Marketplace Midday Update, Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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MARKET UPDATE at 1:30 p.m. EST DOW +57.36; NASDAQ +13.67; S&P 500 +4.77 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 One bank's trash... This is one of those stories that's representative of what a long, strange trip it's been. It's also appropriate that I just quoted the Grateful Dead because the story begins with a tour bus that reeks of marijuana. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE Since the recession, it hasn't exactly been fashionable to shower bankers with big bonuses. But that's made baking a pretty unattractive option for Germany's newest generation of workers. Amy Scott reports. Ten percent employment is never welcome news -- now word is out that some of the stimulus money for the creation of green jobs may not even go to jobs in the U.S. Sarah Gardner reports. President Obama has at long last today announced his pick for Cyber Czar: Former Bush adviser Howard Schmidt. Marketplace�s John Dimsdale reports on why the selection process took so long and what's in store for the new cyber security coordinator. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT Dredging up conflict on Delaware River Environmentalists are fighting those who want to deepen the Delaware River, siting the release of harmful toxins into the water. But Philadelphia port authority officials say the move is necessary to stay competitive. Joel Rose reports. U.K. OK's Ticketmaster-Live Nation deal British regulators have given the green light to a proposed merger between Ticketmaster and concert producer Live Nation. U.K. fears lifted that such a deal would lessen competition, but the U.S. has yet to decide. Stephen Beard reports. Saying farewell to the 'Awful Aughts' As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, Steve Chiotakis sits down with Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan to try and characterize the last 10 years. MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE Gold fever is global. Should we trust it? Where God and ETFs meet My favorite SkyMall purchase Celebrating Christmas debt free Economy leads kids back home Putting Santa on a budget Is a partridge in a pear tree affordable? 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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