Marketplace Morning Report

(U.S. Edition) Spain is in crisis this morning after Catalonia voted for independence. Hundreds of people were hurt after Spanish police used anti-riot tactics to disrupt the vote. We'll hear from the BBC's Gavin Lee, who's in Barcelona right now, about the steps that'll be taken going forward. Afterwards, we'll look at new "reverse mortgage" rules that'll make harder for retirees to take out loans against the equity of their homes. And finally, we'll discuss New York City's decision to invest $155 million a year on lawyers to represent low-income tenants.

(Markets Edition) A gunman opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, killing at least 50 people and injuring more than 400 others.  Reports say as many as 10 weapons were found in the dead suspect's hotel room. Rob Cox, global editor with Reuters' Breakingviews, joined us to discuss what mass shootings like these mean for gun sales. Afterwards, we'll look at the future of net neutrality, and then talk about the Supreme Court's plan to hear arguments about an employee's right to resolve disputes through class-action lawsuits instead of private arbitration.

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service ... Catalonia powers more than 20 percent of the Spanish economy and this weekend its citizens voted for independence despite the government branding the poll illegal. We’ll look at the fallout from the vote and the impact on the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. We’ll also examine what’s been driving up Japanese business confidence ahead of a snap general election where Shinzo Abe is vying to become the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese postwar history. Then, President Trump may boast about his business acumen, but many international students are now flocking to locations outside of the US, such as Nottingham in the U.K., to complete their MBA amid a heated debate surrounding U.S. immigration.

(Markets Edition) Let's dive back into tax reform. With the plan being released earlier this week, what does it mean for the deficit? Can we even start calculating how this'll affect our personal taxes? Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, breaks down what this all means. Afterwards, we'll look at California's efforts to help students in need of food assistance.

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service ... First an emissions-cheating scandal, then a profit warning, now an arrest. We’ll take you through the latest twists and turns for Volkswagen. Afterwards, the number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh passed the half-million mark today … a situation that has become the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency, and a humanitarian nightmare. Then, we’ll take you to the Norway-Sweden border, where the BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones investigates whether the frictionless border-crossing strategy could be a blueprint for the U.K. in its Brexit negotiations.

(U.S. Edition) Equifax is trying to make amends for its massive data breach: consumers will get free credit freezes. But we'll take a look at whether this method is all that effective, and what a freeze can mean for your financial decisions. Afterwards, we'll talk about Twitter's role in proliferating Russian-backed ads during the 2016 presidential election, and then we'll round off the show by discussing Catalonia's referendum to secede from Spain.

(Markets Edition) The last sweeping tax reform came to Washington in 1986, bringing swarms of lobbyists to the Capitol. Now that the GOP has finally released a tax plan, we'll look at the big payday that could be in the making for them. Afterwards, Diane Swonk of DS Economics joins us to explain why Hurricane Maria might not have as big of an impact on GDP as either Irma or Harvey. Then, we'll focus on Miami to find out how Irma has made an already bad situation worse for vulnerable communities in the region.

(U.S. Edition) We've got some competing narratives on the Republican tax plan, with leaders of the loyal opposition saying it'll just end up helping corporations and the wealthy. We'll discuss what tax analysis groups have to say about its potential impact on poor and middle-class Americans. Afterwards, we'll look at how some in Congress are pushing to have the Trump administration lift a 1920s law that says only ships made in the U.S., with U.S. crews, can ferry goods between U.S. ports. And finally, we'll look at how German car-making is in trouble as the world questions diesel fuel.

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service...Rough skies on the horizon for discount Irish airliner Ryanair as it tangles with regulators after leaving hundreds of thousands of customers flightless. Afterwards, we’ll discuss how ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, has snapped up new oil and production rights in Brazil. Then, what if it didn’t take higher taxes or more austerity for governments to build bridges and repair crumbling infrastructure? Former Swedish government official Dag Detter says cities are sitting on a gold mine.

(Markets Edition) Republicans are scheduled to release an outline for tax reform, which would include a reduction in the corporate tax rate. Susan Schmidt from Westwood Holdings Group joined us to discuss what that could mean for U.S. companies who keep a lot of their money overseas. Afterwards, we'll take a look at how the major market indices are doing this morning, and then discuss how the devastation left by Hurricane Maria could lead to a brain drain from Puerto Rico. And finally, we'll talk to Kenneth Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, about the FBI's arrest of 10 people on suspicion of bribery in college basketball.