Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, December 13, 2004

Monday morning, December 13, 2004

FEATURES

Battling identity theft

Identity theft is growing faster than any other white-collar crime in the US. So what can we do about it? Host Tess Vigeland talks to Bob Sullivan, author of the identity theft book, Your Evil Twin, about some of the techniques and challenges involved in fighting this highly profitable crime.

The Best Gift Ever - Wolfgang Puck

Today, the first installment in our holiday series--The Best Gift Ever!

But will a bank take it?

Tired of worrying about the falling dollar? Maybe it's time to invest in another kind of money: NONEY! Robin Amer reports on a popular alternative currency created by an American artist that continues to grow in value.

NEWSCAST

From Washington: The inflation-battling Federal Reserve meets tomorrow for the final time this year.

From Washington: Family planning clinics head to court today to try to block an anti-abortion clause tucked into the massive 2005 spending bill.

From Los Angeles: More than 200 African American newspapers currently operate in the U.S...

From Beijing: When 40-year-old world wide quotas on textile trade come to an end on January 1, U.S. and European manufactures worry Chinese products will flood them out of business.

Frtom London: The London Stock Exchange, scene of countless mergers and takeovers, has become a target itself.... Again. The Exchange has just rejected a second takeover bid from its German rival, Deutche-boerse.

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