them for a healthy profit. But Bonds' 700 Ball isn't generating the same bidding buzz.
From Los Angeles: The TV business honored its best and brightest at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards last night. But do the awards have any lasting effect on shows once the red carpet's rolled up and all the stars have gone home?
From Los Angeles: Turning 65 used to mean retirement for many people. But as baby boomers near that milestone, many say they're not ready.
From London: Now here's a new brand that some might find a little hard to swallow...a vodka, which goes on sale in London today named after the man who designed the AK-47 assault rifle.
Features
What's with mutual funds?
It's been a little over a year since the mutual fund scandal broke. Since then, all kinds of things have been happening in the industry. Have things changed for the better? Host Kai Ryssdal puts that question to Newsweek's Wall Street editor Allan Sloan in this edition of The Sloan Sessions.
The pension fiasco
The federal government has been spending huge amounts of money to bail out pension plans at ailing businesses. Host Tess Vigeland talks to market expert Gabriel Wisdom about how companies are able to shed their pension responsibilities to their employees.
Blame it on chad
Given the uproar over butterfly ballots during the 2000 Presidential election, it should come as no surprise that this year's balloting will be heavily scrutinized. Anticipating vote challenges, ballot recounts and lawsuits, the Republican and Democratic parties have already hired teams of lawyers. And, with no votes being taken for granted, the campaigns are even targeting voters who live overseas. As John Dimsdale reports from Washington, some questions are now being raised about the way active duty GI's will cast their ballots.
Monday, September 20, 2004
