Posted by Katharine Crnko
For Marketplace Morning Report, Monday, November 15, 2010
Today’s big news is in email clients. AOL Project Phoenix last night, its long -awaited email overhaul, and Facebook is expected to announce its new email client.
The discussion continues in Ireland over bailouts. The country says it worked hard for its independence, and it places to keep it.
Sales for the month of October are up 1.2 percent.
Ninety five percent of us just had less tax taken out of our paychecks — about $65 dollars a month for families. But we didn’t know it happened.
As the U.S. faces ever-greater competition from abroad, the need for global entrepreneurship has never been greater.
The Federal Reserve has begun pumping money into the U.S. economy. But other countries claim the U.S. is adding to turmoil to the global currency markets.
New technology and climate change have made it easier to drill for oil deep off the icy coast of Greenland. The country is planning to award permits to oil companies soon.
General Motors will reportedly go through with its initial public offering on Thursday. In China, state media reports the car maker SAIC Motor — a Chinese company — has agreed to buy a big stake in the American automaker.
Here are the songs we played:
- Love In This Club (Main Version) — Usher featuring Young Jeezy Buy
- Before Tigers — HealthBuy
- A Taste Of Honey (John King of the Dust Brothers Remix) — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Buy
- Smoothie Song — Nickel Creek Buy
- Cassettesingle — Fujiya And Miyagi Buy
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