Marketplace Midday Update, Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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MARKET UPDATE at 12:30 p.m. EST DOW -35.60; NASDAQ -3.41; S&P 500 +0.17 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. Items that I’ve cherry-picked so far today include articles on the AOL-Time Warner merger, and a solution to burnt toast. LATER TODAY ON MARKETPLACE Closed doors in Europe and America are pushing Africans to find new destinations, and many of them are arriving in South America. But what they find in Buenos Aires is not always what they expect. Ian Mount reports. In a move to keep sports fans glued to their television sets, ESPN is going to launch the nation's first 3D TV network. Mitchell Hartman reports. Kraft Foods' hostile takeover bid of candy maker Cadbury has hit a major roadblock. Warren Buffett, a major shareholder of Kraft, has voted against the bid. Bob Moon reports. Tune in to your local broadcast or listen online STORIES FROM MARKETPLACE MORNING REPORT Box office won't pick up DVD slack DVD sales were down about 13 percent last year as movie fans spent more money on actual movie tickets. But that doesn't help the films with revenue, as a big chunk of that usually comes from DVD sales. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports. A new year for consumer electronics The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off later this week in Las Vegas, and if the Christmas season is any indicator, it may not be horrible. Bill Radke talks with reporter Michael Learmonth about what show visitors might get to see. Auto parts suppliers still on rough ride If the fall of the auto industry wasn't hard enough for auto parts suppliers, they're now getting denied crucial support from lenders in their efforts to survive. Jeremy Hobson 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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