Posted by Mary Dooe
For Marketplace Morning Report, Fri., Oct. 14, 2011
The planned cleaning of the encampment fro Occupy Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan has been postponed. The protesters had said the planned cleanup at 7 a.m. was merely a pretext to evict them. Both Jill Schlesinger and Chris Low weigh in on the the good news of the day: retail sales grew at their fastest pace in seven months in September.
And here are the songs we played today:
- The Morning – The Weeknd
- Someone Like Me – RoyksoppBuy
- Reality – RJD2Buy
- Red Right Hand – Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsBuy
- Anything New – BibioBuy
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