Marketplace Midday Update, Friday, December 4, 2009

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MARKET UPDATE at 1:35 p.m. EST DOW -2.57; NASDAQ +9.85; S&P 500 +2.55 Marketplace Minute With Bill Radke Watch Marketplace Morning Report host Bill Radke cram all the week's business news into a 60-second poem. LATEST NEWS FROM MARKETPLACE Listen to today's Morning Report | Marketplace Morning Reading Good morning. Finally, a jobs report we can call encouraging. After months and months of substantial losses, the job market flattened out in November. And the unemployment rate actually dropped. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE How do you cope when part of your job is telling other people they've lost their jobs? Sean Cole reports on the human resource support groups that are springing up around the nation. The latest Labor Department report says job losses slowed in November. But Mitchell Hartman reports the new numbers aren't exactly a cause for celebration. The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear a challenge to the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which set new standards for U.S. public company boards and firms. John Dimsdale reports the court's decision may have huge implications for businesses and regulators. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT Youth in ____ face highest jobless rate Which country faces the highest unemployment rate among its population that is below 25 years of age? Stephan Richter of TheGlobalist.com quizzes Steve Chiotakis. What a bad holiday means for retailers The latest consumer-spending numbers have been pretty dismal, which is bad news considering retailers make nearly half their money this time of year. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports. Logbooks give clues on climate change Projecting what the climate will be like several decades from now is no easy task. So British scientists are looking to the past for help. Christopher Werth reports. MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE Why being a shopaholic isn't so bad Will scented candles light men's fire? Unemployed stay afloat on credit Life goes on after foreclosure Home-selling's short sale headaches Survey: Workers feel jobs are stagnant Need work? Trying making your own. Video resumes highlight good attributes More from Marketplace Money Subscribe to the Marketplace Money newsletter SPONSOR Coverage from Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace Money plus Web extras. SPECIAL REPORTS AND FEATURES We're on Twitter Get an early heads-up of what's coming up on the show and other tidbits from the business day. Follow us   Working Intimate profiles of real people with real families, real struggles, real dreams and real jobs. Meet them   Conversations from the Corner Office Marketplace goes one-on-one with CEOs, company founders, head honchos. Sit in The Next American Dream Marketplace looks at four pillars of the American Dream and how they're changing. Follow the Dream.

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