Marketplace Midday Update, Thursday, December 31, 2009

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MARKET UPDATE at 1:00 p.m. EST DOW -53.13; NASDAQ -5.82; S&P 500 -3.86 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 I quit, now cut me a check In what world can someone quit their job and get paid millions of dollars in severance pay? I think you already know the answer. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE College football's Bowl Championship Series, or BCS, kicks off New Year's Day with the first of a week-long series of games. The games bring in a lot of money for the invited schools and their athletic conferences, as well as a lot of complaints from schools outside the BCS system. Nancy Farghalli reports. The push to overhaul regulations for America's financial system didn't get very far in 2009. Marketplace's Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale reviews the propects for change with host Kai Ryssdal. The U.S. Treasury has sold a record amount of notes and bonds this year. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports on who has been buying up U.S. debt. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT Why are we looking at Glass-Steagall? Experts are looking to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 as they try to assess what went wrong with the financial system. Bill Radke explores just what that is with economics correspondent Chris Farrell. Jitters still loom in wine industry If you're planning on drinking wine tonight to celebrate the New Year, you'll be helping what some view to still be a shaky U.S. wine industry. Kaomi Goetz gets input from wine producers in Napa County. Nexus One will be iPhone competitor With features like a touchscreen, wi-fi Web access and apps galore, Google's Nexus One smart phone is in line to be a hard rival to Apple's iPhone. Mitchell Hartman explores why certain features may offer up the tough competition. MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE The financial year in review It's still a coin collector's world How to give good gifts 2009 money resolutions: How we fared Investment club tries for a comeback Getting Personal 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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