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Unrest scares tourists away from Jordan, Egypt
When protests hit one nation, like Egypt, some tourists avoid the whole region. Marketplace's Alisa Roth is in Amman, Jordan and she reports that tourism revenues in that country have slumped by a quarter in recent months.Read more
Al Jazeera English to launch U.S. campaign
The cable news network based in Qatar has been broadcasting developments in Egypt around the clock. It says that millions of Americans are being deprived of the opportunity to watch the network. Read more
TODAY ON MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT
Analyst Whitney skips Congressional hearing on muni bonds
Meredith Whitney famously predicted the collapse of several big banks in 2007. And after an ominous prediction about the municipal bond market, Whitney was called as the star witness at today's hearing on Capitol Hill. Roben Farzad of Bloomberg Business Week explains how Whitney made a name for herself, and the meaning behind her absence from today's hearing. Read more
Drought in China threatens global wheat supply
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of grain. But after severe winter droughts in the northern breadbasket region, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a global wheat shortage that will drive up the cost of foods like noodles and cereal. Rob Schmitz has more. Read more.
London, Toronto stock exchanges announce merger
Officials from the London Stock Exchange Group PLC and Toronto based TMX group Inc. announced the merger today. Bringing the two companies together will produce the second largest mining- and resource-exchange in the world. Christopher Werth explains. Read more
Commercial real estate rebounds
Compromises between landlords and tenants are helping the commercial real estate market improve.Read more
MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT
And your MID-DAY UPDATE
Marketplace Morning Report co-hosts Jeremy Hobson and Steve Chiotakis go over all of this morning's news -- from the global impact winter drougts on Chinese wheat fields will have to House Republicans verus s the EPA. Check it out here.
TODAY ON THE MARKETPLACE TECH REPORT
Who put all this spam in my Google search results?
When you search for something on Google, are you getting dependable high quality results or are you getting cheap, flimsy, ad-bait junk sites? Read more
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TUESDAY ON MARKETPLACE
- Toyota failures not caused by electronics
- Freakonomics: How we sell pain
- Michelle Obama's impact on fashion
- PHOTO GALLERY: Fashionable first ladies of the U.S.
- Pot smoking on Capitol Hill
- China raises interest rates to nip inflation
- Jordan, like Egypt, faces protests, poverty
- Broadway musical 'Spider-Man' skewered
MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE
- The power of a thank you note
- Turning your smartphone into a digital wallet
- In search of a new cell phone
- The psychology of why we hide purchases from our spouses
- Getting Personal: Your net worth, money management 101
- Square footage still trumps eco-friendliness
- Some parents still struggle with acquiring insurance for children
- What's in your wallet, Sandy Seibel?
- Letters: Mortgage messes, advice from Twitter
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