Friday, August 10, 2007
In this show. . .
Your word for the day: Liquidity
With markets around the world still rocking from the subprime lending debacle, central banks pumped a third of a trillion dollars into the global banking system to increase liquidity. Bob Moon helps us define what that means.
Sighs of relief amid the gasps and groans
Even with the recent stock market losses and hedge fund blow-ups, there are those on Wall Street who see a bright side. Amy Scott reports.
Average Joes think long-term
Wall Street's nervous. But what about the rest of us? The ones whose 401Ks and pension plans are invested in funds that have gone bad. Steve Tripoli hit the streets to get people's reactions.
Week on Wall Street
Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson talks with host Kai Ryssdal about how the Fed might react to the liquidity crunch.
Administration lays out immigration plan
The Bush administration presented its immigration blueprint with two cabinet secretaries making the announcement of more than two dozen policies -- some new, some already on the books. Dan Grech reports.
What's happened to our infrastructure?
Commentator Tim Bedore says America's way of economic thinking is to blame for the collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis.
A new class in corporate sponsorship
College administrators always say tuition alone doesn't cover their costs. So they have to raise money elsewhere. Some are turning to new and controversial sources. Stacey Vanek Smith has a lesson in education economics.
Kai Ryssdal's final note...
Remember the good old days, when you bought CDs and then actually owned the songs? You could burn them to your computer and use those digital tracks for whatever you wanted, legal or otherwise.
We live now in the world of digitial rights management. But the world's biggest music label announced this week it's going to try selling songs without any copyright protection on them. Universal Music Group will be conducting what they call an MP3 experiment until January. They'll partner with Google, Wal-Mart and Amazon.
Conspicuously not in that lineup? Apple's iTunes.
Marketplace datebook for Monday, August 13, 2007
- In Washington, the Commerce Department reports on retail sales for July.
- President Bush visits the Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- And on this date in 1961 a barrier went up dividing east and west Berlin. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989, but today city officials and artists are looking for ways to restore a crumbling stretch, keeping the artwork intact.
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Kai Ryssdal took the reins as host of Marketplace in August 2005 after hosting the Marketplace Morning Report for more than four years. Before joining Marketplace, Kai was … Full bio
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