Marketplace Morning Report

The Supreme Court takes up the Trump Administration’s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. German investors are optimistic about the global economy. Plus, Apple’s allegedly sexist credit card has a lot in common with discriminatory banking algorithms.

The number of Americans who’ve died because they couldn’t afford their medicine has gone up. Google’s parent company moves into the medical data business, but some industry watchers are concerned about privacy. Plus, U.S. immigration policies hit the Mexico-Guatemala border.

From the BBC World Service… The House of Mouse joins the global streaming wars, but what works in America won’t necessarily translate abroad. Racing giant Formula One pledges to become carbon neutral by 2030. Plus, we travel to Singapore where the city-state is already testing out flying taxis.

Apple’s credit card is accused denying approval to women while giving it to their less credit-worthy male partners. Troubles in Hong Kong are making investors nervous. Plus, the opportunity the fall of the Berlin Wall gave a young girl from East Germany.

Companies will probably avoid hocking their products during the televised impeachment proceedings. Online sales on Singles Day hit $8 billion in the space of one minute. Plus, remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years later.

From the BBC World Service… China’s Alibaba is raking in tens of billions of dollars on the world’s biggest online shopping day. Australia’s worst wildfires in a decade head towards its biggest city of Sydney. Plus, Africa’s genetic diversity is being harnessed by the continent’s first commercial “biobank.”

A possible partial U.S.-China trade deal is driving up interest rates. Spain will hold yet another election as the ruling center-left party fails to form a coalition government. Plus, older people with vast amounts of experience are heading back to top-tier schools. And WeWork employees demand dignity and respect.

Chinese consumers might be shunning American goods on 11/11, Singles Day, as negotiations continue. Electric truck company LMC buys a former GM plant. Plus, how Reno, Nevada became a tech hub after the Great Recession.

From the BBC’s World Service… London’s new Lord Mayor. Huge Brazilian oil fields for sale that almost no one wants to buy. Plus, how demonetization is impacting small business in India.

There’s progress towards a “mini” deal on U.S.-China tariffs ahead of news on consumer confidence. Germany and its neighbors keep pushing the controversial, 760-mile Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline through Russia. Plus, a debrief on Saudi oil giant Aramco’s massive, forthcoming IPO.