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 Miami: Tonight the University of Miami is hosting the first of three presidential debates. It turns out U-M lobbied for three years to get this debate in an attempt to change the university's image from "Suntan U" to the Ivy League school of the south...
From Los Angeles: One of the world's biggest advertisers is looking to pair up with... other advertisers. As Marketplace's Lisa Napoli reports, their goal is to crack the Holy Grail of advertising.
From Washington: Here's a number you don't hear every day: $7.3 trillion. That's the national debt. And it's about to hit a ceiling imposed by Congress.
From Paris: Two ships containing 300 pounds of American plutonium are on their way to France, where the weapons-grade plutonium will be treated.
From Boston: Today's the end of California's legislative session - and Governor Schwartzenegger has 208 bills sitting on his desk to sign or veto by midnight...
From Los Angeles: IBM reached a partial settlement in a pension lawsuit late yesterday. Under the terms, the company would pay $320 million to 140,000 workers who said changes in the company's plan discriminated against older workers.
From London: The Russians say they will ratify the Kyoto Treaty...and President Vladimir Putin's cabinet approved the environmental deal today.
From New York: Earlier this month a gay and lesbian activist group, the Human Rights Campaign embarrassed Sprint, Home Depot, and other companies for including pets in their employee benefits... but not domestic partners. Home Depot quickly announced it would expand its benefits...
Features
Corporate profits
Many businesses have enjoyed solid earnings growth during the past few months. So why are they so reluctant to invest and hire new workers? Host Kai Ryssdal checks in with Marketplace's money guru Chris Farrell for some answers.
Weird at work?
Maybe they have a ridiculous hairdo. Or, they post cutesy cartoons all over their cubicle walls. Who's the office oddball where you work? Maybe it's you! But John Putzier, author of the book Weirdos in the Workplace tells host Tess Vigeland don't knock the nonconformist: they can be a big boost to your business.
The first debate
Make no mistake about it: Corporations have a big interest in the Presidential debates. As Marty Goldensohn reports, the debates themselves are sponsored by big business. Then, the Economist's John Mickelthwaite outlines what businesses want to HEAR the presidential candidates debate as the election draws near.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
