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: Congress has been busy on the tax front. Last week it extended a series of tax breaks for married couples and families with kids. But they may not be done yet...
From New York: When Mom and Pop start a business in the U.S., they can't be sure it will turn a profit... but they can count on a few basics.
From Washington: Affordable housing is getting a shot in the arm this morning. But if builders and developers want some of the millions of grant dollars that will become available, they have to build environmentally friendly housing.
From Tokyo: In an interview to be aired this week, President George W. Bush says military force has not been ruled out as the U.S. tries to block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The diplomatic struggle ranges far beyond the mideast...the President's comments will turn up the heat on Japan to cancel a major oil deal it signed earlier this year with Iran.
From Los Angeles: Remember life before Starbucks? One coffee growers group is hoping you do... They're banking on an old mascot to lure coffee-drinkers away from the Seattle chain.
From Los Angeles: As part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, Adelphia Communications put its cable systems on the auction block...
From London: Oil prices continued to rise in trading this morning. On Asian markets, U.S. light crude breeched the $50-a-barrel level.
From Beijing: As China opens its borders to grow its economy, the country increasingly faces balancing its traditional and communist values with western popular culture.
From New York: Congressional investigators dealt a blow to the Bush Administration's plans to privatize more Medicare coverage yesterday.
Features
Salt wars
The British Government has launched a public health campaign urging consumers to cut down on their salt intake. The message is that salt is linked to high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes. But there have been squeals of protest... From London Stephen Beard reports.
It pays to be smart ...
Today 23 very creative people will get a half-million dollars. The MacArthur Foundation announces the recipients of its annual Genius Grants. The grants are meant to reward innovative Americans for their contributions to society. Marketplace's Helen Palmer takes a look.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
