Marketplace Midday Update, Monday, January 11, 2010

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MARKET UPDATE at 12:50 p.m. EST DOW +16.70; NASDAQ -7.40; S&P 500 -0.24 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. Hope you had a good weekend. A few items to get the week started, including articles about why Wall Street pay is so high and how many jobs Wal-Mart's opening brought to Chicago. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE Dutch brewing company Heineken is set to buy Mexico's FEMSA for $7.6 billion. But when big beer gets bigger, is it better or worse for consumers? Rico Gagliano reports. The USDA has set new regulations for chicken farmers. But some chicken growers say those regulations have come too late. Kate Archer Kent reports. President Obama is meeting with union leaders to talk about taxing Cadillac health-care plans. What do these Cadillac plans actually look like, and what do they mean to the larger health-care system? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT Deli suppliers compete over meat Meat supplier Boar's Head has made its fortunes by signing exclusive deals with delis to sell only its products. But meat maker Dietz and Watson is starting to serve up some heavy competition. Alex Goldmark reports. Big earnings predicted in 4th quarter Analysts see a big bump ahead for earnings in the 4th quarter, moving them into positive territory for the first time in years. Steve Chiotakis talks to Marketplace's Sam Eaton about what's driving those numbers. SC to decide on Great Lakes fish lockout The Supreme Court will decide if Illinois should close a series of canal locks to keep out an Asian carp invasion and protect fishing and tourism in the Great Lakes. But some Illinois officials don't like the idea. John Dimsdale reports. MARKETPLACE MONEY PERSONAL FINANCE IRS gets tough on tax preparers GFEs help clarify mortgage terms Escaping the mortgage battlefront 2010 money goals from our listeners How to be sharp in video job interviews Will Dodd act with time left in office? Accident inspires budgeting strategy Money lessons from The Simpsons 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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