Marketplace Morning Report

(Markets Edition) Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke in Brussels on Wednesday morning at a conference on Europe’s digital privacy law, and he pushed for a tough digital policy in the United States. Europe’s law states that consumers own their data and can request for it to be erased. Then, we check in on the markets with Susan Schmidt of Aviva Investors. Also, we discuss the topic of socialism, which a report from President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisors says could be worse than we thought. Today's show is sponsored by Alliance for Lifetime Income (retireyourrisk.org), Gobble (gobble.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/24/2018)

(U.S. Edition ) Representatives from 13 member countries of the World Trade Organization are gathering Wednesday to talk about reform, but two of the strongest members — the United States and China — won’t be there. President Trump, meanwhile, has reignited his attack on Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell. Then, we look at the floor of the U.S. Stock Exchange and wonder, “Why are people still there in this day and age?” Lauren Simmons at Rosenblatt Securities is the only woman employed as an equity trader at the exchange, and she helps us answer that question. Today's show is sponsored by Alliance for Lifetime Income (retireyourrisk.org), Gobble (gobble.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/24/2018)

(Markets Edition) Asian and European markets have been dropping Tuesday, with Wall Street lagging as well. We check in with Jay Bryson, managing director and global economist at Wells Fargo Securities for more. Then we look at the mechanics behind the ever-growing Mega Millions lottery prize, which has surpassed $1 billion. How do lottery totals get this high? Then we look at the economics of pro sports stadium, especially their potential impact on a community. For an example, we look toward the story surrounding a proposed soccer stadium in Nashville. Today's show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Navy Federal Credit Union (navyfederal.org) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/23/2018)

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … As Saudi Arabia’s investment conference opens Tuesday in Riyadh, Turkey’s president demanded answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We hear from an economist who is attending the conference. Then, in the U.K., thousands of women are expected to show up for a strike protesting the lack of progress in equal pay cases in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Today's show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Navy Federal Credit Union (navyfederal.org) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/23/2018)

(U.S. Edition) The Trump administration is rolling out new rules that will allow more people to purchase health insurance that doesn’t meet ACA requirements, meaning some of those plans won’t cover pre-existing conditions. Meanwhile, we look into how women make 80 cents for every dollar made by men, and how this kind of gap follows them into retirement. Then we head to education, where University of Chicago professor Cathy Cohen’s GenForward survey examined how millennials looked at public education. Today's show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Navy Federal Credit Union (navyfederal.org) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/23/2018)

(U.S. Edition) With Saudi officials now saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi did indeed perish at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, the kingdom's move to diversify its economy away from oil could be hindered, as foreign investors are rethinking their ties to the state. Meanwhile, there's more gloomy news from the toy industry as Hasbro has experiences a 12 percent drop in revenue in a year. What could be coming for toy retail in the future? Then we take a deeper dive into the ethics of artificial intelligence with John Havens of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has developed a new ethics certification process for AI. Today's show has been sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(Markets Edition) A fund from the United Nations has announced how it’s going to spend money to combat climate change, and those efforts include efficient European cities and harvesting geothermal energy in Indonesia. We also check in with Julia Coronado as the euro has experienced another decline as of Monday morning. Then we head out to Flagstaff, Arizona and the campus of Northern Arizona University. The school has doubled the number of students and its growth isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Today's show has been sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … After avoiding a debt downgrade to junk from Moody’s investor service, Italy is expected to get a request for changes to its submitted budget from the European Union – a first from the bloc. Then, it’s October, which means its  Christmas bonus time in Venezuela. Despite inflation that could hit 1 million percent this year, the government is doling out bonuses over the next few month, and they’ll be pegged to the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro.  Afterwards, we pay a lot of attention to hard facts and figures to measure successes of global economies. But what if happiness and wellbeing were factored in to the final statistics? We hear from the leader of one charity working with governments and businesses to make that a reality. GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service ... China’s economic growth slowed to its lowest level since the depths of the financial crisis. But is it weak fundamentals or the ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. that’s hitting growth the most? Then, ahead of the midterms, there’s growing skepticism of social media and its role in reaching voters. But in Brazil, just nine days before a runoff presidential election, the frontrunner and his followers are embracing social platforms. Afterwards, in Indonesia, one entrepreneur is helping a new generation of street vendors embrace technology. Today's show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/19/2018)

(Markets Edition) The markets have been active to say the least in the past week, despite steady earnings from companies. Part of the activity can be attributed to the Federal Reserve thinking about raising interest rates. Chris Low of FTN Financial helps us dive in a little more. Later on Friday, we're expected to see home sales data for September, which might indicate rising interest rates. That would not be good news for the mortgage industry, as Marketplace's Andy Uhler reports. Finally, we zoom out to take in a picture of the global economy as painted by The Economist magazine's annual report. It's not a pretty one, as Economist editor Henry Curr told us on Friday. Today's show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/19/2018)