" This is Money Markets & More for Monday June 20 ninth 2009. From the newsroom of the MarketWatch radio network and Adrian Mitchell coming up Michael Jackson's death spark sent on mind shopping phenomenon."

" And on John -- coming up in a moment are you going local when it comes to buying your veggies and fruits just -- local -- will exit the local and support the local economy in the process and -- tonight we'll talk about that in a moment but first this reminder."

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" Investors are looking ahead to a long holiday weekend we look ahead to the -- week on Wall Street. With MarketWatch Wall Street reporter Larry Kofsky."

" The fourth of July is next Saturday it will be commemorated with a day off on Friday. The government's monthly employment report which is usually scheduled for the first Friday of the month will come out in the early. Economist Brian the film that I HS global insight sees 350000. Jobs lost in June about the same as in May. And in relative terms that's good news that."

" Topical what was so at the where the worst part of their recession so. From that -- It is an imprisoned."

" And improvement perhaps it's still a long way from an economic rebound."

" That's problematic. In terms of consumer confidence. Disposable income in in Consumer Spending which is. It's there it's in the economy."

" Consumer confidence is among other items on the economic calendar this week. The conference board will have its June reading Tuesday morning. Also that day we get standard imports monthly report on home prices. Construction spending auto sales and a report on manufacturing from the institute for supply management round out the agenda. --"

" Thanks Larry. We like to keep it clean here at MarketWatch. But despite that."

" And -- and John -- are here to talk about the favorite four letter word once again and we are gonna talk about one of her favorite topics and that's the F word and is right in or any others it's four letter to food food that's right consumer race and Kate's joining us here. To talk about how some restaurants out there are pushing. To go local and buying local prudence ranked."

" Restaurants are doing man people that are doing man that's they've been around since about the mid 1990s Wisconsin to eat local. Those started by people who felt like these big huge farms shouldn't. Yeah I should buy food from they should buy food from local people. And animal confinement practices things like that. And it's grown over the years are now major corporations have decided that they are going to embrace this. Big corporations are making small man big big food corporations free LA for example which is that's that company owned by Pepsi. Has just started a series of commercials featuring small local farmers who were. Among the group of farmers that produce the potatoes -- grow potatoes for lay's potato chips. And they're -- I national ad campaign showing how. This farmer in Florida grows the potatoes and dictated to answer -- produced in Florida for -- so -- sort of putting a new twist on idea."

" If climate consumers how do I support the local guys what to do where to like go word like plunk down my money can go to."

" Go to a farmer's market especially in the summer -- newsroom I'm a lot of his Diego's farmers' market you get corn and green beans or whatever -- nice fresh local produces. That's eating local. And so eight local folks and support your local guys puts money in their pockets and be on the lookout for these ads now. Who do you buy local I tried to and like her sister -- that I go to has been putting up signs in the last 06 months or so. This cantaloupe comes from. You know what well 120 mile range of -- are so they've been even grocery stores are looking at the concept."

" interesting to look at the little stickers on. Vegetables and fruits in particular product of Chile now that we have all this especially in the wintertime this labeling going on product of the USA. I'm always shocked when I see that oh wow something is actually grown here congratulations America. So is this trend going to continue is are going to fizzle land."

" I think it's going to continue this article in New York Times pointed out that the term organic was sort of 1960s hippie thing. Last year organic food sales -- 25 billion dollars so I think it food marketers can find a way. To make money off that it'll definitely stick."

" So we're talking organic growth for the organic produce market they go all right do you have time to do the -- back absolutely let's head to the mail Baghdad. -- Time now for the virtual mail bag and hand the other day we have put out feelers here wanting people the email us about whether they are going down market when they drank beer we did that story villa today rain some people are getting cheaper beer and they're putting the more expensive stuff back on the shelf. And Mike Carey from McConnell Milwaukee Wisconsin writes says he says no downturn for me. Still drinking shiner bock. Fat tire which I believe this from Colorado and Guinness. And so how about that. In an up economy -- this as as a kind those heavy man labors and out particularly well last time I checked you know why is still love -- Molson golden and I still love my shipyard from Maine. Shiner -- never had fat tire never had in Guinness is a bit too much for me but it centrist think thanks Mike for the email us thank you and what you drank when the weather gets warm. Who made yet I should drink corona corona Lou I drink Kerr I don't know what the key and I am now coming up Chatham that. The lions album the next couple bottle. They have special things that that automatically put the line down and at the bottom of CNET and different restaurants and now where there is demand there's always a product to Neely is there. And thank you for taking a few minutes and Mike thanks for your email folks if you want to write this about whether you're actually supporting the local companies out there when it comes to pro news. May be going to your farmer's market I love to hear from you we. Except emails and we've read them to the class. You can now reach out to us at MarketWatch radio. Newsroom. At Yahoo.com. Or were on FaceBook at MarketWatch radio network and we are on Twitter. As MW radio thanks to all of you who just in the last week or so was started following us we have more than. A hundred followers -- can you believe that. Excellent man thanks folks for doing that and as always thank you very much."

" Thank you thanks Jon -- How do people more in a superstar. By buying something to remember him by. Hours after Michael Jackson's death Jackson albums occupied nineteen. Of the twenty top seller slots and music at Amazon.com. Bill -- vice president of music and video at Amazon.com tells MarketWatch Jackson items accounted for two thirds of music sales on Friday. He's never seen anything like it and he's been here for ten years."

" Within the first few minutes of the announcement we sold out of power in stock inventory on CDs. But we continue to take orders and many customers are now shifting their focus to our MP3 download store they can get Michael's music right away."

" And 3000 Michael Jackson related items were added to rebate in one hour on Friday. Kurt Peters editor in chief that Internet retailer dot com says the Internet has changed the shopping experience for member of DeLia and Jackson's death -- proof."

" In the past people -- had -- of Cornell and tried to scout out. These albums and objects and stores now with the Internet they can go online listeners to hear the news and by what they want to immediately it's all right there at their fingertips."

" And Twitter says Jackson's death was the biggest micro blogging events since president Obama's election. That's it for Money Markets & More I'm Adrian Mitchell thanks for listening Tillman."

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