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Friday, August 29, 2003 Listen to the entire show in RealAudio

Newscast Today: Dow tippietoes 41.61 (+0.44%); NASDAQ jumps 10.27 (+0.57%); S&P 500 hops 5.17 (+0.52%) Bush’s new rules on peer review of government scientists have big implications for scientists, businesses, and consumer advocates. While it could make research less venerable to political attack, some say it adds a new layer of bureaucracy to the government. The French government might abolish one holiday to use the payroll taxes from that day to help the elderly get better care. But which holiday will go? Forget just high gas prices -- beef is at an all-time high this summer Listen to all newscast items

Features Music Bridge: Friday Night in America - New Grass Revival Purchase this music from Public Radio MusicSource Your purchase helps support Marketplace. A look at the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted If you're planning an outing this Labor Day weekend to Central Park in New York City, you have one man to thank for the privilege: Frederick Law Olmsted, America's premier 19th-century landscape architect, who died 100 years ago this week. The best part of Olmsted’s work? He prompted Americans to think differently about the value of land. Reporter: Mitchell Hartman Online resource www.nps.gov/frla: Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Music Bridge: Central Park - Rob Ickes Purchase this music from Public Radio MusicSource Your purchase helps support Marketplace.

Week On Wall Street Marketplace host Cheryl Glaser rounds up this week on Wall Street with Dallas stockbroker David Johnson. Related information For more information or to contact David Johnson, e-mail him at djohnson@marketplace.org.

Commentary - It’s difficult selling Levitra When it comes to prescription drugs, some medicines are easier to market than others. This week, drug giants Bayer and Glaxo-Smith-Kline launched Levitra, the new potency pill. That’s why 4,000 sales reps, executives and doctors showed up for the two-day Levitra marketing extravaganza in Atlanta. One participant was commentator and humorist James Braly, who ponders the dilemma of selling drugs in the 21st century. Commentator: James Braly Music Bridge: Rise to the Skin - Alice Donut Purchase this music from Public Radio MusicSource Your purchase helps support Marketplace.

Sports bar meets barbershop, without the beer and wings With the 2003 college football season beginning in earnest tomorrow, how do dedicated sports fans have enough time to get off the couch to get anything else done -- like getting a haircut? Good thing there are new barbershops for busy men who can't tear themselves away from the big game. It’s a guy’s place that doesn’t look anything like the women’s salons. Apparently, guys like the idea. There are sports-themed barbershops in at least 25 states -- and they’re currently the fastest growing chain salons in the country. Reporter: Melanie Peeples Music Bridge: Barber Shop Rag - Chet Atkins Purchase this music from Public Radio MusicSource Your purchase helps support Marketplace.

Introducing Our New Host, David Brown Marketplace’s new host, David Brown, starts the day after Labor Day. So, Marketplace’s General Manager Jim Russell and Executive Producer J.J. Yore provide the introduction. Online resource Special thanks to David Brenner for contributing to our "Introduction to David Brown" sketch. His new book "I Think There's A Terrorist In My Soup: How to Survive Personal and World Problems with Laughter - Seriously" is available at Amazon.com

Monday On Marketplace... On a very special Labor Day broadcast, we’re taking a look at employment -- through the eyes of a child. Putting in 8 hours a day may be illegal for kids in America, but in many countries, it’s all in a days work. We revisit our child labor series, “A Child’s Work.”