Tuesday, October 20, 2009
In this show. . .
What do corporate profits mean for us?
Pfizer, Caterpillar, Wells Fargo and DuPont are among companies reporting better-than-expected profits this quarter. Analysts say there are more to come. Does good news for corporations mean a recovering economy? Alisa Roth reports.
Looking for a niche with the Nook
Barnes & Noble is entering the e-reader market with the Nook. What's it got that Amazon's Kindle and the others don't? Mitchell Hartman reports.
Courts are weighing in on budget cuts
A federal judge in California has barred the state from cutting money from an in-home care program for the elderly and disabled. Other states may see their proposed budget cuts rolled back by the courts, too. Jeff Tyler reports.
The warning that went unheeded
In the 1990s, most people didn't know the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's chairman was warning about derivatives and being ignored. Frontline's Michael Kirk reports on Brooksley Born's fight against Washington's economic establishment.
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Merging new music with good business
No independent music label has done more to bring a lot of bands from obscurity to the top of the college charts than Merge Records. It was started 20 by two punk rockers, Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. They talk with Kai Ryssdal.
Lack of sick pay sends colds, flu to work
Half of America's private-sector workers don't get paid sick leave. So, even when they don't feel well and could infect others, many of them still show up at the office. And that's not what the doctor ordered. Curt Nickisch reports.
When the Dow is up, news is down
You might think that when the Dow Jones Industrial Average is climbing, news coverage would increase too. But that's not what a study found from the Pew Center's Project for Excellence In Journalism.
Marketplace datebook for Wednesday, October 21, 2009
- The Federal Reserve publishes its latest Beige Book summary of current economic conditions.
- A news conference at the National Press Club addresses the state of the world's vaccines.
- And the H1N1 flu is the topic of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing.
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