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Friday, August 15, 2003 Listen to the entire show in RealAudio

Newscast Today: Dow rises 11.13 (+0.12%); NASDAQ moves slightly 1.67 (+0.10%); S&P 500 nudges upward 0.16 (+0.02%) Some businesses were barely affected from the nation's largest power outages The real-life results of deregulation have fallen short of high expectations Y2K disaster planning paid off for many city, state and private organizations Commentator and lawyer David Skeel wonders how small business owners will cope with the real-life damages caused by yesterday's blackout Listen to all newscast items

Features Music Bridge: Blackout - David Bowie Purchase this music from Public Radio MusicSource Your purchase helps support Marketplace. Week on Wall Street Marketplace host David Brancaccio rounds up this week on Wall Street with Teddy Weisberg, stock trader at Seaport Securities, and Michael Sivvy, sr. editor at "Money" magazine.

What will the music biz look like in 2010 If you're typical of most music fans, you've got music in a variety of formats: CD, tapes, files on your computer, maybe even some vinyl. With all this variety, and the music industry launching an enormous battle against music piracy, you might be wondering how this is all going to turn out. What's the future of music? Reporter: Christian Bordal Music Bridge: Fight the Power - Public Enemy Purchase this music from Public Radio MusicSource Your purchase helps support Marketplace.