Marketplace Morning Report
Episodes
Tariffs to hit a dinner table favorite: Italian pasta
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is moving to levy tariffs of over 90% on popular Italian pasta brands on “anti-dumping” grounds. We look at how the move ...
'Cryptoqueen' facing jail after huge bitcoin seizure
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: A Chinese woman will be sentenced in London later for her role in a Bitcoin scam worth billions of dollars. Qian Zhimin wa...
No shutdown relief for air travel yet
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Senate passed a deal last night to end the record-setting government shutdown. But that hasn’t yet translated into relief for the beleaguered ai...
What's with the quiet over commercial real estate lending?
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commercial real estate has been struggling in the years since the pandemic. Office attendance has risen, though not as much in smaller cities. And whi...
A potential end to the government shutdown
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s movement in Washington toward ending the government shutdown. The Senate held a procedural vote yesterday. Seven Democrats and one independe...
China eases export controls
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: China has lifted export controls on computer chips that are vital to car production, marking an easing of trade tensions b...
Gotta catch 'em all (as an investment)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The value of Pokémon cards soared during the pandemic, and some have climbed in value nearly 4,000% over the past two decades. For some, Pokémon car...
Welcome to Day One of flight-mageddon
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starting today, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to reduce flights at 40 airports because of the strain that air traffic cont...
U.S. media giant zooms in on iconic British TV company
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service:
When an AI data center moves in next door
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elyria-Swansea, a largely Latino neighborhood in Denver, has plenty of industrial sources for air pollution: a dog food factory, an oil refinery, a hi...
Skepticism and a civics lesson from SCOTUS
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, Supreme Court justices heard arguments and asked questions about whether an emergency powers law could be used by a president to overhaul i...
World leaders arrive in Brazil ahead of COP30
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The summit is part of an effort to show that the climate crisis remains a top priority, although some big names won't be i...
The rise of the private asset
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The London Stock Exchange has launched a series of indexes to track private investment funds. "Private investment" is a phrase we've been hearing a lo...
Trump's tariffs get their day in court
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can use emergency powers to levy tariffs. The law in question doesn...
Shein opens a storefront in Paris amid investigation
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Shein is making headlines for more than its new brick-and-mortar store in Paris’s famed BHV department store. But the la...
Why pay $50 billion for the headache known as Tylenol?
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly-Clark’s stock closed down 14% yesterday after it gambled nearly $50 billion on a company called Kenvue, maker of Listerine, Band-Aids, and ...
How shifting tariff policy hits one Pennsylvania business
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oral arguments over the Trump administration's "reciprocal tariffs" are set for tomorrow, in a test over limits to a president's power to act without ...
Starbucks stirs things up in China
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Starbucks is selling the majority stake of its business in China to investment firm Boyu Capital as part of a $4 billion d...
Are Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs legal or not?
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
That's the question before the Supreme Court this week. President Donald Trump has been declaring an emergency and then using emergency authority to i...
What hunger looks like in one state as SNAP starts to dry up
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This past weekend, as the shutdown stretches on, funds for SNAP benefits began to dry up. The Treasury Secretary says payments could restart this week...
Stocks rise on heels of U.S.-China trade deal
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Markets in Asia rose in reaction to the outcome of the APEC meetings in South Korea as the U.S. and China stepped back fro...
Business leaders to Congress: End the shutdown
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government shutdown has now lasted a full month. Now, some business leaders — including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, ...
Clues about where inflation might be headed
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure, was supposed to be released today. But at day 31 ...
With Trump back in D.C., business talks in South Korea continue
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders attending the APEC summit in South Korea of the need to deepen economic cooperat...