Marketplace Midday Update, Monday, January 4, 2010

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MARKET UPDATE at 1:10 p.m. EST DOW +160.82; NASDAQ +39.72; S&P 500 +0.00 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 and Happy New Year. A few items to start the day (and year!), including links to articles on "Avatar" and where jobs will be in the next decade. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE The U.S. Census Bureau is kicking off a $300 million advertising campaign to push people to fill out their census forms. Will it get the public to care? Jeff Tyler reports. Green can be found everywhere these days, even on rooftops. Farmers are responding and moving their crops skyward. Kevin Maki explains. The American Economic Association's annual meeting is taking place in Atlanta. What have the titans of economics learned from the past year? Bob Moon reports. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT States vie for federal education grants The deadline is approaching for states to apply for more than $4 billion in federal education grants. States are scrambling to be eligible as the most innovative reforms will get the largest grants. John Dimsdale reports. Vaccine could treat nicotine addiction Scientists in Maryland are developing a vaccine to protect smokers against the addictive effects of nicotine. It's possible insurance companies could pay for treatments if the drug is approved. Brett Neely reports. Organic work aids fertilizer-free crops Fertilizer is costly and scarce in Rwanda, and some farmers struggle to produce crops in the barren soil. But some are learning to overcome these conditions by using cost-effective organic techniques. Gregory Warner reports. MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE Giving a big chunk of it away How to save $5,000 a year OMG, you're still using AOL for e-mail? Overwhelmed by check-out-line charity Beware of charities' 'donor illusion' Cleveland restaurants serve up success Finding value in corporate history Why we can all be philanthropists An update on 2009 financial resolutions 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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