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MID-DAY UPDATE: BP: ‘Tis but a scratch!

Bill Radke Jul 19, 2010

*The Mid-Day Update is a five-day-a-week podcast from the Marketplace Morning Report co-hosted by Bill Radke and Steve Chiotakis that wraps up the morning news in a fun little package. Listen here every day at 10 a.m. PT or download it to your iPod by subscribing to the Morning Report Podcast:

  1. BP: Our well is NOT leaking. Much.

  2. Halliburton: Earnings up 83%. The future? Don’t ask.

  3. Obama: Extend jobless benefits, Senate. Senate Republicans: With what money?

  4. TARP inspector report: Obama, you closed too many car dealerships without considering economic impact. Obama: You issued a report without considering the factory jobs we saved, the car parts jobs we saved, the pension stocks we saved.

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