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 Boston: In the latest bid to legalize Medical Marijuana, a patient advocacy group has filed a petition to make the Federal Government admit the drug can help patients.
From New York: Leaders from OPEC and the International Energy Association meet today. They'll discuss last week's volatile oil market.
From Washington: The vice presidential candidates debate tonight -- expect some testy exchanges over the economy among other issues. But to many outside observers, there's a lot the two sides agree on, and a lot they're both leaving out.
From New York: Members of the federal government have recently started expressing concern about banking fees.
From Washington: Banks are jump-starting plans to begin issuing American Express or Discover cards to their customers ... after the Supreme Court yesterday turned down Visa and Mastercard's arguments in defense of their exclusive arrangements with 20,000 banks.
From Los Angeles: In July, Microsoft announced it was selling its online magazine, Slate. Not for monetary reasons, but because the software giant said it wanted to focus on technology endeavors.
From Los Angeles: What's in your water? If you are among the more than 30 percent of Americans who gulp down bottled H20 on a regular basis--it might be hard to say.
From London: Supporters of the top british soccer team, Manchester United, have warned an American sports tycoon to keep his hands off their club. Speculation's been growing that Malcolm Glazer could soon launch a takeover bid for the british company.
From New York: Tomorrow the CIA releases a report that lists hundreds of companies and individuals who got vouchers from Saddam Hussein to buy Iraqi oil below market prices before the U.S. invasion.
Features
Trying to rock the vote
Mainstream rap stars have emerged this election as a force to register new voters. From P. Diddy's "Vote or Die" to Russell Simmons' "Let's Vote" campaign, these non partisan efforts are using star power to hype a civic duty. But a left-leaning group is using a different spin to mobilize the hip-hop generation. Marketplace Americas Desk correspondent Dan Grech reports from WLRN in Miami.
Health bribes?
How do you lower health care premiums, reduce the number of insurance claims, and get people to live healthier all in one go? Some say bribes are the answer... Okay, not bribes, rewards programs. Several insurance companies have started enticing their members to lose weight or quit smoking with free stuff. Marketplace's Sean Cole looks at one such program.
Tuesday, October 5, 2004
