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 Los Angeles: The third and final presidential debate is set for tonight. Most voters have already made up their minds and polls show Senator Kerry and President Bush in a dead heat.
From New York: Toy maker Mattel has released its first-ever corporate social responsibility report, which includes information on problems at overseas plants and how the company is tackling them.
From Miami: Satellite TV across Latin America consolidated this week under one man: you guessed it, Rupert Murdoch.
From Washington: Does Marriage have a future? According to a new series of studies published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Marriage and Family, the age old institution is still going strong here in the U.S.
From Las Vegas: Las Vegas beat out Apple, McDonalds, the Detroit Pistons, Michael Moore and Mel Gibson yesterday, winning the equivalent of the academy awards for brand marketing.
From South Africa: A major corruption trial opens today in South Africa. It could be a career ender for the country's vice president, who allegedly took bribes to secure an arms deal in 1999.
From New Dehli: This week, New Delhi is hosting a two day conference on cybersecurity in light of outsourcing.
From Tokyo: Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister is in Tokyo pleading for funds for his country. Fifty-five nations are attending the third Iraq donor conference today and many are concerned about security.
From London: Gambling is becoming easier than ever in Britain. Las Vegas Caesar's Entertainment is planning a huge new casino in London. And the UK's national lottery is now selling tickets using cellphones.
From Washington: In recent months, several big newspapers admitted to over-stating their subscribers' circulation numbers lure advertisers among other things. There's news today government regulators are checking out the entire industry.
Features
The last debate
Commentator Robert Reich has some suggestions for the candidates as they head into the final debate of this election season. It may not be "the economy, stupid..." this year... but it'd be nice if they at least touched on a few major issues.
No Child Left Behind battles
Next week the small school district of Thermal, California, will be placed on a list of California districts failing to meet the achievement standards of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The district is threatening to sue. Sarah Gardner takes us into the classroom -- where kids have no idea they're being judged by bureaucrats thousands of miles away.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
