Nov 19, 2007

Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, November 19, 2007

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Keep your money-market fund low-cost

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 19, 2007

General Electric's recent trouble with money-market funds showed those investments weren't immune to subprime. Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan tells us the rules for avoiding trouble with short-term bonds.

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Rekindling a market for e-books

by Sam Eaton

Nov 19, 2007

Amazon.com launches its new e-book reader today, and the company is hoping Kindle will do for paperbacks what iPods did for music. But Sam Eaton reports this technology has been around for over a decade.

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Homebuilders gloomy over record low

by Amy Scott

Nov 19, 2007

The monthly housing market index is reporting a 14-year low on new homes, making homebuilders' outlook less optimistic than usual. Amy Scott tells us when homebuilders hope to see things turn around.

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Sustaining business growth in Africa

by Gretchen Wilson

Nov 19, 2007

Sub-Saharan economies have been growing between 5-7 percent a year, benefits which the IMF and World Bank believe will have a lingering effect. Gretchen Wilson reports how a focus on business can help.

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French commuters won't back up strike

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 19, 2007

It's the sixth day of a nationwide transit workers' strike in France, and the French people are showing less support to strikers as severe traffic jams continue to plague commuters. John Laurenson reports from Paris.

China's search: Power with few results

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 19, 2007

Internet search engine Baidu dominates China as Google has a hold on the U.S. Doug Krizner talks to Dawn Chmielewski of the L.A. Times about how the Chinese site plays its roles maintaining government restrictions.

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Seedy workings in U.S. farm subsidies

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 19, 2007

Canada and Brazil are asking the World Trade Organization to look into whether the U.S. is violating international law by giving too much in subsidies to its farmers. Paul Brandus has more.

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Commercial is the new residential

by Janet Babin

Nov 19, 2007

Commercial real estate might soon be heading the way of the residential housing market, according to a report out by Moody's. But Janet Babin explains why Moody's isn't ready to panic yet.

OPEC concerned over weak dollar

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 19, 2007

OPEC leaders have wrapped up their weekend summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where a lot of talk focused on the weak U.S. dollar. Doug Krizner gets feedback from Ed Crooks of the Financial Times.

Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, November 19, 2007

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