Marketplace All-in-One

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, July 7, 2016

On today's show, we'll talk about the possibility of a new stock exchange; a visit from Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman; and the decline of corporations as part of our series "The Price of Profits."

On today's show, we'll talk about Magic Leap, a company that promises to augment our reality by putting holographic images in front of our eyes; play this week's Silicon Tally with Wired's Cade Metz; and look at Facebook's plan to try and make a better version of email. 

Continuing our series, the Price of Profits, this time we take a look at activist investors; BBC's Chris Page reports on what people in Northern Ireland think about a possible Brexit; and why egg producers say they will end the practice of culling male chicks

On today's show, we'll talk about the shape of the world's markets; the opening of Shanghai Disneyland; and the baseball lawsuit that defined how corporations are governed.  

On today's show, we'll talk about online radicalization in the aftermath of the Orlando, Florida shooting; look at possible changes to WEAs (Wireless Emergency Alerts); and examine the kinds of personal information that presidential campaigns are able to collect.

Our series "The Price of Profits" continues, as we explore why companies are gorging on their own shares and how the idea of "maximizing shareholder value" reshaped the pharmaceutical industry. Plus, an interview with chef Geoffrey Zakarian.

On today's show, we'll: talk about the MSCI index and why stocks listed in mainland China haven't been granted its seal of approval; track the stocks of firearm companies in the wake of the Orlando, Florida, shooting at a gay nightclub; and interview the former CEO of BP, John Browne, about the importance of long-term thinking.

On today's show, we'll talk about a new federal court ruling that will allow the Federal Communications Commission to define high-speed internet as a utility; look at highlights from this year's E3; and chat with CNET Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Turrentine about kitchen technology.

We take a look at how much an immigration ban proposed by Trump could cost the U.S. in tourism and business; tracing the history of how corporations made maximizing shareholder value their priority; and support for Brexit grows as Britain prepares to vote next week. 

On today's show, we'll talk about the United States' background checking system; look at the video gaming industry's foray into virtual reality; and — as part of our new series "The Price of Profits" — interview author Lynn Stout about the relationship between corporations and shareholders.

On today's show, we'll talk about technology used to alert people in emergency situations; key highlights from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, including the company's announcement that it will open Siri up to third-party app developers; and Microsoft's $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn.

How businesses who sell guns are reacting to the Orlando mass shooting and other shootings in the past; a look at the private-security market; and introducing our series "The Price of Profits," what happens when profits become a company’s product.

On today's show, we'll talk about the history of the rifle used in Sunday's mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; this week's biennial conference of the American Society of Health Economists — also known as the "Woodstock" for health geeks; and the growing freelancer economy as part of our weeklong series "The Price of Profits." 

On today's show, we'll talk about Mark Zuckerberg's plans to do a live Q & A on Tuesday with folks from around the world; interview author Arun Sundararajan about his new book "The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism"; and look at the military's relationship with GPS.