Marketplace Midday Update, Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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MARKET UPDATE at 12:30 p.m. EST DOW -83.66; NASDAQ -5.20; S&P 500 -7.69 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. Let’s get started with items on whether the government can create jobs and a chat with Elizabeth Warren. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE The U.S Patent and Trademark Office is preparing for a new program that will fast-track the review of green technologies. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports on whether the new measure might bear any unintended consequences for industry and innovation. The U.S. government will settle a trust lawsuit with Native Americans for $3.4 billion. John Dimsdale reports. President Obama has announced his intent to boost jobs through improving opportunities for small businesses. What can the government do to help? Amy Scott reports. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT Americans don't get best care for cost Americans spend almost two and a half times more on their health care than citizens in other developed countries. But Marc Pearson of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tells Bill Radke the quality of care doesn't show it. B of A still needs to find new CEO Bank of America has less than four weeks until CEO Ken Lewis steps down, and the bank has yet to name his successor. But the bank's TARP repayments should help bump the new CEO's salary. Jeremy Hobson reports. Copenhagen tackles airline emissions The aviation industry is facing pressure in Copenhagen over its carbon emissions. Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Stephen Beard, who explains why it's a sensitive issue and what's concerning developing countries. MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE Government takeover of student loans? Job hunting basics for a tough market Investment lessons culled from Madoff The new digital pyramid scheme Don't let debt cancellation fool you Raising the bar on mortgages How to get equal pay for equal work I'm going to make some investing noise 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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